I feel your pain
Tanked a couple of seasons ago to get out of a brutal D3 group. Unfortunately, I promoted right away. Fans were boycotting 2 seasons ago. They were happy last season. They are probably ready to boycott all over again. Fortunately, I have enough cash on hand to ride it out. And some of my trainees will be really good in a couple of seasons. But we stink now
My biggest gripe is that when things are going well, it's still hard to raise ticket prices. You can sell out the bleachers 3 weeks in a row. But if you raise the price 1 dollar, you get 60% attendance