(12-03-2020, 09:42 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(12-02-2020, 11:13 AM)iHaunting Raven Wrote: People laugh about it now but at the time most people were like "we got a starter! how many 3rd rounders are instant starters? he is gonna be the best Punter in the league! we needed one after Matt Turk! will people complain when he has multiple pro bowls??"

Please cite your source on that one.

I get that I did some crazy things in college, and that was over 8 years ago, but I don't recall any such sentiment.

100% people were rationalizing it, not everyone, but a large amount. Till the season started and Wilson started playing. That was the death toll for Gene, and hiring Mularkey after he was about to get fired from the falcons. I hated that hire from the beginning, but the ‘Gene we trust’ took a long time to wear off. I think losing Vic and how spectacularly bad Gene was forever broke the hive mind that was on this board. There is much less consensus now. When you posted something against the grain back then, you heard it a lot more. Now we have all kinds of crazy with mods who actually disagree with each other rather than walking in lockstep. More balanced IMO.

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