jammerhawk":18elacrw said:
Wow!
Fearless leader, don't buy in in the continuous unremitting negativity being spewed out by a few here.
Nobody is perfect, and Pete is pure example of this. Is he intentionally lying to us as fans or just holding his cards close? You can believe whatever you want but I suspect a lot of these press conferences are pretty rough in terms of preparation for them and frequently he doesn't really know the answers to questions asked of him, but is shooting from the hip. He certainly has been an embarrassment to himself this week and needs to just say when he doesn't know.
Lately the counsel of perfection is challenging Pete's every move. Reality is the team seems snake bit with injuries to start the season. It sucks when things look bad on the field but when closely examined perhaps aren't quite as bad as the Eeyore's pose them to be.
I don't worry about the noisy Eeyore's that make this place uninhabitable anymore to many former long-time NET members (ask me how I know), I just am tired of Pete's lack of candor (injuries I get...It's a political game with the media and keeping your cards close to the vest) and truthfulness when it comes to what he says we are going to do and then what we end up seeing on gameday. We're not talking vague misconceptions between coach and fans, the gap is massive. The emphasis on the running game is a primary example.
He's literally saying one thing, and doing another. Every game.
Now certainly, I am the last person that understands the nuances of X's and O's. But we are talking about fundamental messaging that is simply not being carried out when it counts - on the field. Add to that, I am VERY frustrated at his meddling and keeping Russell Wilson in chains so-to-speak. Instead of brilliantly adapting to and taking advantage of his elite-level skill set, they continue to run plays that are completely counter-productive not only to our offense, but risk management when it comes to Russ' health. Where's the quick outs? Where's the safety valve screen passes, etc? No let's go for the long ball continuously and see Russ get destroyed 6 or more times a game.
Yes, as diehard fans, we wear our emotions on our sleeves. But unless we are literally visually impaired, we have eyes and with our intense investment in our team, we tend to have strong ideas on what we think the coaches need to be doing to at least see some kind of improvement.
If it's broke...FIX IT. The frustration here is, we keep seeing many of the same attributes time-after-time, game-after-game, year-after-year. I am not ready to say Fire Pete just yet but unless I see a dramatic turn around this season, I will definitely be warming up that bandwagon.