Boone,
I appreciate your opinion. I can't honestly say that the thought of leaving has crossed my mind before.
Others tell me the same thing all the time - the wife especially..."you could have been spending a few hours with your kids," is the common phrase when I come stumbling upstairs after another embarrassing loss each Sunday. The sad part is I know she's right.
At the end of the day, I don't have to care as much, cheer as hard, or be as emotionally invested. However, when this team has been a part of my life since I was 7 years old, I can't envision a situation where I just head for the hills.
The franchise has always been a part of who I am, something that others who know me associate me with.
Yes, we're all frustrated beyond belief. However, in football and in all other pro sports, fans of numerous franchises all suffer through the same types of droughts. How many pro teams haven't won championships in the last 23 years? Many.
We aren't alone - the problem is we've taken the dry spell to a new low by being horribly bad (to the point where it's unwatchable sometimes).