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I don't get it. What did the Spurs do to drive him to commit sports adultery?
Esteemed colleagues of SpursTalk, and the rest of you, I have been pondering something for awhile now, and I need a ruling on this. Call it a Man Law if you will.
My brother-in-law, a reasonably intelligent chap, not too much of a knucklehead (although he is given to nutty conspiracy theories, such as Pres. Bush orchestrated 9/11, etc) has decided, after being a Spurs fan all his life, to switch his allegiance to the Phoenix Suns.
His wife, my sister, also an educated intelligent sort, is a lifelong Spurs fan. His family are all Spurs fans. My family, all Spurs fans. Rooting for the Spurs is for us, like for many of you, sort of like eating dinner together. It's just who we are.
His reason given is a variant of the same old bag: Spurs are too old and boring, the Suns are young, fast, and exciting. Etc. Tony Parker and Manu suck, always have, and Nash and Barbosa own them. He was like this before he came out of the closet as a Suns fan, calling Manu "Manure" and what not. You all should know how I feel about "fans" who hate on our players.
Look, I can understand liking the Suns and enjoying the way they play. Shoot, I like watching them. But actively pulling for them is an entirely different matter.
The way I see it, and with apologies to Bill Simmons, there are 3 reasons to root for a team:
(1) They win. The Spurs do, alot.
(2) They represent your hometown. I'd say they represent us rather well. As a New Orleans resident who grew up in San Antonio, I stand confidently behind the Spurs and the Saints. If S.A. had it's own football team, it might be a different story.
(3) You know someone on the team, and didn't have a team to begin with. I'm this way in football. My favorite player is Kurt Warner and would love to see him on the Saints.
I can't think of anything else. There's no reason for us to root for, say, the Boston Celtics. They don't win, few if any of us are from New England, and we have no ties to them otherwise.
So ... I need a ruling. Was this fellow saved (a Spurs fan) to begin with? Should I introduce legislation to have him defrocked and excommunicated?
And what was his real motivation? Is he jealous that Tony is with Eva and he isn't?
Did Manu not answer his letters?
Perplexed in the Big Easy,
Don Quixote
I don't get it. What did the Spurs do to drive him to commit sports adultery?
don't be ashamed. It happens even in the best of families. bandwagoning, that is
Just give Sequ some time. He'll hop back on the bandwagon.calling Manu "Manure" and what not.
Wow. He did not suc b to Lakerism, so that is refreshing.
Still, disturbing.
While i think Don, can I get a photoshop with a Suns logo planted on either the bag or their chest. Could this be your in-law in the photo?
http://k53.pbase.com/u46/karlp73/lar...64.182226a.jpg
okay that photo ^^^ didn't take.
How about this one? Plant Suns logo on the sign:
Flip-Flopping bandwaggoners make me sick. Sorry to talk that way about your bro but it's true. He's bandwaggoning and that's very sad.
He's bailing at the right time if you ask me...
Spurs are declining and once Duncan is gone they'll be in the lottery again...
Tell him to give the Mavs a shot though...much better and will be for longer...
Abandoning your lifelong team because you all of a sudden find another team "more exciting" is basically having a sports affair. The Spurs should, by definition, be more exciting to watch then any other team because they are your favorite team. I know that's how it is for me and all other Spurs fans I know (at least the real ones, bandwaggoners excluded). Although, I very much question that he ever was a die-hard Spurs fan if he said, "Manu and Tony suck, always have, and Nash and Barbosa own them". It's not even close to true. I don't even think a Suns fan with half a brain would say that.
I hate to break it to you, but your brother is nothing more than a common bandwaggoner, as Che and Cornbread said above. It's shameful and annoying to your family no doubt. He's trying to stay ahead of the bandwagon jumping curve by jumping off the Spurs wagon and on the Suns wagon in time to celebrate what he sees as the Suns inevitable le this year. Man Law should be very clear on this.
You have the right to punch him in the face if:
The Suns beat or finish ahead of the Spurs this year and he celebrates it, regular season and playoffs, or
he tries to return to the Spurs after abandoning the Suns. You can welcome him back after the punch and an appropiate amount of time of ball-busting for his disloyalty, which I would put at one season.
No, not that dorky. He is a reasonably intelligent guy. He and my sister even had season tickets last year, so I got to see a handful of games after the storm when my sister got pregnant and was too sick to go. They were good seats too.Wow. He did not suc b to Lakerism, so that is refreshing.
Still, disturbing.
While i think Don, can I get a photoshop with a Suns logo planted on either the bag or their chest. Could this be your in-law in the photo?
http://k53.pbase.com/u46/karlp73/lar...64.182226a.jpg
okay that photo ^^^ didn't take.
How about this one? Plant Suns logo on the sign:
Look, I have no problem with appreciating or liking other teams. But changing your allegiance is another matter entirely.
yeah,itīll be for longer..........the awaiting for a championship......He's bailing at the right time if you ask me...
Spurs are declining and once Duncan is gone they'll be in the lottery again...
Tell him to give the Mavs a shot though...much better and will be for longer...
Hmmm ... a Mavs fans missing the point and posting something foolish. There's a first.He's bailing at the right time if you ask me...
Spurs are declining and once Duncan is gone they'll be in the lottery again...
Tell him to give the Mavs a shot though...much better and will be for longer...
It's not a Spurs suck/Mavs rule issue. All those many, many, MANY years the Spurs were contending and making the playoffs, while the Mavs were home watching the playoffs every spring, it might have been tempting for Mavs Fan to come over and start rooting for L.A., San Antonio, Houstin, whoever was good at the moment. But the real Mavs fans, I suspect, didn't. They held fast to their (crappy) team, which I respect.
And how would Mavs Fan like it if, in the midst of a championship run (or an NBA Finals choke), switched his allegiance to S.A., or Phoenix, or Denver?
You know I had a roommate a lot like this. He claimed to be a spurs fan forever since I met him at the age of 12. I am now 27 and when the spurs played the Pistons in 05 I caught him giving a very slight fist pump when the pistions would doing something good. I started hounding him and hounding him about until he finally admitted that Tony parker, and tim duncan annoyed him because he thought they were arogant. He then revealed that he wanted to see them lose so all the arogant spurs fans would be dissapointed. He is no longer my roommate. We are still great friends and I give him all the time, e ially after game five and game seven of that series. Oddly enough he is now a rockets fan, I have decided he likes individual players(mcgrady) more than teams. he does hate the mavs though so whatever. Maybe your bro is similiar, he may have liked the spurs butenjoys seeing the players he does not like get beat more than he likes to see the team win.
Maybe, just maybe, since your brother-in-law subscribes to some conspiracy stories, don't the Suns qualify conspiracy-wise in terms of , oooo, (whisper) how many times they're seen on ESPN and all the sports media, how they've made off with all the thunder and lightning that $Cuban$ worked so hard to garner for the Mavs these past few months, and or how the Suns manage to win the unofficial midyear crown of the league's favored-status because of "moneyed" interests in the Amare line of sportswear, activewear, underwear and action figures wearing minaturized versions of same sportswear, activewear, underwear, not to mentioned countless put-together sequences of Amare blocks, stuffs.
Nothing new under the Sun, really, unless there's a conspiracy amongst those league affiliates and officials.
Naw
All my head, really!
Deport him. Or at the very least whoop his ass.
It's not really a Spurs question. Really, if a bunch of Laker fans decided to switch their allegiance to the Spurs, I would never stop questioning their credentials as being true to the Spurs. Would they bail on us as soon as another winner came along. At least the gang at ST, for all their moaning, is loyal to the end.
And really ... if the world had no Laker fans, there would be no one to rag on after we stomp L.A. Of course, the City of L.A. would also be much MUCH safer at night with no Laker fans, but that's another issue entirely.
And do we really want a world without Mavs Fan? The nerve he has, still talking smack to Big Brother (us) after his team CHOKED in the Finals. High comedy all around.
Last edited by Don Quixote; 01-31-2007 at 05:47 PM. Reason: typo
I can wait another 6 months or so...yeah,itīll be for longer..........the awaiting for a championship......
I don't know man...I just started following the Mavs and NBA last spring...
You owe me a NEW KEYBOARD. There is Mtn. Dew and granola bar all over mine!!!
JERKHEAD.
A true fan roots for his or her team, regardless of whether they win or lose.
I've been a Spurs fan since before David Robinson was drafted, so I assure you I've rooted for the Spurs in some dark, dark times.
I grew up in SA, so I'm Spur fan for life.
I lived in Portland OR, so there's a small part of me that is attached to the Blazers, and I live in Boston now, and I've become a Red Sox, Pats, and Celtics fan by osmosis. You can't live in this town and not become a Red Sox fan. It's in the water. Seriously.
If your brother-in-law can switch allegiances that easily, he's not really a fan and never was. He just wants to be on the side that's winning, or that he thinks will win. A true fan roots for their team even when they're losing badly.
He was never a real fan then
Well if you are a bandwagoner the Suns aren't too bad of a choice. They have a great team and 3 first round picks in the upcoming draft.
Yeah, I'm a die-hard Suns, A&M, and Arizona State fan and I could NEVER see myself actively cheering for UT, U of A, or another NBA team (although I have supported the Spurs when they've made the Finals after they beat the Suns). I also kind of support Arizona because ASU never makes the NCAA tourney, and I have to have something to look forward to once my bracket blows up.
I mean, I'm a huge Suns fan and I actually resent your brother-in-law for proclaiming allegiance to my favorite team because now I view him as a bandwagon fan. I've been a fan since I could actively understand basketball - around 1987-88 and I've been there for the Finals run of 92-93 and the disappointment of the "Starbury" period. Now, that the Suns are "popular" again in Phoenix, I hate some of those bag bandwagoners that even live in Phoenix because they're generally the biggest homers and the ones who have the least amount of b-ball knowledge. I mean, I've stuck with the Cardinals this whole time, which is depressing (and I really thought they had more playoff appearences ahead of them until they decided to dismantle their entire defense).
Perhaps I can see switching to support a team not in your conference or something like that because they aren't in direct compe ion with your team except twice a year. Still, I've lived in Texas for 5 years and been in Houston for 1 and I don't support the Rockets, the Astros, or the Comets (just kidding, WNBA doesn't count). I do support the Texans but they're in the AFC and they're just as pathetic as the Cardinals.
This is a case of straight-up bandwagonning. Bandwagonners are the s of sports fandom. Your brother-in-law must be shunned.
We shall never speak of him again
fixed.I can wait another 6 years or so...
Maybe he could root for the Mav's and the Suns and be a sports bigamist. No, the Mav's would probably just be his concubine ( ).He's bailing at the right time if you ask me...
Spurs are declining and once Duncan is gone they'll be in the lottery again...
Tell him to give the Mavs a shot though...much better and will be for longer...
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