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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
If you’re that jealous of them go cheer for the same team, then. I’m not better than they are (well, they’re Oilers fans, so I might be), I’m sure there are plenty of Oiler fans who hated the tank. I’m sure they’re all loving this result though. As they should, that’s their team. You can go cheer for the Avalanche if you’d rather, or uhhh Arizona? Are they tanking? I don’t know what they’re doing.
I wouldn’t say I’m proud of losing to them, because it’s just the Oilers, but I enjoyed watching the Flames try to overcome McDavid. That top line was deadly, but I liked the adjustments, and they made it close in games 4 and 5. I had fun watching a team actually give a #### even as they lost, crazy, I know.
If you can’t enjoy hockey unless you’re cheering for a cup winner, go cheer for a cup winner. It’s a lot easier. If you’d rather cheer for a team purposely mailing it in for years just because there might be a chance at a cup at the end of it, fill your boots, but it’s not for me. I just think it’s kind of lame.
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What the hell are you on about? We've all cheered for the Flames. Only the Flames. Through total mediocrity, we're not out here bandwagoning the Avs or the Lightning.
We've cheered plenty for the same mediocrity you've cheered for. Don't act like we're inferior fans for not thinking the status quo is the only option.
Know what's actually lame?
Preferring to lose to your deepest rival over preferring a chance to beat your deepest rival because you think a few down years are embarassing or something. Pro sports all have ebbs and flows. Teams trying so hard to avoid the ebbs that they never get the flows is less fun. Period. It's not cheering for losses. It's not being fairweather fans. It's not being frontrunners. It's just the reality of North American pro sports. Wanting to cheer for your own team to have a moment of glory once in your lifetime isn't lame. Cheering for a team for the sole sake of mindlessly cheering for the team is lame.