Can anyone explain why this board...

[HHURRICANE]

Can anyone explain why this board is so "pumped" when the consensus is that the this team is no better than 6-9 wins?

Not one person has predicted playoffs and why.

But this is the same board that will get mad when people make fair asssesments of our o-line or OLB stituation.

So this board is okay with mediocirty and that's what we are getting excited about?

Where is the winning attitude?

[Dr. Lecter]

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Nobody is OK with mediocrity.

God, I hate when people say that. It is annoying as hell.

[DMBcrew36]

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I'm predicting 5 wins, actually.

[DBrown77]

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Can anyone explain why this board is so "pumped" when the consensus is that the this team is no better than 6-9 wins?

Not one person has predicted playoffs and why.

But this is the same board that will get mad when people make fair asssesments of our o-line or OLB stituation.

So this board is okay with mediocirty and that's what we are getting excited about?

Where is the winning attitude?

whats wrong with being excited for the upcoming season? That"s why we are called "fans"

Plus everyone thinks their team is going to do big things in June

[Jan Reimers]

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We're fans. Part of the fun of being a fan is believing (or at least hoping) that your team can turn it around, catch lightning in a bottle, go from worst to first, outhouse to penthouse, etc.

Fans can suspend logic this time of year and dream that we can be this year's version of the Arizona Cardinals or Miami Dolphins.

If you can't imagine the Bills being a contender, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, what's the fun of being a fan?

[OpIv37]

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Of course we all want and hope that this is the year when the Bills finally surprise people and play well. The difference is that some of us are able to separate hope from expectations.

Given all the problems we had last year, and the way they were addressed (ie, they either weren't addressed at all or were addressed with rookies who aren't ready), it's not reasonable to expect good things to happen.

It would be more fun to suspend logic and go "WWWHHHHOOOOO! Everyone's 0-0! Bills rule! Pats Suck! 16-0! Super bowl baby!" but I just can't do it. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

[justasportsfan]

Re: Can anyone explain why this board...

Can anyone explain why this board is so "pumped" when the consensus is that the this team is no better than 6-9 wins?

Not one person has predicted playoffs and why.

But this is the same board that will get mad when people make fair asssesments of our o-line or OLB stituation.

So this board is okay with mediocirty and that's what we are getting excited about?

Where is the winning attitude?

go to a pats mb. they are predicting playoffs there.

[djjimkelly]

Re: Can anyone explain why this board...

Can anyone explain why this board is so "pumped" when the consensus is that the this team is no better than 6-9 wins?

Not one person has predicted playoffs and why.

But this is the same board that will get mad when people make fair asssesments of our o-line or OLB stituation.

So this board is okay with mediocirty and that's what we are getting excited about?

Where is the winning attitude?

all they would have had to do was switch coaching staffs and i would have been drinking the kool aid again

[Dr. Lecter]

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Of course we all want and hope that this is the year when the Bills finally surprise people and play well. The difference is that some of us are able to separate hope from expectations.

Given all the problems we had last year, and the way they were addressed (ie, they either weren't addressed at all or were addressed with rookies who aren't ready), it's not reasonable to expect good things to happen.

It would be more fun to suspend logic and go "WWWHHHHOOOOO! Everyone's 0-0! Bills rule! Pats Suck! 16-0! Super bowl baby!" but I just can't do it. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

I don't disagree with that assessment.

But the accepting mediocrity crap is the pessimists version of the optimist "you are not a Bills fan" line of crap.

[bigbub2352]

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I am not overly optimistic with any team with such a poor coaching staff, and pro personnel
I am a fan however and i get excited at the very mention of Bills football
so i will continue to torcher myself

[FlyingDutchman]

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can someone explain to me why some people have a mission to tear down people who dont constantly piss and moan about this team. why do people want other fans to constantly come down to their miserable world. we're not sitting here with blinders on, just always being miserable and discussing negative crap isnt a lot of peoples version of fun.

[OpIv37]

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I don't disagree with that assessment.

But the accepting mediocrity crap is the pessimists version of the optimist "you are not a Bills fan" line of crap.

sometimes, not always.

When people defend Donte Whitner or Dick Jauron or Aaron Schobel, it's really tough to say they're not defending mediocrity. Schobel hasn't lived up to expectations for years and Jauron and Whitner have never lived up to expectations.

When people talk about our great S/T, it wreaks of defending mediocrity, because those great S/T have come at the price of overall depth, which is one of many problems this team has had in recent years.

When people defend Tom Modrak without acknowledging the role he had in Donahoe's debacle years, it's defending mediocrity.

It is crap to apply the "accepting mediocrity" line universally to everyone who thinks the team will do well, but there are certainly times when it is very appropriate.

[OpIv37]

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can someone explain to me why some people have a mission to tear down people who dont constantly piss and moan about this team. why do people want other fans to constantly come down to their miserable world. we're not sitting here with blinders on, just always being miserable and discussing negative crap isnt a lot of peoples version of fun.

There's a flip side to this.

Can someone please explain to me why some people have a mission to make us feel good about a team that hasn't been good in over a decade? Why do people want other fans to constantly repeat the few positive things about this team but they get upset when others mention the very real deficiencies that this team has. Choosing not to discuss "negative crap" because it's not fun isn't a lot of people's ideas of a reasonable discussion.

[justasportsfan]

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can someone explain to me why some people have a mission to tear down people who dont constantly piss and moan about this team. why do people want other fans to constantly come down to their miserable world. .

secereting a huge amount of Estrogen?

[justasportsfan]

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There's a flip side to this.

Can someone please explain to me why some people have a mission to make us feel good about a team that hasn't been good in over a decade? Why do people want other fans to constantly repeat the few positive things about this team but they get upset when others mention the very real deficiencies that this team has. Choosing not to discuss "negative crap" because it's not fun isn't a lot of people's ideas of a reasonable discussion.

I'm always excited about a new season. It's a new begining.