Driving Past Paul Brown Stadium

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(12-31-2016, 11:58 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: I think the pain that goes with being a Bengals fan is we had an awesome team with so much potential, talent and strength, which was pissed away by bad coaching and owner decisions. We were not "snake bitten." We just made bad decisions. With the frustration often running over onto the players who busted their ass, every game, to watch it slip away at the end. This frustration bled into the games causing penalties, fines and soon to be bad perception from referees and NFL. This created a hole so deep, No matter how hard we might have tried, could not have recovered. Only a coaching change can right the path of this organization. However, even if this was to happen, you still have the ownership.

The FO will not change soon. Our dreams of a championship team will not be answered soon either. So, every time you drive by that stadium, even if it's 90 degrees, there will be a cold, dark feeling caused by disappointment, lost dreams and the void of a playoff victory. Fans put more into their teams than just 3hrs a week. We talk about it at work and with family. We read and research often and in many cases invest hundreds, if not thousands of dollars a year into a team which soon finds itself as a big part of our lives.

Our investments turn to love and dedication to the team. Our hearts beat with passion as we near the beginning of each season with confidence and devotion in our beloved Bengals, only to have our dreams crushed at the end of each season. Bengal fandom is a tough road and not prescribed for the weak of hearts. One day there will be warmth and hope in that stadium again. Yet most of us know in our guts, it won't be immediate. A few things must happen before the dream is real again. Unfortunately, it won't be next year, and the darkest, coldest feeling about it all, is there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.

Yup

And here we go for season 15 of more of the same. It hasn't worked for 14 years so let's be different and try it again.