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I'm pretty sure that expecting a team that's gone
11-5
10-6
14-2
9-3 (so far)
to find a way to win a playoff game, and to field a defensive backfield that's better than what you could find at the local YMCA, is something that most people in most fan bases would find not just acceptable, but appropriate.
I expect the Patriots to do well because of Brady and Belichick. Most years I go in thinking we could go 16-0 in the regular season. I was even right one of those years.
This isn't about expectations. This is about fans turning on their own team.
There is only a handful of teams that I would even believe could beat us half of the time. Packers, Ravens, Saints and Steelers. And yet you have people who get so angry, who come into threads so readily to preach their doom and gloom **** - you'd think we were a mediocre team who has been ignoring issues for years now.
Mostly I think it is some people are incapable of being happy except for when they get to complain. That's a regional thing. The NE, particularly the Boston, Philly and NY areas are famous for being negative.
Let me put it this way - and I think this is the most telling aspect - if I said "It's ridiculous to me that our fanbase is more active in the media (posting, commenting, calling sports radio) after a loss as opposed to a win." most people would shrug their shoulders and be like 'of course.'
And, again, I can find nothing more telling about Patriot fans than the fact that it's not only true but seemingly natural to them to get more wound up about a loss than a win.
Sorry, but if a win makes you go 'Ok good they did what I expected' and gives you no joy but a loss makes you post 25 manifestos a minute in the GDT - you're a fan who needs a stark reminder of what life used to be like as a Patriots' fan.
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