The reason he trolls that site is he knows he can get away with it. With something like this he would actually have to contribute something, rather than just try to piss people off. He’d be booted within a week.

Man that guys a tool.

you’ll like this place much better, guaranteed

Like I’ve said I was tired of Carl Peterson and his super long tenure. As sad as seeing the stands empty last year sometimes fans have to voice that displeasure to sometimes get change. Us filling the stands was the reason Carl was there for so long after all.

This year is different. I’ve bought my D Bowe and Jackson jersey. I’m supporting the team as much as I can from my small vantage point. I only lend my criticism since I feel posters on here being critical of Pioli and Haley are a very small minority. So sorry for pissing so many people off last night. I lost it when I saw everyone instantly falling in love over this old man.

As excited I am for this season, I also can’t remember a season I was this scared about the potential of it going terribly wrong (our oline scares me to death). At least we have the Raiders and Broncos in our division.

-The youth movement was good, since all we had before were crusty vets. Then we saw what happens when you don’t have any vets, so naturally people are happy to get some.

-A lot of people were skeptical of Brokie from the very beginning, but they were hoping he’d turn out because we’d been living on recycled QB’s for years. Then they hated that he couldn’t stay healthy and that Herm couldn’t get that through his head. Now that he’s still on the roster, people realize he’s a better backup than Thigpen.

-Thiggy earned a place in people’s hearts for his efforts last year, but now we’ve come to realize that he’s just not a starting caliber QB. He’s taylor-made for the spread and fails without it (and is still inconsistant even when he runs the spread). I think people latched onto him just because he was a bright point in a season of failure and our standards were lowered. He’s shown what he really is now.

-Pollard has gotten a lot of criticism ever since he was drafted. I think people saw good things about him and hoped for more, but now realize that we can do better in many ways. Again, lowered expectations because of the losing culture. Most of us have been blinded to what real football teams should look like because of the last few years of mediocrity.

-A lot of people said they wanted Tony to leave so he could get a shot at a championship. I think it’s good that we got a 2nd for him, but I don’t think anyone’s really happy that it wasn’t for this year.

And you are correct, this is not the standard for everyone by any means. But I don’t think you can talk in absolutes like that. Yes, people have changed their attitudes about things (myself included), but I think most of that is just trying to be positive. We realize we have to accept whatever direction the team decides to go in, and try to find justification for their decisions. More than anything, people will support it just because it’s a new HC and GM. I know I give them the benefit of the doubt myself just because I was so tired of Herm and Carl.

Bottom line: this is what 98% of the fanbase wanted – new leadership. Dissention is good, but at least try to give the new brass some time and see how things work out before getting too worked up. We finally got what we’d been asking for for years. Let’s enjoy it for a while before it just turns into the constant bitching about the administration like last time.

Where we can release players who are just past their prime we need to have a depth of players that we have trained up who can replace them. We don’t have that yet. Yet.

We went with the Keep the Vet route and the Young at All Costs route. Now we need to build from both ends and if that means we get some stopgaps until we have the quality players and the system where we have backups itching to get in their playing time and prove themselves, and then do prove themselves, well so be it.

“it’s a process…”people.
haha.

Offensive line is yes? But also in terms of Gannon, he played on 5 teams over a career that spanned 17 years. Not every team had an amazing offensive line. You don’t stay in the league for 17 years, no matter what position you play, unless you are good enough to well, play. If he rode the bench the whole time, well he wouldn’t have gotten picked up by other teams right? So obviously he had skills. And if you are playing and you are the QB, then you best be good enough, to not get hit, all the time. You have to protect the ball, throw the ball, lead; all that, but you also have to protect yourself. You are the proverbial deer in the hunter’s sights.