Question if when the shorts attack there are enoug

Question if when the shorts attack there are enough seasoned people here to recognise an attack.Why buy up the next day why not buy down so there is no profit for the shorts. Hold for a few days and the shorts are caught with a lose. I suspect if you take a loss a few times they would move on to another stock.Just tossing it out would that not work? If the shorts can coordinate an attack why can,t we attack the shorts interest. Just askin.