iblastoff wrote:
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The idea that you can only be a fan if you're rooting for your team to win every game is the most laughable kind of narrow-mindedness. Especially for Toronto sports fans, who've watched the Leafs go through this same 'build on the fly' bullshit year after year after year with very little success. You know what I'm rooting for? I'm rooting for long-term success, for championships, I'm rooting for the team to actually be chasing the one prize that the players themselves actually give a shit about. You honestly think the players give a damn if they win some random mid-season games against middle of the road teams? Nope, they forget about that shit the minute it's over and start focussing on the next game. The only reason they care about win/loss record is that it determines playoff seeding, and why the fuck would you aim for the playoffs unless you're trying to win a championship. You want to see what happens when your team is only trying to limp into the playoffs every year? Go take a long, hard look at the Bucks. Aside from getting paid in some cases, the trophy is all that the players care about, but most of you would rather they suffer through years of first round playoff exits and middling success so that you can be entertained on a Thursday night in February and feel good about life because your team got a meaningless win.
And I'M the one with the twisted view? You just keep on taking that ridiculous moral high ground and keep telling yourself you're the real fan and I'm not. Either way this team is headed for more irrelevancy if they keep delaying the inevitable teardown that's needed to reach the only goal that really matters in professional sports.
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