From: gordons@netcom.com (Gordon Storga)
Subject: Re: EATING WORDS!
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 21:20:50 GMT
Organization: Stay Awake Software

Ah Michael, I almost missed you...

<r!mnclk.mzimmers@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
><x4lnkl=.gordons@netcom.com> gordons@netcom.com (Gordon Storga) writes:
[montana's recovery]
>>don't think he'll be able to cut it.  That doesn't mean he won't look good
>>from time to time (if he plays at all this year), it just means he'll
>>resemble Steve Deberg a lot more.
>
>I don't know what you're driving at here.  The biggest difference between
>DeBerg and Montana is between the ears.  That hasn't diminished.

Yeah, and since Montana is having trouble throwing he'll just
telekenetically manuever the ball through the air to his receivers.
Sheesh, get an argument.

>>If you mean he'll play in
>>the SB again, I doubt it, at least not as a starter.  Let's put it this
>>way - TEAMS get to the Super Bowl.  The 9ers haven't really upgraded that
>>well since last year, and they missed the entire playoffs last year.
>
>Counterpoint:  the Niners missed the postseason by the barest of margins,

Again?  We've been through this before.  Lot's of teams could claim lots
of extra "narrow losses" to make themselves look better.  Funny how these
"narrows losses" never seem to matter to other teams.  The other teams
"choked", but not the 9ers -  Narrow losses are now a sign of greatness.

>and had they made it, most people I've heard agree they would have made
>some serious noise, at least until they hit the Deadskins.  

Hmm, they finished third in their own division. What makes you think
they'd get by New Orleans or Atlanta the third time?  What makes you think
they'd get by Dallas?  Dallas beat the Redskins that you claim would
probably beat the 9ers.

>some serious noise, at least until they hit the Deadskins.  Also, when
>you lose games the way they did to the Giants, Falcons and Raiders, one
>gains an appreciation for the narrow difference between 10-6 and 13-3.

Yeah, right.  And Dallas should have been the team of the 70's since they
went to 5 SBs and lost three of them by "only 11 points").  Right.

>Also, how do you say they haven't improved from last year?

I don't know, how *do* I say that?  I didn't say that in this post.
Perhaps your red and gold glasses are fogged up.

>                                                            The Midget
>is on IR and I'm betting we don't see much of his hulking presence all
>year (sniff).  Amp Lee and/or Rickey Watters should provide the best
>Niiners running game since '88.  Dana Hall is coming along slowly, but
>there's nothing to suggest he won't be a star by year end.  The OL is
>intact.  The holdout count is now zero.  

Every team in the league, including the ones who made the playoffs last
year, are probably claiming similar things about their own teams and
players.  If they improve as much as they claim to then the 9ers will
still miss the playoffs.

>         The holdout count is now zero.  Lynn Stiles is gone, as is
>Charles Haley, aka the Human Attitude.  The biggest team deficiency is
>at punter, and that's solvable (in theory).

Pretty funny, when I first brought up Haley as a distraction (last year)
because of his attitude the 9er fans rushed to his rescue and flamed me
for making something out of nothing.  Now people are glad to see "Mr
Attitude" leave, they see it as an improvement.

...
>>At least the greatest QB retired at the top of his game.  Staubach didn't
>>try to make "one more comeback" past his prime.
>
>I was wondering whether the Storgameister could get through an entire
>posting without repeating his fixation on Staubach being the greatest.

Sarcasm, Mike, sarcasm.  It was probably too subtle for you.  The person I
responded to was claiming Montana as the best ever.  Using as much
reasoning as that person displayed I declared Staubach the best ever.

Subtlity is wasted on you though.


Gordon
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