Again? He needs convincing to come visit?
yes. and i get your meaning on that. it sucks we would have to beg anyone. there was a time if we wanted a free agent, we got them!!
but for those who are confused, the saints are a TOP NOTCH, REAL DEAL SUPERBOWL CONTENDER WITH A BIG TIME QB AND A BIG TIME F/O WHO HAS KEPT THEM STOCKED WITH GOOD TALENT FOR YEARS!!
now the dolphins. we are just the opposite. at least the last 10 years anyways. and i believe hickey will do wonders for us in the long run, but, his thing hasnt even started yet. this team is almost void of any real talent [3 guys dont make it] an iffy qb who has proved NOTHING and a franchise that is basically lost to time. the MAJORITY of the boards are made up of guys from 16 to 30 and our glory days are not even a whisper to them. there just names, old stories. dan marino is just a name. don shula? the steak house dude? the marx brothers, those silent movie guys?
now think of all these young guys, 22-30 year olds out there in free agency. thats all they know about this team. dan marino, the tv guy and shula the steak house dude. just as otto graham and the 50's packers and crazy leggs hirsch were to me in the early 70's. names i had heard about but never saw play other than an old clip or two or heard older guys talk about in my dads garage.
we havnt been to a superbowl since 1884 and havnt won one since 1973!! our last playoff spot was a fluke that turned into a drubbing by the ravens. were a small dot in nfl history. i dont like it, but, those are the facts. and these kids want to play for winners, or the latest, hot, this is the place to be team like the browns are right now. i know there is some doom and gloom on hickeys inaugural f/a run right now but you cant sign guys who dont want to come here! and come on, if you were playing right now, in your prime, are you signing with the broncos or pats or the miami dolphins?
you cant blame them. i dont.
and zach streif is no different. i am sure he would like to go back to his all world team and he is waiting to see if there is any room left for him. i would to.
we have a LONG way to go folks before this team is resurrected. and it doesnt help when we get new personel like hickey in here and 15 threads on our forum are dedicated to hating him being here.
if the fans are bad mouthing everything here and any changes we make, thats not a big attraction for free agents. and the f/a's DO look at teams forums when there looking for a new team. and laying down a nuclear bomb on our new gm BEFORE he even does one thing here hurts us, it doesnt make us attractive at all. all the losing, all the bad vibe with martin and the stench around the nfl players with ireland and his antics and this is how we greet his replacement? how do we convince players to come here when the fans think we are trash? when were hating on guys who havnt even done a thing, havnt even loaded a pen and pencil into their office yet?
and a long time fins beat writer telling our new o-t to enjoy it because the fans will be hating him shortly.
when you have this kind of fan base and strife and bickering and hate and a team that hasnt won a thing in decades, you dont get choice free agents. you get guys who are wanting their last big pay day or guys who are about the money first and winning second. and every once in a while one falls through the cracks like starks did and now earl mitchell. hungry, young up and comers. but thats RARE in free agency.
and there are other reasons a f/a wont play for a team. maybe the wife says NO, NO WAY to a city or state? player wants to stay on the west coast or east coast by his family. its not always the gm dropped the ball or the owner wouldnt shell out. and you can bet some of the f/a's hickey has had on his radar wouldnt come because of some of those things. yeah, it sux when we see all these cool players fall of the board to other teams, winning teams, but as i said, its not always the gm or owners fault we didnt get a certain player.
winning will fix all this. we need a buzz to start with our team and the best way to get it going is WITH US! its time to create a positive buzz [not to be confused with blind homerism]. we have a new gm, a new direction, a man known for his ability to identify talent, a man everyone has liked to work with over his 18 year nfl career. lets get a buzz going and get out of this hate vibe/stupor were in.
would you want to come to a team whose fans are full of hate for the team? we have a new direction. a new attitude in the front office. lets all ride it untill it cant be rode instead of hating on it all before it gets off the ground.
