Optimism coming back?

[Shake n Blake]

(03-13-2018, 02:31 PM)Nately120 Wrote: This situation reminds me a bit of how I felt when we fired Zampese during the year.  On the one hand, it was a good move and it was surprising Mike Brown did it, because that's not his usual MO.  On the other hand, there is also a sense of "Good move...not sure why you didn't do this a year sooner, but better late than never, I guess."

The bottom line is "good move" but there is also a notable reason why we are absolutely floored that our GM would make a trade to improve our o-line when it has been a glaring weakness for years.  That might seem like complaining to some folks in these parts, but so be it.

I almost went there initially, but decided to get caught up in the excitement for once. I couldn't help but think "we shouldn't be THIS excited over a trade for a good lineman" though. I mean, some teams make signings/trades like that every other year, but to us it was like winning some imaginary offseason Super Bowl. 

Like you said, still a good thing though obviously. It's just we shouldn't be so shocked to see the team seriously address a glaring weakness 2 years after it became an obvious weakness. Hopefully it's a sign of the mythical "change" we've been perpetually waiting for and constantly seeing when it's not actually there. 

For now I'll just appreciate it for what it actually is.