Popeyejones
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I root for a team that had a bunch of success but had fallen short for a few years in a row.
After a really down 8-8 season that was beset by injuries our fanbase thought we were arrow up by getting rid of our head coach.
We had grown sick of how he was stuck in ways, and more so than anything, we were sick of his loyalty to his offensive coordinator, who we blamed for all of our problems. As fans of the players, we were never willing to consider that our problems on offense might be deeper than the playcaller, because nobody roots for coordinators.
We even advocated for pushing out our star players, or letting them walk because we thought they were declining and just holding back the next generation of talent.
We were particularly vitriolic about star players who had brought bad press to the team, or stepped out of line once or twice in the media, because due to our success we had lost sight of how difficult it is to find pro-bowl level talent in the first place.
And as fans, after that 8-8 year we got exactly what we wanted. We were free of our head coach and his offensive coordinator (who went on to turn two awful running attacks into two of the league's best), and shed all the guys who we insisted were holding back our young talent, and who had pissed us off because of what they had said or done in the media.
Since we as 9ers fans got what we wanted, we've cycled through three head coaches in three years and have averaged four wins per season. Our only sign of hope after a 6-10 year (our best record since we got what we wanted) is that we stumbled onto what may have been an insanely lucky break at the QB spot which still is very uncertain, and which if it turns out, will never be replicated again.
The moral of the story is that at the end of the day fans just want their team to win, but a lot of the time, what fans *think* they want isn't actually what they want.
Feel free to slam me for this, but while reading the board I've been thinking about the parallels between what a lot of Hawks fans seem to be thinking right now and what 9ers fans we're thinking four years ago.
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After a really down 8-8 season that was beset by injuries our fanbase thought we were arrow up by getting rid of our head coach.
We had grown sick of how he was stuck in ways, and more so than anything, we were sick of his loyalty to his offensive coordinator, who we blamed for all of our problems. As fans of the players, we were never willing to consider that our problems on offense might be deeper than the playcaller, because nobody roots for coordinators.
We even advocated for pushing out our star players, or letting them walk because we thought they were declining and just holding back the next generation of talent.
We were particularly vitriolic about star players who had brought bad press to the team, or stepped out of line once or twice in the media, because due to our success we had lost sight of how difficult it is to find pro-bowl level talent in the first place.
And as fans, after that 8-8 year we got exactly what we wanted. We were free of our head coach and his offensive coordinator (who went on to turn two awful running attacks into two of the league's best), and shed all the guys who we insisted were holding back our young talent, and who had pissed us off because of what they had said or done in the media.
Since we as 9ers fans got what we wanted, we've cycled through three head coaches in three years and have averaged four wins per season. Our only sign of hope after a 6-10 year (our best record since we got what we wanted) is that we stumbled onto what may have been an insanely lucky break at the QB spot which still is very uncertain, and which if it turns out, will never be replicated again.
The moral of the story is that at the end of the day fans just want their team to win, but a lot of the time, what fans *think* they want isn't actually what they want.
Feel free to slam me for this, but while reading the board I've been thinking about the parallels between what a lot of Hawks fans seem to be thinking right now and what 9ers fans we're thinking four years ago.
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