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[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by BrudLee

Daseal, I'll save you a seat.

Though I disagree (sometimes strongly) with Daseal's assessment of Gibbs, he heard the same predictions of a return to glory we all heard (and, in my case, made). He has every reason to feel as frustrated as he'd like.

He was, as I was, a believer in Spurrier's system; and since it didn't pan out here, and the system that replaced it was nearly the exact opposite, it's very frustrating to see regression in some cases. His viewpoint in that the system isn't working. Mine is that the personnel needs to adapt to it (or be replaced). Neither one of us is right (except me), but we should all have a piece of Daseal's pragmatism/pessimism around just to soften the fall in case the problems of last year still aren't fixed in September.

Fair enough, but those who are most pessimistic don't get to jump in front of the rest of us who have been supporting Gibbs from day 1 in the proverbial "line" of people who will be singing his praises when we make the playoffs either this year or the next. Now, if Daseal wants to be the first in line to eat crow when Gibbs returns us to glory, I'm cool with that. And that goes for anyone who has been so quick to cast aside Gibbs's past accomplishments and take the "what have you done for me lately" attitude.

As hard as this may be to believe, I'm really not trying to get personal. I'm just taking issue with hedging bets. I can't sit here and rip anyone and then be the first to pat them on the back when they do a good job and act like everything is just fine. If Spurrier goes back to the NFL and finds success (LOL......I can't even type it without laughing), I would be the first one to get up on my soapbox and proclaim to the world (ok, just this forum, but you get the point) that I was wrong. I don't get to pat Spurrier on the back, I get to get down on my knees, kiss his a$$, and beg his pardon. That's all I'm entitled to.

I'm just setting the stage now for the inevitable: Gibbs will return us to glory, and all the nay-sayers (not you Brud, I know you've supported Gibbs) can forget about trying to jump on the bandwagon at that point because everyone on this forum knows where everyone else stands right now. Anyone can be a fan of a winner, but a true fan sticks with his man/team through the toughest times. There are a lot of true, die-hard fans of Joe Gibbs on this site. And there are people who simply are not fans of him.

I know I'm taking this whole "first in line" comment too literally, but it just really struck a nerve with me. I agree we need some realism on this site, and sometimes realism comes off as pessimism. But it really bugs me when a person's biggest critic jumps into the pile and starts high-fiving everyone when that person succeeds and wants to pretend like everything is cool.

[Paintrain]

The problem with the extreme optimists and pessimists on this site and in our fan base in general is misguided expectations. For some reason, to some, the return of Gibbs meant that the NFL should have immediately begun engraving his name on the Lombardi Trophy, if not re-naming it the Gibbs Trophy. When it didn't happen, he's old, he's lost, he's clueless, he's washed up, he's crazy and senile.. For some others he can do no wrong and this is the year! If not, then next year!

Let's face it, we, like probably 29 other teams in the league are flawed. We have holes on the team. How about we wait until at least September before we start predicting a Super Bowl run or a 4-12 season?