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Originally Posted by AR_Six
I was only trolling in the manner I phrased it. I am actually serious about this because I've noticed it happening in two cases now: Senators fans, and Flames fans.
When the team is good, the fans have something to derive hockey enjoyment from: a relevant team, wins, etc. They dislike their team's rivals but are more concerned with beating them than watching how they do on out of town games. I.e., a Senators fan right now is generally more interested in the lineup against the Hurricanes than whether the Leafs are losing. That wasn't so when the Leafs were decent - I had a bunch of friends who were Sens fans when I was in school and in the years their team was bad they seemed to care a lot more about the Leafs losing. Once the team got good, they stopped caring so much.
Similarly with Flames fans in recent years. There is an incredibly amount of acerbic bitterness among hockey fans in this city nowadays. There's not much to be happy about or enjoy in hockey if you're a Flames fan, and so the majority of Flames fans' hockey fix seems to come from pure schadenfreude. It's been noticeably on the rise the longer this reign of mediocrity continues.
I actually don't agree at all that this is a "bandwagoner" issue. Bandwagoners would not let hockey losses impact their mood or demeanor. Bandwagoners simply stop caring about hockey altogether when the team isn't doing well, and suddenly become raving "GO FLAMES GO" chanting fans once they make the playoffs. The aforementioned phenomenon is actually stronger among die-hards.
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Fair enough, but honestly how many Flames fans do you know that actually stop watching Flames hockey because the team is losing? Yes I am still bitter about this team this season (I'll come to terms with it after another couple losses) but I'll keep watching, I'll keep cheering, I'll keep getting excited when a young player makes an amazing play or gets a goal.
Of course a fanbase will be happier and cheer harder when there team is winning, what proof do you have that people stop watching Flames hockey or stop caring about the team when they are not doing well. You must have something because you claim it as a phenomenon.
Again you are posting on a fan made message board, generally if people take the time to partake in conversations on this board odds are they are with the team through thick and thin. I doubt you will find many examples of your theory here.