08-11-2015, 12:22 PM
(08-11-2015, 12:14 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Whether we've made the playoffs in 4 straight seasons or not, people still refer to this team as the Bungles.
It happens. You saying it doesn't isn't really making the statement true. The perception is still there, and it absolutely happens outside of Pittsburgh as well, I was just using that as an example since I see it a lot more than usual living around here.
The media and a lot of fans will continue to take their jabs at the Bengals until we win a playoff game. We get more respect now than we did in the 90's, but that's not really saying much. Obviously a team that wins 9-11 regular season games each year is going to be looked at differently than the teams that are winning 2-4 each year, but let's not get ahead of ourselves and act like the entire perception of this organization has changed. We're still looked at as losers by a LOT of people, just a different, "better" kind of loser.
Proof that you are wrong is The Bengals have Prime Time Games now......The media doesn't put lousy teams on in Prime Time, or tries not to......Sure, maybe some people still don't give the Bengals any respect. ...Just as some people like Hitler, some people have never read a book, some people do this, some people do that. I can't worry about " Some People "......I would say the network execs having the Bengals in Prime Time the last few years is a huge change from when the network execs threw up at the idea of THE BUNGLES in Prime Time. Cincy Fans use to wonder why no Prime Time, but not me, the team was awful......So I care more of the network execs opinion, than some people in west Pennsylvania, and I really don't care about all Steelers people.
1968 Bengal Fan
