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Rethinking my fandom

Da Boyz Mom

Da Boyz Mom

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As I consider how upset I was at the results of today's game, I'm rethinking how passionate I want to be about this team going forward. I'll always be a Griz fan and I'll always love this team but I think I have to find a way to be a more casual fan. I can still come to a game or two in the fall (and scream my head off) and watch all the games on TV, but I have to be able to separate myself somehow so that I'm not so horribly disappointed when we lose to the cats every year. (Which seems inevitable as long as Bobby remains the coach which also seems inevitable.) Maybe someone around here can give me some solid advice on how to do this.
 
I think that is totally fair. Been feeling the same way and I go to every game. Maybe it is just a matter of just getting older. Maybe just tired of being mad when kids we don’t know coached by players we don’t know don’t win. Maybe Americans shouldn’t invest themselves in sports teams.

The truth is Missoula and UM has been eclipsed in every measurement by Bozeman and MSU. That is indisputable. But does it matter? Maybe we should t care and just enjoy the experience.

True if we do that MSU will go on to be to sole athletic DI team in the state, but other than the Mens basketball team last year that has been true since Haslam has been athletic director. Maybe UM can be good at things other than sports and enrollment. - cause UM hasn’t. Been good at those things for a long time.
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
As I consider how upset I was at the results of today's game, I'm rethinking how passionate I want to be about this team going forward. I'll always be a Griz fan and I'll always love this team but I think I have to find a way to be a more casual fan. I can still come to a game or two in the fall (and scream my head off) and watch all the games on TV, but I have to be able to separate myself somehow so that I'm not so horribly disappointed when we lose to the cats every year. (Which seems inevitable as long as Bobby remains the coach which also seems inevitable.) Maybe someone around here can give me some solid advice on how to do this.
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I allow myself 10 minutes to be pissed. Than I forget about it. It’s football. A game. And I’ve got a life.
Plus after I’m done being pissed I can look back objectively on what happened
 
As a younger man, I used to live and die by the outcomes of my team's games, including the Griz games. I let a loss put me in a funk, maybe for days. As I got older, I simply made the decision to not let the loss of games spoil the days, or even hours after. Life is short and it just wasn't worth it. Although I still root for the Griz to win I have reoriented myself to put some distance between me and the outcomes. Maybe easier said than done though. Zen I guess:)
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
As I consider how upset I was at the results of today's game, I'm rethinking how passionate I want to be about this team going forward. I'll always be a Griz fan and I'll always love this team but I think I have to find a way to be a more casual fan. I can still come to a game or two in the fall (and scream my head off) and watch all the games on TV, but I have to be able to separate myself somehow so that I'm not so horribly disappointed when we lose to the cats every year. (Which seems inevitable as long as Bobby remains the coach which also seems inevitable.) Maybe someone around here can give me some solid advice on how to do this.
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So well said about what to expect the next few years and I also need to find away to just accept the inevitable.
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
Nah. Just tempered expectations. Just have to find a way to come to terms with the fact that Bobby will remain the coach, we will lose to the cats, and we won't win a national championship. Just have to be happy with making it to the quarters or the semis and no further. Yippee Skippy doo dah.
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Not you, just Ursus.
 
Like Rob said … im pissed for about half an hour and then I move on. In my younger days, as my wife can testify, I might be out on the patio breaking furniture after a huge loss. Yeah, that actually happened. However, Im no longer that young idiot, and I realize what is important and what is just fandom. We’ll be back.

Also, FTC (fans)
 
CFallsGriz said:
Like Rob said … im pissed for about half an hour and then I move on. In my younger days, as my wife can testify, I might be out on the patio breaking furniture after a huge loss. Yeah, that actually happened. However, Im no longer that young idiot, and I realize what is important and what is just fandom. We’ll be back.

Also, FTC (fans)
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I watched the game with some good friends. Non of us were happy, but we like our company together so much we had fun. Not happy about the loss but love our Griz family.
 
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