It just isn't the same. I'm not saying Prowler doesn't put too much faith in his "skreets" or anything like that. It's a "his word against mine" thing with him....meaning, even if Scarbo publishes something that says Jerrell is staying, Prowler will assume that what he heard from his source was the truth, and now Jerrell has changed his mind and is publicly saying something different than what was going on behind the scenes.
And really, these are two different arguments...the argument of Prowler and his skreets isn't the same as the one about evaluation of how things are going for the program. Even Prowler isn't going to argue that the defense didn't give up a lot of yards and points this year. He may have excuses as to why he's not concerned about it for future seasons....but he's not going to deny the facts of the stats, regardless of cause.
Weasel, however, treats 8-5 exactly the same way he would treat 2-10....and it's because his "opinion" actually has nothing to do with what the team has actually done anyway. He wasn't actually pissed about possibly going 2-10 to begin with, so that's why 8-5 doesn't make him feel any better.
Maybe Prowler wrote before the season that defense would carry us this year. I'd be willing to bet that now, after the year, he would say "okay, turns out that was wrong". Even if he had all kinds of excuses and reasons and spins, he would still acknowledge the reality that defense did not carry us.
It's not the argument(s) in question. It's the foundation the argument(s) are built upon, that I'm comparing. And it's on spot. I see a lot of "I'm willing to bet" and "even ifs" but no examples. Because they don't exist. Both already have their minds made up on the abilities of Chizik. One is complete failure, and one is complete success. No facts presented will change those opinions, because neither are willing to be wrong.
You know, the bright side of this whole thread is that the conversations have stayed in line with the title.
I attempted to derail with a salt-n-pepa lyric, but apparently you phukers hate 90's girl power.
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