12-14-2011, 02:09 PM
For the past few Decembers, there have been at least three things that you could absolutely, completely, and without any doubt count on happening: the winter solstice, reports of Jim Harbaugh leaving to take another job, and collective moaning, groaning, and gnashing of teeth regarding the likely performance of next season's offensive line. Now, it's two things...
While I'm fully aware that complacency and overconfidence are insidious agents, it nevertheless seems to me that things have worked out reasonably well with the OL, even as we have lost, and had to replace, one All-Pac this or All-American that after another. I'm confident the legacy of the Tunnel Workers' Union will live on, even as new members replace the old. After all, unions seem to have a way of surviving...
While I'm fully aware that complacency and overconfidence are insidious agents, it nevertheless seems to me that things have worked out reasonably well with the OL, even as we have lost, and had to replace, one All-Pac this or All-American that after another. I'm confident the legacy of the Tunnel Workers' Union will live on, even as new members replace the old. After all, unions seem to have a way of surviving...