Here’s why I don’t get too carried away with hanging on
every win or loss of the Canucks (insert your team here) – I get too emotionally invested in it.
If they win its great – but if they lose I get depressed,
irritable and even angry. Not only is this a complete waste of energy but it
actually affects my REAL life as a man –
and it affects my wife and child too if I let it.
I sometimes get accused of being negative ( and I know I can
be with sports) and I often am not “hardcore” enough to watch a game from
beginning to end – but here’s the thing, you can never call me a bandwagon
jumper.
I’ve been a diehard Canucks fan since 1989 or so when I
first started really paying attention to hockey. When all my friends were wearing Gretzky or
Lemieux Jerseys at road hockey – I was wearing
a Trevor Linden one. I remember
the crushing loss to the Rangers in ’94 and still feel a little sick when I
think about last year.
I greatly admire and respect players from the past ( like
Linden, Bure and Ronning) and the present ( like Burrows, Kessler and the Sedin
Twins and Coach V) and I cheer them on
with all my sports devotion. But I can
only invest so much of my time, energy and emotion into sports.
I am only speaking for myself here – not judging others. If
they can handle being neck deep in sports mania then cool –but I, apparently,
cannot.
So I will continue to cheer on the Canucks and my other
favourite sports teams whether they win or lose… you don’t have to question my
loyalty. But I will do my best to not put anything more
into it then what its worth – it is, after all, only a game.
Having said all that, if the Nucks ever win the cup - I will be driving all around town with
twenty Orca flags! ;)
