From a fan's point of view (mine), it just seem like the Angels are a disorganized mess. Before the season we were fed lines about defense and the importance of a good catcher, and playing 1985 style baseball, but not much about the season reflected any of that. Then came the injuries (lots of them and to key players) and what appeared to be miss-information about how long players would be out, etc.
Along the way, we learned the scouting department was reduced dramatically and then we had issues come to light in the media with how the minor leaguers were supposedly being treated. The Skaggs stuff resurfaced. Calloway happened. Renigfo's issues made the news. The trade deadline came and went and players many thought would be traded for prospects - didn't get traded for one reason or another. The inactivity was alarming to some.
From a fan's point of view - there's nothing happening that gives us much confidence that things will get better. When one of the season's bright spots was releasing Albert Pujols, you know it's not a great season.
In the back drop is this belief/notion that Arte meddles with the front office. There's the poor track record of acquiring top of the rotation pitching via free agency and the lack of developing that from within (although that seems to be a bit better now).
We watched the defense implode. We watched the pitching suffer. We saw more new names in the lineup than we can ever remember. At times it felt like the Angels were having open try-outs for guys who were playing in some beer league.
You know your team sucks when Jack Mayfield makes the most headlines of late...
Just for fun, we saw Darron Sutton dismissed and a guy with zero previous play by play experience fill in for a mid-season acquisition - who spends his weekends announcing football games (I can't even remember his name).
We spent game after game, wondering what in the heck Joe Maddon is doing. Granted, we do that with every manager - but this season it seemed like that was happening more than ever before.
I'm probably leaving some stuff out - but it's enough to make us all wonder... "What's next?"
I'm still a fan, but my interest in the team was less than I can ever remember. It seems like uncertainty surrounds the future. That's not fun.