Nope...That definition doesn't fit me at all. Again, you are looking for Jaded, that's the resident pessimist. I have a lot of hope for this season, I am excited for this season especially the defense, I don't believe the worst will happen. If Keenum plays well (which I think CAN happen) we're going to win a lot of games this season. I'm not sitting here saying we suck and this season will all end in tears...
This is the definition you are looking for.
cautious optimism
A feeling of general confidence regarding a situation and/or its outcome coupled with a readiness for possible difficulties or failure
Well, as I showed in my article, it isn't that Keenum had "a lot of seasons where he didn't"
play well. He just had never had a full season. Before 2016, he had all of 18 games, or the
equivalent of one season, under his belt. The two seasons he did have a meaningful
number of games, 2013 (8) and 2016 (10), he did reasonably well for no more experience
than that. The fact is, Keenum somehow has taken on the image of being up and down in
his career when it is just not true. He has improved steadily as he has accumulated
experience.
So 2017 was effectively his third full season on the field, and he did make that "third-year
jump" that QBs are supposed to make. This is what gives me a degree of confidence that
he will continue his high level of play.
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Though He slay me, I will trust in Him . . . (Job 13:15)
I mean that I'm not going to get overly hyped up yet. I'm done arguing it with you...I have excitement, but it's not over the top... That doesn't mean I think this season is going to be garbage, in fact I've been clear that I don't feel that way.
Top says that I argue semantics...
I started out defending him because it was obvious that he had no talent (It took a year before people would admit his arm was trash, in spite of all of the evidence) and expected him to be a crash test dummy. Then, when he wasn't completely awful, people thought he could be good, even though he clearly couldn't. It's just that optimism for the sake of optimism kills me, Joe. I don't know why. It just does, and that's how TS love always came across as: here's this clearly awful guy, and we are going to say that he's worth developing because he might not be awful, sorta kinda maybe.
BLEH!!!!
It's picking one thing out of what I said, interpreting it the way you wanted to and ignoring all the other things I've said to this point. You are literally making it sound like I'm just this mopy emo kid that things this season isn't worth watching, despite telling you in my exact words that I think we can win a lot of games this year.
I'm excited for this season, I'm just not over hyping my expectations. I spent all year hyping this team and the garbage QB I thought was good, I'm not setting myself up for disappointment like that this year. I believe in this team, believe in the players on this team and believe that we can win a lot of games. I simply want to wait to go overboard with my excitement until I've seen the product on the field.
That's my EXACT feelings, not that I think you'll pay attention because you'll just pick one sentence and try and prove some point that I'm a pessimist.
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