You risk becoming a parody of yourself by not innovating.
Matt Millen, you draft a wide receiver every year. HOW DARE YOU SIR, HOW DARE YOU!
One side sticks to the facts, and the other side is close to playing with its poop.
Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.
Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you.
I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.