I can't.

[*psychdoctor*]

(09-16-2019, 08:30 AM)Takedown Wrote: I can't judge those who have called themselves a Bengals fan for x+ years and want to leave. Personally, I would never leave my team for another, but how can you blame someone for wanting to not waste their time with this mess? It's been a mess for a very, very, very long time. A lot of us here have never seen a playoff win and probably won't for at least another 3 years. That's being generous. It's depressing if you have continued to support this team emotionally and financially just to see them flop over dead. Every running play by San Fran was basically a guaranteed first down every single time. New Dey? Yeah, new dey same bs.

And to clarify, I love my team. But people who are expressing the idea of finding a new team, give them one good reason to stick around. Just one. I have many reasons why I'll stick around. But maybe some fans just have never seen anything good come of this team and they don't want to waste their time anymore? Its a battle. You love them but you hate them. Some people get so invested in this team, but have never seen a good thing come from it. So I understand if they want to leave and root for whatever city they want. I'm not one to judge someone on how they spend their time. And neither are any of you.

The team sucks, don't let this board suck. If someone is whining about finding a new team one day and says never mind the next, its because again, its a love/hate relationship. It's a battle. You can be a true Bengals fan and still out loud express desire to move on. Most of us have at least tickled the idea of not caring about our beloved Bengals anymore just so we could move on... Who cares? People are pissed. Some probably depressed. We have the right to be and that's comes with mixed emotions. I will never leave my team. That doesn't make me better than the guy who chooses to do so.

Fans have the right to vent.  They are in a dysfunctional relationship which creates ambivalence toward their favorite team.    I explained this in "perceptions and appraisal" thread.  It goes beyond this year.  This is decades of suffering with the Bengals.    It is not that the Bengals lost to the 49ers which is another issue but it is HOW they lost.  They played like the Bengals of the 1990s.  They played defense like 2018 under Austin.  Slow and apathetic.  

Win next week and all will be good for some fans. Then there will be those fans who will complain because that is what they do best, complain.