In this edition of Brownlow's Mailbag, WRALSportsFan's Lauren Brownlow was asked: Is it better to have 15 years of sustained success or 14 years of being horrifically bad with one random championship thrown in the middle?
IT'S WHEN THE HOUSE WAS FOR HIS IT PGA SINCE HIS LAST WIN AND WELL EACH WEEK, LAUREN BROWNLOW GOES TO HER TWITTER MAILBAG TO FIND THE MOST INTERESTING SPORTS QUESTIONS THIS WEEK SHE TACKLES THE TOPIC INVOLVING UNIQUE MINDSET OF FANS AND >> THE FAVORITE TEAMS. >> THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES TO US FROM TOM WORK RATE AT MISTER WORK. GREAT ON TWITTER AS A FAN WHICH IS PREFERABLE. 15 SEASONS OF YOUR TEAM WITH CONSISTENT DIVISION TITLES AND PLAYOFF RUNS BUT NEVER WINNING THE BIG GAME OR CECILE TOURNAMENT. 14 TRAIN WRECK LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE LEAGUE SEASONS WITH ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. BRANDON LEE THROWN IN THERE OUT OF NOWHERE FOR ME. WOULD I RATHER THE PANTHERS BE GETTING TO THE PLAYOFFS AND NOT WINNING THE BIG GAME OR WOULD I RATHER THE PANTHERS BE THE LAUGHINGSTOCK? AND FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO WITH CONSISTENT DIVISION TITLES AGAIN IN THE PLAYOFFS AND ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN. IF YOU CAN'T GET IN, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE POSTSEASON AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE KIND OF PROGRAM TEAM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL ORGANIZATION THAT'S CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. THE HURRICANE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I USED TO COVER THE HURRICANES BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THERE WASN'T MUCH HOPE AND THEY WEREN'T A LAUGHING STOCK, BUT THEY WERE JUST CLOSE ENOUGH TO MAYBE KIND OF SORT OF MAKE MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FOR A WHILE. BUT THEY NEVER DID. USUALLY. >> FOR A WHILE, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE DROUGHT THERE AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY WEREN'T BAD ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTING, BUT THEY WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTING. SO I LIKE THAT TIME DID INCLUDE THAT SCENARIO BECAUSE THAT'S AN AREA. ALMOST 4 FRUSTRATING. IT'S LIKE PICK ONLY BE TERRIBLE FOR THE GREAT I THINK YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE AT LEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE CONTEXT MATTERS ALL THAT STUFF MATTERS AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR CO 2 THINGS. THE RIGHT GUY, YOU'VE EVERY REASON TO, I THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE HOPE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY WIN THE BIG GAME. AND AND I THINK