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Originally Posted by Noir
You sound like a TOR fan. You're indifferent to your team's success or lack thereof.
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Indifferent? Is rioting how Canuck fans show they aren't indifferent? :troll:
In all seriousness though, how can fans of any team, which has amassed as many championships as the Leafs, be indifferent to success? Before the Boston Redsox won a championship, in 2004 after an 86 year drought, would you have described their fans as indifferent to success or lack thereof?
Toronto has a reputation for being one of if not the toughest hockey markets for players because the media (driven by the fans) analyze and hound players for every single thing done or said on and off the ice. If a mistake is made, that player is going to hear about it till the cows come home. Don't forget, it was a Leaf fan who threw waffles on the ice in disappointment with another loss. Another great example of fanatical behaviour stemming from disappointment: A lot of Leaf fans and the media still go on and on about Kerry Fraser and his missed high sticking call on Gretzky during the 1993 Western Conference Finals more than 18 years ago. To this day Fraser gets criticized or even threatened for that with no signs of letting up.
Being a fan during the low times is what its all about. To call fan support for the Leafs indifference couldn't be further from the truth. All the years of disappointment, all the years of bad trades and undrafted players (hindsight is 20/20 mind you), all the years of ridicule and hate from other hockey fans, all the frustration, make being a loyal fan difficult. Everyone wants to see their team succeed, and some of us know you have to pay a price to get there. Years of disappointment have taught me to be cautiously optimistic at best, humble, and patient. Don't mistake that for indifference. I just think of it all as a test. Going through all the crap and still coming back for more will make success, when it eventually comes, all that much sweeter.