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Originally Posted by Bingo
This is actually a good idea ...
Venting thread may prove to be a solid release valve.
Hard to argue with some/most of the posts either. Personally I just don't get all that up or down as a rule. Helps with following this team.
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Having been a Flames fan for almost their entire Calgary tenure, I'd say this bolded part resonates most with where I've landed as a Flames fan.
I've become resigned to the idea that, if you are going to follow pro-sports teams (especially in leagues with as many teams as there are in the NHL), you have to celebrate what would otherwise be considered "lesser" achievements (egs: individual player accomplishments, regular season division titles, year-end awards) because the bigger ones ((like recurring playoff success and championships) are so few and far between.
Given the overall competitiveness of the NHL, the statistical reality of having a 1/32 shot at a championship every year and the Flames' franchise's specific history of underperforming at the most important times, I've altered my expectations and approach to fandom as a result. Sucks, but, reality bites.
(And, given the (c)Oilers' ridiculous draft luck, organizational incompetence and arrogance the past two decades, most of my recent "fandom" has been rooted firmly in Chia-den-freude. Oilers losses are my ultimate favourite.)