Quote Originally Posted by argolio View Post
Posted this on the game thread, but it applies even more here:

Winning a championship pretty much validates everything Barker has done since 2010 -- naming Lemon as the starter, cutting him, signing and cutting Brannagan, taking the heat after Boyd was cut and after other popular players were released or not re-signed, his draft strategy, and anything else you can think of.
Not only that but it validates the 2005,06,07 eastern final losses and the 3-15 and 4-14 seasons. As Pinball said in 2003: 'It was the dinner we had to eat to become champions'