tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237610160312318565.post1133656425643295181..comments2023-09-26T15:04:00.610-05:00Comments on Dave Krieg's Strike Beard: Sorrow Drips Into Your Heart Through a PinholeRamona P. http://www.blogger.com/profile/12287491380049695397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237610160312318565.post-56074125915503094672010-01-01T00:00:53.408-06:002010-01-01T00:00:53.408-06:00We'll be back sooner than even you might think...We'll be back sooner than even you might think, O Bearded One.<br /><br />Paul Allen remembers the suckiest of the suckage days, that's why he bought the team from Bubba Behring. <br /><br />He couldn't stand losing any more than us, and he had the Dough Re Mi to put a stop to the bleeding.<br /><br />There's no salary cap on coaching or front office personnel, there's a lot of high priced vets on the tail end of their careers that will ride off into the sunset and free up an assload of money to attract the right kind of top tier talent to make this franchise great again, fast. And the draft picks...<br /><br />There's plenty of talent that has played here on opposing teams and witnessed the best home field advantage in the nation, and the modern NFL player is looking for a whole lot more than the money when they suit up and play in the Not For Long league: they crave intangibles, what this organization, this stadium and this 12th man deliver like no other. <br /><br />I assert we find the Jackie Z of football as the new GM, then contend all year in 2010 and make a respectable run in the playoffs, then dominate the league the way Philly, New England and Indy have done for the next decade and beyond.<br /><br />If you're smart about it, throwing money will solve a lot of problems. And if it doesn't quite buy all the happiness you wanted, it will at least buy you a big, plush boat to sail through the sea of sorrow!<br /><br />Go! Search! Firm!bleedshawkbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266841545258127850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237610160312318565.post-30571010678848856912009-12-31T20:57:02.156-06:002009-12-31T20:57:02.156-06:00You totally hit the nail on the head.
Ever since ...You totally hit the nail on the head.<br /><br />Ever since our window of opportunity officially closed in '08, I frequently look back at the game played in February '06 with alternating emotions of bitterness and sorrow. We could've, would've, and should've won that game, if not for the legendarily poor officiating.<br /><br />I have a friend (not a 'Hawks fan) who is of the opinion that bad officiating is something akin to bad weather or bad field conditions - something you can gameplan for, or at least respond to during the course of the game. He doesn't realize how demoralizing it is for a team to watch as the guys in the stripes continually interfere with your ability to mount the type of offense and defense you're accustomed to. Suddenly, your team falls into a whirlpool of conservative playcalling, second-guessing and panic (witness the atrocious clock management at the end of the first half).<br /><br />I will never forgive Bill Leavy and his staff for what transpired that day. For what was the biggest game in the franchise's history, a game in which the zebras are often instructed to just let the guys play, Leavy and his cohorts saw it necessary to step in and alter the course of the game. And now we stand at the forefront of a rebuild, one that will take an indeterminate amount of time, and all we have are what-ifs and could've-beens to console us.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14140641267334822924noreply@blogger.com