re: Gunnell Can We Pull This Off

Let's not forget about the Cam Rob, Devonta Smith, Shyheim Carter, Wilson, and Tim Wilson episodes.

And let's not forget about Matt Womack episode. That one cost us visits/sanctions. Hootie would have if they had bit on the trap laid for use by Saban/Hootie's Party.

Oh, and 2/5 episode

/sarcasm

None of these destroyed the program. We will win some and lose some- to Bama, to TAMU, to FSU, to UF, and to many others. Some by choice (Adams for Hootie), some because we got out worked, many because we just lose the battle.

I don't see thinking we have a chance when the recruit is saying we have a chance as being pessimist or optimist. It just is.

And for the record, I almost got banned for getting pissy at other posters putting stock into Dylan Moses (and father) comments about our coaching situation. Dylan had already decommitted from us and, in some cases, committed to Bama. But yet a high schooler committed to Bama has a say in our coach?

THAT is a step way past being an 'optimist'. So while I do get your viewpoint, I see it as being just as reactionary as the people who thought we should base our future on what a recruit and his lawyer father thought of us as supporters of our competition. That was based on Moses being the end all be all of our program... he was not. Just like Surtain, or any of the above listed.