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djnemo65 · 09-14-2005, 12:17 PM

My breaking point is soon. The problem I have is the continuation of incompetence that began with Gibbs' first personal move out of retirement: trading a 3rd rounder and giving 43 million to a washed up qb who was about to be cut anyway. It continued when we gave up an unnecessary second rounder to get Portis; when we retained Brunell as starter for nine games last year; when we squandered one of the league's best defenses with an anemic vanilla offense; when we traded three picks for an at best second round qb. And it continues. "Trust in gibbs" is rapidly losing its cachet.

Look, the problem is not that Ramsey is so great - that he's Joe Montana. I could even get with Brunell starting over Ramsey if it was handled the right way (see other posts for such scenarios). The problem is the obvious incompetence with which this transition has been negotiated. Starting Patrick through preseason when it is obvious - at least to me - that Gibbs had designs on inserting Brunell at the first possible opportunity (that has to be the case because Ramsey played better than at any point during the preseason and still got yanked). This has all already been talked about ad nauseum. Anyway, I still think we can win some games. Or maybe I just hope we can; hard to tell anymore. But if we have to give up a top 1st round draft pick to Denver next year, s--t is really gonna hit the fan.

09-14-2005, 12:17 PM	#25
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	Re: Soooo, for each of us, what is the breaking point for Gibbs? My breaking point is soon. The problem I have is the continuation of incompetence that began with Gibbs' first personal move out of retirement: trading a 3rd rounder and giving 43 million to a washed up qb who was about to be cut anyway. It continued when we gave up an unnecessary second rounder to get Portis; when we retained Brunell as starter for nine games last year; when we squandered one of the league's best defenses with an anemic vanilla offense; when we traded three picks for an at best second round qb. And it continues. "Trust in gibbs" is rapidly losing its cachet. Look, the problem is not that Ramsey is so great - that he's Joe Montana. I could even get with Brunell starting over Ramsey if it was handled the right way (see other posts for such scenarios). The problem is the obvious incompetence with which this transition has been negotiated. Starting Patrick through preseason when it is obvious - at least to me - that Gibbs had designs on inserting Brunell at the first possible opportunity (that has to be the case because Ramsey played better than at any point during the preseason and still got yanked). This has all already been talked about ad nauseum. Anyway, I still think we can win some games. Or maybe I just hope we can; hard to tell anymore. But if we have to give up a top 1st round draft pick to Denver next year, s--t is really gonna hit the fan.