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bubbsy · 02-22-2018, 11:51 AM

I hate to say this, but here's where i'm at with this team.

"Fast Fail"

My CEO uses this term a lot, it's good to take chances and try to adopt new strategies, but it's also important to quickly be able to garner feedback and measure your success/failure quickly to be able to pivot where required.

I came into this season with high expectations. This team is about the same as last years, a 10th-7th best team in the west. Given the assets moved, and expectation messages sent by the org, the coach, that this was supposed to be a better team that is truly competing this year, i'm naturally disappointed.

If this team is going to crumple (coach's own term in defining how this team's mental fortitude in games has been) i sure as hell hope they just put all of us out of our misery sooner than later. If they're likely to fall out of the playoff picture, please do it sooner than later. The sooner i can be less emotionally invested in this year's team the better. I don't want to have to wait till game 82 to rejoice about a 9th place finish.

So basically, I'm cheering for a win of course with the hope they can string a bunch together here over the last 20 games, but it's time i stop getting upset about losses. In their own way, for my selfish purposes, they are acceptable too.....

this is going to be a really ugly offseason if this team doesn't make the playoffs.

02-22-2018, 11:51 AM	#25
bubbsy Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Exp:	I hate to say this, but here's where i'm at with this team. "Fast Fail" My CEO uses this term a lot, it's good to take chances and try to adopt new strategies, but it's also important to quickly be able to garner feedback and measure your success/failure quickly to be able to pivot where required. I came into this season with high expectations. This team is about the same as last years, a 10th-7th best team in the west. Given the assets moved, and expectation messages sent by the org, the coach, that this was supposed to be a better team that is truly competing this year, i'm naturally disappointed. If this team is going to crumple (coach's own term in defining how this team's mental fortitude in games has been) i sure as hell hope they just put all of us out of our misery sooner than later. If they're likely to fall out of the playoff picture, please do it sooner than later. The sooner i can be less emotionally invested in this year's team the better. I don't want to have to wait till game 82 to rejoice about a 9th place finish. So basically, I'm cheering for a win of course with the hope they can string a bunch together here over the last 20 games, but it's time i stop getting upset about losses. In their own way, for my selfish purposes, they are acceptable too..... this is going to be a really ugly offseason if this team doesn't make the playoffs.