2005: The Hopeful Realist

WhoDat · 04-22-2005, 08:32 AM

Yeah, we\'ve sucked for 40 years, how\'s next year gonna be different?

That is the question now isn\'t it Danno? How is next year going to be different.

None of us \"hopeful realists\" are suggesting that 2005 CANNOT be different or that we DO NOT WANT it to be very different than the last 4 years or 40 years. I would like a reason to believe that this team might finally get it together. But there is simply no evidence of that.

Now - this is where the key difference comes into play. Billy will no doubt respond that there is also no evidence that they cannot all get better. I\'m not arguing that point. But then that argument misses the point. There\'s good evidence that the sun won\'t explode tomorrow. The last 4 or 5 Billion years for starters. Current conditions for another. Those are factors that make me pretty confident that the sun probably won\'t explode tomorrow. But then there\'s nothing to suggest that it isn\'t possible. It boils back down to the two main points that I keep coming back to.

For me, I can hope that the Saints will get better until I puke, but it won\'t make one lick of difference. Thus, I take every effort not to let my hope interfere with my evaluation of the team. Also - I don\'t ignore PROBABILITY for POSSIBILITY. Billy, does the opposite. He hopes the Saints will get better, and then uses any possible scenario, no matter how improbable, to justif that belief. Then he peddles it on here and when he\'s met with skepticism he suggests that predicting mediocrity is pessimistic. Yeah, that\'s a much better plan.

04-22-2005, 08:32 AM	#40
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	2005: The Hopeful Realist Yeah, we\'ve sucked for 40 years, how\'s next year gonna be different? That is the question now isn\'t it Danno? How is next year going to be different. None of us \"hopeful realists\" are suggesting that 2005 CANNOT be different or that we DO NOT WANT it to be very different than the last 4 years or 40 years. I would like a reason to believe that this team might finally get it together. But there is simply no evidence of that. Now - this is where the key difference comes into play. Billy will no doubt respond that there is also no evidence that they cannot all get better. I\'m not arguing that point. But then that argument misses the point. There\'s good evidence that the sun won\'t explode tomorrow. The last 4 or 5 Billion years for starters. Current conditions for another. Those are factors that make me pretty confident that the sun probably won\'t explode tomorrow. But then there\'s nothing to suggest that it isn\'t possible. It boils back down to the two main points that I keep coming back to. For me, I can hope that the Saints will get better until I puke, but it won\'t make one lick of difference. Thus, I take every effort not to let my hope interfere with my evaluation of the team. Also - I don\'t ignore PROBABILITY for POSSIBILITY. Billy, does the opposite. He hopes the Saints will get better, and then uses any possible scenario, no matter how improbable, to justif that belief. Then he peddles it on here and when he\'s met with skepticism he suggests that predicting mediocrity is pessimistic. Yeah, that\'s a much better plan.
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	\"Excuses, excuses, excuses. ThatÃ¢Â€Â™s all anyone ever makes for the New Orleans SaintsÃ¢Â€Â™ organization.\" - Eric Narcisse \"Being a Saints fan is almost like being addicted to crack,\" he said.[i]\"You know you should stop, but you just can\'t.\"