It is not every day one leaves a Cineplex with wisdom gained from your garden variety action flick. Nevertheless, no words had more meaning than when Batman Begins' Alfred Pennyworth stated, "Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.” And boy, how the mighty have fallen, indeed.
After being honored by PFWA as NFL Executive of the Year in 2011, Trent Baalke has taken a step off into an elevator shaft. He has free-fallen into the pit of despair, where years of our lives have seemingly slipped away with the succession of horrendous losses over the years.