19 Years of Losing Football - Ain't it great to be a Cards fan

[ARZCardinals]

Cards came to AZ in 1988

since then they've had 3 winning seasons.

AND 19 LOSING SEASONS

haven't we fans suffered enough!?!

 

[BigRedRage]

nope

 

[chickenhead]

2 of the 3 winning seasons have been the past 2 years, so this has been the best time to be a Cardinals fan. I won't cheer for them to lose, but if they do, my hope is that this is our "Tim Duncan" season, where a perfectly timed slump lands us a franchise cornerstone.

 

[ANDY440]

Winning was getting kinda boring.

 

[TheHopToad]

Ehh....everybody has an off year. It's the NFL. It happens. Just look at the division winners from last year: Vikings, Bengals, Cowboys.....all with equal or worse records that us.

Remember, just last (calendar) year we were in the Super Bowl. I've got a little more patience than that. When we start slinging multiple losing seasons together again, then I'll worry.

 

[Cardsfanstl]

For me it is 6-7 winning seasons in the 35+ years I have been a fan of this team. But I will still be a fan until they put me 6 ft under.

 

[Duckjake]

Ehh....everybody has an off year. It's the NFL. It happens. Just look at the division winners from last year: Vikings, Bengals, Cowboys.....all with equal or worse records that us.

Remember, just last (calendar) year we were in the Super Bowl. I've got a little more patience than that. When we start slinging multiple losing seasons together again, then I'll worry.

The problem is that the Cards have "off" decades.

 

[Jersey Girl]

2 of the 3 winning seasons have been the past 2 years, so this has been the best time to be a Cardinals fan.

Agreed. I wouldn't trade those bad 19 years and going to the Super Bowl two years ago for anything.

 

[NJCardFan]

2 of the 3 winning seasons have been the past 2 years, so this has been the best time to be a Cardinals fan. I won't cheer for them to lose, but if they do, my hope is that this is our "Tim Duncan" season, where a perfectly timed slump lands us a franchise cornerstone.

Why? Wasn't Clyde Duncan good enough?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

So...you are counting the 8-8 seasons as losing seasons?

Technically, they aren't winning or losing...

 

[ANDY440]

8-8 sounds pretty good about now don't it ?

 

[Derm]

Not fun except to see who is the real fan and who jumps off the band wagon.....
(sorry, it's the only image I could find this early in the morning)

 

[NJCardFan]

Not fun except to see who is the real fan and who jumps off the band wagon.....
(sorry, it's the only image I could find this early in the morning)

Define real fan.

 

[Derm]

kind of like a parent - you love your kids even if they screw-up. A parent can react to a stupid move and get pissed, yell, throw a fit but will still embrace their youngster and not toss them to the curb.

Other than that, you get into too much psychology

 

[NJCardFan]

kind of like a parent - you love your kids even if they screw-up. A parent can react to a stupid move and get pissed, yell, throw a fit but will still embrace their youngster and not toss them to the curb.

Other than that, you get into too much psychology

Good answer because to some, a 'real fan' is someone who never, ever criticizes their team no matter what.