The Anti-tankers…. Never forget!!!!

[Gerry Green]

Tanking is a fan thingy.

 

NFL Football is a results driven occupation. You don't get results. You don't get to keep your job.

 

 

[WhoKnows]

5 minutes ago, rayzor said:

he’s not wrong about the fact that beating Tampa means that we wouldn’t have Young

@rayzor Before you went on a rant on trying to lose, which IMHO isn’t tanking a season, I quoted what I actually said.

[top dawg]

17 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

Lol, seriously? Fantasy land is elsewhere. Sam Darnold is not winning us a Super Bowl. Let’s get a grasp on reality again.

The supposition that if we make the playoffs, we lose out on Young is realistic. You saw what it took to get to 1st from 9th, imagine the 2025 1st and multiple other picks to get from 19 to 9. Plus you’d need Chicago to be willing to drop that far which is highly unlikely based on their desire for a top tackle.

I’ve been wanting a top rookie QB since we let Cam go. I’m excited we have one but damn I’d be upset if I knew we let that go just to get beat by Dallas. Young or bust. 
 

You do realize sarcasm, right? The point is that tanking only exists in the minds of desperate people. It does not exist for professionals fighting to keep their jobs. I can play the what-if game on most things. It's not really a productive exercise. Just deal with what is and hope for a better future. That's all you can do when you're really not part of the planning or decision-making.

[Gerry Green]

Although I have no experience with either. I blame both Fantasy Football, and Madden. 

[rayzor]

1 hour ago, WhoKnows said:

You do understand that even tanking doesn’t mean you tell players to half ass, right? Tanking is done with personnel, like not signing a medium level FA QB (like Teddy) and letting Clausen or Weinke or Painter get you a top draft pick or it’s done by resting players in week 17/18 to start rookies and as posted above, not get your two starting guards seriously hurt. As has been said many times, tanking is NOT asking players to play poorly.

So it's making poor personnel choices that won't help you win games.

Yeah....that's so much better.

[Gerry Green]

4 minutes ago, rayzor said:

So it's making poor personnel choices that won't help you win games.

Yeah....that's so much better.

 

It's not tanking if you call it player development. It just might be crazy enough to work. Especially if you wait until the last few weeks to implement this master plan.

[rayzor]

1 hour ago, Gerry Green said:

Tanking is a fan thingy.

 

NFL Football is a results driven occupation. You don't get results. You don't get to keep your job.

Bingo.

You do your job poorly, you lose it.

You deliberately do your job poorly, you don't find another job

[rayzor]

2 minutes ago, Gerry Green said:

 

It's not tanking if you call it player development. It just might be crazy enough to work. Especially if you wait until the last few weeks to implement this master plan.

Yeah no one will see through that

[KatsAzz]

19 hours ago, Mother Grabber said:

tanking is, and always will be stupid 

I could not agree more, football games are meant to be played to win. 

[Gerry Green]

Just now, KatsAzz said:

I could not agree more, football games are meant to be played to win. 

 

If there isn't meant to be a winner, why keep score?

[Mother Grabber]

2 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

You do understand that even tanking doesn’t mean you tell players to half ass, right? Tanking is done with personnel, like not signing a medium level FA QB (like Teddy) and letting Clausen or Weinke or Painter get you a top draft pick or it’s done by resting players in week 17/18 to start rookies and as posted above, not get your two starting guards seriously hurt. As has been said many times, tanking is NOT asking players to play poorly.

you think that when they are in tank mode they are spending as much watching film, game planning, designing specialized practices, and otherwise preparing as they would on an expected deep playoff run?

the product on the field is the result of the effort put into preparation, and they are 100% half assing that at all levels when in tank mode. this leads to poor preparation, lack of attention to detail, being out of position, reduced effort, and increasing risk of injury.

[Gerry Green]

4 minutes ago, rayzor said:

Bingo.

You do your job poorly, you lose it.

You deliberately do your job poorly, you don't find another job

 

This is a major point in this issue. Fans don't have to worry about where that coaches next job will be.

[Gerry Green]

2 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

you think that when they are in tank mode they are spending as much watching film, game planning, designing specialized practices, and otherwise preparing as they would on an expected deep playoff run?

the product on the field is the result of the effort put into preparation, and they are 100% half assing that at all levels when in tank mode. this leads to poor preparation, lack of attention to detail, being out of position, reduced effort, and increasing risk of injury.

 

And longer lines at the Unemployment Office. lol

[rayzor]

6 minutes ago, Gerry Green said:

 

This is a major point in this issue. Fans don't have to worry about where that coaches next job will be.

Because we're the most important part of the equation. Nothing and no one else matters. They're all just fantasy players and coaches.