What Kind of Fans Boo Their Own Team? OR How I Pissed Off Redskins Nation

By | October 5, 2009 | Football, Unsportmanlike Conduct | 3 Comments

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Goon Squad Sarah lives in the Washington D.C. suburbs and spends a lot of time obsessing about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Washington Capitals, fantasy football, and explaining to her seven year old twins why we don't root for the Redskins in our house. Sarah is also a sucker for the Orlando Magic and she is still trying to choose between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Washington Nationals. If you can't get enough of Sarah here you can also find her writing at Sarah and the Goon Squad, That's right. You heard me. BlogHer or a myriad of other sites depending on the day. She also sits on the advisory board of Women Talk Sports.

3 Replies to What Kind of Fans Boo Their Own Team? OR How I Pissed Off Redskins Nation

  1. Laurie says:
    October 6, 2009 at 12:15 am

    I cannot imagine myself booing the Caps, ever. It’s possible that it could happen but I doubt it. It’s really great that they are doing so well and if I had money to burn I would be at every home game because I admit it, it is such a kick to watch a team that has this kind of energy and fan support. HowEVER, I also was a cheap seats fan in college when they didn’t have that much going on and they played in a cement box of an arena and Rod Langway was the big deal. What was I supposed to do? Root for Philly? Wrong!

    Also I think it’s terrible that as much as the people around here claim to be Redskins super fans – with the incessant singing of the song and the “burgundy and gold” this and that – that they are such big babies when this team effectively sucks right now and has some real quarterback issues. You know that I don’t know much about football but I was on the couch watching the game yesterday and for the first half I thought, “Oh, so this is clearly how not to play football.” (I know a little bit more than I did a month ago. Frightening.)

    This is a cranky, temperamental area and I think that’s the bottom line. And I can say that because I was born here. I agree with you that the booing is ridiculous, and as much as I can understand why #firezorn or whatever relative to Campbell trends, and I get that people are frustrated, there’s still a certain level of decent behavior that might be nice. At least, given the number of kids that go to those games, they could perhaps model how to be a graceful competitor, forget about winner or loser.

    (Again, I have an opinion about my least understood sport and I have no idea why.)

  2. ParentopiaDevra says:
    October 6, 2009 at 9:04 am

    At least I now feel less frightened about attending the Denver/Redskins game. We have tickets and I was a little scared about sitting in the stadium in our Broncosembles and regalia. Now I know the fans will be more polite than the Dolphin’s who spat on us when we went to their house a few years ago.

    On another note, I heard someone say the other day that FedEx field has a new name “Fed Up Field.” *sigh*

  3. HeadlessMom says:
    October 9, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    That sucks. I’m a firm believer in manners and this does not cut it. Be a fan, joyous or dissapionted, but don’t be an ass. Sports are about being a good sport. Or should be, anyway.

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