tzill
Lefty 99
There's no 'wrong' way to be a fan, but your way, where the outcome matters less than other considerations, where a dramatic buzzer beater to win doesn't make you happy because the team maybe blew a big lead, where a road playoff win without your best defender doesn't get you excited...that way is very strange, very uncommon, and for the more traditional fans can be kind of off-putting.
You're catching hell for it, because while you're free to post your displeasure, other more normal fans are free to razz you about it. You're smart enough to see that, aren't you? You do realize your way is pretty odd, right? No one disagrees that the Warriors have flaws (like every team), and we all like a perfectly played game, but you're just kooky with this.
Anyway, the horse is dead, no need to keep beating it. I hope the Warriors win 3 more games just like this one.
It's the essential difference between a knowledgable fan and a casual one. You can be a fervent casual fan and not understand defensive rotations, spacing, ball movement, etc. For this type of fan, the run of events that led up to a certain game situation is forgotten and all that matters is the final score. That's fine.
I'm not that guy. I completely understand why people disagree with me and from my perspective it's either a lack of ability to discern nuance and/or homerism. That's fine too.
But this whole "you're not a real fan" and "how could you bet against the Ws if you're a fan" crap is typical of the un-nuanced MY TEAM RULZ, YER TEAM SUX interwebs posting that we left Disney to get away from. Oh, and Toolish Foolsense.
I realize that on the interwebs my position is not a common one. But it's logically consistent.