Quote:Then who does it apply to?  Most of us who don't subscribe to the notion that the team should tank for any player are making the same case repeatedly, yet we're bashed endlessly for not seeing the bigger picture.  That's arguably one of the dumbest things anyone could say on this board. 

 

It's funny because someone else pointed out that most of the tankers don't necessarily have a vested interest in the team. Many are fans who aren't in Jacksonville, and don't have any real skin in the game beyond buying clothes and hats.  As fans who do have a vested interest in the team, whether it's because we own tickets or any other reason, want to see this team win every time it takes the field.  We understand the tanker logic, we just don't subscribe to quitting because we're paying to watch this team play.  It's the people who aren't who are the loudest complainers on here.  One in particular has NEVER seen this team play a home game in person (but he's heard the game day experience is terrible from someone who went to a game 1o years ago, so he's an expert.). 

 

Those of us who prefer to see the team trying to win are regularly chastised for not being savvy fans.  Tankers are far more high minded because they embrace losing, then turn around and accuse us of being the ones who prefer losing.  It's silly.  If a team takes the field with the intention of losing, they'll lose fans in droves.  Clearly, this team has NOT quit, and they continue to try to win games, and I for one am happy to see this.  The queen of the tankers loves to play both sides of this argument. When they lose, he whines about how lousy the coach is and how we should have spent the farm getting a coach who was never going to come here.  When they win, he can't complain about the coaching, so he focuses on how it's hurting our draft position.  This is who the tankers are sidling up with.  In the end, a year from now, no matter what happens, the queen will claim he had the right approach even though he takes every side in an argument.

 

It is like actually believing someone like Gary Kubiak or Jim Caldwell would intentionally lose games even though they will lose their job. And that an NFL owner would offer some financial gain in form of a severance payment for losing games. These guys eat, sleep and breathe football. Most have been doing so since they were teenagers. The game is so much bigger than a few draft spots. This is their livelihood.

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