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Saguaro
But I think there's more.
Another part of human nature is hating to be wrong, and loving to say "I told you so".
A lot of media guys and fans jumped to the conclusion after his rookie year that Goff was no good. And said so.
Most of the time since then, they've had to hunker down and bear it when he disproved that. And maybe even pretend to like it.
But we see a lot of qualifiers - "it's the system" "it's the coach" "it's the headset" "it's the surrounding talent"
And whenever they can get some evidence to go back to their original judgement of him, they're happy and quick to do it.
Because then they weren't wrong and they can say "I told you so".
They don't need a lot, and it's easy for them to ignore countervailing evidence.
It's one thing to have an opinion. We all have those. It's another to be really deeply invested in that opinion. Goff vs. Wentz was a HUGE debate. Trying to parse out the reasons for the Rams' ineptitude under Fisher, and the degree to which Goff was/wasn't a "bust," was a huge issue in Ramsdom. A lot of people were SUPER invested in being right about Goff, whether they saw promise or saw bust. And, yes, I think it remains hard for
some, from pundits to fans, even to acknowledge evidence that challenges their beliefs. I certainly think we've seen it often on this board over time.
I think the phenomena you've identified is very real and fairly pervasive. Mind you, ZN is also right: I think the (relatively silent) people willing to change their opinion as new information comes in is the solid majority, but the outspoken minority are a force to be reckoned with.
