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Quote:Remember when Caldwell came in and completely cleaned house, absolutely burning down the horrible roster that Gene Smith had assembled for us?

Remember how refreshing that was?

Well most of us realized that would have dramatic prolonged repercussions on the franchise, ultimately resulting in positives, but with a heap of negative in the meanwhile.

And then there are the shortsighted individuals who don't have the patience to let it play out.

Beginning of year: "Play Bortles! I know the offense is full of rookies and the oline is going to be horrible, and we are going to suck with that much inexperience but you might as well play him!"

End of season: "Bortles sucks! Why does Bortles suck!? No its not the inexperienced rookies and horrible oline, it has to be something cleaner and easier for me to wrap my head around. I'm thinking one individual....Eureka!

FISCH SUCK ARRRGGGHHH HE IS THE WORST I FORGOT ABOUT ALL OF THAT STUFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR!! I WANT BLOOOOOOOOODDDD!!!! FISCH BLOOOOOOOOOOODDDD!!!"

Bingo.

People often falsely identify all voices as the same. The people who wanted Bortles right away arent necessarily the same people who want him now benched and the coach fired.


Ftr, i wanted bortles by wk 3. I dont really want fisch fired, but he is certainly upgradable.

Quote:People often falsely identify all voices as the same. The people who wanted Bortles right away arent necessarily the same people who want him now benched and the coach fired.

Not all of them, but quite a few.

Quote:Not all of them, but quite a few.

Ha id say very few are the triple threat: wanted bortles, want him benched, want coach fired

Quote:People often falsely identify all voices as the same. The people who wanted Bortles right away arent necessarily the same people who want him now benched and the coach fired.


Ftr, i wanted bortles by wk 3. I dont really want fisch fired, but he is certainly upgradable.

Guarantee you there is a ton of overlap. Its the "instant gratification" crowd.

Quote:Guarantee you there is a ton of overlap. Its the "instant gratification" crowd.

 

Asking for a competitive football team after 7 years of historically hot garbage being put on the field is not demanding 'instant gratification'. In actuality it is the 'complacent hand-sitters that are fine with below mediocrity for decades' crowd that is more worrying. Majority of teams are able to find at least 1 or 2 seasons in a 7-year stretch that they were at least competitive, and I am sure those teams didn't go threw a 4-year rebuilding process to get it.

 

Now you say that doing this rebuild will allow us to not be a 1 or 2-season competitor over a decade team but a yearly competitor, well I sure as hell hope so because the way things look now that is definitely not the case.

Quote:Asking for a competitive football team after 7 years of historically hot garbage being put on the field is not demanding 'instant gratification'. In actuality it is the 'complacent hand-sitters that are fine with below mediocrity for decades' crowd that is more worrying. Majority of teams are able to find at least 1 or 2 seasons in a 7-year stretch that they were at least competitive, and I am sure those teams didn't go threw a 4-year rebuilding process to get it.

 

Now you say that doing this rebuild will allow us to not be a 1 or 2-season competitor over a decade team but a yearly competitor, well I sure as hell hope so because the way things look now that is definitely not the case.

 

With the current regime, anything that happened prior to 2013 doesn't matter. As a fan it sucks but these guys are here to clean up the stinking mess left here by Wayne Weaver and Gene Smith. Nobody said it would be easy.

Quote:Asking for a competitive football team after 7 years of historically hot garbage being put on the field is not demanding 'instant gratification'. In actuality it is the 'complacent hand-sitters that are fine with below mediocrity for decades' crowd that is more worrying. Majority of teams are able to find at least 1 or 2 seasons in a 7-year stretch that they were at least competitive, and I am sure those teams didn't go threw a 4-year rebuilding process to get it.

 

Now you say that doing this rebuild will allow us to not be a 1 or 2-season competitor over a decade team but a yearly competitor, well I sure as hell hope so because the way things look now that is definitely not the case.

 

The team was a game away from winning the division in 2010, right?

Quote:The team was a game away from winning the division in 2010, right?

 

A team with MJD in his prime, a veteran QB, and a stable o-line full of vets didn't even have a realistic shot at winning the division. The schedule worked out in such a way that they appeared competitive heading into December, but when they played indy it was once again clear that the Jaguars simply didn't measure up.