Transactional Analysis Applied To MHR. Who Are We?

I’ll be interested in seeing the results, though it is extremely hard to quantify. I will talk more about this tonight on MHR Radio(shameless plug!)

This is more complex I think than first glance. Perhaps I’m not ok could mean several different things to different people, not just that you’re unhappy or embarrassed about your team. Equally, you’re not ok applied to the Broncos has a multiplicity of interpretations. Interesting take on our very diverse population of readers. Personally, I love the dialogue that challenges our beliefs and stimulates deeper questioning of our biases. “On what do you bias your opinion?” Ha Ha.

I understand what your intent is, I just think the choices are too narrow. It really doesn’t allow for the fan who is on the fencepost waiting to see how things turn out. By your definition I’m certainly ok, but I’m still not totally sure the Broncos are okay or not okay. I like some changes, well they just made sense to me and others I’m in a wait and see mode. Just because you used new ingredients in your stew doesn’t always make it better stew and you certainly won’t know ‘till you taste it. That’s how I see it at the moment.

To me, and it is only my opinion, the Broncos have made each position better, maybe not great but better. IMHO some of the players we had last year should be doing something else in life besides making fools of themselves in front of milliions of people. How many of the cut players were picked up this off season? Hmm, that should tell us all something about what was going on with the prior administration. Nice post turnertoe.

End of the season, I’m OK-Broncos are OK

Firing Shanny and Trading Cutler and right after the draft, I’m Ok the Broncos are not OK

Beginning to read MHR and learning from many many knowledgable posters
I’m OK=Broncos more then OK

I am okay and the Broncos are okay in general. In otherwords, I’m me and the Broncos have done nothing to change my relationship with them.

However, specifically, IMO, the Broncos are not okay as in they are not ready to kick bloody butt. I guess specifically I would be “I’m okay with me and I’m okay with the Broncos direction”, but I’m not expecting that they are embarking on some glorious season.

Summed up, I would say this: The Kool Aid I’m drinking says that the Broncos got through a rough patch with Cutler, had what will go down as one of the smartest drafts in franchise history, and will be among the elite by 2011. Its based in one basic idea: IMO, the team left over by Mike Shannahan was overrated, insufficiently analyzed by the pundits, and stuck in the morass of an aging defense with problems much deeper than the dline. The fact that McDaniels vision extends beyond the front seven and the idea that this was already a great offense is why I am so excited. I love the direction even if the 2009 version might not already be significantly better than the 2008 version…although I do believe this new team is much more likely to steal games that they should probably lose…and now I’m just rambling so I’ll shut the heck up….

looking in the mirror is good & healthy;

TT, I’ll be adding my own thoughts once I’m away from work (you had me scratching my head at first trying to figure out what I encouraged you on — benign forgetfulness struck once again. LOL)

Not really sure if ‘OK and Not-OK’ can really answer the subtle nuances of being a fan or the power of emotions. Personally I don’t think anyone can answer the unusual strength of emotions involved in loving a team. I think the emotions are a phenomenom that started last century and strenghthens each passing day as the world moves towards the confusion of calling good evil and evil good. Many kids, for the last many years, have come out of school believing that all belief is equal, unless you believe that your belief is absolutely true. In this case you are isolated as a ‘radical’ and set aside as a fanatic.

Anyway, what does this have to do with football? Absolutely nothing, but it may answer the desire of many to seek to fill the void of the absent absolute. Enter win/loss records, pretty absolute, and people find the drug to fill that void.

Back to ‘ok or not ok’ :

I’m not really sure if you were asking for a general or personal evaluation so I’ll go with the personal. I’m ok and the Broncos are ok.

Actually I’m more excited about this year than I have been for many years ( and I was very excited at the beginning last year). I am really getting to like McD and what he is doing. For the first time in three years he is addressing our real need at defense…a scheme that is known to work. He also brought in some great vets know for leadership as well as special teams. The many may be right that this is a three year process—but I don’t see it. I believe Josh brought the likes of Dawkins in for an immediate effect as well as to set a tempo and be an example for our young players to see what it takes to be great in this league. I also love Nolan’s talk that this will be an ‘Attack’ defense. We have been drafting ‘Attack’ players in the likes of Elvis, Marcus, Jarvis and others for the last few years—yet we have have put them into a ‘Hold your groundn bend but don’t break defense’. I think we will see immediate results this year.

I also love Mcd’s personal involvement with the offense. I don’t care if its Orton or Simms at QB—we will have one of the best offenses in the league this year.

You mentioned, ‘those that are out-of-touch with reality,’ and I often get accused of that.

Trust me, I am in touch with reality, but I discovered an action that makes Pre-Season much more fun.

During Pre-Season I don’t let reality get in the way of optimism!
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Super Bowl here we come!!! …. until we don’t…

A couple of thoughts in response to your post. The following quote, I believe is the heart of your post:

I felt the greatest impact of the post was that it collectively forced the entire MHR membership to look in the Mirror. Who are we?

And even more importantly: Who am I?

I love the fact that you drew upon TA to set up the discussion. I think it’s especially apropos in light of the wide range of emotions which have surfaced in Guru’s two articles. At it’s heart, TA is designed to be a way to build awareness of how each of us is interacting with one another. We can see the full spectrum of the I’m OK-You’re OK analysis in the point/counter-point that has gone on lately.

I’d just like to throw one more piece into the mix. An Australian TA analyst — Tony White — has attempted to enhance the analysis by expanding the categories. I think if we look at how we’ve talked to each other over the last few months, we can see places where most, if not all of them have surfaced.

And it seems to me that both Guru and yourself have attempted to enable us to “look in the mirror” so that the wonderful comraderie which is one of the hallmarks of MHR (and no, comraderie does not equate to uniformity of opinion) will not devolve into a divided membership. The right to express an opinion (whether positive, so-so, or negative) and receive respectful discussion is something which should be protected at all costs. Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox, since I managed to push my own buttons there.

On to White’s categories:

1. I’m okay – You’re okay (the MHR ideal)
2. I’m okay – You’re not okay
3. I’m not okay – You’re okay
4. I’m not okay – You’re not okay
5. I’m a bit more okay than you are
6. I’m okay – You’re irrelevant
7. I’m not okay – You’re irrelevant

Once again TT, great post!