FidelisHawk
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RolandDeschain":3dljkoa2 said:No, it's all about trying to be objective in evaluating something. Look...a lot of us have had to work with somebody at work at some point or another in our lives who started having their performance go downhill.
It's their boss's job to notice that, and correct their problems; or if that doesn't work, to ultimately fire them. The boss can stick their head in the sand and choose to not do anything about these signs of an employee going downhill, then be "surprised" when all of a sudden things are way worse one day, or they can keep an eye on things and acknowledge when things start changing for the worse, and understand that it will eventually lead to a major problem if not corrected.
It has nothing to do with the right or wrong way of being a fan; hell, it has nothing to do with being a fan, period. It's about whether or not one wants to pay attention to things and not let personal opinions and biases control what they interpret, honestly.
Now that you gave a more elaborate answer, I’ll reply it turn with more of my thoughts, for better or worse.
I’m sure the offense will be a topic of discussion until next season starts, so speculating at this point would be simply that, conjecture, but since that’s what we do here, I’ll carry on.
It takes quite a leap of faith for me to assume that there are people on a forum that have more experience, knowledge, information, or the years of film dissection, than an NFL coach with 40 years of background working for and with coaches whose livelihoods are all dependent on their ability to judge what it takes to win, at this, or any other level.
What we fans so cavalierly proclaim as “anyone with eyes”, “someone with any knowledge” or “I know what I see” as an explanation or criticism for the Seahawks woes is THE descriptive interpretation I’m not ready to parrot, just to follow the mob mentality.
Now, I like to think I’m a pretty smart guy, I’ve played the game, watch it, analyzed it, bet my hard earned money on it, heck I even tried to coach it, but I’d never assume I have more expertise or understanding of the game than those that do it at the highest level.
So, perhaps I’m less accusatory of those I consider to have a superior perception or I shouldn’t consider them superior at all. It just seem beyond believe, to me anyway, that a head coach that knows what it takes to get to and win a Superbowl would, for any reason, intentionally do anything, that would impede him from winning.
This off season will have changes that much is for sure. Whether it’s what our forum’s collective assumptions are, is to be seen. Maybe all, maybe some, maybe none, or maybe something entirely different. If it turns out to be what “anyone with eyes”, “someone with any knowledge” or “I know what I see”, then great the Seahawks collective brain trust agrees.
If not, I’ll still lay more credence in their collective perceptions than yours, mine or my next door neighbor’s, sorry to be the party pooper.