A Signing Already?!

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

Gibbs and Company brought the microscope upon themselves. If he refuses to change course in how players are selected and scouted then Im gonna pile on every chance I get until they prove they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

Damn right.

And Matty, when is the appropriate time for criticizing or applauding any personnel moves?

10 days after the season ending? A month?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

[W]hen is the appropriate time for criticizing or applauding any personnel moves? 10 days after the season ending? A month?

Any time - as long as the criticism is relevant and rational to the move being criticized. Here, you guys are:

A) blasting a back-of-the-sports-section-blurb as if it is some major signing;

B) criticizing the signing w/o commenting on the relevant merits of the player signed and whether or not we are getting a decent value for the money/draft picks spent;

C) treating this signing as an example of front office incompentence when there is absolutely no evidence as to whether or not anyone else may/may not have been pursuing this guy (Hey, what if it turns out we stole him right out from the Patriots noses - would you still be blasting the FO, if this turns out to be a highly coveted player?).

D) (as I stated earlier) acting as if this is "The Big Signing" of the offseason and the one upon which the entire offseason is judged.

As for the references that I have made about time - In this case we know absolutely nothing about the guy except from some CFL blurb. This is an unknown (and likely to stay that way) who's signing is one tiny, miniscule offseason move that we, probably, won't know the true signifigance of until we are much further into the signing period.

It's not like we are talking about a blockbuster trade where the personnel and/ or value (i.e. draft picks) of the trade are well know.

In this case, you guys are simply criticizing to criticize "We did it so it must be dumb." There are plenty of "Our FO sucks" threads out there - go bump them.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Any time - as long as the criticism is relevant and rational to the move being criticized. Here, you guys are:

A) blasting a back-of-the-sports-section-blurb as if it is some major signing;

B) criticizing the signing w/o commenting on the relevant merits of the player signed and whether or not we are getting a decent value for the money/draft picks spent;

C) treating this signing as an example of front office incompentence when there is absolutely no evidence as to whether or not anyone else may/may not have been pursuing this guy (Hey, what if it turns out we stole him right out from the Patriots noses - would you still be blasting the FO, if this turns out to be a highly coveted player?).

D) (as I stated earlier) acting as if this is "The Big Signing" of the offseason and the one upon which the entire offseason is judged.

As for the references that I have made about time - In this case we know absolutely nothing about the guy except from some CFL blurb. This is an unknown (and likely to stay that way) who's signing is one tiny, miniscule offseason move that we, probably, won't know the true signifigance of until we are much further into the signing period.

It's not like we are talking about a blockbuster trade where the personnel and/ or value (i.e. draft picks) of the trade are well know.

In this case, you guys are simply criticizing to criticize "We did it so it must be dumb." There are plenty of "Our FO sucks" threads out there - go bump them.

Good analysis......I just didn't feel like typing that much.

[Beemnseven]

First of all, what you may have overlooked is that many of the comments were posted in jest -- nobody has a clue about this guy one way or the other. I certainly don't.

Judging by the content of these posts, there would be little doubt as to who was really overreacting.

[paulskinsfan]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Damn right.

And Matty, when is the appropriate time for criticizing or applauding any personnel moves?

10 days after the season ending? A month?

YOU WILL NEVER GET AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION!!!! People who still support the current FO structure will always support the structure. Its almost like some of them are on Snyder's payroll.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

YOU WILL NEVER GET AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION!!!! People who still support the current FO structure will always support the structure. Its almost like some of them are on Snyder's payroll.

JoeRedskin handled it very well so there's the answer.

This has to be one of the most idiotic threads ever on this site. People piling on a practice squad type of move... give me a break. You guys need a hobby, really.

[paulskinsfan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

JoeRedskin handled it very well so there's the answer.

This has to be one of the most idiotic threads ever on this site. People piling on a practice squad type of move... give me a break. You guys need a hobby, really.

Yo Pot, Kettle here.......we need a hobby? Dude, you are averaging almost 17 posts PER DAY over the past 3 years. I keep picturing you as one of the kids in the South Park episode when they get addicted to that internet game and won't leave their computers.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

Yo Pot, Kettle here.......we need a hobby? Dude, you are averaging almost 17 posts PER DAY over the past 3 years. I keep picturing you as one of the kids in the South Park episode when they get addicted to that internet game and won't leave their computers.

This site is one of my hobbies. Try running one sometime and you'll see how much time you have to put in to it. A lot of my posts come from updating the news wire.

Let's get back to blasting a practice squad move. That's much more interesting than discussing my hobbies.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Damn right.

And Matty, when is the appropriate time for criticizing or applauding any personnel moves?

10 days after the season ending? A month?

How about we just wait until the real moves begin.

This one shouldn't have even been a blip on the radar.