Edited sentence: Essentially, that they were resting on their laurels and that anytime criticisms of Enterprise were made, they would not fix them but say "how can it be bad.It has also strengthened the criticism that Berman and Braga are "living in the past":  that they never moved on from Next Generation, and are just recycling old plotlines in Enterprise.It seemed as if the "fans" they were thinking of where the Next Generation fans, very few of whom have stayed to watch Enteprise's 4th season (Enterprise's viewers in season 4 numbering about 3 million, down from 12 million when the pilot episode aired).Many fans were incensed that Berman and Braga continued to refer to the episode as a "valentine" for the fans, even after controversy over it surfaced.Remember: we're the people that brought you The Next Generation"