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All fans of winning teams end up being arrogant and obnoxious. You never hear from them until their team starts winning. Then they come out of the woodwork, bragging and boasting. It includes my team as well. I remember back in the 70's and 80's when the Redskins were pretty good. I lived around a lot of Redskin fans and they never shut up. But for the the last 25 yrs, not so much. You better believe, when they get good again, they will start up again. I get a kick out of fans whose team doesn't even make the playoffs, but they post negative posts and memes about other teams when they lose in the playoffs. lol
Sports brings out the worst in people. Every time the Steelers lose, their fan base starts bragging about the SB's they won 40 yrs ago.lol Patriot fans were crapping their pants last Saturday when it took 2 trick plays to beat the Ravens. Then when the game was over and they got cleaned up and they barely won, they start bragging about how they had the much better team, etc. lol
It is refreshing to run into a real mature fan of the game that doesn't brag and can admit that most games swing on a couple of plays, calls, turnovers, etc. Unfortunately, they are few and far between. Any team can win on any Sunday. It's that close, for most teams. So no, your team or my team isn't that much better than any other team. Your team may win this year, but sooner or later, they will get their arse beat by someone else. wish most people would realize this and just be happy that the pieces came together for their team that year and not go around acting like a jerk. It always comes back to bite you.
The coolest fans are the ones whose teams are NOT perennial winners. Once a team starts to win for a few years, the fans turn arrogant. History pretty much bears that out. Perfect example is Seahawk fans. They have been losers for the majority of their existence, with a few good seasons here and there. They finally won a SB last year and now you can't shut them up. Same held true for the Patriots. Basically losers for most of their existence and never heard much from their fans. Couldn't sell out their stadium. But because they have been good for the last 10 yrs and play in a weak division, they get home field in the playoffs, and their fans are as arrogant as ever. After Brady retires, they will go back in the hole again. lol
All fans of winning teams end up being arrogant and obnoxious.
No secret I'm a Packer fan. They've been to the playoffs the last 6 yrs., won the NFC North for 4 years now. I don't consider myself arrogant and obnoxious not at all. I'm always trying to be gracious and fairly nice to fans of teams that go to the SB when my team doesn't. Smack talk and dumb conversation as in my team is the only team that is great, serves no purpose, not at all. I leave to the younger, newer generation of fans.
All fans of winning teams end up being arrogant and obnoxious.
No secret I'm a Packer fan. They've been to the playoffs the last 6 yrs., won the NFC North for 4 years now. I don't consider myself arrogant and obnoxious not at all. I'm always trying to be gracious and fairly nice to fans of teams that go to the SB when my team doesn't. Smack talk and dumb conversation as in my team is the only team that is great, serves no purpose, not at all. I leave to the younger, newer generation of fans.
I'm speaking in general terms. There are decent fans of every team.
Good point with the winning/losing team differences.
In that aspect, I actually give the current losing teams fans a but of a break... At least they are loyal and hanging with their team through the hard times.
There is nothing worse than being ghosts in the tough times and throwing confetti during success.
Absolutely! And there are times when fans will give credit where credits due when a player least expects it.
One of those instances was the final game of the 2000 regular season. The 49ers were playing the Broncos at the old Mile High Stadium, the stadium was going to be knocked down that next month with Invesco Field at Mile High just recently having its construction completed.
It appeared that Jerry Rice's career with San Francisco was coming to an end. At that time he'd been in the league since 1985, he was playing in his 16th season, and the average joe on the street figured that Jerry would hang 'em up after the season was over at that time anyway. Before game time the 49ers offense was introduced first and ya heard the usual booing when players were introduced.
Rice was the last one introduced and 76,000 plus turned around, got on their feat, and gave him a standing ovation that lasted over thirty seconds. I ought to know, I was there and I timed the applause. In Monday's Rocky Mountain news, a couple reporters asked Rice if he would care to comment on the fans reaction. Rice said he was pretty surprised but was really appreciative of their response.
There are times where fans are appreciative of true greatness when they see it. And they showed it that day.
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