01-25-2023, 01:55 PM
This RANT deserves its own post.
I don't have many posts in here, but was a long time poster in the old forums. That means nothing except I've been through the Dave Shula years all the way up until today.
I don't understand the hate for the team I love. Saw the vid above with Burrow throwing to a receiver while doing a spin move. Why hate that? What's wrong with that? My GF has can put one of her feet behind her head (she says she can't do it with both feet, but I kindly urge her to keep trying) . Should I hate her for that?
Now, some in here are stating our team somehow deserves the hate? Who are you a fan of?
This Bengals team for so long has suffered through the "Bungles" (a term I hate) nomenclature. As fans, we've suffered through the Dick LeBeau (nothing against him...just a bad HC) debacle. We've suffered through the Kimo knee shredding. We've suffered through all the snatching defeat from the jaws of victory incidents (looking at you PacMan and Burfict). We've suffered through Stanley Wilson getting all coked up the night before the SB, crushing the team. I could go on, but you get the idea.
This Bengals squad is special....one of the most special in all of the NFL. They have done nothing...let me repeat....NOTHING wrong. To have other fans, other media types, other GMs throw shade on this team and its accomplishments smells like little more than sour grapes.
To have our own fans lend credence to those detractors confounds me even more.
Know what? If you can't enjoy success, don't celebrate with this team. Don't celebrate with the rest of us. Go back to hand wringing about contracts, what this or that person wrote or said about the team we love. Wallow with those folks.
I'm celebrating....joyfully, happily. I'm relishing each and every accolade the print and video media publishes. The rest? Go sit on the sidelines and worry yourself silly!
RANT OVER!
I don't have many posts in here, but was a long time poster in the old forums. That means nothing except I've been through the Dave Shula years all the way up until today.
I don't understand the hate for the team I love. Saw the vid above with Burrow throwing to a receiver while doing a spin move. Why hate that? What's wrong with that? My GF has can put one of her feet behind her head (she says she can't do it with both feet, but I kindly urge her to keep trying) . Should I hate her for that?
Now, some in here are stating our team somehow deserves the hate? Who are you a fan of?
This Bengals team for so long has suffered through the "Bungles" (a term I hate) nomenclature. As fans, we've suffered through the Dick LeBeau (nothing against him...just a bad HC) debacle. We've suffered through the Kimo knee shredding. We've suffered through all the snatching defeat from the jaws of victory incidents (looking at you PacMan and Burfict). We've suffered through Stanley Wilson getting all coked up the night before the SB, crushing the team. I could go on, but you get the idea.
This Bengals squad is special....one of the most special in all of the NFL. They have done nothing...let me repeat....NOTHING wrong. To have other fans, other media types, other GMs throw shade on this team and its accomplishments smells like little more than sour grapes.
To have our own fans lend credence to those detractors confounds me even more.
Know what? If you can't enjoy success, don't celebrate with this team. Don't celebrate with the rest of us. Go back to hand wringing about contracts, what this or that person wrote or said about the team we love. Wallow with those folks.
I'm celebrating....joyfully, happily. I'm relishing each and every accolade the print and video media publishes. The rest? Go sit on the sidelines and worry yourself silly!
RANT OVER!
