11-21-2018, 03:14 PM
(11-21-2018, 02:51 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Was there anything more predictable than Fred showing up in this thread to go on a crusade about how brilliant the coaches are for playing Redmond over Westerman, and how we're all a bunch of idiots who know nothing?
1. Fred wasn't crusading about how brilliant the coaches are. He simply says the coaches see them every day in practice and fans don't. Therefore, the coaches have more info/knowledge with which to base their assessments than the fans do.
2. Fred is correct with that assertion.
3. I am not a Fred apologist, in fact Fred and I don't see eye to eye on many topics. But when he presents valid stats in this particular forum, many fans tell him he's wrong and begin with the "Fred is a Bengals shill" BS. Too many of us fans watch games and think we know more than people getting paid to make those decisions. That doesn't mean those people are always right, but it does mean they know mor than you or you would be getting paid for your knowledge instead of them.
4. Fans run on nearly 100% emotion. That is never more evident than in this forum. Logic be damned, stats are wrong, "I don't care if the coaches see them every day and know them as people, I know more than the coaches. Blow the whole thing up. Fire everybody, cut all the players who make a mistake, overpay for every big name FA who comes down the road, do that and the Bengals will surely win the SB!" It's amazingly absurd and I am glad that the Bengals front office doesn't bend to the fickle will of the fans every time they get upset.
