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dammit.....I'm all in.


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I’m gonna stay over here in the shallow end. Not jumping in the deep end this year, aka, I’m not getting my hopes up and I’m going into the year expecting the worst. Lifeguard has had to save my butt these past few years due to thinking we’d be better. 

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1 minute ago, rayzor said:

Buy low sell high or something like that.

Talk is cheap, but right now that's all we've got so buy buy buy!

I'm in this weird place where I don't believe they will win a single game and these coaches are in over their head. I doubt very seriously if they will get the right players in the draft or in FA. And yet, I don't care. I'm still giddy for some strange reason. I'm excited for the season and seeing these new players show us what they've got. Is that called acceptance?

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I’m looking at it like the Hornets.

PJ, Terry, and Hayward were never gonna get us anywhere.  Just tear off the band-aid, get some picks and younger players, and let’s start over.

We’ll suck for a while but at least there is promise/hope/upside.

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No clue how things will go this year but like usual I am optimistic. Only now I won't be making any bets on us like I did in the past. I am fine with the changes because let's be serious, how much of a 2-15 team do you want to hold on to. 

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4 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

No clue how things will go this year but like usual I am optimistic. Only now I won't be making any bets on us like I did in the past. I am fine with the changes because let's be serious, how much of a 2-15 team do you want to hold on to. 

No more than you have to to field a team until you get a chance to replace those players too.

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