But the reality is, living with the ups and downs of every, single, moment of this team is objectively not worth it. Like, on a scale of 1-10, how mad were you that the team blew a two goal lead and tied Toronto II, the worst team in the conference? Maybe, a 4? A 3? It’s disappointing for sure, but is it worth firing off angry tweets to the ticket staff threatening your season tickets over? Absolutely not. The suggestion isn’t that you should not care at all about the team and their performance this season, but to keep in mind that you don’t need to lose your mind over every little thing that may be going wrong. In fact you should probably start to pay more attention to rumors like the Ecuadorian star that may have signed with MLS but they haven’t mentioned which team. Hmmm.

But we don’t give “passes” to the Reds for their horrendous seasons. And we sure don’t give the Bengals the benefit of the doubt. Marvin Lewis is absolutely hated in this city, despite being a regular in the playoffs. And the fact that his two best teams, likely Super Bowl winning teams in 2005 and 2015, both lost their MVP-caliber quarterbacks in the playoffs. Anyone want to give Lewis a pass? Bah! So why on earth would you let FC Cincinnati, a team that stacked its roster with lower-division all-star talent, get away with struggling in a league it has been designed to burn down? Yeah, if Koch makes a poor decision, why would you hold back? This is city ran Bryan Price out of town, from a Reds team even the management said wasn’t trying to win for a few years. FC Cincinnati deserves no pass.