Recovering from the gut punch game

Ugh. That was tough.

I’m going to take a short break right here from analyzing the sport, partly as a result of I simply can’t proper now. And that’s a part of what I’m speaking about. Everybody has a distinct means of dealing with this sort of loss as a fan. So, I assumed I’d check out followers on this second.

Some individuals are likely to lash out and rage. It isn’t arduous to search out them, simply leap on Twitter or tune into speak radio. They need their pound of flesh and if anybody will get of their means with a cheery disposition, their heads will roll. My solely beef with these followers is that generally they take it too far and wind up hurting people who had nothing to do with the end result of the sport.

A step down from there’s the people who simply need to course of every thing by getting it off their chest: what went fallacious, who was responsible, what it means within the close to and long run future. In some ways, that’s the center of running a blog and I completely relate.

On the entire flip facet are the true believers. I hesitate to name it “blind religion” as a result of that generally has a unfavorable connotation. This group admits that it was a tricky loss, however it doesn’t shake their core perception within the group. The glass is perpetually half full, each unhealthy play was simply unhealthy luck, and each good play is proof that greatness is simply across the nook. Clearly there are levels to this.

Some individuals (like me) are likely to shut down after a foul loss. Like, actually energy down the pc, flip off the TV, and go do one thing utterly completely different. Personally, I’ve discovered this to be therapeutic (although admittedly it isn’t best for working a weblog).

Different individuals can’t let it go and have to interrupt all of it down till it has been analyzed and dissected right down to the smallest element. I’ve been there earlier than, too.

Whilst I lay out these completely different persona sorts, I absolutely admit that I’m oversimplifying rather a lot. To actually map this out, you’d want to make use of Venn diagrams, the place completely different features of the entire above intersect and overlap. Then it’s a must to account for the truth that individuals change. Generally slowly over time, and generally dramatically from recreation to recreation.

So what? Why am I even speaking about this? I don’t know. Perhaps in my outdated age, I’m getting extra introspective. Perhaps I simply wish to attain out and assist individuals type by means of their very own confused emotions. I even have a younger son who is actually moving into watching sports activities and I’m attempting to navigate him by means of these ups and downs in a wholesome means.

Regardless, I’m a agency believer within the idea of “you do you.” No matter means you wish to be a fan is your prerogative. The one concern I’ve is with individuals who search to do hurt to others or themselves (bodily or emotional). These individuals I might strongly urge to hunt assist and/or discover a higher means of working by means of feelings. At CelticsBlog, you all ought to know by now that every one I ask is that you simply be respectful to everybody else. Allow them to be the fan that they wish to be.

The loss final night time was intestine wrenching. No sugar coating it. I’m undecided precisely what it means in regards to the character of this group or the season as an entire. I don’t know the way they’ll reply within the subsequent recreation(s). I simply know I’ll be tuning in.