How do you cope with a sports-related disappointment?

[Shane]

My Capitals showed up tonight with the fierceness of croquet players, and got drubbed 6-2. I'm coping by eating a large plate of fiery hot wings with bleu cheese dressing and washing it down with Smithwick's. In other instances, I have screamed obscenities into a pillow, gone for a jog, or other times I just lie down and shake my head. Before you judge, the life of a Washington sports fan has not been easy for a while here lately.

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

[Gruder]

I share your frustration with the Caps tonight, Shane. How to cope? I look at this year's improvement over last year, the team's youth, and high hopes for the next few seasons to come. Small consequence tonight, though, I know.

Actually, what was far worse form me this year was Kentucky basketball not making the NCAA tournament. A few weeks into the offseason, though, and a new coach and some talented recruits have certainly brightened my spirits. This, too, shall pass. I suppose that's what I find so compelling about the sports I enjoy -- the emotional roller coaster!

That, and how much fun is it going to be to watch Ovi vs. Sid next year?! This is becoming a rivalry for the ages, I think. :w00t:

[TstebinsB]

The Yankees losing to the Red Sox in 2004 in Game 7. The Yankees losing to Mariners in 1995 in Game 5. The Giants losing to the Eagles last year. The Wolverines losing to Ohio State every year! :mad: Great, Shane. Way to bring back painful memories.

I don't really cope. I avoid any mention of the loss. I didn't watch TV or listen to the radio for almost two weeks after the Giants loss. Eventually, another sporting event takes precedence but I never let it go. If you mean at the very moment when your team loses, I'm usually numb and disgusted that I was sucked into believing. I go to my local market and get me some ice cream. Fortunately, Häagen-Dazs is always on sale there. :001_smile

[Leche]

Check out my avatar. I'm more than used to it!

[mmack66]

My home teams are the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs. I moved past disappointment and into disgust a few years ago. There is always next year.

[ouch]

As a lifelong NY Ranger fan, all I can say is.........

you're breaking my heart. :lol:

[Donner]

drinking always helps, and smithwicks is a good start. I've had friends whose wives would hide anything breakable/throwable and replace it all with nerf footballs and such so that he wouldn't actually break the tv... again.

as for a tough loss, it's hard to get over those. I can never tell if it's worse to get beat at the last or to get thumped. At least with a thumping, you have longer to accept it.

[rafikz]

I'm used to it.

The NBA has been rigged for so many years


I'll celebrate the second David Stern leaves

[professorchaos]

I keep it simple and employ my preferred anodyne. Glass + Ice + Bourbon = Coping.

[Mainecanefan]

All someone has to do is mention "Hail Flutie" to me and I just want to curl up into the fetal position and hide. Of course, given the last couple of Miami seasons, I've spent a lot of quality time in the fetal position rocking back and forth.

[arghblech]

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

I'm not a Caps fan but I was pulling for them. They should have the coach and GM publicly berate Alex Semin. He was horrible. If I were running that team, I'd tell him, "If you ever again play a single shift as badly as you played tonight you'll spend the rest of your career riding the bus in the minors."

[Walter Sobchak]

Ahh Shane. I'm from Boston and very much into the Boston sports scene. I know your pain very well. Yes, we've been lucky to have some winners lately, but by and large it's been a life of sports sadness, huge letdowns, and epic tragedies. I still have sleeping issues from the Chicago/Patriots superbowl, Len Bias/Reggie Lewis, and the '86 World Series.

I think you're right on the spot. Enjoy some decadent food and drink. Pity your fandom and the team for now, but soon you'll be realizing again that Ovie is a transcendant player, a rare one indeed, and Mike Green has HOF talent. Varlamov and Laich look like they could be the real deal. Backstrom and Semin....I don't know their contract status, but pmmf, they're good. With some salary cap wizardry, the Caps are going to be very solid for a long time.

[The Knize]

I'm crying about the Caps, too. And, no, it has not been easy for the DC sports fan around here lately.

6-2 is pretty hard to take in game seven after six excellent games leading up to that one, including three overtimes, and if I recall two losses by the Caps due to "own" goals. (At least that is what they would call them in soccer.) With just the tiniest shift in luck, the Caps would have won the series before tonight.

On the other hand, I think the truth of the matter is that Pittsburgh is one heck of a hockey team. Washington is, too, when it is really clicking, but it is just not quite as far along as Pittsburgh is. Unfortunately, the better team won this series. Even leaving out this last game, it was hard to say that the Caps had outplayed the Penguins.

Sure is hard not to like the Caps overall. Hard to take the loss, and maybe the Caps lost some respect. But they got a very long way up until tonight.

[muleman244]

The Wolverines losing to Ohio State every year! :mad: Great, Shane. Way to bring back painful memories.

:biggrin::biggrin:

But, of course, watching the Browns tank on no less than 3 AFC championships before drinking was an option for me still leave a sick to the stomach feeling.

Thank God for Coach Tressel anyway.

[htownmmm]

For some reason, the caps never seem to b able to get past the 'burgh. but then what do I know-I'm a NY Knickerbockers fan.:mad::frown::mad3:


marty

[mretzloff]

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

It's very difficult. When one of my teams lose, I am just very upset for a few days. The only time I'll forget about it quickly is if they never had a chance. I guess that's easier to accept then.

I get most upset about soccer. I love watching the UEFA and World Cup. When my team (Germany) loses, it's the worst.

[The Knize]

For some reason, the caps never seem to b able to get past the 'burgh. but then what do I know-I'm a NY Knickerbockers fan.:mad::frown::mad3:


marty

True that re the 'burgh.

[pbroddi]

Ahh Shane. I'm from Boston and very much into the Boston sports scene. I know your pain very well. Yes, we've been lucky to have some winners lately, but by and large it's been a life of sports sadness, huge letdowns, and epic tragedies. I still have sleeping issues from the Chicago/Patriots superbowl, Len Bias/Reggie Lewis, and the '86 World Series.



Lenny Bias, such a shame. Still breaks my heart.......and I'm a Laker! And Reggie Lewis too! Awww man!:frown:

[Henrique]

I'm a season ticket holder for Sporting Lisbon (official name Sporting Clube de Portugal) for 6 years. We're perennial contenders but seem to loose everything in the last minute.

We were league champions for the last time in 2002. Since then we almost always end up second, 2 years ago by a single point (in 102 possible).

The high time low was in 2005. In a single week we lost the league (that was just there for the taking) and lost a UEFA cup final AT OUR OWN HOME (for those who aren't very familiar to football/soccer, the European cups venues are decided at the start of the season, so only very rarely a team has the chance to play a final in its own ground).

(That week I was in NY on a work trip... I watched the game in ESPN zone. Strange experience! Huge screens, all broadcasting the same Baseball game, and I was only able to watch the game in a tiny TV inside a counter. :lol:)

So, I'm very acquainted with defeat. :mad:

I usually shut up the TV and decide to see some good movies, take a stroll. Luckly my wife is also a fan and goes to the games, so we understand each other…

[VfBStuttgart]

Well, drinking is usually in order, but I also completely ignore ESPN and all other media that might have anything to do with sports for a while. Depending on the severity of the loss, I ignore them for different amounts of time. When the Bears threw away the Super Bowl a few years back, I don't think I watched ESPN for a good month. When the Cubs swept the White Sox at home last season it was a week before it was off of tv, and then I had the pleasure of reveling in the Sox sweeping the Cubs at home. If you have other sports teams to follow that might take your mind off of it. I have been able to keep my mind off the White Sox mediocre start and the Bulls exiting the playoffs with the surprising success of the Blackhawks.

[bluepunk18]

I confess, I'm not wickedly in to sports. I enjoyed last nights game because really, the entire series with the Penguins has been a great battle. Living in a hockey town with a longer history of missed Cups than many others, Toronto, it can be tough to be a true blue fan. Have a few drinks with the mates, cherish the best times of this year, and debate over who would've made it better. There is always a few other sports around the corner to keep occupied with until its over.

[kzoo1]

Die hard Bears fan, UM fan, Tigers, and Cubs. Dissapointmet is a part of life! Without disappointment, I don't know what I'd do! :lol:

Seriously, it is just a game, unless you are losing large amounts of $$, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

Have a beer, drink a shot, get on to the next sport/activity.

[MrGuy]

I've been a Calgary Flames fan for a little over 20 years, how do I cope with disappointment? Every year:lol: Just kidding. As others have mentioned, I just move on to the next season, baseball. Sadly, especially this year, I'm also an Arizona Diamondbacks fan. I don't remember feeling this bad since they changed the name of the park. I LOVE THE BOB!!!!
And Telly, what?!, no mention of the D-Backs? Mystique and Aura must be the name of some cheap booze that wiped that one from your memory.:lol::wink:

I actually heard a good line from radio personality Chick McGee one time about his love of the Redskins. He said that he used to go all crazy when they would loose, until one day he realized that they don't care how good he does or when he fails, maybe he shouldn't take them so seriously.:rolleyes:

[Johnny Dale]

I'm a big Cubs fan. This year I have not had the courage to watch a game... Yet. I will eventually.

I'm 52 years old and I should be used to seeing the Cubs blow it by now. As far as coping I smile while my friends harass me and say; "Wait till next year"!

[soapbox]

I'm crying about the Caps, too. And, no, it has not been easy for the DC sports fan around here lately.

6-2 is pretty hard to take in game seven after six excellent games leading up to that one, including three overtimes, and if I recall two losses by the Caps due to "own" goals. (At least that is what they would call them in soccer.) With just the tiniest shift in luck, the Caps would have won the series before tonight.

...

Sure is hard not to like the Caps overall. Hard to take the loss, and maybe the Caps lost some respect. But they got a very long way up until tonight.

Very nicely put.

I'm grumpy about the loss too, since the Caps have, well, sucked for a long time until this season. Yeah, and my other team? The Thrashers. Ugh. I hope the hockey is better in Dallas... :crying: :a36:

[Roman414]

I was tempted to say, "The way you cope is to get a life." But I realize there is something to being a fan that I obviously just don't get. We have a local NFL team, the San Diego Chargers. But if anyone on the team is actually from San Diego that is pure coincidence. And if anyone of the team were to be offered a better contract (more money) by any of their "rivals" they would go and play there. The whole team would move to L.A. or wherever if they were offered a better deal. There is no loyalty to the fans, just to their careers and bank accounts. And after all, any professional athlete is just a grown man playing a schoolboy game. He excels mostly because when the other kids were studying to be doctors, engineers, whatever, useful occupations, he was spending his time running and throwing a ball. This is admirable? And unless you have money bet on the game, what possible difference could it make which team wins the Superbowl or the World Series? I really don't get it. Can anyone enlighten me?

[Greyfox]

What's the problem? I am a Chicago Cubs fan. Believe you me you get over it. If they win they win. If they lose they lose. It doesn't change the world either way.:biggrin:

[Shane]

I was tempted to say, "The way you cope is to get a life." But I realize there is something to being a fan that I obviously just don't get. We have a local NFL team, the San Diego Chargers. But if anyone on the team is actually from San Diego that is pure coincidence. And if anyone of the team were to be offered a better contract (more money) by any of their "rivals" they would go and play there. The whole team would move to L.A. or wherever if they were offered a better deal. There is no loyalty to the fans, just to their careers and bank accounts. And after all, any professional athlete is just a grown man playing a schoolboy game. He excels mostly because when the other kids were studying to be doctors, engineers, whatever, useful occupations, he was spending his time running and throwing a ball. This is admirable? And unless you have money bet on the game, what possible difference could it make which team wins the Superbowl or the World Series? I really don't get it. Can anyone enlighten me?
There's something to be said for your home team. It doesn't matter if it's a professional sports team or the high school football team, that organization has something to do with your identity as a person and a fan, if you choose to let it. Those of us that have chosen to let it are pretty die-hard about it, and we think that's okay. Those guys that spent so much of their time throwing a ball while everyone else was studying were just doing what they were good at, and that's okay by me.

[mankini]

You just learn to embrace the pain.

[sparkchaser]

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

I say "better luck next year" and move on with my life. It's only a game.

I say that every time the Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates don't make it all the way. It's what makes their eventual victory so much the sweeter.

[philamac]

Being a 'fan' is a state of mind that non-fans will never be able to understand.

The only thing I follow avidly is my international football team. Not so long ago we went for 10 games without scoring goals, we were losing games to Canada!!!!! ohh it was a dreadful time but I still went to all those wet, freezing cold nights. We were not even ranked in the FIFA top 100

Then things changed with a new manager, we have since beaten England, Spain, Sweden, Poland.....currently top of our WOrld Cup Group and ranked at 27 in the world.

Would I change the bad times?

No, because the bad times make the good times all the sweeter, you need them both, THAT is what being a sports fan is about and how you deal with it:001_smile

Also a slap of pints will ease the pain in the short term:lol:

[Dennis]

Sigh, life-long Lions fan.

You just hope the next season is better than the last.

[Shane]

Sigh, life-long Lions fan.

You just hope the next season is better than the last.
It's mathematically impossible for the Lions to be worse, isn't it?

[ouch]

what do I know-I'm a NY Knickerbockers fan.:mad::frown::mad3:


marty

The worst part of that is how I recall basking in the glory of their wins in '70 and '73, and saying, "This is easy. We're going to win every year!"

[ouch]

It's mathematically impossible for the Lions to be worse, isn't it?

They can always lengthen the season. :lol:

[Dennis]

It's mathematically impossible for the Lions to be worse, isn't it?

Well, if that was serious, no, they can't lose more games. They could, however, lose by larger margins, have injuries to key players (say Calvin Johnson), Matthew Stafford could be a bust thus setting us back about 5 years, again. Etc...

[adonnellyr]

The pens sure looked quite a lot better in that game, but even so, you have to give your team some credit for an AMAZING series. That was some of the most exciting hockey I've watched in a long time!

[cjlutzo]

As a Penguin fan (and born and bred Pittsburgher) I would love to gloat in your, and all Caps fans' misery. But then I remember the Pirates and it keeps me grounded.

Kidding aside, it was a great series. It seems that all the things we were hoping would eventually break down, did so at the same time. Don't get too down - your guys will be in it for a long time.

One final thing, for all the crap that was slung through the series (and all year), it was nice to see true sportsmanship among Ovie, Sid, and Gonchar in "the line" last night and in the post-game comments. That is what playoff hockey is all about.

Now, do I root for home ice vs. the 'Canes, or a (hopefully) more tired Bruins team?

[Obsessed]

As a Cleveland fan, I'm more concerned with how I'll cope if one of my teams ever does not bite the bullet.

Take this year's Cavs: best record in the NBA, MVP, coach of the year, sweeps in their first two playoff series. I can't help but feel I'm being set up for the biggest disappointment yet. :scared:

[curtis909]

My Capitals showed up tonight with the fierceness of croquet players, and got drubbed 6-2. I'm coping by eating a large plate of fiery hot wings with bleu cheese dressing and washing it down with Smithwick's. In other instances, I have screamed obscenities into a pillow, gone for a jog, or other times I just lie down and shake my head. Before you judge, the life of a Washington sports fan has not been easy for a while here lately.

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

Oh the pain... You think you have it bad... I grew up in Philly and since 1960 there has been only seven championship teams.

Flyers 2
Sixers 2
Eagles 1
Phillies 2

the worst part they are the only championships ever for the phillies since like 1900 or something... now that is painful.

So do what i do go under ground and wait for the next season and hope all over again.. Do not read the papers or internet or watch espn until the pain subsides...:biggrin:

[Walt Whitman]

A good Rocky Patel 1990, a few bottles of perfectly chilled Hennepin and a beautiful sunset to put everything into perspective

The series truly was an exciting, epic battle. Some of the best hockey ever!

BTW, I'm a HUGE Pens fan - born and bred.

[RBE17]

Usually I just complain about it for some time afterward. I'm more of an emotional wreck while the game is being played. After USC mopped the field w/ Penn State in the Rose Bowl, I had a bit of a difficult time.

[SepticTank]

Meh, I'm English - it's success we can't cope with (which is generally quite fortuitous) :biggrin:

[kwk285]

Do what I do root for teams that tend to loose more than they win. This way you expect the loss and are happy with the win.:lol:

My college team, Washington State University, has been horrible the last couple of years. I set low expectations for them. If they find the stadium I consider it a victory.:biggrin:

Seriously, college and pro sports are games. Things in life are more important. I view sports as a way to relax. I don't place any of my happiness on the success of my team.

[Doc4]

The worst part of that is how I recall basking in the glory of their wins in '70 and '73, and saying, "This is easy. We're going to win every year!"

'71 and '72 being, what? chopped liver? :tongue_sm

[Greyfox]

Oh the pain... You think you have it bad... I grew up in Philly and since 1960 there has been only seven championship teams.

Flyers 2
Sixers 2
Eagles 1
Phillies 2

the worst part they are the only championships ever for the phillies since like 1900 or something... now that is painful.

So do what i do go under ground and wait for the next season and hope all over again.. Do not read the papers or internet or watch espn until the pain subsides...:biggrin:


No that is NOT pain. The Cubbies are now 0 for 102 years. :redface: At least you got 2.:tongue:

[VfBStuttgart]

No that is NOT pain. The Cubbies are now 0 for 102 years. :redface: At least you got 2.:tongue:

There's always the next hundred years.

Signed: Your Always Friendly, Die Hard Sox Fan.

[VfBStuttgart]

Being a 'fan' is a state of mind that non-fans will never be able to understand.

The only thing I follow avidly is my international football team. Not so long ago we went for 10 games without scoring goals, we were losing games to Canada!!!!! ohh it was a dreadful time but I still went to all those wet, freezing cold nights. We were not even ranked in the FIFA top 100

Then things changed with a new manager, we have since beaten England, Spain, Sweden, Poland.....currently top of our WOrld Cup Group and ranked at 27 in the world.

Would I change the bad times?

No, because the bad times make the good times all the sweeter, you need them both, THAT is what being a sports fan is about and how you deal with it:001_smile

Also a slap of pints will ease the pain in the short term:lol:

A night to remember, Northern Ireland 1 : England 0

[TstebinsB]

They can always lengthen the season. :lol:

Possible and increasingly probable. :lol:

[TimmyBoston]

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

Being a Red Sox fan, I was raised on disappointment.

[VfBStuttgart]

Being a Red Sox fan, I was raised on disappointment.

Oh, give me a break. Sure, Boston has had a lot of disappointment, but you guys have been rolling in success the last decade.

Red Sox: 2 titles
Celtics: 1 title (of a record 17)
Patriots: 3 titles

Boston sports have had disappointment, but also unprecedented success in many sports.

[TimmyBoston]

Things are good now you're right, but the Celtics have never meant anything to me, I hate all things NBA.


Oh, give me a break.

Two words: Billy Buckner.

[VfBStuttgart]

Things are good now you're right, but the Celtics have never meant anything to me, I hate all things NBA.



Two words: Billy Buckner.

I'd live with a couple of Billy Buckner's for a few more Super Bowls and another World Series Trophy. I'll omit the NBA since Chicago had it pretty well with the Jordan era, and you don't concern yourself with our National Basketball Association.

Edit: Even though I wasn't alive, the Black Sox are something I deal with, that are a little more shameful than old Billy.

[castlecraver]

How do you cope when your team bites the bullet?

Find someone I know who supports an even more disappointing team, and take my frustration out on them. :biggrin:

[Doc4]

As a lifelong NY Ranger fan, all I can say is.........

you're breaking my heart. :lol:


It's mathematically impossible for the Lions to be worse, isn't it?
Somehow I suspect you guys will be getting a few PMs from Castlecraver ...

Find someone I know who supports an even more disappointing team, and take my frustration out on them. :biggrin:

[castlecraver]

Somehow I suspect you guys will be getting a few PMs from Castlecraver ...

Yup Doc... There's always someone out there who has it worse. Now if I only knew anyone's EPL alliance here besides 180gVinyl. City 'til I die!!!

[philamac]

A night to remember, Northern Ireland 1 : England 0

Very fondly remembered!!!!!

To think that about 6 months before England beat us 4 - 0 at Old Trafford.

But even when we were 4 - 0 down with five minutes to go there were 7 000 Norn Iron fans singing

"Five - Four.....we're gonna win Five - Four"

That is also a special memory:blushing:

[curtis909]

Sorry forgot about the cubbies greyfox...But you still had the Bulls who won six.....But I feel your pain....

[DunEdinRanger]

I'm a big Cubs fan. This year I have not had the courage to watch a game... Yet. I will eventually.

I'm 52 years old and I should be used to seeing the Cubs blow it by now. As far as coping I smile while my friends harass me and say; "Wait till next year"!

1908 - Tinkers To Evers To Chance. The very last time Chicago won the World Series.

1945 - The very last time the Cubs went to the World Series.


No that is NOT pain. The Cubbies are now 0 for 102 years. :redface: At least you got 2.:tongue:

100 Seasons since they last won a championship.


There's always the next hundred years.

Signed: Your Always Friendly, Die Hard Sox Fan.


Now, the Red Sox are a different story. The Red Sox were like Moses, leading the people, their fans, to the Promised Land. They would take them to where they could see and almost taste the land of milk and honey.

1946 Seven games before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals
1967 "The Impossible Dream" Team. Another seven game loss to the Cardinals.
1975 - Seven games against the Cincinatti Reds, capped by Carlton Fisks shot heard round New England in Game 6, and Luis Tiant pitching like a whirling dervish.
1986 - Seven games against the New York Mets, with another dramatic Game Six.

One pitch away in 1986 and then more wandering in the desert.

As painful as that is, I would rather get there than not. Think of all the teams that don't make it to the playoffs.

[Walter Sobchak]

Things are good now you're right, but the Celtics have never meant anything to me, I hate all things NBA.



Two words: Billy Buckner.

Six More Words:

Bucky Dent:frown:...Aaron Boone:frown:...David Tyree:frown:...


Gosh I HATE New York teams.:mad:

[DefaultAnon]

When ever my teams loose, my disappointment seems to manifest its self in heavy drinking and growing resentment for all other teams. Im liable to smack someone who talks about the rockets or the lakers.
-die hard blazer fan

[Chuckaluck]

Being from Cleveland and following their teams since 1968, I could write a treatise on disapointment! :frown::mad::tongue_sm:lol:

[gollum83]

:biggrin::biggrin:

But, of course, watching the Browns tank on no less than 3 AFC championships before drinking was an option for me still leave a sick to the stomach feeling.

Thank God for Coach Tressel anyway.

What do you have to complain about? My hometown's football team is none other than the Lions. Try living with that for awhile, then we talk. :biggrin:


It's mathematically impossible for the Lions to be worse, isn't it?

I don't know about that one. You never know with the Lions.

[VfBStuttgart]

1908 - Tinkers To Evers To Chance. The very last time Chicago won the World Series.

1945 - The very last time the Cubs went to the World Series.



100 Seasons since they last won a championship.




Now, the Red Sox are a different story. The Red Sox were like Moses, leading the people, their fans, to the Promised Land. They would take them to where they could see and almost taste the land of milk and honey.

1946 Seven games before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals
1967 "The Impossible Dream" Team. Another seven game loss to the Cardinals.
1975 - Seven games against the Cincinatti Reds, capped by Carlton Fisks shot heard round New England in Game 6, and Luis Tiant pitching like a whirling dervish.
1986 - Seven games against the New York Mets, with another dramatic Game Six.

One pitch away in 1986 and then more wandering in the desert.

As painful as that is, I would rather get there than not. Think of all the teams that don't make it to the playoffs.

Sorry, not a Red Sox fan, I was referring to the one, the only, the Chicago White Sox (and I generally don't clarify when I say I'm a Sox fan, but I will now, at the risk of being mixed up with a Bostonian).

[DunEdinRanger]

Six More Words:

Bucky Dent:frown:...Aaron Boone:frown:...David Tyree:frown:...


Gosh I HATE New York teams.:mad:

I am a GIANTS fan so I LOVE David Tyree. Oh, how I loved that Super Bowl!:biggrin:

However, I digress. You left out the middle initial of Messrs Dent and Boone. As all Red Sox fans know, it is Bucky F. Dent, and Aaron F. Boone.

How the heck did someone named "Bucky" beat us in 78?!?!?!?!?!?!

[pbroddi]

When ever my teams loose, my disappointment seems to manifest its self in heavy drinking and growing resentment for all other teams. Im liable to smack someone who talks about the rockets or the lakers.
-die hard blazer fan

So, what about that Laker/Rockets series, huh?......


:lol::lol:

[LocalYokel]

Drink. Drink heavily.

[Obsessed]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30835812/

[burnwood]

I live in Chicago. Move on after every crushing defeat.

[Muirtach]

As a Cleveland fan, I'm more concerned with how I'll cope if one of my teams ever does not bite the bullet.

Take this year's Cavs: best record in the NBA, MVP, coach of the year, sweeps in their first two playoff series. I can't help but feel I'm being set up for the biggest disappointment yet. :scared:

Being from Cleveland and following their teams since 1968, I could write a treatise on disapointment! :frown::mad::tongue_sm:lol:
Born at Lake Tahoe, but I lived outside Clevland from 8-15. Became a huge Indians fan through the luck of no one ever wanting the season tickets that my father's work would buy for Munincipal Stadium. I recall Baerga's first game and when Joey (later Albert) Bell hit a grandslam as a pinch nobody to win the game on my birthday. Then they actually against all odds started winning games and getting our hopes up. Suddenly we had a second Cavs who would get to the conference finals and get beat a step shy. Year after year.

At least the Browns had the decency to never get our hopes up.

[garyg]

Born in the Old Clevetown, now a Detroiter, I cope with STANLEY CUPS!

But still have an antenna set up to catch Browns games from Toledo ..



Being from Cleveland and following their teams since 1968, I could write a treatise on disapointment! :frown::mad::tongue_sm:lol:

[Obsessed]

I just try not to think about the fact that the Cavs lost to a team coached by Ron Jeremy. Maybe they should rename the Magic the Orlando Hedgehogs.

[tblech]

I suppose I always like the "home" team to win, but I don't follow sports, watch sports or listen to sports. If the home team doesn't win, I guess I forget about it a few minutes later and continue with life as in the minutes before the game came on...:confused:

[tblech]

I just try not to think about the fact that the Cavs lost to a team coached by Ron Jeremy. Maybe they should rename the Magic the Orlando Hedgehogs.

Now there is a man in need of a good razor!