But each year, when the bowl alliance unsuccessfully defends its collective actions, bowl supporters wind up searching for a better model.
The rest of the vampires come out of the wreckage, back from unsuccessfully defending the humans in Mexico.
The day after the battle, remnant Confederate troops unsuccessfully defended a railroad bridge over the nearby New River.
Lopez unsuccessfully defended the title singlehandedly in a handicap match.
In 1952 he unsuccessfully defended the notorious bank robbers, The Boyd Gang.
Conner thus became the first person both to unsuccessfully defend the America's Cup and then to win it back again.
In 2011 Smith unsuccessfully defended his Blakenall seat, losing to the Labour candidate.
He was also amongst the squad that unsuccessfully defended their title at the Euro 2008 competition.
At Borghetto in May, he unsuccessfully defended the bridge.
The lawyer, Ellis Rubin, once unsuccessfully defended a murderer on the basis of "television intoxication."