Originally posted by VinculumJuris:
Originally posted by ninerfaninnorcal:
In other words, even though the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Dodgers in the last World Series, I think it was a major achievement that Toronto still got there and had a championship culture last season.
In my opinion, the definition of a drought would not include teams that made it to a World Series or Super Bowl. Teams in droughts would be those that have not made a World Series or Super Bowl.
So I really do not think the 49ers are in a 31 year drought having been to 3 Super Bowls in the past 20 years.
When was the last time the Dallas Cowboys made it to a Super Bowl? Now that's a drought!!!
I'd agree with this for the first appearance or two, but getting so close three times and losing is hard to swallow. String together a couple more appearances without a ring, and suddenly the idea of a curse feels pretty real.
In the moment its horrible. But once yiu get outside of that, fans would trade that for their current reality if they aren't winning Super Bowls. Do you think the Bills prefer the Jim Kelly era, Josh Allen era, or see them as one in the same? Would Vikings fans prefer the Vikings under Bud Grant or what is happening now? People prefer the ultimate win, but if you can't/aren't getting that, then the best possible outcome is preferred. We are 31 years without a title but all 31 aren't equal and to think otherwise is silly. I saw Grant Cohn say the Steelers, Bills, aalnd Vikings have a higher standard than the 49ers. I'm sure some fans believe that even though those teams have no or limited playoff success to speak of. But hey, they can puff out their chest and say the team fired their coach or the fanbase groaned loud enough for the coach to resign.