Is being a Blazer fan worth it?

I guess I don't really have a choice, I'm a fan, and I don't think just not being a fan anymore would really be that possible. But, here I sit, typing away after yet another Blazer tragedy.

I became a fan back in the Glide days. Those days were a blast to be a fan. The team was usually competing, the players were dynamic, and the team was exciting. Then the next faze came, with the Jail Blazer era. Story after story of some bastardly actions by the players, but at least for a while, the team was still good and a blast to watch. Then the winning started to fade.

Management decided to blow up the Jail Blazers and rebuild. Losing became the norm for a while even though most of the team was full of likable guys. At this stage, any pleasure I was awarded came mostly from hope of what the young guys could turn into.

The team started getting more and more high picks and solid players, and winning started on the upswing. I was really getting excited about what the future would hold for the Blazers. Then last year smashed players bodies apart and although the team still won a decent amount of games, yet another one and done in the playoffs. But I still got excited about this season, thinking that a team that did as well as they did last season with everyone getting hurt, would thrive this year with a healthy roster.

Then, Out goes our star Roy and now the second most promising player Oden. I really am not getting any joy this season.

What the fuck do I do.

 

You pick yourself up and dust yourself off, throw on a jersey and get to the Rose Garden in time for tipoff tomorrow. No point in quitting now - we're not fickle like LA fans.

 

Hope for the best; Be lifted up emotionally during a good stretch of ball; Be agitated after a close loss; Tune out of a blowout. Its what we do. That it makes for a miserable time speaks to the fact that this team has dragged our hearts into it, so you can either stop caring or acknowledge that we're just on for the ride.

 

I don't know..... ask GOD.

 

I hold on to the hope to the day we do win a championship will be that much better for all the struggles we have endured.

 

In our society today we have become more and more about instant gratification. to me being a fan, or "fanatic", means you stick by your team through the good times and the bad. Why do so many people jump from bandwagon to bandwagon? because it feels good right now. but you don't get the satisfaction of watching a team grow, watching them mature into winners and giving you that ride. it isn't easy but it makes the good times all that much sweeter.

I am a WSU grad. I was there for our Holiday Bowl win over Texas in 2005. Things were great, we'd won 10 games and had top 10 finishes 3 seasons in a row. then came the down times. it was excruciating and continues to be. But then there are moments like the one i got to experience in Reser this past saturday. I live 2500 miles away now, and came back to the NW for the weekend and thought of going to game as a throwaway. sure we've been playing better but i couldn't really even fathom a victory. no, but i'd go to tailgate, see some old friends and hopefully we'd make it close. But much to my delight, they are able to pull the game out and the celebration is one i won't forget. sure we still aren't great and we aren't going to sniff a bowl game this year but hopefully a few years from now, when the program is back on track, we can look back on that victory, that day, as the day things became good again. And that is what i'm looking for in any team i follow.

I guess what i'm trying to say is, it isn't about the destination so much as it is the journey to get there. stick with them and the highs will be so much higher.

 

I enjoy every single game. Win or lose. I always will.

 

It's 12 games into the season, and we've had 3 season ending injuries, one retirement, and a very significant setback for our best player. This season has been a drain emotionally. And the hope you speak of with this team as currently constructed is dying. Maybe I just need to step back and not put forth as much emotional investment into this team, but that's hard to do.

 

No, it isn't. But team loyalty is like sexuality: some radical lesbians and fundamentalists believe it can be chosen, but for the vast majority it is something you just have no control over.

However, you can devote yourself to other aspects of life. So I recommend we enter the basketball equivalent of monasteries/convents.

 

I was there in 77-78. I remember watching an ACTUAL championship team crumble before my eyes.

As a Blazer fan, I've been through worse times. We'll be fine.

 

Sports are entertainment, meant to bring joy and distraction. If it doesn't bring you joy, don't be a fan. Not trying to say it mean, just being honest. It's not worth it if it just annoys and upsets you.

Me, I'm excited to see Batum and Aldridge the rest of the season. We basically haven't played with Greg since he was drafted, and it this point, to me it almost doesn't feel like we lost anything, there.

 

Repped.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself. True fans stick with their team through thick and thin. And this isn't even that bad...most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Now let's get ready for the Nuggets tonight.

 

I was also there in '77-78, and I submit that this is worse. We had already won a championship by then, so even though it was painful to see the team's demise, we had the consolation of having reached the top of the mountain.

In this present case, we thought we had another chance at a title, but it was suddenly snatched away from us. That feels worse, at least to me.

 

I love basketball - and I am emotionally attached to this team - so I guess that being a fan is worth it, for me. It's a bummer that this happens - but those are the rolls of the dice. Some days you get the bear, some days...

 

I could never root for any other team ... but I'll admit, being on the receiving end of continuous low blows for the past three years hurts.

 

We Blazer fans are Sisyphus. Eventually, we'll roll the boulder to the top of the hill and it will stay there.

 

I have been a Colt fan ever since they moved to Indy. The roller coaster ride before our Super Bowl win made it that much sweeter.

The Jail Blazers made it impossible for me to be a fan when I moved out here. The Pacers have made it hard on me lately.

However, this is just a detour and I am still enjoying the ride of being a Blazer fan.