Crossman's firing has probably ended our hope

[weyco2000]

Fox has to be relieved walking in to "Big Cats" office with a 8-8 record, rather than... well errrr... sticking with Jake? How awkward would 5-11 be and Jake has set a record...for most interceptions at 32! He probably saved his job with the change at QB, but pissed off everyone else, hell I think even Jake was relieved! He had to let Crossman go, the guy was awful!

[RWatson43]

About f-ing time they got rid of Crossman. Stats don't lie, he plain out sucked as a ST coach.

[2jakefansinva]

Fair weather fans come and go. Some of us in the Huddle were fans before the actual team even came into existence. Fair weather fans come and go, but we've been here through rain, shine, feast or famine. There used to be a forum on the official team web site that some of us were members of back in the day but due to trolling and personal attacks, the brass tired of it and eventually got rid of it, but not before they gave fans time to transition to new forums, of which the Huddle was the creme of the crop. Many of us have been here longer than our documented start dates. The Huddle was infected many months ago, so though it may say we became members in 2008, many were members long before then. I tell you this only because people use the term "fair weather fan" inappropriately and out of context. Indeed, calling for a coaches head (or yearning that they just leave) is part---or will be part---of nearly every NFL team fan during some point in their lifetime, so to call this as being "fair weather" is a nebulous notion.

In this specific circumstance, there are probably hundreds of Huddlers on both sides of the equation. It's not like Fox's decisions haven't given people occasion to swear at their TVs on many Sundays throughout his career. Two of the last three years have left a lot to be desired, and the 12-4 season ended on the sorriest display of pro football that many have ever seen in the playoffs (vritually undoing the good of that season in one fail swoop). But, we are still here---and have been here---giving untold amounts of time to discussing ways to make our team better, sharing observations, thoughts, and sometimes just shootin' the breeze. We have been here through the Sieferts and the Weinkes, the Carrs, and the Colberts. We have expressed sadness with the departues of Sam Mills and Fred Lane, and directed vitriol towards Rae Carruth.

We are the real fans. We are the hardcore fans. Though we debate, attempt to outsmart or outwit, and sometimes downright fight with one another, you will find no fair weather fans here among the true core of the Huddle, sir.

Amen.