I wouldn't worry quite so much about Parsons. In all fairness, we weren't missing only Parsons when we went 0-5 at the end of the season... we were actually 0-5 without Parsons, Wyatt, Kraft, Zach Tom, and God-only-knows how many others. Parsons was definitely the straw that broke the camel's back, but if they'd had all those others, they'd have been much more able to weather the Parsons loss.

Not trying to minimize his impact on the team at all, but he's still only one guy. This year, they are ostensibly a healthy team - all those other guys I mentioned are (apparently) ready to go. So we'll find out...