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Originally Posted by Bearcat
How does that perception change had they won the WS in 2014 and then lost in the WS in 2015? In hindsight, it's easy to say we would have loved each playoff run equally, but losing game 7 in 2014 didn't get me down in the slightest (and I was there, on the 3rd base side watching the pop up in front of that dugout come down)..... but, if they had won in '14, losing in '15 would probably sting a bit?
Same for the Chiefs.... how does the perception change if the Chiefs lost in in the AFCCG, then lost in the SB last year, then won the SB this year (vs Brady or not)?
Less hype surrounding the Chiefs and Mahomes, a little more pressure to win it all and the whole "can Mahomes get it done this year" thing... but, then both losses become "part of the journey" and the win is "that much sweeter".
The dumb narratives change, even if the results are just in a different order and don't mean anything at all.
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I think both are very different. The Royals were on a short timeline and we knew that. In 2014 I guess I felt different than you. I was crushed by the loss. I still had hope for next year, but I know how difficult it is to get back and so it really destroyed a lot of the joy of everything else that happened. Then when they came out in 2015 and dominated it was so special. As Rany put it the 2015 Royals "turned the 2014 Royals into a prologue."
But with Chiefs I know they'll be around for awhile. And winning last year takes some pressure off of any one year. I'm way less down about this loss than I was about the Royals in 2014. We have Superman playing for our team, and the future is bright. Not just this next season, but for 10-15 years.