Just for the record... I aint a darksider...not quite a kool aider but I have my moments...and the truth is I would in fact revel in an 0 and 17 season...if the alternative is 8 and 9.... the disaster season at least gets you the opportunity to grab a legit difference maker in the draft.... I mean, we all know guys like Watt and AD were drafted in the middle of the first round but your chances just feel so much better with a top 3 pick than they do with a mid round pick...partially because that draft position also translates to every other round as well.
on questioning fandom...I have been accused of such previously. But I dont really question fandom. I question sanity as a human being. Humans are drawn to things that bring them pleasure and joy and repel things that bring pain or danger...its instinctive. So if a team brings you nothing but negativity and stress it seems only logical that if you love football you would seek out a team that didnt flood your life with negativity,,,unless negativity is your kink or something.
Much like Choppers analogy of the cheating wife.... if your wife treated you so poorly you would most certainly leave and find another.... unless somehow you enjoyed the abuse. In which case, you need therapy...and probably medication.
so, in the few cases I have suggested someone should seek out a different team...it is purely because I am looking out for their mental health.
I mean hell, I grew up a Raiders fan. It was nice in the eighties... but damn...between them and the cardinals there has been very little joy in football.
So I start every season predicting we go undefeated. Its a mindset, because if you dont believe you are going to win why the hell are you even playing?? Then as the season moves forward, I assess what we have to work with. what needs to change.... and by Christmas...its all about the future, lol...because it obviously isnt about now.
Hopefully. This massive reorganization has the desired long term effect. Most of us are too damned old to wait another 20 years for a Lombardi Trophy...and I remember what that feels like...all you dudes deserve to feel it.