Posted by nixluva:

NAH! I'm not even going there. This team has every opportunity to get off to a good start like any other team. I HATE all this lame talk about what the team had done in the past. For one thing MOST of these players have only been here for the last season or less. SO let's just kill all of that crap about what these guys can or can't do based on the past. You want to make judgments on this group based off of what LB did last year? DO ahead, but i'm gonna be here to call you on it everytime, cuz so far I haven't seen one thing that shows this team is not trying to do everything Isiah is asking of them. This includes things that some of us said this team COULDN'T do. Yet we see them sharing the ball, moving and playing as a unit. Last year is gone and this year we may just get a team worth rooting for, so let's REALLY give them a CLEAN SLATE and stop with all this mention of what they historically did or how they've never been able to do this or that. USE your da** eyes and see what they are ACTUALLY DOING!

When have you ever seen them do the things they've been doing so far this year? Well they're actually playing like a team and until they show me otherwise i'm gonne enjoy what they're doing THIS YEAR.

The record of this team over the past 4 years is a hard cold fact -- indisputable.
The outlook for the coming year is pure speculation, conjecture, and in your case optimism.
While in my heart I would want nothing more than this team to come out and win 50 games,
I cannot, like you, ignore the trend of the past 4 years and conclude that this year will
be so different. I wish it were so. But I believe it will not be.
Choose to be optimistic if you wish, but it is unreasonable to criticize others for
being realistic.

38 wins is my prediction. And frankly a 15 win improvement IS OPTIMISTIC. Just not delusional.


[Edited by - panos on 10-20-2006 10:33 AM]