One thing that is important to note is that posters here are starting to believe in this thing called "The Process" BECAUSE of the EVIDENCE they have seen with there own eyes (on the field).
As to your "seventeen years of faith working out for us", why on earth would someone who feels that way not have given up years ago.
Like it or not, all of us "survivors" still have some HOPE even if it is just the size of a mustard seed.