Jakuvious Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jlowe22 said: A lot apparently. The Browns still have fans, and the same was true of the Saints before 09. No shortage of fans despite miserable season after miserable season. The one counter I'd have to this, is bad teams typically maintain their fanbase through hope. Fans can stick by bad teams because they believe or hope that they won't be bad teams soon. Gets tougher if you don't have that. Browns fans were optimistic because they had Tim Couch at QB, then they got a great coach in Romeo Crennell, and then the offense with Anderson/Lewis/Edwards looked dynamic, then you had Brady Quinn, etc. So while they've sucked that whole time because none of it panned out, they had reasons for optimism at the time. If this was something where, hypothetically, maybe you mortgage like a decade worth of draft picks to win a superbowl next year. If you know you're going to suck for a decade afterwards (can't resign the people, no new draft talent coming in, hard to get a head coach or GM with no draft picks, etc.) I could absolutely see fans falling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Sign me for 2 decades worth Ryan Leaf being our QB if it means we win a Super Bowl next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparition Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Maybe a decade...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas5737 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Win the SB first and then go through miserable seasons? Probably whatever it takes, but knowing they will be miserable seasons in advance I'll just start rooting for multiple teams like others do. Not really though, I'll pass on the offer and take my chances. I don't want the other teams in my division to have that advantage for however many years it would be. Even though the Browns have been a free couple wins per season and not a challenge to win the division for the AFCN foes I believe this time it may really be changing for the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Jakuvious said: The one counter I'd have to this, is bad teams typically maintain their fanbase through hope. Fans can stick by bad teams because they believe or hope that they won't be bad teams soon. Gets tougher if you don't have that. Browns fans were optimistic because they had Tim Couch at QB, then they got a great coach in Romeo Crennell, and then the offense with Anderson/Lewis/Edwards looked dynamic, then you had Brady Quinn, etc. So while they've sucked that whole time because none of it panned out, they had reasons for optimism at the time. If this was something where, hypothetically, maybe you mortgage like a decade worth of draft picks to win a superbowl next year. If you know you're going to suck for a decade afterwards (can't resign the people, no new draft talent coming in, hard to get a head coach or GM with no draft picks, etc.) I could absolutely see fans falling off. If we're talking absolute knowledge of the future, I can see people losing interest. If there's even a little hope though, there will still be fans IMO. I'd watch regardless, because I enjoy the smaller moments like the perfect two minute drive, or a hard fought win in a meaningless late season game. I'm all for selling out the future for the present though, if you have a window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 hours ago, William Lee said: Here, "miserable" means that you are 99% sure that your team won't make playoff after 6 games. For me, 4 seasons. yeah, that sounds about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 17 years and counting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Unless you're a Pats fan who is just spoiled by the winning, I don't know why it would be less than 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramxel Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I accept 0, but I've been dealt 13 so far... and that's because I was late to the party, we are one of the few that never won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 One every 32 years is acceptable to me. However, seeing as how the Vikings seem to be going for twice that number and I'm still sitting here watching, I guess I'm a fraud for saying just 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I am going on like 28 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nozizaki Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I would go 0-16 for 2 decades just to see the Vikings accidentally win one SB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispw1 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 For the Tampa Bay Bucs they basically sold their souls as in 16 years since their title year they have had four winning seasons two playoff appearances and no wins and just hired their fifth coach in the last decade. Also, same could probably be said for Jets and Chiefs winning the last two before the merger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It's been 52 already. That should be worth almost 2 SB wins, based on numbers alone. We recently had 5 years of playoffs with no wins, so how much more suffering am I really signing up for to get ONE? If they won one, I could ignore the NFL for the rest of my life and still remember the last game I watched resulted in them hoisting the Lombardi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnPatFan Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 11 hours ago, wackywabbit said: Unless you're a Pats fan who is just spoiled by the winning, I don't know why it would be less than 10 years. As a Pats fan, I would allow a three games loss streak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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