i think we will win i really do but im done if we lose. long story short after being a sharks fan for around 9 years you gotta realize a bad investment when youve made one. choking for the last 5 years is more than a sign that this core cant do it, another big game and the big boys dont show up. same ol blah blah crap coach who cant adjust, offensive stars disappear in big games, late game collapses always losing in the same fashion.
I can get you a Pronger Anaheim jersey on the cheap.
I say we have a poll and everyone who's done with this team if they lose game 7 is banned from this forum. Who's with me
Start the poll now and check to see who hops back on the bandwagon if they win Thursday. I can't predict my reaction right now because I'm on a combination of alcohol and Nyquil.
Don't even try to compare ****ing Anaheim, California to being ribbed by Canadian hockey fans. I know what he's talking about (and I emphatize) and you don't, please don't pursue this any further.
So Canada talks **** to a non rival team more than an inner state rival who beat you when you won the President Trophy as an 8th seed? Feel your pain.
This will be tough if they lose but I will get over it. I think the Giants collapse when they had a chance to win it all in 2002 was and is worse than this to me. That team eventually turned it around and won it.
This would be pretty bad but having the title in your hands and watching it slip away to me is worse than a 2nd round choke job even when it will be of epic proportions. I'll still be here in the off-season, next season, and down the line. I really don't care what anyone thinks. This is my team just like the Giants are my team and they have been as long as I can remember. I will not let that go because the team isn't good enough. I won't let any amount of awful play or shame take that away from me. It will never happen with me. I wouldn't cheer for them if they choked game 7 like Boston did last year. I will get angry and stay angry for a long time but I will return and continue to suffer until the day I die or win the Cup...whichever comes first. lol
It is the past couple of loses that give me reason to never put someones name on my Jersey. I have been following this team since 92 and not once have I been convinced to wear names like Garpenlov, Irbe, Nolan, Ricci, Friesen, Baker, Cheech, Marleau, Thornton.... the list can go on and on. If the Sharks lose this on Thursday, I will call for someones head, just like I have for years. But I will never ever give up on the dream. The crest is the only thing that matters.
lol yeah he must hear it tons being in the hockey crazed market of OC
I'm also in the LA/OC area these days, and I gotta tell ya.
I don't even know any "crazy" Ducks fan down here, but just knowing that they've already won a Cup is enough pain. Ha Ha Ha....... Ha...... ToT
Well, anyway.
Many of us are undoubtedly frustrated beyond limit, but come on, people!
It's only a game of hockey.
Winning and losing is an integral part of any sport, and if losing (yes perennially) is that difficult to take, then maybe it is a good idea to leave it for a while.
Get a breather and then come back later when the Sharks do their ritual regular season dominance to get your hopes up.
No way in hell am I going to stop. Perhaps some should just take the game a bit less intensely and they'll learn to enjoy it a bit more.
Here's the thing, I've tried "dialing it back" but it doesn't appear to be something I'm capable of. I'm seriously depressed right now. And yes, it is as pathetic as it sounds. Which is the point. I'm this depressed over a bunch of millionaires playing a kids game. And none of those millionaires know me or give a **** about my well being. The highs that come from supporting this team do not seem to be worth the lows.
Here's the thing, I've tried "dialing it back" but it doesn't appear to be something I'm capable of. I'm seriously depressed right now. And yes, it is as pathetic as it sounds. Which is the point. I'm this depressed over a bunch of millionaires playing a kids game. And none of those millionaires know me or give a **** about my well being. The highs that come from supporting this team do not seem to be worth the lows.
This.
I feel your pain Markus, I live and die with the team, and it is pretty pathetic.
This is crazy talk. I've been a sharks since the very beginning and can't even conceive of what it would take for me to give up on them. Buck up – never say die!
This will be tough if they lose but I will get over it. I think the Giants collapse when they had a chance to win it all in 2002 was and is worse than this to me. That team eventually turned it around and won it.
This would be pretty bad but having the title in your hands and watching it slip away to me is worse than a 2nd round choke job even when it will be of epic proportions. I'll still be here in the off-season, next season, and down the line. I really don't care what anyone thinks. This is my team just like the Giants are my team and they have been as long as I can remember. I will not let that go because the team isn't good enough. I won't let any amount of awful play or shame take that away from me. It will never happen with me. I wouldn't cheer for them if they choked game 7 like Boston did last year. I will get angry and stay angry for a long time but I will return and continue to suffer until the day I die or win the Cup...whichever comes first. lol
The only thing that still saddens me to this day a bit about the Giants is that that particular squad in 2002 did not get to taste the ring.
Just like I'll be sad if Thornton, Marleau, Clowe, & Co. don't get to win one in the Sharks jersey.
Here's the thing, I've tried "dialing it back" but it doesn't appear to be something I'm capable of. I'm seriously depressed right now. And yes, it is as pathetic as it sounds. Which is the point. I'm this depressed over a bunch of millionaires playing a kids game. And none of those millionaires know me or give a **** about my well being. The highs that come from supporting this team do not seem to be worth the lows.
I know the feeling. I can't sleep right now because I am so frustrated. After the loss to the Ducks a few years back I was depressed for over a week.
i think we will win i really do but im done if we lose. long story short after being a sharks fan for around 9 years you gotta realize a bad investment when youve made one. choking for the last 5 years is more than a sign that this core cant do it, another big game and the big boys dont show up. same ol blah blah crap coach who cant adjust, offensive stars disappear in big games, late game collapses always losing in the same fashion.
Suck it up and be a true fan. No one team will win it every year, so you should be somewhat prepared for disappointment. It might take 56 years, but the Sharks will put all the pieces together eventually. You just gotta sit tight and buckle up because gonna be a bumpy ride.
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I will be cancelling my season tickets if they lose Game 7. I will not continue to shell out cash for this crap. Getting outplayed by a soft, one armed gimp is inexcusable.
I am also upset that the league and the officials of Game 4 gave the game away.
This team is gutless.
If they do...let me know where your seats are...i'll take them over for you!
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All I know is Im on the JR wagon...
Marleau has completly blown chunks in the playoffs, and I will hold him solely responsible for this epic failure.
Talk about a no show...
Sucks to be Patty. Year after year, he's always the one getting thrown under the bus.
This will be tough if they lose but I will get over it. I think the Giants collapse when they had a chance to win it all in 2002 was and is worse than this to me. That team eventually turned it around and won it.
This would be pretty bad but having the title in your hands and watching it slip away to me is worse than a 2nd round choke job even when it will be of epic proportions. I'll still be here in the off-season, next season, and down the line. I really don't care what anyone thinks. This is my team just like the Giants are my team and they have been as long as I can remember. I will not let that go because the team isn't good enough. I won't let any amount of awful play or shame take that away from me. It will never happen with me. I wouldn't cheer for them if they choked game 7 like Boston did last year. I will get angry and stay angry for a long time but I will return and continue to suffer until the day I die or win the Cup...whichever comes first. lol
Agree that 2002 Giants loss was harder to take b/c they had it in their grasp. I went to game 7 that year and the Giants played as if they had already lost. It was such a bummer sitting in those stands with all those OC fans doing their Rally Monkey cheer.
If the Sharks lose, this team will simply cement it in my mind that they're truly like the Atlanta Braves or St. Louis Blues. Not good enough when it matters.
i think ive said i quit for 3 straight years but by the time the regular season rolls around im in love with hockey.......however, this might take till next years playoffs for me to care, the regular season will be boring as hell next year if they lose game 7....
and if we win game 7, we completely screwed ourselves out of the WCF, vancouver beats us easy now
Spoken like a true Marleau fan... and plain wrong.
Murraya nd Vlasic both played their A's off! Demers was very good, Mitchell played well, Wellwood was very good.
It only takes one or two players playing terribly to ruin a team in the NHL..especially in the playoffs. Oh yeah, Niemi!
Did you watch the game?
All 4 lines were beat for 60 minutes. That was one of the most lopsided playoff games the Sharks have ever played. Niemi stopped that game from being 6-1.
I forgot Marleau is so bad he can influence the other three Sharks lines. There is no single scapegoat on this boat of fail. If you truly believe Marleau alone has caused this series to slip away, you are insane.
Vlasic played his tail off into a -2, -1 for Mitchell -2 for Demers -1 for Wellwood.
And these were the guys who played their tails off?
i think ive said i quit for 3 straight years but by the time the regular season rolls around im in love with hockey.......however, this might take till next years playoffs for me to care, the regular season will be boring as hell next year if they lose game 7....
and if we win game 7, we completely screwed ourselves out of the WCF, vancouver beats us easy now
Why would you come back just to get your heart broken again? At least if you go through the regular season, there is SOME bit of happiness, even if it is hollow.
Touché
Spoken like a true Marleau fan... and plain wrong.
