The Crowd At The Stadium

[chickenhead]

The fans are fine and there are more of them all the time. The Cardinals are taken way more seriously than they were when I was growing up. There are also a lot of natives who didn't become Cardinals fans, and that had more to do with what the Bidwills thought they were owed while producing nothing in return.

I think a lot of the good fan/bad fun arguments are useless in general, though. I've lived in 5 big metro areas with at least 26 major sport pro franchises among them. If I break down which teams have "good" fans and which have "bad" fans, the commonalities have little to do with the market and nearly everything to do with history of good ownership and management. A halo effect and generational loyalties can maintain a fan base through the bad times, but there are not many examples of teams that started out bad, stayed bad, and maintained a strong fan base in comparison to superior teams. And it's not just about fair weather: the losses aren't the problem. The impression of not caring, not trying, not improving is the problem.

 

[82CardsGrad]

the losses aren't the problem. The impression of not caring, not trying, not improving is the problem.

Pretty hard to say you care or you're trying your best when you put up decade after decade of losing... So yes, the losses are in fact the problem.



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