Do you really think the goal of this season is to win?

[GSO_Pantherz]

This thread is full of pessimism. I can honestly say, that while we may not be lights out this season, I feel more confident and comfortable about this team's future than I have in a long time.

[rico6]

Front office goal: Be prepared for potential lockout financially, be prepared to return from lockout without aging unproductive players in order to entice fans back

Coaching goal: Put best effort forth with what you have to work with.

Player's goals: Win every game. Period. This is my chance.

Fan's goals: Dear God........please?

/thread.

[The Don]

really? f*cking really? i'm just tired of this. the coaches call plays to put money in their pockets... players execute the plays to: A) put their name in the history books win a spot on the team roster and C) to also put money in their pockets. i just don't understand why fans can't grasp this information. without winning, you lose your job (and if you're not a winning head coach losing your job, you're not gonna get hired somewhere else). it's the same with this whole CBA crap. people have to make money, end of story, nothing has changed. if the coaches and players want to keep their jobs, they'll win.

[Cavscout]

The goal is to win despite how they have to do business.

[Sword]

the goal of this season is to see if our young guys have been coached up by Fox to be ready to be starters...we've had a lot of potential starters sit behind old stand by's(vets) for years now..the last couple games of the season showed we don't really need the old vets to hang with the big boys anymore..

If Fox and Hurney prove that they drafted right and the team plays well together(9+wins)..then I doubt Richardson will want to let them go nor do I think they would leave something they've built for years to get to this point(unless it turns out to be an absolute shite of a team).

[K-man]

Of course they want to win! They are not on a suicide trip.

[xxtrojan03xx]

the better word is reloading

[Mr. Scot]

I swear its amazing how many sensitive people we have on this forum. I think you guys are completly missing the OPs point. Hes saying this season is more about evaluating talent than it is about trying to win championships/divisions/etc. If they make the playoffs GREAT but that would only be a bonus because thats not the real goal. In years past the teams goal was to win the super bowl. When a team says they're going in a youth movement they are telling you in advanced that this a rebuilding season. Thats not being negative or being an "offseason hater" its just reality.

The team never said they were going to a youth movement. That's the media take on it.

There is no such thing as a season where the goal is not to win the Super Bowl.

[88 Bronco]

really? f*cking really? i'm just tired of this. the coaches call plays to put money in their pockets... players execute the plays to: A) put their name in the history books win a spot on the team roster and C) to also put money in their pockets. i just don't understand why fans can't grasp this information. without winning, you lose your job (and if you're not a winning head coach losing your job, you're not gonna get hired somewhere else). it's the same with this whole CBA crap. people have to make money, end of story, nothing has changed. if the coaches and players want to keep their jobs, they'll win.

HA not this year. Richardson is conducting a social experiment. He is trying to see how bad of a team her can scrape together while still getting poor unsuspecting test subjects to purchase jerseys.

[PantherBob]

The team never said they were going to a youth movement. That's the media take on it.

There is no such thing as a season where the goal is not to win the Super Bowl.

Um yes they have. Hurney has said it dozens of times already. And I can I assure the rams, bucs, browns, etc have no visions of winning the super bowl this year. No rebuilding team does. They just won't say it out loud

[panthers55]

The team never said they were going to a youth movement. That's the media take on it.

There is no such thing as a season where the goal is not to win the Super Bowl.

Of course the goal is to win every game, win the Super bowl etc. Detroit, Tampa, Seattle , St Louis and Seattle have that as a goal also. This year we have as much chance as they do of it being a realistic goal.

[panthers55]

Um yes they have. Hurney has said it dozens of times already. And I can I assure the rams, bucs, browns, etc have no visions of winning the super bowl this year. No rebuilding team does. They just won't say it out loud

They always have that as their goal. They just realize it may not happen.

[PantherBob]

They always have that as their goal. They just realize it may not happen.

Their goal like every team is to win as many games as possible. There main goal is to build a team that can one day win a super bowl. There isn't one person in those organizations that are thinking super bowl this year

[panthers55]

Their goal like every team is to win as many games as possible. There main goal is to build a team that can one day win a super bowl. There isn't one person in those organizations that are thinking super bowl this year

I disagree. Any good coach knows that in order to reach your goal you first need to visualize it and embrace the possibility. Do you think that a reasonable goal for us in 2003 was to reach the Superbowl after we went 7-9 in 2002 under Fox? How about the Jets last year? They almost made it. I guarantee Ryan had that as his goal. It is the goal of every team or they don't belong in the NFL. Same with their coaches and FO.