12-30-2018, 03:59 PM
(12-30-2018, 03:44 PM)Beaker Wrote: You are entitled to your beliefs. I have found otherwise in my life. You cannot deny fans reactions have an effect on the team. There's a reason why some places are hard for visiting teams to play. The fans have a positive belief that the team will make a 4th down play or comeback to win the game. In turn, the team feeds off that. The fans were not the only reason the team was successful, there were thousands of others. But the fans contributed to the success. Turn it around and fans with the "here we go again" mentality and responses during a game also contribute to doubt and belief creeping into the players psyche also.
Again, I dont think you need to accept the losing and bad decisions, but I think there are other ways to go about it than consistent whining.
Sure I can. Provide some examples of teams that turned it around based on fan attitude.
And as rfaulk pointed out, the Bengals FO and players aren't sitting around reading thebengalsboard.com. Nor is the consistent "whining" of our posters being heard at PBS. You nor I have any impact on the games whatsoever, unless you are going to PBS and leading a chorus of boo's. Even then, the impact is minimal...unless you truly believe players are that mentally fragile, which I definitely don't.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
