TheLongHaul
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No offense is intended in this, but Cincinnati has a well known fair weather fan base. It just is what it is. They hold on to the past, are critical above measure even when winning. If they could only realize what their support would do to help the program is so many ways!
If anything, I'd say Cincinnati has some of the best fans. Let's just look at the teams.
The Bengals have sucked for the past 18 years yet they kept selling out during Lewis' tenure.
The Reds had their first post season in 15 years. They haven't been to the WS since 1990.
The Bearcats football team has sucked since their existence with exception to the Bryan Kelly years and they did a pretty good job selling Nippert when before there was no interest at all.
And finally the basketball team has been pretty bad for the past 5 years. Last year they were decent and they are decent again. Given everything that is going on (bad economy, costs of attending for a family, HD tv, lack of exciting play, etc) and you can see why people aren't coming out in droves.
So people can blame the people of Cincinnati all they want but the teams they have supported have done nothing to gain their support. Cincinnati has to be one of the least successful sports towns in the last 30 years.