2018-19 Stanley Cup - Bruins vs Blues

TommyBrady12 said:

As I said, you don’t know me or my situation. When I moved to Washington, the Rangers and Caps were not in the same division. Besides, Rangers fans mostly hated the Devils and Islanders - Washington fans they could care less about.

And people of my generation tend to move around quite a bit. Not unusual at all to develop a liking for the local team while still liking your childhood team if they are not hated rivals.

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i dont care how many times you move. i could move anywhere and i will always be a boston sports fan. no matter what. You are a massive FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!

captain insano said:

i dont care how many times you move. i could move anywhere and i will always be a boston sports fan. no matter what. You are a massive FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!

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Clearly you have never moved outside the Boston area. Just about everyone in Washington DC is from somewhere else and while they carry their hometown allegiance with them they also have a liking for the local teams unless it’s a major rivalry conflict. It’s just the way it is here. For example, I have friends in DC who are die hard Padres fans who also have become die hard Nats fans. Nothing wrong with it. They aren’t frauds at all.

TommyBrady12 said:

Clearly you have never moved outside the Boston area. Just about everyone in Washington DC is from somewhere else and while they carry their hometown allegiance with them they also have a liking for the local teams unless it’s a major rivalry conflict. It’s just the way it is here. For example, I have friends in DC who are die hard Padres fans who also have become die hard Nats fans. Nothing wrong with it. They aren’t frauds at all.

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Clearly you are a FRAUD!!!!! boston sports fans stay boston sports fans whever they go. just look in the stands at all boston rd games. boston isnt washington or any place else. CLEARLY washington has a lot of frauds.

One-Be-Lo said:

A Pats Rangers fan.. a Celtics Yankees fan etc...

it's just weird to me when fans do that..

The only one that makes sense would be say a Sox/Giants fan because of the history before the Pats came into existence... other than that I just don't get it

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I was born in Boston and raised in South Florida. Root for the Pats and the Red Sox because that's how I was raised. I'd root for the Bruins too if I watched hockey enough. I had to discover basketball and college football on my own... therefore I'm a Heat and Gator fan. It happens pretty easily if you're born in one place (or the bulk of your family is from one place) and you're raised in another.

Your teams you grew up with should be your teams for life. I cannot imagine moving and switching allegiances. It's impossible. However, I can see taking a passive interest in your new local team and even rooting for that team to do well IF two conditions are met.

The new local team cannot be a team i hate because of MY real team. And my new team's success cannot adversely affect my real team.

If I moved to Denver, I could see passively enjoying the Avalanche doing well if the Bruins were not in the running. But phuck the Broncos no matter what.

If I moved to NY or NJ, phuck everyone. And kill me, please.

KontradictioN said:

I was born in Boston and raised in South Florida. Root for the Pats and the Red Sox because that's how I was raised. I'd root for the Bruins too if I watched hockey enough. I had to discover basketball and college football on my own... therefore I'm a Heat and Gator fan. It happens pretty easily if you're born in one place (or the bulk of your family is from one place) and you're raised in another.

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All of which is thoroughly understandable. What isn't understandable is someone whose sports (ahem) loyalties are so shallow that they can comfortably accommodate rooting for an in division rival. Using you as an example, obviously if you moved from FL to NY you'd eat glass before you'd feel comfortable suddenly becoming a Jete or Yankees fan. As a result of the generational loyalty I experienced as a kid I've always had a soft spot for the Giants. That said, when the Pats play them, screw those NY bastids.

Dingleberry said:

Your teams you grew up with should be your teams for life.

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Nonsense

KontradictioN said:

I was born in Boston and raised in South Florida. Root for the Pats and the Red Sox because that's how I was raised. I'd root for the Bruins too if I watched hockey enough. I had to discover basketball and college football on my own... therefore I'm a Heat and Gator fan. It happens pretty easily if you're born in one place (or the bulk of your family is from one place) and you're raised in another.

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Most of the folks posting in this thread are in the geezer (50+) generation I’m guessing. They are like my dad. They think if you grow up in one area the local teams are your teams for life and there are no exceptions. It’s the way they see the world. I know plenty of millennials that have split allegiances for one reason or the other. There’s really nothing wrong with it.

TommyBrady12 said:

Most of the folks posting in this thread are in the geezer (50+) generation I’m guessing. They are like my dad. They think if you grow up in one area the local teams are your teams for life and there are no exceptions. It’s the way they see the world. I know plenty of millennials that have split allegiances for one reason or the other.

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millennials=clowns soft as a sneaker full of puppy poo. lololol

captain insano said:

millennials lololol

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This is why I can’t take you seriously. First, you make fun of people from CT, then it’s Washington folks are frauds, and now millennials...

TommyBrady12 said:

This is why I can’t take you seriously. First, you make fun of people from CT, then it’s Washington folks are frauds, and now millennials...

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I don't take you seriously either so we are even. you are a troll. you dish it out but can't take it. typical millennial. soft and so easily offended. you called people my age geezers. if I was as soft as you I would be offended. stop being such a hypocrite.

captain insano said:

i dont take you serious either so we are even. you are a troll. you dish it out but cant take it. typical millennial. soft and so easily offened.

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English not your first language?

TommyBrady12 said:

English not your first language?

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lololol there you go. spelling. oh, that cuts so deep lolol you are so predictable.

captain insano said:

lololol there you go. spelling. oh, that cuts so deep lolol you are so predictable.

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But you’re not sensitive like I am, right?

TommyBrady12 said:

But you’re not sensitive like I am, right?

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FRAUD!!!

Deus Irae said:

Nonsense

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You may disagree, but it's actually pretty sensible.

Although, I guess I can envision some scenarios that would cause me to disown a team.

Dingleberry said:

Your teams you grew up with should be your teams for life. I cannot imagine moving and switching allegiances. It's impossible.

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For someone past adolescence switching allegiances based on a move is hard for me to fathom but I can see unusual circumstances where something else could cause it. A couple more years of Victor Kiam might have done it for me. If one of my teams were to embrace and defend a Zeke Mowatt or worse a Tyreek Hill type I don't know that I could justify continuing to support it. Of course that doesn't mean I could ever feel comfortable rooting for a direct rival instead.

Deus Irae said:

Nonsense

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Not hardly, while there are viable reasons it isn't an absolute it is hardly nonsense. What's really nonsense is the perfunctory and condescending dismissal of a fairly valid point. It's a far cry from a reasonable standpoint of 'I don't know as I'd go quite that far' or 'there are exceptions' to the dismissive 'nonsense'

that sucks.