And actually I wondered if that weren't a major factor in people's expectations. Decades of reflex conditioning.

Believe it or not, I might have you beat. I've been having my heart broken since 1967! I really get what you're saying.

And BTW, I DO NOT believe that firing Fisher automatically solves our problems.

I believe that we have no chance at better than mediocrity with Fisher. And if we get a GOOD HC, I think we'd break through rapidly. I believe that.

But, we might hire a worse HC. Fisher in my view is mediocre, not, to use WV's language, awful. If I invoke my pessimistic Ram fan conditioning, I'd imagine us replacing a mediocre coach with a truly awful one.

Well, we do always have the miracle of '99 to remember, eh?