What are you most excited about?

[TheRainMaker]

Winning.

Get ready for a winning record this season.

 

[State]

Hope to see Campbell be a good LT.

As do we all. And Moses not getting injured and playing decently at RT.

This season looks promising. Mainly because of the new HC and productive off season.

But OL and the health of old guys at TE can still doom the outcome.

I am scared to retire. I have been a workaholic for so long—I worked full time and worked an additional part time job for15 years—that I might stop moving in retirement. Go from one extreme to another.

I like the Japanese. They work until they drop.

 

[State]

Slightly off topic: I am excited to be alive

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

Finish every day and be done with it. For manners and for wise living it is a vice to remember. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.​

 

[Clonamery]

Slightly off topic: I am excited to be alive

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

Finish every day and be done with it. For manners and for wise living it is a vice to remember. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.​

Daniel Webster:
“Go out there, young man; go out there and behave yourself, and, free as you are from family cares, you will never regret it.”

Horace Greeley:
"Go West, young man."

Pet Shop Boys:
"and the pace back East
(The hustling) rustling just to feed
(I know I'm) ready to leave too
(So that's what) we are gonna do
What we're gonna do is go west"

James Joyce (from The Dead):
'Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.'

 

[Patjew]

I’m looking forward to seeing a competitive, productive team out there that I am not rooting against for one reason or another. I’m really excited for the changes that have been made and I begrudgingly give credit from the top down.

I also find the retirement discussion really interesting. I am 52 and I cannot imagine ever retiring. Other than being sick right now I’m in very good shape and enjoy what I do… Even the stress of it. I’m in Singapore now, which is my fourth country in five days with more to come and it’s kind of ridiculous, but I kind of love it also. I’m definitely not criticizing the sane ones that are excited to retire, but I’m probably one of those “dies at his desk (or on a plane)” kind of guys.

 

[Mike the Brit]

I’m in Singapore now, which is my fourth country in five days with more to come and it’s kind of ridiculous, but I kind of love it also.

Ah, Singapore!

I've only been a couple of times, briefly, but I was talking about it to a guy (doctor and medical researcher) from Malaysia the other night because Malaysia is somewhere I've never been. I told him I couldn't make up my mind whether Singapore was a modern utopia or a fascist state, and he said "Well, coming from Malaysia, I'll go for Option 2". "But the food's great, isn't it?", I said.

 

[maust]

Ah, Singapore!

I've only been a couple of times, briefly, but I was talking about it to a guy (doctor and medical researcher) from Malaysia the other night because Malaysia is somewhere I've never been. I told him I couldn't make up my mind whether Singapore was a modern utopia or a fascist state, and he said "Well, coming from Malaysia, I'll go for Option 2". "But the food's great, isn't it?", I said.

Perspective is everything

 

[maust]

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

Can always count on Emerson to provide some inspiration...

“Life is a journey, not a destination."

 

[Salsalife]

I'm looking forward too great coaching. We've seen it before in NE. A Great coaching staff can change everything. Parcells, Belichick and now Vrabel. Does Vrabel have it.., time will tell. He could be..did he hire alot of good coaches, hope so. Can his assistants help him create a smart and disciplined team? Coaching Matters big time.

 

[signbabybrady]

Slightly off topic: I am excited to be alive

 

[Patjew]

Ah, Singapore!

I've only been a couple of times, briefly, but I was talking about it to a guy (doctor and medical researcher) from Malaysia the other night because Malaysia is somewhere I've never been. I told him I couldn't make up my mind whether Singapore was a modern utopia or a fascist state, and he said "Well, coming from Malaysia, I'll go for Option 2". "But the food's great, isn't it?", I said.

It's a modern utopia and an amazing success story. The place keeps reinventing itself like nowhere else.

It feels very free and safe here. Don't bring in drugs or be a vagrant and it's a wonderful place to be. What is not facist about this place is they are very clear about the rules, and they truly do care about its citizens from what I can see.

I would love to live here, other than it being so expensive. I travel to Malaysia very frequently for work and I would NEVER live there.

Political rant over!

 

[Mike the Brit]

It's a modern utopia and an amazing success story. The place keeps reinventing itself like nowhere else.

It feels very free and safe here. Don't bring in drugs or be a vagrant and it's a wonderful place to be. What is not facist about this place is they are very clear about the rules, and they truly do care about its citizens from what I can see.

I would love to live here, other than it being so expensive. I travel to Malaysia very frequently for work and I would NEVER live there.

Political rant over!

Yes, I can see that.

The locals seem genuinely to love it, unlike a lot of other authoritarian places I've been -- you can tell if people are just spouting to foreigners what those in power want them to. But someone I know pretty well is a Singaporean trans woman. Needless to say, she had a tough time there and is living abroad.

Political digression over here too -- back to our previously scheduled Efton Chism ball-washing.

 

[Clonamery]

Yes, I can see that.

The locals seem genuinely to love it, unlike a lot of other authoritarian places I've been -- you can tell if people are just spouting to foreigners what those in power want them to. But someone I know pretty well is a Singaporean trans woman. Needless to say, she had a tough time there and is living abroad.

Political digression over here too -- back to our previously scheduled Efton Chism ball-washing.

It's Efton "F-ton" ("Chis" to his teammates) Chism III. Where have you been.

 

[Mike the Brit]

It's Efton "F-ton" ("Chis" to his teammates) Chism III. Where have you been.

Keeping a safe distance, since you ask.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

I’m most excited about the prospects of seeing actual starting caliber talent develop over the season. BB obviously still knows the game and coach but he went totally off the rails from a personnel and coaching staff standpoint to where even being a good coach himself no one was really developing. Mayo… yeah no need to rehash that. Between Vrabel and McDaniels now I have hope that the guys we bring in with talent will actually develop.

I’ve been pretty vocal that I still think this team is horrifically untalented by NFL standards. We made huge strides that I like but we were truly THAT BAD to start that I still think we have the least talent in the whole NFL. Schedule is weak though and you can suck and win some games in the NFL just by playing hard and not like a total dumbass team which I’m sure Vrabel will try to instill in the team. We might have a respectable record but I don’t expect to be “actually” good unless we have an all time draft class this year and/or some last picks come out of nowhere to totally elevate their career trajectory.

BUT, I look forward to this being a really positive year for the overall team development picture. I genuinely believe we have the right people in place where the arrow is going to be pointing up and up over the next few years.

 

[jmt57]

I'm looking forward to seeing improvement in the football team, as opposed to the regression of the past several seasons.


I'm also looking forward to actual on-field activities, rather than debates about what Robyn Glaser is or is not doing, or face palms about what a deer-in-the-headlights rookie head coach did or said.