Mangini Under Pressure

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@dawgstucknpa said:
Remember......we were a blocked field goal against the Raiders from being 11-5 that year.
Good teams win the close ones.

Eggsactly! Good point. So my question is - if we were 1 play away from 11-5 do I need to say it's okay for Mangini to go anywhere from 4-12 to 8-8 this year? Hell no! They don't measure moral victories in this league so the teams with the most moral victories are the easiest ones to forget. I think we have the talent assembled - we just need the RIGHT brass understanding what gives us our best chances to win on Sundays.

Again, not to beat a dead horse - but Atlanta went from chaos to playoffs by changing their LT, QB, RB, Head Coach and GM in just 1 offseason. The results were tough to argue with even though Mike Smith had all the latitude you could ever want in terms of expectations. Baltimore also went from 5 wins to AFC Championship appearance by replacing the ineffective Boller with a better game manager Joey Flockofseagulls and a level headed Coach that's a little deeper than F-bombs when his team needs him. Sounds like a lost episode of Friends for God sakes but it's what happened at the Birdcage.

In the 70s, we rarely witnessed worst to firsts due to how long it takes to turn over a roster. I think we often forget the era change when we say it's okay to lose more games than we will win. In this era, we've also seen SB teams not qualifying for playoffs the next year. The FA/salary cap thing makes this possible.

As a fanbase, we need to SHOW Randy Lerner that playoffs are necessary more than once a decade. I shouldn't have to feel guilty about wanting MORE than this - should I? Don't forget, that stadium is pretty much soldout every Sunday. And do you know HOW MANY jerseys I've purchased that are outdated within 1-2 years of purchase? Randy makes cake off us when we purchase the NFL ticket, jerseys or game tickets so we need to stop reminding him that's okay to miss the playoffs habitually.

- Tom F.