I can certainly understand that but I think that once you are a few weeks into the new season and you have won TC game, rivalry game, cup games, actually every game, have a NT player, have players on the leading lists (2nd top scorer, top assist man, etc) and have mostly local players while doing it, that maybe the fans would be a little excited.
Chicago sucked. Then they drafted Rose. Did the fans stay away because the team had been mediocre the season before or was there a sellout every game?