Posted by 4949:
The thing is though, many here had their hearts so set on acquiring the top two picks, that we probably forced it the end of the line. In chicago, it was never even mentioned as a dream to acquire such a high pick.
I think New York has too much negative energy (in areas that require calm) and we end up doing ourselves in. But we are also highly competitive and the overall success shows.
I've got no problem with people having their hearts set on a top 2 pick --- and having the notion that if we didn't get there that we failed for this draft --- and that a few more losses might have gotten us there. That's fine, that's their opinion, even though every draft has gems beyond there.
Further, and I've said this before just to have it ignored by a suspect few who simply have an agenda to attack people regardless, it's not the tanking nor the idea of tanking that ever annoyed me.
Here's what I posted on another forum last night in regards to my stance and those who get unnerved by it to the point of resorting to personal attacks:
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Soooooo...what wins do you target as the ones that did it? Novembers? Decembers? When do you start losing? You think the team was going to go winless from the moment you or anyone else felt "
know what, we're done, it might be in the team's best interests to lose out and gain some ping pong balls."???? When?
See,
that opinion isn't even the one I have a problem with, the opinion I have a problem with is those that crapped all over the team when they won, crapped on the players who had good games in those wins, then attacked the posters who refused to bash the team for winning, and then now blame those fans for winding up 6th in the lotto.
That's the problem....and it's a rather pointless attitude to have towards fellow fans, IMO.
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If that doesn't make sense to some who read it I can't help that....
