About 1/2 way through this season I mentioned on the boards that I needed this team to help me get motivated again... I was losing the passion and was putting in time just like a lot of the players and coaches seemed to be doing.
It wasn't all of them... but many.
A lot of you on this board are better fans than I am. Today I turned the TV off at the half and went out to clean the yard. I don't feel like I really missed anything. It was more enjoyable than the game.
I have my tickets for the last two. In fact, box seats (big treat) for the family for my birthday for the last game. Sad- I'm not particularly looking forward to the game tho' I'll enjoy the time with my family.
I do worry that there are a lot more like me out there. It's not quite fair to describe the fan base as 12,000 real fans and 15,000 bandwagon people. I've been a pretty rabid fan for about 44 years (I moved to Steeltown in '63), competed in the Oski-Wee-Wee contest, have Ti-Cat stuff up in my office, and all my kids knew the cheer before they were 2.
But it's just like a slow leak in an air mattress. I'm just about flat... just about flat....
I dont get mad anymore, i dont get upset... i just sit there and watch. Today i switched over to the NFL and Mike Weir's winning of a tour event as both were more exciting. I just expect it now, it doesnt matter how we lose or what positives get taken out... its still another typical loss for our team.
I'll be there for the last 2, but it really is meaningless... and i agree, theres many many more that simply have accepted the fact that this is a terrible situation.
8) Yep, I agree with those thoughts, because mine are now the same also. You just go to or watch each game, knowing full well that we aren't going to win, but by how badly will we lose !!! It is a complete feeling of apathy for this team now. The sad part is that I don't even get upset about it any more either !!!!
After watching that fiasco today, I saw no progression at all, just regression from this team, and that is the saddest part of all this !!!!!!
I turned it off at half as well. My daughter asked me to take her to the park and I was more than happy too. Hopefully somebody, somewhere knows how to fix this mess. Only two more weeks until the final nail in this god awful coffin.
I'm sorry to say I agree with these assessments as well. It was very painful to watch today but I have come to expect it.
My son wanted the NFL by the second quarter (which is sacrilege during a Cats game) so we settled on doing some work in the yard at half time and extended it to about an hour, arriving back in time to cheer our late scores.
There's no anger involved. it's just a state of depression. You turn on the game, watch it, knowing full well what will happen. You can almost predict the dropped passes, the missed coverages, the botched assignments.
You keep your eyes on Moreno, Setta, and a few others, in hopes of taking away something, anything, positive. Then you sigh, and say 'Here we go again"
I turned it off and watched Mike Wier.
What will I do watching next week's game? I just don't know.
I didn't watch more than 5 minutes of the game. After the first Sask TD I got the "here we go again" feeling.
My wife keeps saying to me, "Why don't you just cheer for another team? As long as I've known you, the Ti-Cats have been losers, and watching the games just aggravates you."
I finally thought of a good analogy, so yesterday I said to her, "I can't just switch my allegence to another team. That's like telling someone who has an argument with their wife to just stop loving her and get a new wife."
My wife responded with, "But you stopped loving your first wife didn't you?"
Although this has been a frustrating season I believe things will be better in the near future...Everyone knows changes need to be made, but I think we have a core of players who have gained valuable experience this year and will be much improved next season...
I, as well, have been disheartened and have the same feeling as the others on this subject. I've watched, cheered, yelled, screamed and even came close to tears at times. This year I just watched and shook my head. If there was even a hint of this team making the playoffs this year I never saw it. There was a time, not so long ago, that it was exciting to go and watch this team, either live or on T.V., but not any more. I don't see this team getting much better for the next 2 or 3 years. And even that could be a pipe dream. I don't mind spending money to be entertained, but I don't know how I can justify spending my hard earned cash on a totally dismal waste of time in watching a totally inept team get worse. Sorry guys, but that's how I feel. You may call me a fair weather fan if you like but it doesn't block out the fact that this is the worst professional sports team that I have ever seen.
Pretty much the same here. I'm long past the point of being angry, which if I'm really honest, translates into not really caring anymore. It's like the year baseball went on strike and I found out that there was more to life than watching ball games. Like others I channel surfed on Sunday, but for the most part only tuned in during commercials of the NFL game I was watching. What I saw confirmed that there is little if any reason to be optimistic. In week 16, in many ways, we're a worse team than we were in week one. Another wasted year with nothing to show. Well its not going to ruin my day, and I sure won't be sitting around on a Friday night watching our next game.
Unfortunately (as often happens) the original thread was hijacked. The gist of the original comments reflected the fact that some of us aren't angy- we're depressed and feel that we're losing the ability to care about the Cats even though we've been big fans for years.
Depression also cancels optimism.
I'm interested in hearing the take of others on this. I believe that it's important info for the team as well.
And please... if you want to get angry or lecture us then there ARE lots of threads in which to do so.
This one is about the feelings of a particular group of fans. Start with thread #1 of the topic and then ignore the few off-topic posts near the end.
Having been a Sk fan since the early 70's I feel your guys pain and even your depression. As a word of advice, don't let it get to you. It is a sign of your desire to see guys work their butts off to improve and that hasn't been seen this year. Imagine what it must be like to be a player for the team. At the start of the year you go out, work your tail off and lose a couple games you should have won and then the wheels fall off. No matter what you do, nothing works and towards the end of the year even your home-town fans start to get on you for being lousy.
Take a look at the positives.
Printers, Williams and Change give you a solid start at QB.
Lumsden, Caully and Davis set the table at RB
Bauman, Armstead and believe it or not Ralph give you a good core at receiver.
The O-Line has some young blood and will gel starting next year.
Your kicking game should be set for several years.
There are alot of positives to look forward to. And take a close look at the games. As long as the Cats are close, they play hard and usually solid football. But when they get down, they also get the here we go again feeling. That's the biggest thing to change.
Hang on there people. The Cats will come back. Just like the song.
in some ways my feelings towards the ticats are starting to mirror that of my dads with his favourite hockey team the blackhawks, its been bad for such a stretch that its hard to even feel bad about it anymore. you watch the game for 20 minutes hope for a miracle and then when none happens you switch to something else. also as a touring "musician" i raise the ticat flag at every show across canada, a few yeards ago id get some people yelling about the ticats, now mostly people just laugh. they feel bad for me. which is a crappy feeling as well.
I don't want to beat a dead horse here (take that anyway you want ) but this morning Landry & Stellick on the fan were discussing the worst fate that can befall a sports team. Their selection? Apathy.
I, too have been a rabid Cats fan for as long as I can remember. I have seen this team play in just about every stadium in the CFL dressed in full Ticat's regalia.
I made it a mission to win the Fandemonium contest a few years back and did that and then did my best to represent the Cats fans as best I could at the Grey Cup festivities.
I had tears in my eyes when Ozzie hit that beautiful field goal against the Als in the Eastern final many years ago (as did everyone else around me in the stands).
I happily drive 2 hours each way to the games...
BUT...
I have had the joy of watching the cats ripped out of me... no progression... too many lopsided wins... too many hopes for next years season repeatedly dashed...
I know that the Ticats will always be my favourite professional sports team, but right now they leave me feeling numb... and that makes me VERY sad.
) but this morning Landry & Stellick on the fan were discussing the worst fate that can befall a sports team. Their selection? Apathy.