Except in all these 'manifestos' everything I warned about has come to pass.
When we traded Unger, I warned that is was a stupid trade. We wouldn't be able to use Graham anyway and our run game would be destroyed.
That happened.
When we brought on Harvin, I ripped him mercilously and pointed out that he was a problem everywhere else. I also was very clear that it would lead to the loss of Tate.
No. no. It will be different here came the chorus. You are just being Eyore was the response.
But Harvin not only lost us the draft picks and Tate, he caused the problems with Kam holding out.
Then I was assured the loss of Golden Tate would not matter. But I pointed out all the reasons we needed him.
The loss of Golden Tate probably cost us 2 trips to the SB and at least one SB victory.
Several years ago, I pointed out that we weren't going to make another SB with Bevell. EVER.
I was pilloried. It happened.
I pointed out the issue with the drafts and how JS was likely over his head and just living on Scott's production (when Scott left)
That happened.
Not including the Cary Williams, Lacy and all the rest.
All of this is being accused of being 'doom and gloom' but maybe some of us are just seeing what is blatantly obvious. And sure enough, almost everything we saw that we were pretty clear was a stupid move by the FO, which is clearly overrated and prone to idiotic moves that our HOF roster built from 2011-2013 has simply offset in many instances, has come to pass.
Not saying I deserve a job in the FO. I am saying these are obvious observations that should have been clear to someone in the FO who does this professionally. That they keep missing on these bets is a pretty clear sign they are overmatched. Will their luck change? Not looking likely if they are not good at their jobs.
So yes, people are going to start dropping the Seahawks when they start missing the playoffs. Which they will do because Carroll has a tired and outdated philosophy that will not work with the strengths of his roster and because our OC has not produced much anywhere else, the expectation he will produce is unlikely.
Carroll is gone in 2-3 years and we will have to rebuild anyway. Not sure how ripping the team apart now helps anything when our QB is actually in a productive window with if we got a good OC.
We will see who the bet is on but I'm betting I see a lot more Eagles jerseys and even 49ers jerseys up here in a year or 2.
And for the record, I had season tickets from the time in the Kingdome, to the time in Husky Stadium, and only sold them off when we lost that BS SuperBowl.