I'm one of the those purple koolaid drinkers myself. I was positive we would at least end up 50/50 this year and now I'm taking the koolaid for supper. You're right, the team sucks and its nearly impossible to lay blame anywhere except management and coaches. Our DC is incompetent, but Perry Fewell wasn't all that much better last year, at least statistically. Our players seem to care, our coach says all the right things, as compared to the idiots who were the previous four coaches, but still isn't getting it done.
I'm just glad it's not my fanny on the fire, as I don't have any answers either.