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Maybe, It's Just Me / The Real Reason For The Raider's Struggles

 
So maybe it is just me, but I do believe that when fans become ungrateful, then that is why their team will perpetually struggle (ex, Cleveland Browns). When the fans see everything negatively, then that voice will resonate through the organization. When that does happen, executives do make rash decisions in attempt to appease fans, so that they keep buying tickets, merchandise, etc. Players will then start to doubt themselves more than rely on their instincts and confidence. Then the journalists will pile-on with their hack humor and "analysis" that they base on regurgitated groupthink that they call objectivity, which is really just a guise for their biases.  They try to hide their bias behind groupthink and an incomplete view of the facts.  Then hope that, if everyone is wrong then the truth does not matter.  Thus, they turn into broken records that repeat the same "analysis" ad nauseum until it sticks, and if and ... (link)

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