Every team has its loonies and out of touch fans and sure its amplified because Im here currently, but Skins fans as a majority are by a good margin the most delusional, unrealistic and irrational fans that I have come across. Not saying they all are that way, but alot that I hear on the radio, in the office, my friends etc are. I suppose its all a fan has left when you have been on par with the Cleveland Browns in regards to being run and production. (Insert mandatory 49ers were bad for almost a decade comment)
Im not talking about the general hope and excitement about certain players from the draft or FA.....every team does have that. But this goes beyond it. How I had to listen to how Jarvis Jenkins was essentially a 1st rounder that you guys were getting back, and how amazing he was in camp that year before he got hurt and hes going to be a difference maker.....or how much of a steal it was to snag Bacarri Rambo in the 6th round and how he was a 2-3 round talent and you stole him in the 6th.....Hankerson was going to be a legit deep threat......Brandon Banks the next Devin Hester.....How it was highway robbery to steal the "HOF" Donovan Mcnabb.......How Albert Haynesworth was going to be all world after you backed the brinks truck up....and on and on and on. I still remember this gem like it was yesterday, when somebody criticized the hiring of Shanny saying what has he done since Elway.....the profound caller said, "well what has Elway done since Shannahan?!"...........
Part of it is that you earn some leeway and respect when you are drafting guys and they are turning into all league players, but when you have such a horrible resume at drafting and signing FAs for soo long....it just turns into the boy who cried wolf every single time. Basically I single out skins fans reactions and silly statements, because they single themselves out.
