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So earlier today I was perusing a link at Raiders.com about the Raiders' 2013 opponents that my brother had sent me when I noticed a very startling headline in the sidebar:
Marcel Reece's Pro Bowl Blog, yes! Wait, no...
"Raiders Name Bob Sanders Linebackers Coach"
WHAT?
One of my all-time favorite Iowa players coaching for my favorite NFL team?! Sure, Bob hadn't played linebacker in college or the NFL, but that didn't matter -- Kirk Ferentz played linebacker but he became a hell of an offensive line coach. And, sure, a small part of my brain said "Hey, great coaches don't always become great coaches, like --" but the excited WOO BOB MOTHERFUCKING SANDERS ON THE RAIDERS part of my brain beat that other part of my brain with a 2x4 until it shut up.
Excitedly, I clicked on the link:
Goddamn.
Retirement sure has changed you, Bob.
Damn you, interwebs. Damn you, hyperlinks. Damn your deception and trickery.
Sigh.