jauburn Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Between Gibbs I and Gibbs II there were a lot of years, a lot of horrible years in which we had to endure laughably bad teams, coaches with their origins in Dallas, players with their origins in Dallas, multiple million dollar busts, Heath Shuler, head banging, no team chemistry, the Danny's learning curve, on and on. I call these The Agony Years. Now, on the verge of our second playoff win, let's use this thread to cleanse our spirits once and for all of those horrible, horrible times. What did you hate MOST about The Agony Years??? :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 7-1 start and no playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaldeje Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 OM alluded to this last week. I hated that every time we had a slighlty meaningful game, even it was just for pride against Dallas, I want desperately to believe we would win. But I could never really convince myself. Never... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Kao Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The years of Norvousness..... That was what really set a bad precedent at Redskins Park. Schottenheimer started us back down the right path, but I'm not real crazy about his approach, and neither were a lot of the players.... Spurrier was, and will always be, and NFL punchline. I have almost acheived plausible deniability that those 2 years ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Giving Deion that HUGE contract, Gus and the headbutt(dumbass!). It goes on. Basically, it was Snyder trying to buy his way to a Championship. This isn't baseball. You need a cohesive unit that will play their hearts out for their coaches. Hmmmm, that sounds like the Skins this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I hated how undisciplined we were during that stretch, all of the penalties, and how we were the laughing stock of the league because of our owner. Glad were rising back towards the top now though!!! yea baby :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number twenty-eight Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The Agony Years: What did you hate MOST? What will you do if the Skins lose to Seattle? Bring back Heath Schuler! Give it a rest guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jauburn Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 For me it was Norv and Deion, both former Dallas Cowboys! Hiring them was tantamount to saying that rivalries are just marketing bull. Those hirings were a slap in the face of true Redskins fans. Disgraceful time. I don't think I can ever forgive the Danny for that, even though he brought back GIBBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Gibbs II Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Yea, i mean the Titans vs WSH was a "superbowl preview". Our season was on a downward spiral on the last play of the 1st half. Also i hate how before 2001 or so its hard for me to remember the 1st half of seasons for the skins. I was 12 then and didnt expect me to be a diehard like now, but i hate how i missed out on the gravity of the 7-1 start. But, i do remember falling in that season and going 0-5 then 5-0 finishing 8-8. I dunno, have a lot of rough memories but i think the great start to finish out of the playoffs was the worst one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 You guys/gals who lived through it know who this is. Every press conference..: "What we do works..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jauburn Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 The Agony Years: What did you hate MOST?What will you do if the Skins lose to Seattle? Bring back Heath Schuler! Give it a rest guy. Just shut up and quit hijacking threads. What are you, 14? Get a life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 "We competed hard!" Watching Norv Turner's face on the sideline and that look of helplessness and knowing we were going to screw something up at the most inoportune time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 You guys/gals who lived through it know who this is. Every press conference..:"What we do works..." Took the words right out of my mouth............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Bringing Deion Sanders in. THAT was wrong on so many levels to let a Cowboy even smell a Skins jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogie Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I hated how we never had heart. I had to walk out of FedEx so many times after a loss just depressed about how our team never had any heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaskin Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Baltimore fans~! Puke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraveWarrior Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 What I hated most was how, after every loss, Norv would say stuff like "we played well, but you can point to one or two things that cost us the game." But he never did anything to prevent bad things from happening. Norv never got the Redskins to make a big play when they needed it, except for some of the games in '99 and the 7-1 start a couple years before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyburd Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 NORVAL, 7 fin years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinklein Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The Ravens winning a Super Bowl so soon after coming into the league... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYSkins1 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I hated the fact that I never knew who our coach or QB was, given that we were changing every ten games or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexxrev Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I just could not stand Norv's play calling. 3rd and long.......its another draw. so predictable! :seahawksu :seahawksu :seahawksu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish434 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 For me it was Norv and Deion, both former Dallas Cowboys!Hiring them was tantamount to saying that rivalries are just marketing bull. Those hirings were a slap in the face of true Redskins fans. Disgraceful time. I don't think I can ever forgive the Danny for that, even though he brought back GIBBS. Whoa... Danny did not hire Norv, but inherited him. Personally, I love Danny. He's my dream come true: Make a zillion dollars, buy the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaskin Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 You know our running game was decent with Terry Allen and Stephen Davis, but going through ALL THOSE QUARTERBACKS was a really hard! They all pretty much sucked but Brad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpy007 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 My old roommate who is a Cowgirls fan. It was rough. But this year I have rubbed it in TWICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcoles11 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The worst part was coming to the realization that there were no more games on the scheduel that I could mark as "well we should win that game." We became one of the teams that people saw on their scheduel as an easy win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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