Quote:Yep.

 

Firing Shack fixed it.

 

No, firing JDR fixed it.

 

No, firing Gene fixed it.

 

No, firing Mularkey fixed it.

 

No, firing Gabbert fixed it.

 

No, firing Gus fixed it.

 

<pause for breath>

 

Firing Bortles must certainly fix it this time.  We're running out of silver bullets.

 

(But we'll never, EVER run out of scapegoats...)

 

I didn't say that and never have.  I would have preferred for him to have the added pressure of facing free agency after this season, but that decision has been made and we're moving forward.  He's here, starting and likely will be into next season if not longer if he improves.  I'll be cheering him on and hoping for that improvement.  I won't be participating in the rewriting of history, however.  It's like some didn't watch the games last year or their memory of them faded and they looked at the raw season stats to draw shaky conclusions.

 

You can realize that the largest share of the blame for what happened last year was his and still cheer him on this year.  It isn't and doesn't have to be mutually exclusive.  No one needs to come up with an excuse to cheer him and the team on which is what the constant apologizing for him by some appears to be.  And no one needs to take personal offense at any deserved criticism lobbed at Bortles game last year, yet there's a few here that apparently do. 


 

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