01-14-2016, 02:19 PM
(01-14-2016, 09:43 AM)hitchopottimus Wrote: What a horrible 12-5! Division championship, division schmanshionship. I'll never understand how one game can completely ruin a really good season.
It's really not hard to understand when you use context. The primary goal of all 32 teams is to win a championship. If your team isn't winning championships, you at least want to see progress toward that goal. This team has won 4 division titles and made 7 playoff trips since 2005, yet has never progressed past the WC round. There is no progress. It feels like wasted talent and opportunities. This team is so talented that anything less than playoff win(s) will be viewed as failure. Not only by Bengals fans, but by our coaches, players and the local and national media.
Do you really view this season as a success? If so, you must put more emphasis on the regular season and almost no emphasis on the post season.
(01-14-2016, 11:42 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Time to ignore the crybabies. They are never going to change.
If we win a playoff game they will cry about not winning the Super Bowl.
If we win the Super Bowl they will cry about how we would have won more Super Bowls with a different coach or else they will cry about not winning 3 in a row.
This is silly and you don't honestly believe this. You're saying it out of frustration. This fan base would've been on cloud nine if we'd won on Saturday. If we won a Super Bowl, it'd cure a lot of frustration for a long time. I have no doubt about that.
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