Rooting for wins? Or chaos?

[PASabreFan]

The former. No, the latter. Wait. *****, I can never keep that straight.

[inkman]

4 hours ago, Weave said:

Rooting for your team to lose is embarrassing.  Just don’t.

And limiting the poll options to just those two reasons sucks.  If those are going to be the reasons, just shorten the options to, just win, or lose.

As much disdain as I have for the current version of the Sabres, my brain won’t let me root against them.  I have too much emotional equity invested into the team.  The countless hours, day and months I’ve spent watching, following the team.  I mean, it’s the reason Sabrespace exists.  For us losers who can’t absorb enough Sabres content.  I don’t care if I’m talking to some pantless weirdo who wants to see Terry Pegula write letters. Give me all of it!!

[That Aud Smell]

1 hour ago, SwampD said:

I said it. I meant it.

[That Aud Smell]

1 minute ago, inkman said:

I don’t care if I’m talking to some pantless weirdo who wants to see Terry Pegula write letters.

[Thorny]

3 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Rooting for a win, but expecting failure. I hope the fans chant fire Adams for 60 minutes if the team is listless again.

The sense that he could legitimately be fired after any one of these losses does make it quite tempting to root for that 

[PASabreFan]

35 minutes ago, Thorny said:

The sense that he could legitimately be fired after any one of these losses does make it quite tempting to root for that 

And we wouldn't have to worry about TP upbraiding us. I mean, he turned us on to losing as means to an end (if that even happened; The Tank might have been EEE 1.0.)

1 hour ago, inkman said:

As much disdain as I have for the current version of the Sabres, my brain won’t let me root against them.  I have too much emotional equity invested into the team.  The countless hours, day and months I’ve spent watching, following the team.  I mean, it’s the reason Sabrespace exists.  For us losers who can’t absorb enough Sabres content.  I don’t care if I’m talking to some pantless weirdo who wants to see Terry Pegula write letters. Give me all of it!!

I am a weirdo who wants to see pantless Terry Pegula write letters. Get it right!

P.S. As far as I know, I am the only SSer to actually send TP something in the mail.

[mjd1001]

4 hours ago, Pimlach said:

I am rooting for the win, always. 

I think they will beat The Sens tonight and win convincingly.  
 

That is the best case scenario for me.  If they win by multiple goals AND control play, I'll at least have a shred of hope again they have a chance of turning this around quick.

[matter2003]

[Palm Trees And Taxes]

I voted to lose because I want Adams out now, but then I pause and think: What will losing do when the owner is someone we cant trust that will put the necessary resources back into the organization, and get a sharp Team Prez/GM and hire the right coach, and spend to the cap? I don't see it, so wouldn't it be more of the same?

Just now, Palm Trees And Taxes said:

I voted to lose because I want Adams out now, but then I pause and think: What will losing do when the owner is someone we cant trust that will put the necessary resources back into the organization, and get a sharp Team Prez/GM and hire the right coach, and spend to the cap? I don't see it, so wouldn't it be more of the same? If the answer is yes, go 0-20 and flush this all out. If the answer is No, then just win.

 

[msw2112]

I'm hoping for a win tonight.  They're only 6 points out of a playoff spot!  (or something like that)

I'm not optimistic and the season could not have started any worse than it has, but there's still plenty of time to turn things around.  While I don't think it will happen, why not start with a good effort and win tonight, then focus on the next game?

Injuries are not an excuse for uninspired play, but I know the team has a lot of injuries to key players and it looks like some are coming back soon.  I have not seen much of the first 3 games, so I'm not in a great position to assess how good or bad the effort has been, although, from what I've read, they've played 2 solid periods of out 9 so far.

Edited 1 hour ago by msw2112