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You should be a life coach.
Give me ten laps.
You should be a life coach.
I dont have a problem with people that blame the front office. They have done a pretty poor job assembling a championship team. But thibs had to go. he is the lovie smith of baskebtall coaches.
Except, I don't think you're necessarily clear with the word sportsmanship or fan in this case. I understand you think you are, but if you were looking to have a discussion regarding it, you should at least qualify it based on your own definition.I'm pretty clear with my words. But it's kind of funny that my point is just criticisms are good (or lets call them just reactions) and over-reactions are discouraging. From there, those who like to over-react have stretched that very point to some exaggeration, then it is no longer my point. IDK what I expected honestly. I also said Chicago fans are pretty bad with it, but at no point does that mean Chicago fans are exclusive. This is another over-reaction.
Many arguments stem from people having different definitions for the same word(s).
Except, I don't think you're necessarily clear with the word sportsmanship or fan in this case. I understand you think you are, but if you were looking to have a discussion regarding it, you should at least qualify it based on your own definition.
If you are looking for sportsmanship on a message board, with the anonymity surrounding this - you're simply not going to get it. Look at any Packers thread on the Bears board, and you're bound to find out what you're leading to. But those aren't people who are fans, at least in my eyes. Those are people who have a fetish. Much like the people I described in my post above.
Except in this case. Because it has yet to be defined by the person bringing up the issue.
Can you summarize your main points in all of this Crystallas? And what you mean by fans and sportsmanship and how Chicago are any different than any other city in terms of having bad fans? I'm still unsure of what you're trying to say. Part of me thinks you're trying to say athletes would rather play in say Milwaukee where the fan base is pathetic as opposed to a great sports town like Chicago, where fans have less patience yet more passion for the team? I'm just confused as to what you're trying to say is all.
I had forgotten this post...so I'll just leave this hereI think it's just the Chicago fan generalization that leads me to believe so. Sportsmanship is a lengthy definition in itself, and for whatever reason I see these younger fans only applying part of it if any. It's not a mix and match(being selective), it's an all of the above deal. Grace in winning, grace in losing, courtesy, respecting rules of the game for all parties, not kicking someone while they are down.
And of course, it's going to seem like I'm directing this at specific people in the thread(while I'm not). But see, that is also arguably part of being sportsmanlike in discussion, not taking indirect comments and making them personal.
I had forgotten this post...so I'll just leave this here
It's not...or at least I don't think he's saying it is.I remember that post and I still don't see how that doesn't apply to fans for most, if not every city. It's not remotely isolated to chicago or even large market teams.
I no longer know what this thread is about. I think I lost interest though.