Greythan
Yin & Yang
I don't have any trouble with heated debate and/or disagreement. I know from way too much board experience that personal attacks never go anywhere good and shit spirals out of control at warp speed, so it's worth losing a little "freedom" to just make it a no-no. Sorry, Libertarians, but I've seen too many good boards turn to shit where every topic becomes a gang fight.
I've never understood determined fatalism where literally every post is about how much your team sucks in every conceivable way and does everything wrong. It just sounds like the worst hobby ever.
And Jay, I'm definitely in it for the fun. I've had a great time on trips to see the Browns and meet other fans, spent time with my kids... and saw the Browns lose. But they couldn't take the fun back. Same for my draft excitement. The excitement happened. I enjoyed it. I had fun. If the draft pick goes on to suck, the gods can't retroactively delete the joy I took from draft season.
Hell of a post Shep. Interesting too since we've had our share of bullshit discussion that probably wasn't the most productive either way. Never doubted your broad dedication to your fandom, however.
Wouldn't change a thing. Well, I'd love to have won a Super Bowl (or to have been in one), but our lack of that type of success hasn't tainted what this wonderful addiction has done for me.
I'll go ahead and pre-emp the "predict the record" thread for this upcoming year: we're going 10-6 and to the AFC championship game. (Just not sure yet if we have enough to advance from there.