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Originally Posted by flameswin
Man, CP can really be embarrasing and petty sometimes. Jesus guys, this is friggen Team Canada.
I thought it would be 2 weeks of every teams fans coming together and cheering for our heroes at home.
Instead Flames fans have been making silly, petty comments all week.
"Wahhhh, I don't even care if they lose if that guy's playing" Waaaahhhh, I can't cheer for a team with that guy on it"
Do you see Vancouver fans saying "wahhh, I won't cheer for a Team Canada with a Flames player on it"?
You guys sound like whiny kids. If you're not going cheer for Canada, then put your money where your mouth is and stop cheering from here on out, instead of sticking around a being happy when we win and then whining about how you don' really care if they win or not and it's because of certain players on the team, when they lose.  |
Yeah, the truth is the pros in the Olympics and current Olympic hockey isn't that great. As a "U.S. fan" and citizen and Flames fan, I find myself cheering for Iginla/Canada over Team USA. In 2002 I cheered for MacInnis. Heck, I lived in Buffalo during the Czech run, and I'm pretty sure most people there cheered for Hasek over Team USA. This isn't a "Flames fan" phenomenon at all.
The charm of the Olympic tournament really was most noticeably lost when the pros started, but probably even before with the fall of the USSR. This was a lot of fun when it was a) David vs Goliath and b) the only real chance we would have to watch Goliath play in real money time. Those two things made Olympic hockey great. It's the reason why (sorry Canadians) that 1980 Placid was the most memorable and arguably the greatest achievement in the history of hockey.