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After a Season of Real Hope, Fans Share the Pain of Defeat
Redskins fans Steve Hadeed, left, Damon Morton and Dave Ghahhari react to a play during the playoff game between the Seahawks and the Redskins. Hadeed keeps a 10-year-old piece of sod from RFK Stadium to bring good luck.
(By Nikki Kahn -- The Washington Post)
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But he didn't completely mean it.
"It was right there," he said, going on to explain that the Redskins were in the weaker conference of professional football -- the NFC -- and had a really good chance to get the Super Bowl.
Crutchfield turned to matters he thought he could control, offering advice to his friend Dave Ghahhari, 36, an electrician. Ghahhari was sad about something else -- losing a short-term financial investment that was premised on a Redskins victory -- or a tight loss.
Crutchfield suggested he invest in the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots in upcoming games.
Back in the living room, only one guy remained on the sofa.
"We still won. We still won, you know what I'm saying," he called out to the kitchen. "As long as we beat Dallas, we're still good. We're still good."
Within 30 minutes, the crowd started drifting into other rooms.
Ghahhari, the electrician, sat on a sofa in the study, holding Kennedi, Rudy Crutchfield's 8-month-old daughter, in his lap.
The loss hurt. It was disappointing.
It brought to the end weeks of weekend camaraderie, of catharsis, of emotional ups and downs, of the bonding of strangers and the renewed bonding of old friends. All over at 7:35 p.m. or thereabouts. By a score of 20 to 10. Over by a touchdown and a field goal in damp and gray Seattle.
Over.
Over, of course, until next year.
Staff writer Martin Weil contributed to this report.
