Quote:I notice how the pie in the sky optimists don't answer substantive questions on the matter on how they knew what the end result would be without knowing where the tear took place.

 

But let's assume for argument's sake you guys were absolutely right and had all of the factual and medical basis at your disposal the minute the injury was announced. (as a side note, it's interesting Ramsey himself-you know, the guy who actually suffered the injury-was uncertain enough about the prognosis to get a second opinion even after it was initially announced)

 

It would seem the chicken little-sky is falling-bibber-self soiling-nattering nabobs crowd has had the pessimism surrounding the team justified by the end results more than pie in the sky optimists have over the past few years-if we are looking solely at end results here.

 

Again, I don't see the point of chest thumping here.

 

I think most people would fall into the wait and see category.  I don't recall many pie in the sky optimists being confident of the extent of the injury.  I think they were all going on what was being reported, and the vast majority of reports indicated it was a minor tear and that whether it required surgery or just PT, he'd be ready for training camp. 

 

I know I fell into that category.  I'm not a knee-jerk reactionary in most instances because until you have all of the facts, there's no way to know for certain what the extent of an injury is. 

 

Do the hand wringers have justification for their whining?  Sure, history has not been kind to the team when it comes to injuries, but that still doesn't mean we should just jump to conclusions the way they did in this instance, expecting a 4-6 month recovery time when the overwhelming facts indicated otherwise.  Even after it was revealed that it was a minor injury and that 4-6 weeks was the expected down time, these same folks continued to drag their black clouds into every discussion.  They did the same thing with the Parnell injury that was so serious that he continued to do the individual drills in OTAs. 

 

It's always best to have all the facts before going into meltdown mode.  There's a segment of this board that doesn't bother with that, preferring to go right to the worst case scenario in every situation.

 

I know I'm not thumping my chest that I was right on this one.  I'm just happy that it turned out to be the best possible case for an injury, and that it wasn't more severe. 

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