Where is your sympathy, Joker? Did you forget we once were very nearly in this position in 1990?
Do you even remember being ridiculed by fans of other teams? I do, and I was in high school then. And some of them were former Pats fans, which made it all the more pathetic.
The success we've had for the past 16 years is quite unprecedented. We've been no worse than 2nd, and even then, only two times.
Even though I may ridicule the mismanagement or the poor coaching of other teams, I never have and never will partake in schadenfreude especially in regard to long suffering fans of other teams. To do so is to forget how fortunate we have been, for almost two decades.
Whoa. Empathy where appropriate; Sympathy where applicable.
But we can criticize others when we want, especially when it's to some extent deserved. Those fans JUST won an NBA title.
And I do
NOT see any ridicule of the Browns or their fans on a national level, fueled by their own local media, and propagated by the league and their
OWN team owner, not to mention the ridicule being unjustified in the first place.
Granted, it happened with pressure from fans, the government and the courts, but the NFL did support Cleveland and, kind of, keep the Browns in town. They have been bad forever now, but it's not the same as having a tough stretch on the field for 28 months after firing Berry and treating it like it's a million times worse than the Lions, Saints, Bucs, etc.
Patriots fans obviously need to develop awareness that the spin on what was happening from 1990-1992 was made up by the league and media to support their own interests and ignorance.
The team was struggling on the field, and Orthwein wanted to be in St. Louis, and the stadium was old. Period.
