10-21-2015, 12:51 PM
(10-21-2015, 12:43 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I don't think I've been proven wrong on all that much actually. Much less "very" wrong on anything.
Just because Dalton is playing well now does not mean I was wrong when I deemed somwhere in the 18-22 range last year. It doesn't mean I was wrong in any and all descriptions and evaluations I offered up in the past. The only thing that I think I've been proven wrong on is his ceiling. And even that remains to be seen, as far as sustainability.
As far as management, I can't think of much anything that I've been proven wrong on. As I don't seem to recall every campaigning against the idea that they were incapable of starting a season 6-0. What gripes do you hear often from me regarding management, let's make a checklist:
1.) Need to have a practice facility. Perception is poor, players deserve comfort, it can only help. Have I been proven wrong on that? I don't think so.
2.) Marvin should have been fired long ago. I'm pretty sure that simply a fact. He should have been, and he would have been literally anywhere else. Nothing done now changes the idea that this probably should have happened. And last I checked, he still has a lot season left to prove me wrong.
3.) This team can't win in the postseason. Um, yeah, still waiting.
4.) We need to spend more in FA. Again, wake me up in January. Until I see real results after the first of the year, in terms of us contending for a Superbowl, then I will not be convinced that we're at a disadvantage for not utilizing free agency better.
5.) Mike Brown is cheap. Yup, he still cheap. Maybe cheap can win, and I'm wrong on that. But I aint wrong about him spending less than many of his peers.
So, please, you tell me all of what I've been proven wrong on. I started this thread as mainly praise for the team, while also taking the time to admit that my mind has been changed on some things. I thought I needed to own up to previous gripes and it would only be fair to in turn offer praise. And I expect some ribbing here there, although I hoped it would be in fun. But it doesn't seem at all fair to me to label me being proven wrong on everything. And it seems some would rather pile and continue to create a false division among the fanbase, which is the last thing I would expect from someone who is in charge of the forum.
Right now should be a happy time, the fact that I of all people are joining in is certainly evidence of that. This thread was to serve as boht a truthful and tongue-in-cheek reminder of that. Things are so good that Toast is on board so to speak. But rather than enjoy it and have some laughs some choose to as opportunity to continue this idea that they're somehow a better fan than others, because of the way they evaluate the team. And I'm the negative one?
Toast, I recall you criticizing management for lack of moves to make this team competitive this offseason. You seemed to ignore the moves like bringing MJ back for some reason. You even ignored all the injured starters that were coming back. At any rate the team is 6-0 doing exactly what they did.
They seem to be competing rather well.
It is a "happy time" indeed, but what do you expect when you have gone out of your way to be cynical and clown the franchise?
