Some of it is being dumb. But some of it is just human nature. There's a certain segment who wants to be supportive of the status quo, whatever the status quo is. It's not so much that they're sheeple. It's more they want to cheer, not to boo. They feel like part of the role of being a fan is to be optimistic about what might occur, and to see positives in what is going on. And frankly, we need people like that to function as a society. Get too many and it's not good. But get too many people who constantly want to burn things down and it's not good, either.
And remember, on any forum the people who post are heavily outnumbered by the people who simply read. That includes surly. So the ones who are posting are generally the most motivated to have their view expressed, which means people who are strongly against whatever is going on, along with people who are strongly supportive.
But none of that is important. The most important thing is that you were very right and get to say I told you so as often and as repeatedly as you care to. And I'm here to be supportive of you in that endeavor. Fuck that guy. So happy he's at Marquette now. So happy I get to watch him perform breathing exercises at the under 4 minute timeout for someone else.