CouchCoach
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You are right, all of us slip into that filtering another poster's feelings based upon our own. I don't intend to do that either but it still happens.Here's your original quote:
Tap the brakes means you are telling them they need to slow down. If you are not clearly saying, "You people getting all worked up better slow down," then what are you saying? Because them's what the words mean.
As I said, if they want to get worked up, then let them. I'm excited about the possibility, but at the same time realize that it might not work out for either Smith or Gregory. That doesn't mean I'm going to suggest that others who are all in shouldn't be. I'm fine with fans pulling for Smith and also getting all worked up about the potential. Either way is their prerogative.
I just don't understand the need to tell fans how to feel. I'm sure I've done it more than a time or two myself, though, so I'm not trying to be rude about it. Just pointing out that it's unneccessary.
It's like when posters were Rico Crazy, I did rain on their parade a little but it was all in fun because we always seem to have one of those players that gets "pet cat adopted".
My only point in this thread has been that "second chance" push with that guy's rap sheet and the sheer number of chances he's already gotten just because he showed some talent. This isn't a guy that just made a mistake but a string of them so I get the push back some have with people like this.
And this team, more than any other, has shown the propensity for trying to get a bargain with damaged goods and it is a pattern. I do not think there was another team that would have let a player back on the team after killing a teammate driving DUI and Smith seems to specialize in DUI. Hell, we had a player kill two Good Samaritans and I think the only reason Booger didn't get him back is he went to prison.
Posters pointing out what happened back in the 60's and 70's is apples to oranges because Schramm made sure we didn't know about it until after the fact. For a team that has been so image conscious, the Cowboys have had more bad actors than any other two teams combined over the years in business. I think I just became adjusted to the fact something's going on that we'll find out later with at least one of these players.
I don't care what these players do off the field so it's not an issue but I would never be a fan of a person like Aldon Smith because of that rap sheet and one simple fact. There were literally thousands of other players that don't need that "second chance" because they could abide by the rules and guys that size hitting women make me sick.