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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Yeah, I can understand how a strong second half could be viewed as a real positive.
For me, I want to see consistency, starting with how the FO performs this off-season and then extending to Sundays in the regular season.
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I wouldn't like seeing them start poorly, but I would like to see a strong end to the season. Kind of like the Broncos game, but 6 weeks or 2 months of that, rather than a single inexplicable week. Because I think teams that turn-around tend to have a spring-board like that into their first real contending season. If I don't see that in 2010, then it will be a sign to me that they're still another year away. And I didn't see that in 2009, obviously, so I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm for 2010 (.500 range has been my 2010 expectation since the Pioli hire was made...)
All I hope for early in the year is that one side of the ball is "fixed" and the other is showing signs of life. I don't think this team is going to be a world-beater in 2010 regardless of who they pickup in the offseason, but they should be more competitive and they should (in a perfect world) be a team nobody wants to play late in the year.
Then again, on paper at least it's an advantageous schedule, so who knows what will happen.