Posted by wsdm:
Posted by nixluva:
I find it amazing just how high the level of pessimism around here is. It's almost sad. Now I do recognize that there are no guarantees that we won't see another bad season, but I don't agree that its as LIKELY to happen as some of you are making it sound.
Last year SO MANY things went wrong, that it's warped the thinking of those who follow the team. The players we have are FAR BETTER than what we saw last year. I think we have a good shot at making the playoffs this year. NOT a Lock, but there's reason to be hopeful. I'm confident that this team can come together and play .500 or better ball this year. Last year we had too many issues and I find it odd that so many of you aren't recognizing that the number of losses were artificially increased by those issues. You can't really believe this team is gonna end up in the lottery again. COME ON!
I think most people DO realize last year was an abberation and expect this team to finish just like it had the previous five or so years--in the 33 to 39 win range.
Exactly. And some people are just more elated by (sub) mediocrity than others.
It's not that I'm afraid we'll get stuck in the lottery forever. It's more a fear that we will forever refuse to mine the lottery. We run from it with all our might, and with all of Dolan's mighty dollars. And I fear we'll never be good enough to contend, and never bad enough to land another Ewing.
Yeah, things seemed really bad last year, but not all that much worse than the prior 5 or 6.
I can't wait for us to get off for some kind of middling start, like 5-7, only to hear the homers calling all the haters and brown lovers out, as if something meaningful has been proven.
Me, I'd much rather us be dumping veterans and payroll and CHASING the damn lottery. Perpetual limbo scares me more than anything.
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10/4/2006 6:15 PM
