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hesscl34 10-17-2006, 10:46 PM we will make the playoffs. it will happen. joe gibbs knows how to fix things.
God bless your postive thinking!!!!!!!! We need more Skins fans like you!!!!!!!!1
hesscl34 10-17-2006, 10:48 PM Well I know when the Reskins were 5-6 last season I had already put a fork in them.
I for one, do not make the same mistakes twice. If the Redskins are mathematically in it, then they always make a late season run.
:) you are the only Dallas fan I like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Guy 10-18-2006, 04:54 AM it'd be hard to go 8-2 with this schedule :/. it's like 2000 all over. hit the play-offs, get excited, go out and waste money on bad players while ditching draft picks for fear of them being icky. I mean, gibbs will probably go 4-0 in december (he always does), but the margin for error is so much lower than last year, and the schedule is harder.
chemistry matters, motivation matters, talent matters. I'm not sure we have any of the first two, or enough of the last one.
oh yeah, and the colts got a steal by turning a 2nd rounder into a top notch DT. that's what a good FO does. address their needs BEFORE they start creating problems costing them games. that's the same FO that drafted most of that colts team... hmm... drafting players... there's a thought.
maybe peyton will stub his toe and decide to sit this one out.
Beemnseven 10-18-2006, 10:02 PM oh yeah, and the colts got a steal by turning a 2nd rounder into a top notch DT. that's what a good FO does. address their needs BEFORE they start creating problems costing them games. that's the same FO that drafted most of that colts team... hmm... drafting players... there's a thought.
Hate to say it, but the situation we have with the player-personnel decision making is similar to the Bengals before Marvin Lewis got there. As I understand it, there was one person who worked as a scout for Cincinnati, in addition to ancient workout rooms -- it turned out to be the tell-tale signs of a dysfunctional franchise. Now make no mistake, Snyder and Cooke before him spared no expense to have top-notch training facilities and to furnish the team and its headquarters with whatever they wanted. That's not what I'm talking about.
The archaic situation during the days of gloom in Cincinnati is a mirror image of this team and its current structure for evaluating talent and player acquisition. That is to say, it consists of Dan Snyder's wishes, and the limits of his bank account.
And this is something I thought would surely change once Joe Gibbs restored order to this franchise. Instead, he bought into this notion hook, line, and sinker -- that whatever problem this team faces can be solved by the movement of Dan Snyder's pen to his checkbook. Instead of well-reasoned, astute observations and studies by a football professionals who know what they're doing, we get recklessness, and the throwing of free agent heymakers, hoping one of them will hit.
Until that structure changes, this team will never succeed. And as That Guy said, there's going to be more 2000-like seasons to come.
chris36 10-18-2006, 10:27 PM Mny teams have never been to the super bowl, many teams dont even try. At least here in Washington, Snyder tries . The last time he brought a winner to DC was last year, so stop sounding like a bitch.
Beemnseven 10-18-2006, 10:38 PM Mny teams have never been to the super bowl, many teams dont even try. At least here in Washington, Snyder tries . The last time he brought a winner to DC was last year, so stop sounding like a bitch.
Oh yeah, how dare I question the personnel moves in the seven years Snyder has owned the team, what with all of the Lombardi trophies he's collected.
And try not to be an asshole.
chris36 10-18-2006, 10:45 PM Sorry buddy, but I had to tell myself the same thing I told you. Look, many owner could care less if they win or lose. We have an owner that will do anything he can to bring us a winner.. Although he has not, I love him for trying. I am sure he will get it right someday. There are many teams in pro sports that dont care.
Beemnseven 10-18-2006, 10:58 PM I know of one owner who gets accused of 'not caring' -- Bill Bidwell of the Cardinals. But who knows? Nobody can get inside the man's head. It could just be that he happens to be the owner of a franchise that's certifiably doomed. Everybody else? They either give everything they've got to get to the Super Bowl, or it's their jobs.
I know Snyder tries. And for a time, I admired him for that. But now, its starting to look like the way a drunk tries to sing at a karyoke bar. We know he's trying real hard, but after a while it gets annoying.
chris36 10-18-2006, 11:05 PM He will get there. He brought Joe Back, did'nt he.
50-GUT 10-19-2006, 01:25 AM EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A DRINK AND CHILL...
I know everyone here had big expectations for the season, but it's just not gonna happen. We're just not that good. It SUCKS.. deal with it. I for one gave the season a funeral after going 0-2 and 0-4 in the preseason. The writing has been on the wall since late August. It was just that the marketing engine was all fired up and nobody wanted to hear it. They duped me.. they duped all of us! Now that we are finally approaching mathematical elimination everyone is freaking out, and I totally understand that... its just I came to the grim conclusion some time ago.
Here's what I've seen happen:
The defense has been stripped of too much talent, and its beginning to show. Our secondary has been gutted through Free Agency and now injuries... the LB's look totally confused, can't play zone, don't set tempo, and for some reason forgot how to hit BAMAS in the mouth! The DT's that have never produced much pass rush, but could always stuff the run are now springing leaks... And then there's the DE's... well sometimes I wonder how they show up Mondays to grab their paycheck.
The offense is meak and won't get better until we have a QB under center that can execute Al Saunders offense. We need a guy that can convert 3rd downs and make plays when its not perfectly there. For all we know, Jason Campbell might not have the goods either. I wasn't exactly enamoured with his preaseason work. Sometimes I have a sneaking suspicion that he could be a bust too... Why hasn't he stepped up and taken the job from Mark yet? If he isn't blowing Brunell away in practice then we got problems.
Its a giant SH!T SANDWICH... anybody hungry?
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