Yeah but you have to respect his reason for switching allegiances. I don't know. I think he gets a pass. Club loyalty is NOT lost on Americans...just to everyone outside of the Philadelphia Metro area. Then again, Championships are lost on us too.
Eh we'll agree to disagree on the first part. No pass here. And I totally disagree with you on the second (save the Championship bit). It is. There's this whole love affair with winning - not your own team, but whatever team is winning. Perhaps that's why you don't get my point seeing as your team never wins.
For instance, now I must leave as I have to get something to eat before the first place Philadelphia Flyers take on the Pittsbugh Penguins. And F'CK Sidney Crosby while we're at it!
You're also leaping off bridges like lemmings, but that's not what I'm talking about. Americans are just obsessed with winning. They flock to teams that win - we have more "fans" who sway with the breeze than we have diehards who stick by a club - of any sport mind you - through thick and thin.
What then Washington fans will start to care and actually show up at the MCI Center? Ovechkin=Calder Trophy Winner, without a doubt. MVP canidate I say. Same goes with the Bullets/Wizards. You guys had Michael f'n Jordan and still no one in DC cared!
I care. I heart the Caps. As a means of disclaimer - I don't really care for basketball so I can't speak to the latter point.
You lying sack of shite. !!!! I posted this thread "as I got it" from from a soccer column. and posted without comment to see how you guys felt on it. This moron neg repped me two weeks later on it. I know you can't help who decided to support Chelsea this year but most Chelsea posters have more integrity than this lying areshole.