How Marvin Lewis bungled his message to the players

[jj22]

All that posturing talk is a downing dose of reality.

Attendance has to be worse than it was in 2010, right? I mean back then we at least had to give away tickets to "sellout". Local advertisers feared blackouts. Fans feared blackouts and in turn bought tickets.

Now Kroger ain't nowhere to be found. Fans, find home (and a cheap bottle of whiskey) is where the heart is to suffer through the game. The stadium has been empty. Embarrassingly, and that's bad. We at least used to pull it together for primetime games, I mean, even if you had to donate a can of beans to get in.

Maybe, just maybe MB's pockets got pinched this season (and not by his depends).

Let's hope.