RolandDeschain":1nben61h said:
Hasselbeck":1nben61h said:
RolandDeschain":1nben61h said:
I wonder if you're ready to actually put something on the line to back your opinion up? A penalty for being wrong, if you do indeed turn out to be wrong.
Sure Roland. When you do that same thing for the countless times you’re wrong we can work something out
I already have a couple of times. Remember the wager I made with MysterMatt?
Also, I'm not ragging on you for having an opinion; making a prediction is not the same thing. Either you're man enough to back it, or you're not. Click my name and search through my posts for a while, and show me the last prediction I made.
Over the years, I've been growing more and more tired of people being Internet tough guys who will predict anything that pops into what passes for their mind, because why not; there's no downside to being wrong. There is zero incentive to try and actually be right.
So - you man enough to put something of substance on the line for your prediction, or do you remain sitting in your chair trying to play wise sage and who cares if you're wrong 9/10 times, or right 9/10 times, because there are no ill effects for being wrong or rewards for being right?
Wow, that's a lot of emotional investment there for simply being fans of a sport and a sports team and the players. Crap, I mean we get penalized all the time for being wrong, marrying the wrong person, choosing the wrong (slowest) line at the supermarket checkout, choosing the wrong car. Poo, now we are looking at consequences and penalties for so fanatical (by definition) and being wrong about our guesses and predictions? This sucks. A friendly bet is always a good thing though, long as the loser pays up.
Sometimes being able to see through the mediot blabber is all it takes to make an accurate "prediction". My last *prediction* involved Frank Clark, that he would turn into a terrific player for the Seahawks. I could see the false allegations playbook and the fingerprints of Borderlines and Narcissists, and people being so ready to dog him for his assorted mistakes, especially his alleged mistakes that were media-embellished to fit their narrative, but there was a much more complicated backstory. I could also see Clark had accepted the consequences for legit mistakes (like breaking in and stealing a stereo from a dorm room as a freshman IIRC) and that his reputation on the Michigan team was as a team leader, hard worker, high motor all-the-time guy. Combined with his impressive athletic talent, and the way he communicated in actual interviews, it was apparent he is and was a very smart guy. Really not a very shocking prediction. A fluke career ending injury is about all that could have derailed the Frank Clark train.
I actually predicted Russell Wilson to the Seahawks in the 3rd round back in the day. That was pure luck and guesswork, wishwork. I wished it and somehow it happened anyway despite me wishing for it. This year a lot of guys wished for DK to the Seahawks, plus some for Ben Burr-Kiven. It's always fun when the wishes come true, and even more fun when the wished-for player excels.
The jury is still out on Penny, and we could say this is his make-or-break year, and predict either he will go off like a firecracker, or fade away into irrelevance like the super-physically-talented Christine Michael.
For DK, it seems exceedingly foolish to me for anyone to bet against him. All he really needs to do is be a better, faster Jermaine Kearse. Easier than it sounds, though; Kearse was a super-smart football player for us; sometimes it seemed people didn't give him much credit for that. Kearse worked his ass off for two years on the practice squad to get his shot with the big club. DK will have to develop the football smarts to read the game the way that Kearse did, the way that Paul Richardson did, the way that Golden Tate did. And the way that a bunch of other would-be receiving stars didn't develop, at least for us. Kris Durham, Kevin Norwood, Amarah Darboh, etc. Of course, this could be the year that Darboh goes all Golden Tate on us. It's pretty much like Russell says... Is he a good worker? Is he coming here ready to work? If so, the sky's the limit.
My shocking prediction: DK will have a Seahawks career that outdoes Jerome Kearse, Golden Tate, Kevin Norwood, Kris Durham, and Amara Darboh. He won't outdo Randy Moss or Megatron or Julio in terms of numbers, but he will have a big, big impact at timely moments in games.
In his first two years, he'll have roughly the receiving impact of say, a Daryl Turner in Turner's first two years in Seattle. 30-40 receptions, 6-10 TDs. His actual numbers will be less important than the adjustments his presence forces the opposing defenses to make, and the way that opens up the whole range of the offense. He will also pancake some DBs and LBs and Chris Carson will have a couple long (40+ yard) TD runs this year and next on account of DK blocks downfield. Would that be worth a 2nd round choice? HELL YES!!
If I'm wrong... and it's not even close... I pledge to run 5 miles around the State Capitol building and Capitol Lake, the week of next year's draft, wearing a sandwich sign declaring... "I WAS WRONG!! MY PREDICTIONS SUCK!!" on the front and "DK IS A BUM AND A WASTED PICK!!" on the back, and post pictures documenting the event here.
