07-30-2015, 03:11 PM
(07-30-2015, 03:07 PM)djs7685 Wrote: I think the two parts I bolded go hand in hand. He was an easy target because it often looked BRUTAL when he got beat. It really made it look a lot worse than he was, and I believe he did have a pretty rough season which turned on the message board hate patrol.
I don't think Maualuga is a great LB, but he had that one terrible season and now there is a portion of the fanbase that will say "Maualuga sucks" no matter what he does. I believe the same happened with Cook. After the first season where he looked mediocre it became the narrative that he's really bad.
That's how it works on message boards. Then the further you get, you dont remember the plays but you remember the message board rhetoric that goes 24/7 365.
Bodine has a long road a head of him.
