Matt Wickey wrote:
>
>         Michigan fans could do a lot to upgrade their support outside
>         Ann Arbor by losing or at least downgrading their demeaning group
>         cheers.  It makes me want to cry to watch a close game where a
>         goalie is playing his heart out, many times with little defense
>         in front of him, only to be told by over half the arena
>         that he's a SIEVE! and it ALL HIS FAULT! when one gets by
>         him.  You can say that's part of the game and indicative of
>         great "fan support" but that's not what I call it.
>
 
Yeah, but EVERYONE does this.  I've heard comments about how funny it was
when the BU band couldn't keep track of how many "sieve" chants to say near
the end of the 14-1 clobbering of UMass-Amherst in the HE playoffs.  Not to
mention a tape I saw of a Wisconsin game that showed an entire section of
Cheeseheads chanting, "You f*cked up!  You f*cked up!" after a goal.  I
personally thought that was both hilarious and in bad taste.  (I guess I'm
having it both ways on that one...)
 
It doesn't seem fair to single Michigan out for something that virtually
every single school does.
 
 
>         This may sound like sour grapes from someone whose teams didn't
>         make the finals and maybe it is.  Or maybe i just suck, i just
>         suck, i just suck ...
>
 
You said it.  I didn't.  :-)  :-)  :-)
 
DaveH
 
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