What Grinds My Gears. Volume 1 Issue #3

Gutless, sore losing hockey fans. These people just make me steam, you know the ones, the fans that have so much to say about their team and their team is good all the time and completely untouchable, until they lose. Then comes the side of the fan that won't show his face, hangs his head in shame and hopes that he doesn't have to endure any taunting. Unfortunately the taunting has to be expected, the more pride, the bigger the fall. These are the people that will either try their hardest to avoid any opposing fans after a loss because they cant handle it, or just flat out deny that their team was outplayed. Us UNB faithfuls had to endure this last night. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not cutting down all STU fans, I haven't met them all, but this guy was the loudest and most obnoxious guy I've met to date. His team would reign supreme and losing was not an option to him. Now I don't mind loud obnoxious fans, I can be one, but its when you can't face the facts when your team starts losing. This STU fan had so much to say about his Tommies and no one could shut him up, until UNB scored. Once the first goal came he didn't have the guts to even acknowledge us for a good 30 minutes of play. Then the second goal, shamed once more, and a third, still, a solid silence came from him. Then, near the end of the game, loud returned to him but in a less productive way. He got whiney and moaned about it a little and pretty much all but cried. Not to say it was completely without provocation. I'll say we may have been a little more obnoxious than we needed to be and I'll be the first to admit it, but my point is solid. The fans that talk the talk, need to learn to walk the walk. If you talk em up when they play good, you have to be able to take their struggle in stride. If not, just keep your trap shut and watch the game.