Okay, as a newbie, I am going out on a limb here. Go ahead, y'all, beat up on me if you see fit.
Here goes. It's about leadership. Petrie has it, has had it, and it's the secret of his success. Leadership requires guts. Guts to fail, if that's how things turn out.
Now, lets look at what's left after the loss of C-Webb. Who's got the leadership, the heart, the guts on this TEAM? Who cares if the front office has leadership when nobody on the team - the players - have what it takes to win it all?
I would venture that if any of the core players (except Bobby, who is hurting I am sure, and maybe Cuttino, who remains to be seen) had the leadership qualities this team needs, we wouldn't have gone down this year, to sink to this point of TRADING C-WEBB??? IS PETRIE NUTS???
***ahem***
And, I have yet to see anybody here talk about leadership among the coaching staff, where have they been while "everybody's standing around watching Webb hold the ball" on offense and "everybody's worried about busting a fingernail trying to get a rebound" on defense?
I feel better now. Whaddya think?