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SoCalSkinsFan · 10-13-2004, 05:28 PM

Angry? Damn right Skins fans are angry, as we should be. The past 12 (yes, TWELVE) years have been miserable. But I still love them as much as ever! Is that sad or just plain sadistic?

Defensewins is correct that there is progress being shown, if losing by less is considered progress. I think they’re less sound and less disciplined considering the experience at both the player and coaching levels. They’ve also been very fortunate to even be in those “close” games.

Bottom line, we still have no timeouts when they are most desperately needed, we commit way too many penalties and turnovers, our QB's are either crushed on every other play or one-hop their throws to the receivers, Gibbs even hired a "specialist" to review plays in order to "wisely" make use of the challenges, the OL is just as confused as they have ever been, the secondary still can't tackle (with the exception of a few outstanding tackles by Springs), kicking is so-so, but not worth the $$ Hall is getting, punting is horrendous as usual, blah, blah, blah....all in the name of progress. At least the Redskinettes have been upgraded significantly! That much is true.

Sorry for the rant, but Gibbs can and probably will right the ship, but it’s the same story year after year. Norv, Marty and Spurrier all had the same issues. In fact, its been that way in most of the 30 years I’ve been a fan. Losing by less and getting worse in some areas is nothing that any of us expected and all indications are that it won’t get better for a while. ANY coach should get 8 wins out of this bunch. Is it the character of players that are drafted/acquired or is it just bad luck? I'm not ready to write the season off, but I am tired (and angry) that the team I love so much has come to resemble the Seattle Seahawks. Over the past dozen years they're about the same, except we pay a lot more for our brand of mediocrity.

10-13-2004, 05:28 PM	#5
SoCalSkinsFan Camp Scrub Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Age: 56 Posts: 13	Angry? Damn right Skins fans are angry, as we should be. The past 12 (yes, TWELVE) years have been miserable. But I still love them as much as ever! Is that sad or just plain sadistic? Defensewins is correct that there is progress being shown, if losing by less is considered progress. I think they’re less sound and less disciplined considering the experience at both the player and coaching levels. They’ve also been very fortunate to even be in those “close” games. Bottom line, we still have no timeouts when they are most desperately needed, we commit way too many penalties and turnovers, our QB's are either crushed on every other play or one-hop their throws to the receivers, Gibbs even hired a "specialist" to review plays in order to "wisely" make use of the challenges, the OL is just as confused as they have ever been, the secondary still can't tackle (with the exception of a few outstanding tackles by Springs), kicking is so-so, but not worth the $$ Hall is getting, punting is horrendous as usual, blah, blah, blah....all in the name of progress. At least the Redskinettes have been upgraded significantly! That much is true. Sorry for the rant, but Gibbs can and probably will right the ship, but it’s the same story year after year. Norv, Marty and Spurrier all had the same issues. In fact, its been that way in most of the 30 years I’ve been a fan. Losing by less and getting worse in some areas is nothing that any of us expected and all indications are that it won’t get better for a while. ANY coach should get 8 wins out of this bunch. Is it the character of players that are drafted/acquired or is it just bad luck? I'm not ready to write the season off, but I am tired (and angry) that the team I love so much has come to resemble the Seattle Seahawks. Over the past dozen years they're about the same, except we pay a lot more for our brand of mediocrity.