Your view screams very... american culture to me, not gonna lie. Living to work instead of working to live, etc. Always trying to overdo oneself to reach imaginary goals while missing what actually matters on the way. Very sports talk in a way, which tends to echo very well with a lot of raiders in the game imo.
Apologizing in advance for my own... cultural bias to show.
I think you unfortunately got caught in a crossfire, for which I somewhat chose to indulge in and I apologize for it.