That’s awesome to have those kind of memories. That’s what sports are all about - tying moments into your life.
I guess the difference between the Redskins/Commanders and those teams, is that they were, at one time, a jewel of the NFL. They were good all through my childhood in the 70s/80s and won a Super Bowl in 90s.
The fall from grace and the abysmal ownership period of Dan Snyder from 99-2023 was particularly painful.
Not that losing and bad teams isn’t painful for any fan, but Washington went from being one of the best run and best coached teams, to being a toxic joke. The fan base is so dilapidated, that the Skins had to physically remove some 20K seats from the stadium to keep home games “sold out” so games wouldn’t be blacked out locally.
In 1990s, the waitlist for season tix was 150,000 long. It was basically impossible to get a ticket to see a game. Then, for basically 25 years, more visiting fans were showing up than home fans. About 8 years ago, the team announced there is no longer a waitlist for tix
Honestly, it got to the point where divesting emotion was the only way to cope with such a poorly run organization.
