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Originally Posted by Hootie
well...
Like I said...I read the entire game thread from page 1-30 last night and I felt as if you were not really enjoying the game...just trying to blast Haley/Cassel whenever the opportunity arose...
can I ask you what happens if Castille completes a beautiful TD pass to Cassel?
What about that 3rd and 7 draw play to Charles where he busted a 52 yard run? If they stop him short of the chains...then it becomes a terrrrrrrible playcall according to most.
No one is every going to call the "perfect" game...but I think Haley has potential to be a solid head coach...
I said from day 1 that I was going to keep an open mind all season long and at least give the new regime a year before I started getting antsy/critical...
We'll see what happens in 2010...but as for 2009...perfect way/perfect game to end an overall shitty/unsatisfactory season.
At least it gives me a hint of optimism.
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Dude, you know as well as I do that even if that pass is completed, it's a bone-headed call. A FB throwing to a QB? When you have the lead, on the road? In their territory? And you have all the momentum?
It was stupid, and kudos to Haley for saying it was a stupid call. Hopefully he learns from shit like that, and fake punts on 4th and 8 from your own 28 - throwing to your long snapper.
And personally, I think "giving them time" is a cop-out.
Funny how this place almost universally said that Pioli and new coaching along would get them close to .500
How people said, "Atlanta and Miami. Why not us?"
Then backed off and made excuse when it was obvious it wasn't going to happen, and had the gall to blame the old regime for being in that spot - instead of pointing the finger at the guy who brought in 45 stopgaps and no playmakers.
I think had Pioli done something, anything to get excited about, more people would be inclined to believe in this bullshit about it being a "process."
By ****ing up the 2009 offseason, he's extended that process - and it didn't have to be that way.
Yesterday was as fun a game as I've watched in years. And you haven't heard a peep from me about the change in draft position. I enjoyed the hell out of yesterday.
That win does not, however, excuse the shortcomings of the previous 11 months. Huge mistakes were made, and it's going to take an offseason of a lifetime to fix them.
I hope he can do it, but nothing he's shown me makes me think he can.
I hope I'm wrong.