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Beemnseven · 12-28-2006, 01:57 PM

So what you’re saying is, there can never be any reasonable expectation of improvement from one season to the next? If I recall correctly, your prediction for the year was 11-5, then you downgraded that after watching the preseason and looking at our schedule. Upon what did you base those expectations?

Here’s my basic point: If a sick, twisted, vicious, psychotic serial murderer one day decides to help an old lady cross the street, it doesn’t change who he really is. He’s still a sick, twisted, vicious, psychotic serial murderer.

Similarly, the Redskins, despite that 5-0 run last year, were 11-16 before, and are 5-10 since. Remember the serial murderer parallel. Even when you include that oh-so wondrous playoff run, they will finish 22-26 at best over the last three seasons, or 21-27 if they lose to the Giants. Though sprinkled with occasional success, either way you slice it, that’s the mark of losers.

You and I will probably go to our graves with this -- you say they were a good team last year; I say they were good enough to take advantage of weakling opponents and fortunate events by the skin of their teeth. I'm not saying they were garbage. They just weren't all they were cracked up to be, and maybe our hopes this season were based on a false premise.

12-28-2006, 01:57 PM	#43
Beemnseven Pro Bowl Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Virginia Beach Age: 52 Posts: 5,311	Re: Does the Eagles run remind you of anything??? So what you’re saying is, there can never be any reasonable expectation of improvement from one season to the next? If I recall correctly, your prediction for the year was 11-5, then you downgraded that after watching the preseason and looking at our schedule. Upon what did you base those expectations? Here’s my basic point: If a sick, twisted, vicious, psychotic serial murderer one day decides to help an old lady cross the street, it doesn’t change who he really is. He’s still a sick, twisted, vicious, psychotic serial murderer. Similarly, the Redskins, despite that 5-0 run last year, were 11-16 before, and are 5-10 since. Remember the serial murderer parallel. Even when you include that oh-so wondrous playoff run, they will finish 22-26 at best over the last three seasons, or 21-27 if they lose to the Giants. Though sprinkled with occasional success, either way you slice it, that’s the mark of losers. You and I will probably go to our graves with this -- you say they were a good team last year; I say they were good enough to take advantage of weakling opponents and fortunate events by the skin of their teeth. I'm not saying they were garbage. They just weren't all they were cracked up to be, and maybe our hopes this season were based on a false premise.