As a United Way kid, I’m ever grateful that the team did community events with us. We didn’t care how good the players were on the field, we appreciated that they came to spend some time around. Any parent who fashioned themselves an armchair general manager kept their thoughts about the team’s on-field performance to themselves lest they and their children become personae non grata, and why subject your kids to that possibility. The players and coaches show up to these events to be helpful, not to have their jobs criticized.