09-12-2017, 08:01 PM
(09-12-2017, 07:48 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Yep, but I might call it the Marvin/Mike effect. The slow, steady erosion of our fan base, and by extension, those willing to shell out the moolah to see this team in person. Yeah, there's the 35-40,000 diehards who'll be there until the last dog dies. But the excitement and buzz around the team, that drives the casual fan and the last-minute ticket purchaser, that seems to be gone. By the time of the Pitt game we might be back to early 2000s PBS Bengal/Steeler fan ratios, where it sometimes felt like an away game.
Soon we'll be seeing posts spouting "IF THE FANS WOULD SHOW UP AND CHEER, THE TEAM WOULD PLAY BETTER".
Fifty years of mostly crap says something different.
