They'll never understand the Seahawks
Any ESPN writer who names Seahawks as potential 'Dak Prescott suitor' doesn't do their homework on franchise identities: Seaside Joe 1934
Imagine if I’m a close friend or a family member of yours and I confide in you that I need to sell the house I bought seven years ago because I can’t afford it anymore. That my entire life I was a renter—not only did I rent out of necessity, but it was my philosophy that it was better to rent than own—until suddenly an investment opportunity dropped into my lap that was too good to pass up, so I bought a house. Then a few years later I took a mortgage out on that house, so I basically doubled down on the investment.
However, seven years into the investment the cost of keeping the house was greater than the amount I was willing to spend on a house because even as my income went up, inflation and the rising costs of upkeep, insurance, and taxes was now way beyond my comfort level. I could no longer do anything else with my money because I was giving it all to this house. This stupid house. This dumb, lousy, one-story house that I now resent because I told myself from the beginning not to buy…this is why I had a renter philosophy!
So then I put the house on the market and not only does it sell right away, I get significantly more than I was told I could get. I make a killing on selling the house. Better yet, I feel like myself again. I’m not a homeowner guy, I’m a renter guy, and now I’m able to do the things that I want to do with my money and can leave the 30-year agreements and property taxes to the types of people who live for that stuff. Now all I need is a place to live…
I go to Facebook and I post an update:
“Hey friends, I just sold my house! Didn’t really like owning a house. Looking for a place to rent, any tips?”
This oughta be good. All these friends and family members looking out for my best interest and certainly understanding who I am and what I want and why “I’m a renter guy, not a buyer dude”, can’t wait to see all this great advice!
Friend from high school: “I know a great house you can buy with your newfound wealth. Go buy this house!”
Aunt Miriam: “You should buy a house, renting is for suckers.”
Co-worker: “Funny you should ask, my buddy is selling her place, it’s 4,000 square feet and she’ll give you a killer deal on it. You’ve got the cash now, why not re-invest in a new home?”
What the hell? Do people not get me? Not even my close friends and family and the people I work with? Even if they don’t get me, did they not understand what just happened? I SOLD my house because I DON’T WANT to own a house…and all the advice is to buy a house?! Sometimes they’re even sending me listings for places that cost MORE than what I just sold my old house for because I couldn’t afford it! That’s the opposite of what I’m looking for and nobody seems to be able to think outside of their bubbles of what they’d be looking for if they were in my situation, instead of hearing what I’m looking for because it’s my situation.
Why is everyone on the outside of this situation telling me to BUY a home when not only did I just sell my house out of a burning desire to stop being a homeowner, but I never wanted to be a homeowner and actually despised homeowning until this investment opportunity came along that ultimately only cemented the fact that I’m the type to rent, not the type to buy.
This is how it felt when the Seattle Seahawks traded Russell Wilson and the immediate fallout in the media and Internet at large—and I’m talking about as soon as March 8th, 2022, the day of the trade—was to speculate which big name, expensive quarterback the Seahawks were going to acquire to replace him.
Did you miss the part where the Seahawks traded away Wilson because he was asking for a third extension in Seattle or did you miss the Seahawks’ entire 47-year history with quarterbacks? Or both?