10-14-2019, 10:59 PM
(10-13-2019, 09:49 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Sports message boards / communities are most often a reflection of their team's performance. If the team is doing well, the community is usually in a better mood...if the team is a shit show, the community will be sometimes as well. I understand when posters get worn out by the negativity, but it also makes it difficult when you're a loyal fan of a team that has the overall culture of this one.
I guarantee that the overwhelming majority of negativity is because fans are desperate to see this team do well, and not because they enjoy complaining or the team losing. That's not to say those people don't exist or aren't a part of the board, just that I think it's a very small number.
Let's face it...this fan base (as a whole) is pretty damned jaded, and with legitimate reason. I think when things start going bad --- again and again, it just drives home what made them cynical in the first place. At the same time, for all this fan base has put up with, I would argue that they have remained pretty damn loyal and have stuck with this franchise...even through times of record breaking ineptitude.
Like I said though, I understand your frustration as well, because the overwhelming nature of the negativity can't be depressing as hell, especially when members start going after each other, which is uncalled for.
This isn't a problem unique to this board though, or to any sports message board really. Hell, the Patriot's have won multiple Super Bowls and I can still show you threads on their different boards where people are fighting over whether to trade Tom Brady or not, whether to fire Billy B or not, and so on. It's sort of just the nature of the beast.
This is so true! I like going to other teams board after they blow a big, get destroyed or having a bad season like the Bengals are having now. It is funny how familiar the comments are. They can’t make halftime adjustments, they can’t draft, they are not playing the right guys, defense playing too soft, the refs don’t want them to win, the training/medical staff sucks, run, run, pass punt how creative, game plan sucks.....etc.
