11-09-2021, 10:42 AM
(11-09-2021, 10:31 AM)jj22 Wrote: Good, because the less optimistic posters were like you decades ago. But fool me once on you, fool me 20+ years and....... I won't be fooled again. Or shamed for not being fooled again.
Posters like myself and other should never be shamed. We've had our hearts broken enough over the decades for posters to demand us continue to believe the unbelievable.
That’s me.
Why can’t we, who have been crushed for 30 years (me) predict things based on history and facts? These facts are what we have seen time and time and time again. Bengals fans cannot have good things. lol.
Every time we don’t say the Bengals are spectacular, we get excoriated and labeled as negative or miserable. We are just realists. You younger fans will accept this reality soon.
We occasionally see a couple of potential good years and flashes of hope from time to time, only to get crushed … every … dang … time.
You can love the team, but accept the reality as well. I celebrate wins with no less fun than any of you homers. I just know better than to fully buy in; so I remain guarded.
