Lock me up, I don’t think it’s all that bad.

so when the going gets tough you cut and run?

yeah its been a shit show. All the more reason to support more than ever. They need it!!


Fair weather fans.....

 

This forum is meant for Blazer fans in the first place. All others can fuck off since they just bring the place down.

 

Exactly right. Bandwagon fans.

 

I have never smoked pot in my life, but this team might be the thing that gets me to start.

 

What if the Blazers get the 8th seed (let's say 42-44 wins) and get's swept in the 1st round? Man that would be absolutely worst case

 

Exactly my fear. Smack dab in the middle of NBA Purgatory.

 

credit those teams for ballin' out in those losses...when you get beat it's sometimes because the opposition has a great shooting night and we don't. When you can't throw a basketball in a swimming pool all night you're going to get beat more often than not. I always hated how NBA.com would have headlines about how the Lakers lost to us and never say one word about why we beat them. headlines....Laker lose because blah blah blah....not Blazer win because....

 

As @riverman mentioned, sometimes a loss is just a loss....they happen. My concern is that regardless of if the other team is 'hot' or not, this team is getting outhustled on a nightly basis. Simple eye test shows the other team is playing harder while the Blazers have often had more talent in many of the losses....and lost anyway for a variety of reasons. That can happen....but to get outhustled and outworked, there is no excuse for that.

I see Nassir working his ass off but that is not translating over to many other members of the team. #inexcusable

 

You can't call anyone on this forum fair weather. If people are taking time out of their lives to write something about people who don't even know they exist, they actually care. I too echoed @mook 's sentiments after the HOU/NOP games, but still can't stop watching. It's messing with my health watching this team go thru the motions while this passionate fan base is desperately trying to support them.

If the team isn't putting out the effort to win games, why should we bother? You don't believe in accountability?

 

That's not what I said.

Be frustrated, pissed, happy, sad, whatever. Emotions are all human (it IS just a game though), but don't quit.

I'm a season ticket holder. You don't think i'm frustrated as hell? IM NEVER gonna quit on my team though.

You dont think the team is giving effort? HAHAHAHAH. Sorry man, but I disagree with that 100%. You can try your hardest and still fail.

 

Surprises me people would NOT watch their favorite team play. Growing up, I NEVER missed a game if it was on TV. Listened to The Schonz if I had to. Made the good times that much GOODER!

 

I've been suffering from serious heart disease for over a year..almost died..if I've learned anything it's that stress is unhealthy. I purely enjoy basketball but my advice to people who freak out over the team regularly is that there's actually a way to enjoy your favorite team even if they lose....over 50 years of fandom if we aren't contenders, which has been more often than not....I can enjoy winning a quarter at a time and fuck the record. I can enjoy watching Nas get court time or Melo round into form or Skal learning to hang onto the ball...in life you can walk down the road and look at the flowers on the hill or the garbage in the gutter....choices. I've been on this forum a long time and it was not popular to be a so called "homer" ever.....pessimism has the most company...most of my favorite optimistic posters have bailed on the forum due to the tone of folks....this place is much more enjoyable with humor than with frustration and accusations in my view.....My days of beating myself up over a game are long behind me.

 

THIS...
This is why I'm grabbing a life vest and preparing to jump from the good and happy ship of "yay team, go team".
Effort.
Watch transition defense.
It's disgusting.
Rooting for The Blazers during sub par seasons has never been a problem for me, if the team is hustling and overachieving.
This team isn't.

 

A fair weather fan to me doesn't like anything about the team unless they are dominating the sport...doesn't like the front office, coaching staff or roster. Begs the question why they would call themselves a fan....and misery does love company

 

Not me. We gotta be good if I'm going to watch them.

 

I consider myself a realistic homer. But I will never quit.

 

Team or certain players? I disagree with the assessment the team isn't giving effort. Maybe a couple players are in this category, but not the team.

 

A very close friend of mine is a doctor from southern England...small fishing village....he is a fan of a small English soccer league that in all probability will never win a cup or beat Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal but really he buys his season tickets and lives for the games they can do well in....to me that's a fan. Lesson is if you expect too much you just set yourself up for disappointment

 

I have to be honest, this team is not fun to watch. I really do not enjoy Whiteside, I really have not enjoy CJ this year. Melo is not someone that I ever really enjoyed watching play. At some point you have to ask yourself - are you enjoying it or not. This year, I do not think there was one game I really enjoyed. There is not sense of urgency from the team, so why should the fans keep in?

Call it fair weather fan if you want, but I am just not going to spend my time on inferior product. Simple as that. Until Nurk / Zach are back or this team consistently seem like the care - this team seems to be stuck in the mud and I have more enjoyable stuff to do. I will still watch some games - but it is going to be much easier to just skip them.

 

I am a fan of one team and one team only. That said, I am not happy about this season and think they won't be able to right the ship. But never would I consider going for another team. Inconceivable.