Fan or fanatic is the term we loyalist use when talking about our team or anything we are passionate about; sticking with your team or anything when the chips are down makes the rise or success that much sweeter. Sure losing sucks and it hurts my heart to see talent wasted, but in the end the Owner, Coaches, staff and most importantly the players are human, have you never made a mistake? I'm 51 and only remember rooting for my team the San Francisco 49ers! I'm sure I'm not the only one with a rough life but I experienced, abandonment at 4, foster home and adopted parents; even child abuse; and no I'm not saying this for sympathy just for context, because the one thing that's always been there for me week in and week out during the football season is my team, win, lose or tie! they are my team, they allow me a few hours of escapism and joy and yes sometime heartache, but only because I want the best for them, 'my team' a term I'll never stop using no matter their record. 40ish years of commitment and borderline rabid fandom and I'll never jump off the band wagon, because I'm not on a band wagon; I'm in a tank, a big bad a$$ tank that which is not always successful, it's rock solid and will keep moving forward to the next challenge, the next hurdle so leave if you must, but think about the good times and how sweet they'll feel again when they roll back around and I have the utmost faith they will. Go 49ers! now and forever.
[ Edited by JMyaer on Oct 24, 2021 at 9:38 PM ]