hesscl34
08-24-2006, 12:42 PM
betts has to get traded now, no question
This is a post from Extremems Skins. Best post I've read yet about the RB's.
I hope the mods forgive me for starting another thread discussing the Duckett trade, but this thread isn't about the trade itself as much as the staff that made it and why they did.
As fans, we identify with players. We root for our favorite players, we buy their jerseys, and we name ourselves after them on websites like ES. Fans love underdogs. I always identify with underdogs and pull for them. When roster moves affect our favorite players, we take it personally. The players of course take it personally, and we identify with the players, so we take it personally too. When Ramsey got benched for Brunell, we groaned. Many extremers took it much further than that, calling Gibbs a liar, and saying that Ramsey got screwed. Ramsey was hugely popular in here. He was a class act, he was an underdog that we all pulled for. Uhfortunately though, he didn't perform and struggled with the mental aspects of the game, and Gibbs saw it. Gibbs went with his well honed instincts and it paid off. Ramsey meanwhile is with the Jets, and he's still not performing.
Fast forward a year, and more of the same type of roster moves are happening. Williams and Gibbs sent Lavar on his way, and once again extreme skins was divided. Lavar was never really an underdog, but he was definitely another fan favorite. Lavar goes to New York, and he still can't stay on the field. Chris Clemons gets hurt again, and he's cut. Clemons was another fan favorite and an underdog. Chris also couldn't stay on the field though and now he's gone. Betts is another guy us fans have been pulling for, but like Clemons and Lavar, he hasn't been able to stay on the field. See a pattern here?
Going back a couple of weeks, after Clemons got cut, Williams said in an interview with the Post, "There are two 'As' you have to have if you want to play for me: accountability and availability. Chris suffered from the second one. He was never able to stay on the field." Take a minute and let that quote sink in b/c it really states what this staff is all about. If you want to play for the Skins, you have to perform, and you have to be able to stay healthy, it doesn't matter who you are, how much you are paid, or when you were drafted.
No look at the preseason. The mediots have been predicting a Superbowl run for the Skins, and they come out flat in the preseason, and put in a very poor effort against the Jets. The team turns to Betts and Rock for a spark and really get nothing. Maybe the blocking in front of them wasn't great, but neither guy looked like they were running hard to me. After the game, Gibbs was so mad he didn't even wait for the media to be ready be to send a message to the team, saying, "I thought we would get a great effort and play extremely hard," Gibbs said in explaining his anger Saturday night. "We're coming home and I talked about it, and we play a game like that. So it does a number of things to you. You get upset about it and you get concerned about it, too, because there's no reason why you shouldn't play well there."
No doubt about it, Gibbs was pissed.
Gibbs goes out and gets himself a classic bruiser in Duckett. He says he's a great locker room and we'll just put him in there and see how it turns out. Message to Betts and Rock: you boys better step the hell up or you're gone.
Betts says he doesn't understand, and Rock calls it a slap in the face. Sorry, but you've got it backwards guys, as do many fans who identify with you. You have to perform and stay healthy to be on this team. Gibbs is committed to winning. If his players can't deliver, he'll bring in players that can. Gibbs and his staff mean business, it's as simple as that.
This is a post from Extremems Skins. Best post I've read yet about the RB's.
I hope the mods forgive me for starting another thread discussing the Duckett trade, but this thread isn't about the trade itself as much as the staff that made it and why they did.
As fans, we identify with players. We root for our favorite players, we buy their jerseys, and we name ourselves after them on websites like ES. Fans love underdogs. I always identify with underdogs and pull for them. When roster moves affect our favorite players, we take it personally. The players of course take it personally, and we identify with the players, so we take it personally too. When Ramsey got benched for Brunell, we groaned. Many extremers took it much further than that, calling Gibbs a liar, and saying that Ramsey got screwed. Ramsey was hugely popular in here. He was a class act, he was an underdog that we all pulled for. Uhfortunately though, he didn't perform and struggled with the mental aspects of the game, and Gibbs saw it. Gibbs went with his well honed instincts and it paid off. Ramsey meanwhile is with the Jets, and he's still not performing.
Fast forward a year, and more of the same type of roster moves are happening. Williams and Gibbs sent Lavar on his way, and once again extreme skins was divided. Lavar was never really an underdog, but he was definitely another fan favorite. Lavar goes to New York, and he still can't stay on the field. Chris Clemons gets hurt again, and he's cut. Clemons was another fan favorite and an underdog. Chris also couldn't stay on the field though and now he's gone. Betts is another guy us fans have been pulling for, but like Clemons and Lavar, he hasn't been able to stay on the field. See a pattern here?
Going back a couple of weeks, after Clemons got cut, Williams said in an interview with the Post, "There are two 'As' you have to have if you want to play for me: accountability and availability. Chris suffered from the second one. He was never able to stay on the field." Take a minute and let that quote sink in b/c it really states what this staff is all about. If you want to play for the Skins, you have to perform, and you have to be able to stay healthy, it doesn't matter who you are, how much you are paid, or when you were drafted.
No look at the preseason. The mediots have been predicting a Superbowl run for the Skins, and they come out flat in the preseason, and put in a very poor effort against the Jets. The team turns to Betts and Rock for a spark and really get nothing. Maybe the blocking in front of them wasn't great, but neither guy looked like they were running hard to me. After the game, Gibbs was so mad he didn't even wait for the media to be ready be to send a message to the team, saying, "I thought we would get a great effort and play extremely hard," Gibbs said in explaining his anger Saturday night. "We're coming home and I talked about it, and we play a game like that. So it does a number of things to you. You get upset about it and you get concerned about it, too, because there's no reason why you shouldn't play well there."
No doubt about it, Gibbs was pissed.
Gibbs goes out and gets himself a classic bruiser in Duckett. He says he's a great locker room and we'll just put him in there and see how it turns out. Message to Betts and Rock: you boys better step the hell up or you're gone.
Betts says he doesn't understand, and Rock calls it a slap in the face. Sorry, but you've got it backwards guys, as do many fans who identify with you. You have to perform and stay healthy to be on this team. Gibbs is committed to winning. If his players can't deliver, he'll bring in players that can. Gibbs and his staff mean business, it's as simple as that.