08-22-2015, 11:36 AM
(08-21-2015, 01:06 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Most on here will say you do not need to support a specific player to support your team.
I tend to agree with them. You can like a team and despise a player that is currently on it, or even a coach for that matter.
To say that not supporting Dalton or Lewis means that I do not support the team is absurd.
It's like saying that not supporting your girlfriends bad habits means you don't support the relationship.
It is possible to not support Andy Dalton and still be a Bengals fan.... is it constructive? well.... that is another question.
My contention would be that even if a player is not your favorite, he is still a part of the team - and the temptation to throw him under the bus is not constructive (or supportive of the team). Not that there is anything wrong with breaking down ones play, that's not what I consider not being supportive. I may disagree with what you say 'most' will say.
Bottom line, I would say that whether you like them or not, you 'support' the player as it is part and parcel to 'supporting the team'. Its part of what we know as taking the good with the bad, so to speak. Which is something we all have to respect - in all things, really.
