Posted by djsunyc:
try having season tix and sit through 40 games a year during the isiah era. it changed me and how i viewed the team. if i'm constantly complaining about them every day, then why am i watching them? i wasn't getting any enjoyment and was taking it too personally - mainly b/c i was paying $$$'s for tix. so i quit them.
I completely understand you and the truth is, everyone has a different way of handling different situations.
During the Isiah years I couldn't care less for the team. Never stopped being a fan, and once in a while I logged on to discuss anything here and see their boxscores, but that era, coming after a bad Layden era, was extremely painful. The whole Isiah, Marbury and Brown charade was ludicrous. We kept making horrible trades and where the laughingstock of the league. Not easy for any fan when you remember that fans identify something of the team with themselves and root for them all the time. Im sure a lot here became inlove of the Knicks during their gritty, defensive and team oriented years. Maybe they found that quality in them and simply saw the team as an extension of them. Either way, the last regime was a farse and it was evident because people wouldn't post regularly.
I just tuned out. I kept loving the Knicks, what they meant to me, but didn't care for those versions because they weren't what I thought a Knicks team was. Today, I care a little more because I see some positive steps, but Im still skeptical until the plan is fulfilled. I, personally, when it comes to the NBA, no matter how much I hate the present players or management, the Knicks will always be in first place. Im not saying this to make it look like Im such a pure fan, no. Its just the way it is somehow. Im actualy not a newyorker, have actually never been to NY, but I still consider NY my second home for some reason. Love the Yanks and Giants too. Just the way it is.
And in a world full of so many different people, there just can't be one way to be a fan. We are more complicated than that, haha.
