09-15-2015, 10:16 PM
(09-15-2015, 10:02 PM)Penn Wrote: http://bengalsboard.net/Thread-LOL-ALL-THE-EDIT ???
I've lived multiple years in all 3 markets too. Never saw anything like the relevant claim in KC during the time of Schottenheimer, Montana, Thomas and Smith and only minimal amounts in Pittsburgh last 2 SB's til just before Noll's depature. Granted, other than this board I didn't see much of it in Cincy either.
Here in GA though, homers all the way. Limited experience in Indy but it seems the same.
Shall I go into other markets I'm familiar with?
KC made it to the AFC championship with Montana. The Steelers won 4 Super Bowls under Noll. These levels of success tend to quell fan bases.
Can you describe any other markets that dealt with a 25 year playoff-win drought with 12 years of complete ineptitude built into that?
I can come close. Up here in Michigan, the Lions are mostly an afterthought. They come in a distant 3rd in interest, behind the Spartans, Wolverines and Tigers. Lions fans do have negative feelings about their team, but they don't gripe about it much. They just have a "Lions will be the Lions" attitude about it. Very dismissive. Is that a better attitude to have?
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