Snarf

They win 3 superbowls, and the second anything doesn't go perfectly, a huge crowd of spoiled brats emerges and start complaining and crying. Kraft's fault! Should have kept branch! Brady sucks! OMG THE SKY IS FALLING.

I'm embarrassed to have a lot of you as fellow fans. You aren't worthy of the Patriots. If Brady never wins another game, he still has my gratitude and admiration. Ditto Kraft and Bellichick. They all have earned it.

I'm glad I left the doom and gloom construction-site city of Boston for the west coast. I'm glad I can watch the games on direct tv away from your pessimism and negativity.

Those of you who are bashing this team ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Remix 6

i tend to agree. i've never experienced any teams fanbase have such a negativity towards their team after a loss

everytime we lose.."bench Brady!" "fire him.." "cut him" "are we overrated?"


a loss is a loss. i'll admit i've agreed on few things saying playcalling has been bad in win or lose but i've never given up. i've crictized and pointed out some problems but not the way i've seen others do it


people turn the tide so much. its fine to say..we did this bad..lets move no but we have a long effect and people just seem spoiled

PonyExpress

Many Pats fans are fickle and spoiled, that much is obvious. But success has bred interest, and Pats fans have become more knowledgeable, and now know when we are watching sub-par football, because we have seen football played at its ideal level for years. As long as the analysis is reasonable and doesn't involve "benching Brady" or "blaming the Krafts" or "wishing Adam V. were here... he would really help!", there is room for criticism. If Pats fans were really bad fans, which WE ARE NOT, we would smile and take it, like lemmings from other, less fortunate locales, pretending that what we are seeing is good enough. No... we actually BELIEVE BB when he looked at Urban Meyer and said, "In New England we're all about winning Super Bowls"... and so we hold them to that self-proclaimed standard... If you want to hear real criticism, talk to Steeler fans, or Philadelphia fans, about their teams. It'll curl your hair...

Snarf

Oh I agree -- there is always room for criticism.

But there's no need for this pessimistic claptrap about how the season is over and everyone should be fired etc etc... sigh.

They're clearly going through a bit of a down period. That is to be expected. They'll find what they need and improve.

Fanfrom1960

I think it's just a small percentage of people saying the extreme things, and some of them are kidding. But, hey, that's what message boards are for, i.e., for people to scratch their heads and try to find reasons why. Otherwise, it would be a lot of 'well, we lost, hope we do better next week.' You have to reach for the implausible, like, let's say, not giving a former #1 draft pick and four time pro bowler his job back and instead continuing with a sixth round draft choice.

patriotspride

I think people may be overly critical because they want the team to win so badly and they just cant accept it when they dont.Is that really a bad way to be?

fgssand

The writers and radio folk are all about the ratings - a few losses and a little conspiracy is great for the entertainment business. They sell newspapers and advertising as they whip the fan base into a frenzy.

Enjoy it - savor it all.

Patriots have the spotlight and people care for the first decade after four previous miserable decades. We are the team of the 2,000's and this run is far from over.

Let's say Brady / BB / Seymour play and stay together another 5 years and win 2 more Supebowls....that will mean the greatest team of all time.

I love this team and this run - which is far from done.

The Coon

If our front office continues to be cheap when it comes to signing impact players, instead opting for the Monte Beisels of the world and if we continue to draft heavy on 2 positions (DL and TE) and continue to neglect positions such as LB or WR then i believe this dynasty will be over. This season has looked like we are slipping back into mediocrity, i seen it with Nebraska when the recruiting went downhill. I seen it during the Pete Carroll years when we continued to draft CRAP, and i see it right now. We MUST hit on both of our first round picks next year and sign GOOD players in free agency. We are further away from the Indys and SDs and Denvers than we were last year. Something has to be doon soon or we will be Just another team in a weak AFC East

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Big_Os_Hometown

How bad have the last two draft classes been?

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primetime

Funny because the Giants just lost one game (to a very good team) and everyone I know who are fans of that team feel the sky is falling on them. It's just the nature of fandom, the only difference is we're now used to winning and we've come to expect it.