"Supporter" (or "fan") means different things to different people. No one right answer. I get that.
But I wasn't embarrassed by my team during RBNJ nearly as much as I was embarrassed by our fans. You may not like the quality or the tactics, but I saw a tired team working and simply getting beat.
We were all so gaga over the Portland supporters and their atmosphere. And while they've never been beaten 7-0 at home by a rival, I can't imagine they'd react the way we did. And how did we react?
It's easy to cheer your team when they are winning. The challenge of being a supporter is lifting your team up when they are down.
I expect to get eviscerated for this. (In my house there is a running joke of saying, "Kick him because he's different.") But I also wanted to have my say on an alternate way of being a supporter. Have at it my friends ...
But I wasn't embarrassed by my team during RBNJ nearly as much as I was embarrassed by our fans. You may not like the quality or the tactics, but I saw a tired team working and simply getting beat.
We were all so gaga over the Portland supporters and their atmosphere. And while they've never been beaten 7-0 at home by a rival, I can't imagine they'd react the way we did. And how did we react?
- Coming off a 5-game unbeaten streak our SS chanted, "We're fucking shit."
- Bottle(s) thrown onto the field.
- Repeated booing.
- And when our players, our team, who we supposedly "support", came to the north side of the field after the game to throw balls into the crowd, they were greeted with the chant, "Throw it back," which at least one "supporter" did.
It's easy to cheer your team when they are winning. The challenge of being a supporter is lifting your team up when they are down.
I expect to get eviscerated for this. (In my house there is a running joke of saying, "Kick him because he's different.") But I also wanted to have my say on an alternate way of being a supporter. Have at it my friends ...