My last entry Friday is below. I commented about the bizarrO world of the Leaf Fan who feels glee at the demise of the Ottawa Sens and forgets that their own pathetic squad hasn't done squat in a very long time.
I will stop this now as I see that resistance is futile and that the Borg Collective is too strong.
Before I'm completely done though I would like to address Brenda's Boyfriend from Cambridge.
BGFC writes...
Humble, you happen to be 'anti-leaf'. Not 'pro-any-other-team'. But 'anti-leaf'. There's a difference.
(I'm not anti-Leaf, I'm just not Pro-Leaf...there's the difference.)
Thus, your stance in all matters of hockey (specifically regarding Leaf topics) must be read with that bias in mind.(Yes the bias of a Leaf Fan who can't understand why I didn't drink the Kool-ade!)
It's easy to cheer for the best (a la Tiger Woods or the Red Wings) when they're winning, how hard is that?(Your point?)
A true fan likes a team for what they stand for, who they have on their squad, their jersey's colours, Provincial or State flowers, etc, etc, whatever.(Agreed. But what about the abuse the Leafs heap on their fans...40 years of crap and the ticket price goes up every year. Leaf fans are the ultimate enablers.)
But when your team goes into a funk (because ALL teams--& Tigers do), you don't bail on them. Even if it is an extended 40 year funk, you still have to support your team.(See above.)
The Leaf fans I know do not plan the Stanley Cup parade route if the Leafs win 3 in a row in September.(Yes they do.)
The Leaf fans I know realize that Ottawa is (on paper) a much better team than Toronto. But they also realize that had Ottawa not won 15 in a row (was it?) back at the beginning of the season, they would not have made the playoffs either. (The Leafs haven't made the playoff in fours years...isn't that worse?)
The Leaf fans I know wish the head office of MLSE could function properly and build for us a half decent hockey team. But then, I don't think there is another hockey team owned primarily by a teacher's pension fund.(???)
The Leaf fans I know are not as delusional as 'anti-leaf' individuals seem to think they are.
(BBFC I think your making the Leaf Fan as delusional point for me. Thanks.)
When Tiger starts sucking (and he will eventually suck) will you still be devoting a week's worth of blogs prior to the Master's about Mr. Tiger? Or will you jump on the Immelmania bandwagon..
First off I appreciate the passion that Brenda's Boyfriend and all Leaf Fans show but the analogy of Tiger and the TW bandwagon doesn't apply. It's individual versus team. When I was a kid I cheered for Bobby Orr, when he retired I he was still my favorite player, but I started to follow Gretsky. Eventually he stopped playing and I became a Lemeiux fan. Get the point?
I used to love Arnold Palmer, then Nicklaus, Norman, Couples, Faldo, then Tiger.
I have been on several individual players bandwagons over the years and when Tiger finishes his career I'm sure I will follow some one else.
Frankly I wish Michelle Wie would play better!
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I agree Humble. The Leaf fans and players deserve more. Must be demoralizing to play for a team that consistently under-achieves.I would love to watch good hockey again. In the meantime, did you know that the Aussie Rules Football season has started?
Posted by: J9 | April 21, 2008 / 17:54
(My last post on this as well)
Although I had planned a much bigger post asking why you only cheer for the winners and not anyone else (I mean, Couples is still golfing last time I checked, but because he isn't winning, he's not your favorite anymore?), but I'll just summarize all this useless info (because neither of us are going to change our stance) into one question...
Isn't hoping Phil Mickleson sucks a the Masters a little schadenfreude as well...?
Posted by: Brenda's Boyfriend from Cambridge | April 22, 2008 / 09:04
BBFC
I do cheer for Couples. The week before the Masters I watched him finish 5th in Houston.
As for Phil I don't cheer against him so much as delight in his boobies.
But I get your point too.
Now let's both move on to hating Montreal!
Posted by: howard | April 22, 2008 / 09:33
Howard,
I disagree. Looking up the definition of a "fan":
–noun
an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
[Origin: 1885–90, Americanism; short for fanatic]
Note the short for: Fanatic
See, if you are a true fan of a sports team, or individual in the case of TW, you are fanatical about the player/team, not just about winning. It seems a lot of people are fans of winning, which is ok.
Now, as a Leaf fan, I also get to reserve the right to boo them at a game (or at home) when someone like McCabe trips over the blue line, scores an own goal or otherwise messes up. That's my right. As a fan.
It's also my right to *not* cheer for another team or to wish them bad luck in the post season, even if the Leafs haven't made the PS in 3 years. BTW, no one made the playoffs on '04-'05, you'll recall the greedy owners locked the players out of the arenas? So it's technically only been a 3 year drought.
Any-who, the mess that went down in MTL was certainly not to be blamed on the Habs fans, whom I respect and ridicule equally, or the Canadians organization whom I think showed a tonne of class with their statement. I was there Monday night, Hab fans didn't do that cr@p, ignorant, morons did all of that.
A true fan cheers for their team win or lose and parties hard after a victory. If TO fans celebrate a victory in the first round, the damage isn't measured in 100's of thousands of dollars in damage, burnt police cars or looted shops. It's measured in how many people call in sick the next morning because of the hang over celebrating a victory they are all too well aware is most likely short lived.
I can say that. I'm a Leaf fan.
--Pete
Posted by: Pete McPhedran | April 23, 2008 / 16:50