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Originally Posted by transplant99
Hmmm...I still don't think you can be a fan of a team and openly hope a guy on your team fails though. Unless there is some digression off the ice or something along those lines, it doesn't make sense.
I'm old though and have a differing view than some on what fandom should be.
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It can happen, for sure. When I was a teenager this was basically my attitude towards Mike Vernon. I loved the Flames, but couldn't stand him, and I weirdly, actively harboured a sense of satisfaction when he would let in a bad goal or lose a game. To my mind it was easy to foist all of the team's problems exclusively on Vernon's performance—I think similar to how a lot of fans felt last year about Troy Brouwer or Glen Gulutzan. This is speaking from my own experience, but I think it is probably more a sign of immaturity than anything else.