Interestingly enough, moderator status doesn't mean we're chosen for our ability to abstain from having our own opinions be known, nor were we chosen for being statistically (or even morally) correct when it comes to the issues at hand regarding the team. Mods simply are here to assist in keeping kind folks kind to each other. Doesn't mean we aren't bat-shit crazy once in a while, (sorry Sac...).
The fact remains that a signed Shaun Alexander pic hangs on my office wall, and I give it a glance each day with a fond heart. I remember the great times, the numbers accumulated, and the accolades received, but I also remember him falling down into a mass of wrinkled uniform, mud and disappointment after a one-handed foot tackle. That is what was disappointing to me and I wished I didn't have to witness that decline first hand.
The real difference between Marshawn and Shaun, is that SA continued until his play became a liability, and that is the exact truth. Marshawn is leaving having had not disappointed me in the slightest. That, is my point.
Call it the FO's fault, call it the salary cap, the draft, whatever; it was and is the case. Mod or not, I have a memory, and a lot of VHS tapes to refer to that support my position. So fire all the opinions you have in here too so we can read them. I, for one, am interested in hearing the varying viewpoints, and will be judgmental of none of them.