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Originally Posted by EternalEnigma21
I understand the sentiment, but don't think the fans should get called out. Even the ones ripping of their jerseys in disgust after every loss and screaming to start the wide-eyed rookie QB every year are the same people spending all the money that makes the team possible. Its the goddamn players and coaches getting paid millions of dollars to win ballgames that don't do their job that should get called out. Fans aren't getting rewarded with shit.... not money, not returned love and as of recent, not wins. Fans are getting shit on a little bit so you have to expect the masses to get ignorant (they get ignorant when we win, but its much more tolerable) and negative after several poor outings. I am kind of tired of all the excuses myself.
Throughout my life I've been apart of organizations and teams that were excellent at what they did, and apart of things that were pitiful, and the excuses get old. I sold cars... and I was a good salesman. I once took a job at a dealership that did things the complete wrong way. When I didn't sell a lot of cars, no one sat up at the front of the showroom on saturday mornings making excuses for me. That was my job. It was my name at the bottom of the sales board and my paycheck that suffered. My record has proven that I am an effective salesperson, but all I had was excuses. I would have been hard pressed to ask for anyone's patience or understanding and only offering up excuses for very long. Its the same with the Redskins, but we haven't been a "winning" franchise in years. Our record over the last decade is very similar to the Arizona Cardinals... and yet our franchise has remained one at the pinnacle of professional sports in terms of capital.
Oh, and by the way, most of the "rocking RFK" games you'll see were when we had a good team and were winning. Even FedEx has had some electric moments, but its not like people are gonna be going crazy, or even sticking around, when we put up 7 points at home in the freezing rain.
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I gotta side with SGG on this one. When you are 7-4, in the thick of the playoff hunt, and playing one of your all time hated rivals (who happens to be the best team in the league this year) you are obliged to show up for and sit through the first quarter. I mean, this was a one score game at halftime! I can guarantee you that in this situation RFK would have been nuts. Might not have helped but it would have at least made me feel a little more pride in the fanbase.