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[QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 3469169, member: 37"]
It's great to have a thread like this after many years where people have been unhappy.

I'd also be impressed if people had the backs of our players and coaches when things aren't going well.  Those are the fans I most admire.

Many of us commingle our emotional personal needs with issues.  We are adept at making ourselves sound objective when actually we are subjective.  We're either unconscious of doing it or aware of it but seamlessly rationalize our positions rather than facing our own shortcomings.  It is why so many people confuse rational debate with irrational expression.  It's the driving force allowing people to believe their statements are criticism when it nothing more than couched derision and payback.

Many of us insist people deride situations when we're unhappy and celebrate when we're happy.  Why?  That only feeds into our weakness. When it's applied to this team it's my definition of a fair weather fan. I would give anything if what I am writing was exclusive to this forum.  Unfortunately this forum is a microcosm of humanity in general.

Absolutely celebrate when times are going well and the situation is fun.  It certainly is preferable to the opposite situation.  But the world and this forum would be a better place if we had the courage and ability to restrain ourselves in non ideal times.
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