Bassdawg –
Your play on words are impeccable.
If you could work a plug half as good as typing a whacked out explanation…. You’d make one heck of a fisherman. God help those fish if you can ever come up with a “Talking” lure <<
:>>. You could probably sell saltwater to Striped Bass. In saying that, you have the right to your opinion and the way you perceive a “True” fan of the sport and equally, I have mine
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Fortunately for me, my brain is not the size of an olive (at least not according to my last CT scan) and I still cannot understand how one can change teams at such a ripe age due to relocation. Perhaps you are in fact, a fan of the GAME and only wish that you could truly develop the LOVE for 1 single team. Sure, you can respect other teams, most fans do, but they don’t suddenly lose faith in their team and start calling that other team, THEIR team. You reference MikeP, (sorry for dragging you into this Mike) …to my knowledge, Mike is originally a New Yawker ?? (I think), Mike now lives on the Cape. Mike may respect the Patriots but he certainly did not lose his dedication to his life-long team, the Giants. I also don’t see Raider Ronnie getting Tattoo-ed any time soon with
due to him living in this area. Its called devotion, whether you’re happy with the coach or how the owner is doing business, it’s win or lose. What happened to that “loyalty to the skins” you once had??? Does this mean that if you happen to relocate again, that intimate feeling you got the first time in “Tha Pahhhk” would suddenly pass like gas after eating a can of Boston baked beans...
?? …And let me guess, when the Celtics win the Championship, you’ll suddenly have green in your veins and be a Celtics fan too,,, right?
Ya know what? You can route for any team you’d like, you can call yourself a “Fan” of a different team every year for that matter, or just play it safe and call yourself a fan of the game – the choice is yours. We each apply our own label to ourselves in which can be read in many different ways. I was hoping to come to an understanding as to why grown men change teams. I have yet come to truly understand why. I was hoping, due to the dialog that you can sometimes put on these boards, that you would be able to convince me of this rational reason. Reading thru your explanation along with many of your posts whether fish related or not, I perceive you as a happy-go-lucky guy who is looking for that click or right group to fit in with. And I’m not making this about YOU or me, there are many people out there who “jump fence” when the opportunity arises, I’m just not one of them. I was a fan when Grogan couldn’t do it; I was a fan when Eason became the only QB to not complete a single pass as a starting QB. I was a fan when,…$^%*&%…(yes, I still shudder when I say his name)…Bill Buckner failed to place the glove on the field and allowed the ball to pass between his legs….it sucks, but it’s part of being a TRUE fan. I sat thru the shame so now I can STAND in the Glory.
Oh well, I still don’t get it………BUT……..,,,, welcome aboard. Don’t think your getting a seat in the front of the bus however, you gotta start in the rear with an aisle seat and respectfully work your way up.