JKool

I am frustrated, but I am frustrated with two things: (1) I am frustrated we don\'t have a first rate LB in the fold already and that I haven\'t heard anything about an OT, and (2) I am frustrated with people telling me that any interpretation of the data, except the one that paints us as woeful losers, is the view of a crack addict. However, you are right in thinking that I\'m not so small as to take out my frustration on SOMEONE - which I didn\'t do. Thanks for volunteering though.

You will also notice, that I did not mention anyone\'s name in my post; actually, I didn\'t even have anyone in mind at all. I was merely venting about a particular view - one that maybe no one holds, for all I know. It wasn\'t directed at any person - unlike your\'s where you accuse me of being small and mean:
Really? You seem to take me to be quite the idiot sometimes. That sounds awfully kind. Thanks for, again, deciding to but me in some neat little category - \"Gumbo\'s buddy.\" I\'m sick of that Whodi, and I would have expected more from you, since I thought we had some respect for one another. Perhaps, we should just bring back the old sunshiner/moonshiner distinction - that was a really helpful way for people to make fun of each other instead of responding to ideas, arguments, or thoughts?

Furthermore, I don\'t see why I should only get to say that \"I\'m an optimist\", when others are not simply stating \"I\'m a pessimist.\" No, I get to hear how we can\'t do anything right, haven\'t, and never will. However, you seem to be proposing that the only viable response for the optimist is this - \"sure we can\'t do anything right, haven\'t, and never will, but I\'m an optimist\"? I\'m not getting your suggestion Whodi.

Moreover, I don\'t defend them at every turn! I\'ve stated many things that they\'ve done wrong. However, just as in the AB debate, I don\'t feel a real need to get on the \"pessimism wagon\" when I am pessimistic, we have plenty of those guys around here. It seems to me a better idea to try and make some points where there are points to be made.

I don\'t see why you get to bash everything that anyone optimistic says around here. (Billy is not on crack, he\'s not here just to annoy people, he\'s not a mean spirited bad person, he sometimes gets a little worked up - but mainly he presents a different way of discussing the topic. If people really just want to come here and agree with everyone then people like Billy, and probably me, ought to leave. Does that sound like what would be best? If my thoughts on what the organization is NOT doing so badly, my views on which arguments are unfounded, my ideas about what might be going on are merely ticking people off, then someone ought to just tell me, and I\'ll try and get on board with merely posting \"I agree\" after every negative thing that is said - whould that be better?). You seem to think that anyone who defends this team (or even merely thinks the pessimistic side is overstated) is only entitled to \"I\'m an optimist\" as a response. Perhaps I\'m misunderstanding your suggestion, but right now I don\'t get it.

Finally, I said 0-16. Do you guys want people to put words in your mouths? I didn\'t put that in any one\'s mouth. I made that suggestion as a sarchastic point against all the hating that I have to listen to here - day in and day out. Sure it is bad, but how bad is it? Is it 0-16 bad? I DOUBT ANYONE THINKS THAT, but I sure feel as though some people are expressing their ideas in a way that sounds about in line with that. How about some perspective. We were 8-8 with the guys we had last year - why would anyone think we\'d be WORSE if we didn\'t sign anyone? Certainly, we all want a SB, and certainly we aren\'t going to do it without some upgrades, but without a super star FA... maybe? Why not?

OK, I lied, here is one more thing: if you think the view that I presented here is false, instead of analyzing me, how about you say what is wrong with it, just like papz and FV did?

"... I was beating them with my eyes the whole game..." - Aaron Brooks