(10-12-2020, 11:16 AM)Kane Wrote: Meh... As frustrating as this team is and losing sucks. This is my team. I ain't a bandwagon jumper and I ain't no quitter. When I'm able to watch, I will. Though as the season progresses I will definitely go out to bars to watch less as the losing stacks up. If they make it on TV here I'll watch.

Call me a glutton for punishment. This is my team. Win lose or draw. But I can't really string together much of an argument to convince anyone to watch. If you wanna quit on your team, become a fan of another team, or just stop watching and be a fan from afar... There isn't much I can say to convince you otherwise.

All I can say is... that ain't me. I wear my Jags gear and support my team, despite who is at GM, HC, or QB...
I don't say much to defend myself when people ask why... I just say they've been my team since day 1 and the only thing that changes that is relocation probably. Being bad is reality for about half the league every year... and some franchises have been a factory of sadness much longer and more often than we have. Bengals, Lions, Browns... lots of teams... The Saints were the Aints forever until they got Brees. It only takes one season to turn into a decade of good and enjoyable games... I'll keep patiently waiting for that season to happen. We were pretty good from 96-2002, making a couple runs, which is better than some franchises can say.... We were "this" close in 07 and 17 only to crash and burn. One day.... I keep hoping... it'll stick.

Describes my attitude fairly well; except I just don't watch rather then get frustrated with the insanity repeating itself.

I will say if no changes are made after this season (this is assuming the Jags don't miraculously pull a 7-9 season or better out of their rears) it will make my jags loyalty hill harder to die on. No way to justify that to other fans who will inevitably ask me: "why are you a Jacksonville fan? they continually lose"; those other teams who are factories of sadness like us, yeah, they are BUT....they at least tried to change it up; an argument can be made, at least for Cleveland, they tried too much or too often, not having patience needed sometimes; but by golly, they at least tried changes with staff, GM's, and drafted QB's rather then neglect the position as we did for far too long. There is no scenario beyond the miracle of progression this year that should justify the retention of Caldwell and Marrone. To me, it sends the message they don't care about winning, nor the fans. We have crossed the line that Cleveland didn't get to, which is patience, but not too much patience. 

For cripes sake, we just became the first team in NFL history to lose three straight games to winless teams. I feel as if the team takes "setting the bar lower" as a personal challenge.

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