Tricky Ricky wrote:My parents dont like basketball, I guess Im the uber fan according to this reasoning?
Okay, so when did you start watching the Celts? 2001-2002? Or were you magically visited in a dream by Lucky the Leprechaun, who recruited you into Celtics fandom? Vere are yor fanhood paperz?
The thing about the pink hats is once the team starts sucking again they stop watching so your reasoning has some flaws
I'm pretty goddamned tired of this attitude. It's one thing to recognize that people like us are extraordinarily dedicated to a team. It's a totally different and (Please Use More Appropriate Word) thing to expect everyone to be like us. We go above and beyond the call of duty. But most fans are average fans. And they're not "fake fans" because they're not as insanely devoted as we are. When a franchise goes through a down period, the average fans pay less attention. When a franchise starts winning again, they pay more attention. It's natural. It's what most people do. Every fanbase has a bell curve of devotion. Every fanbase has a smallish core of hardcore fans, a massive number of off-and-on average fans, and -- when winning -- a smallish pile of totally clueless bandwagoners. Any fan who claims their fanbase isn't like that is lying.