Monday, November 28th, 2005...9:16 am by Lee Gibbons
You were Right All Along
Nothing like a Redskin tailspin to prove any point a fan has ever made. Obviously if the Skins lose 6 of 8 games, every decision made this season that a fan disagreed with was wrong. No team can lose so many games and be right about anything. Just check the fan message boards, they’ll tell you.
This morning while checking out Extremeskins, I was shown the light. I read about the terrible decision to start Mark Brunell over Patrick Ramsey, and how we wasted precious development time on Ramsey during this ‘rebuilding’ season. Never mind that Ramsey isn’t the quarterback of the future anymore, and that he’ll probably be gone this off-season, we need to play him. I also read about our awful draft, picking Carlos Rogers over Mike Williams. We need a 2nd wide receiver, and Williams was that guy. Don’t worry about the fact that he only has twenty-five catches this year, and that he’s been labeled as having a bad attitude. If we had drafted Williams we’d be 8-3 instead of 5-6.
Normally I’d disagree with the people saying this kind of stuff, but in this case I think they are on to something. They just haven’t pushed it far enough. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I mean do you really think Laveranues Coles would have stood for all this losing? Getting Santana Moss was a mistake, we need a real angry guy in the locker room to speak up and let the team have it.
But I don’t think we should forget past decisions either, this team hasn’t been good in a long time, certainly someone is to blame. Jeff George over Brad Johnson, the real reason we’ve sucked since 2000. Firing Schottenheimer for Spurrier? Tony Banks or Kent Graham? Stephen Davis or Skip Hicks? Heck, why stop there? This probably dates back to Billy Kilmer vs Sonny. Obviously the Redskins have screwed up every decision we’ve ever made, why else would they be in this position.
So fans, take this opportunity. Anything you’ve ever disagreed with? Now is the time to prove you knew what you were talking about. I mean why else would they be on the verge of missing the playoffs again. Joe Gibbs and crew obviously have no clue what they are doing, they don’t compare to your vast knowledge of football. So stand up and tell us how the Skins screwed all us fans over. Don’t let rational thinking or common sense stop you. You were right all along.
3 Comments
November 28th, 2005 at 11:33 am
goodbye, joe bugel!!
November 28th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
The Washington Football Team is cursed! They have been cursed because they refuse to change the offensive nickname, they are a good team that could actually be without too much of a stretch be 10-1. They are losing because the strong medicine of native people is against them, do the right thing change that offensive name and get back to being champions.
November 28th, 2005 at 1:24 pm
When teams lose games in the last quarter of the contest, the altruism is that the team losing is not as physically fit as the team winning. Plays, tactics, strategies etc., all are ineffective if the palyers are ot in condition to execute. That does not mean that some or most of the team members are out of shape, but it does mean that not all of them are. Thte only remedy is to PT and drill until they begin to fall out in practise and then you know who needs conditioning and replacement in the fourth quarter. Give the fresh bench players a chance to perform and see if ther is a differnc in the outcomes in the fourth quarter of the game. It is the coach’s job to identify the weaknesses in the team and make adjustments. It is the player’s job to condition and perofrm. Both these fundamental principals in place on the Redskins team will turn their season’s win loss record around.
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