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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Meh. If you feel like a loser cheering for your team stop doing it.
It's easy to cheer for a winning team.
Cheering for a team that fails more than it succeeds is hard. I don't judge anyone who doesn't want to do that. But I am always puzzled by those that feel embarrassed by the team they cheer for or a "loser".
Go cheer for someone else.
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I agree we all choose who to cheer for and how we do it. The die-hard fans (i.e. if you have a CP account you are probably a die-hard Flames fan) aren't going anywhere. Suffering is part of the deal.
I really worry though about the future of the franchise. I feel there is a generation of fans being lost. My kids - surprise surprise - have all been Flames fans despite the fact that we live in the Edmonton area. They are growing up now and making their own decisions based on the product they see on the ice, and they are moving on.
The "pull" to cheer for a superstar like McDavid, or a stacked team like Tampa Bay, is hard to resist when you can watch every game of every team and follow them wherever you live. Location doesn't matter anymore.
I was recently in Southern Alberta and saw more oilers/mcdavid paraphenelia/jerseys than Flames logos. Its a big problem for the business side of the franchise.