Watching baseball and talking with a friend, and the HALFWAY JOKING thought came up: would you rather your team to be mediocre, floating around .500 or above but not competing for anything; or, rather them be terrible, where you don't ever get your hopes up and you are just resigned to not winning anything?
Both results are the same: no titles.
But your team being terrible keeps you from constantly getting kicked in the gut with the hope that you might win something.
I mean, our 3 big teams are clearly just mediocre right now - and I think I might argue it's harder to be a fan of mediocre team than a bad team. We all had high hopes for all 3 teams this year - and all 3 have been major disappointments. They've been good enough to make a crappy bowl, the NIT, and well, not sure what baseball will do, but it won;'t be making the CWS, and maybe not even the tournament at all. I think that might be harder than being a fan of a crappy team - low expectations means you don't get too frustrated.
Anyways, what are your thoughts? It is the offseason, so maybe it'll be a fun thing to talk about - while we watch our mediocre baseball team.
Both results are the same: no titles.
But your team being terrible keeps you from constantly getting kicked in the gut with the hope that you might win something.
I mean, our 3 big teams are clearly just mediocre right now - and I think I might argue it's harder to be a fan of mediocre team than a bad team. We all had high hopes for all 3 teams this year - and all 3 have been major disappointments. They've been good enough to make a crappy bowl, the NIT, and well, not sure what baseball will do, but it won;'t be making the CWS, and maybe not even the tournament at all. I think that might be harder than being a fan of a crappy team - low expectations means you don't get too frustrated.
Anyways, what are your thoughts? It is the offseason, so maybe it'll be a fun thing to talk about - while we watch our mediocre baseball team.
