I’m not much of a sports fan. The only time I get truly excited about anything to do with sports is during football season. Really, what woman doesn’t like watching a bunch of chiseled male bodies (for the most part) in super tight pants running, grunting, tackling, flipping and throwing things around? It’s all just so masculine. But seriously, I love the game of football and I understand it. And I really love that the season is nice and short. The playoffs are not too long and the finale is just one big game. No best of seven crap. You either win that one game or you don’t. No second chances.
What I am very passionate about, however, are all the sports teams in my state. I’m very proud of where I’m from and I support all the teams who represent me, even those whose sport I’m mostly clueless about. I don’t think I’ve ever watched an entire hockey game, but I would likely slap you with a piece of roofing tile if you said anything bad about the Thrashers.
Side note: I know you’re wondering about the roofing tile comment. That’s what we used to get hit with in high school back when corporal punishment was still legal. But that’s another story for another day.
I say all this to say that as of this writing, the Hawks are on their way to being swept by the Orlando Magic faster than a hooker running past an open church door. They’re being dogged incessantly by the media. Even the fans were booing them at the game last night. But as I watched them getting trounced on with hubby, I wanted to keep hope alive. I even announced that they would overcome the odds and win the next four games straight to move on to the next round of the playoffs. Hubby almost went into conniptions laughing at me when I said this, but whatevs.
Well, this morning he told me that one of the leading players for the Hawks, Joe Johnson, made the most ridiculous comment I think a player has ever made. When asked about being booed by the fans, he said, “It’s about us in this locker room. We could care less if [fans] showed up.”
What?
Huh?
Excuse?
Seriously?
Really?
It’s already been rumored that he would likely not be returning to the team, as he is due to become a free agent after the season, but he’s still a Hawk right now! As long as this idiot guy is wearing that sacred uniform, he had better act like he deserves to have it on.
Suddenly he doesn’t care about the fans? Or maybe he never did. In any case, the fans have barely seen a championship trophy from any major sports team in this state since the fall of the Roman Empire. You’ve got to cut us some slack for being less than thrilled at being down 30 points in our own house.
So here’s what this fan has to say to NO Johnson. Dude, you need to either be the reason we don’t have to hang our heads in shame because you couldn’t win at least one game or you need to be on the first thing smoking up out of this city. Yeah, we might have some fair-weather fans, but the absolute last thing we need is a fair-weather player.
