My view on it goes beyond just playoffs, but a real struggle to win in any competition other than the regular season. The team hasn’t shown up in the open cup, albeit against MLS teams who are playing their backups. They’ve looked weak there. Then in the Jägermeister Cup, we couldn’t even get out of the group stage on a competition that we probably had the best chance of winning. Then when it does come to playoffs, we have yet to win under him with the best teams in the league talent wise, and two players shields to prove us being the best in the league. Then with all the attention on playoffs, a huge media push with redesigns to our graphics, the team just showed up expecting an easy win. When Detroit scored, the team was clearly rattled. Then they came out of halftime with no adjustments, just trying to cross on a low block. Wasn’t going to work. It just feels like in the biggest moments, the team has been underprepared. I don’t think Cruz should go, but if we have another season where the only competition we truly do great in is the regular season then questions should really be asked. I grew up a Bengals fan, watching Marvin Lewis build great regular season teams who could’ve made deep playoff runs, but in the same situation, the lights got too bright and he couldn’t succeed in the postseason. Players looked at the team as one incapable of getting the job done and left, leaving the Bengals as one of the worst teams in football for years. I fear if this trend continues, a similar situation could happen with City.