Close Only Counts In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by firstdown

We could probably start 100's of what if threads with draft picks along with every other team. Looking back and saying what if is not very healthy in life.

Yes, but ... looking back is the only way to learn from past errors and not repeat them.

It is not healthy to swell on the past or to begin to think that "others are out to get you" based on your own mistakes, but looking at what you did in the past - - both right AND wrong - - is important. It is how you learn...

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Yes, but ... looking back is the only way to learn from past errors and not repeat them.

It is not healthy to swell on the past or to begin to think that "others are out to get you" based on your own mistakes, but looking at what you did in the past - - both right AND wrong - - is important. It is how you learn...

I think that, in general, that is an excellent philosophy of life.

However, Gibbs made the decision and he is not around to "learn." I'm not sure that your philosophy meets this situation from the past.