This forum, and this thread in particular, has become a parody of an internet message board. People turned on Benning from his first day on the job and are bound and determined to be proven "right", even to the point of wishing failure upon the team you supposedly cheer for. Bizarre.
The team had a good season last year, and is younger, faster and more skilled this year. Things aren't that bad, are they?
I mean, Benning has made some very clear mistakes (in my opinion, anyway), but I can't think of a GM who hasn't made a bad trade or a poor signing. When you're attempting to turn over an entire roster, there are going to be missteps. Maybe instead of attempting to discredit every single thing this administration does, we could focus on the overall direction of the team. I think things are looking up, myself.
I think some if you are in it so deep you can't now turn back, so we see this doubling down of personal insults toward Benning, and they players he's acquired, when things might start to look a little positive. The forum was toxic in the summer and seems not to have gotten any better.
It's too bad, because I used to enjoy reading these boards, engaging in debate with other posters, and reading the opinions of the very knowledgeable posters here. These days, though, the forum has become nothing but a forum for people to bash the GM, the coach, the president, and belittle and mock every thing they do or say.
I wonder, honestly, if even a Stanley Cup would be enough to change the minds of some of you. Would we spend thousands of pages mocking the parade route?
