There seems to be so many of them this season. I suppose you guys went through this once when you went on your winning stretch. I'm not used to the positive attention. It's bringing out the "hey I'll be a Jets fan again" idiots.
It's actually much worse on the boards when the team
was on top and is coming down.
2007 was awesome. The percentage of whining was very small, as only the most Chicken of the Chicken Littles had much to complain about (except in game threads, where every opponent first down was the first sign of the apocalypse), and you were able to week out the kooks as a result.
2008 was a mixed bag, because the Brady injury sort of disguised the insanity on both sides. The blind followers could point to "11-5 even without Brady!" and the Chicken Littles could counter with "Missed the playoffs against an easy schedule!": the beginnings of hostilities were there, but they were on simmer.
2009 was brutal, as the homers who hadn't accepted reality were still insisting that the team was great and the front office was all but infallible, and they ganged up on anyone who put forth even the mildest of criticisms. For the first time since I started reading this site, the Chicken Littles were usually more sane than the blind homers.
It's 2010, and we're just now seeing a return to normalcy here. There's a nice blend of Chicken Littles and homers, and most of the extremists on both sides have either been muted or are in a "wait and see" mode (my more frequent use of the ignore function is helping, too). Rational thought and evaluation is making a comeback, and the silliness that is the Jets is helping to bring both sides together in common amusement as they watch Rexie and the ****ycats. The over-the-top assault on the media continues, but the general interplay is getting better.
If something like this happens with the Jets, that fan base will be more insane than ever, and it could last for a decade.
