Setting Expectations

[HermosaBeach Skin Fan]

Over the past several years (since the arrival of Snyder), the Skins have made a concerted effort to get talented football players and coaches--with varying degrees of success. Each year they've got the next best player coming on board to lead them to the Big Game. See: Coles, Sanders, Smith, Trotter, Wilkinson, et al. While at the same time, we let core players get away: Davis, Kalu, Lang, Davis, Smith, Coleman, Shottenheimer, Barber, etc... The skins are absolutely crapping the bed this year. I can't believe that we let Smoot and Pierce get away! Those we core guys! Signing Samuels was a great step forward, but our player management STINKS! I like Santana Moss, I was really upset that they didn't draft him before Gardner, but look what they gave up to get him! And, while Gardner isn't great, he's worth more than a 4th round draft pick, in my opinion. They better do some magic in the draft. I thought by keeping Smoot, they'd be able to go after a top notch WR, but now they need a corner too. My expectations are already set this year, and they aren't good.