Go Fans Go

Moxies is a trendy restaurant in Kanata a suburb of Ottawa, better know for its great atmosphere, beautiful waitresses, and awesome bar, the food not that important (but edible). Moxies is also where some Ottawa Senators Players and fans bump shoulders once in a while.

Feb 28th, saw the Ottawa Senators losing to the hated Tornoto Maple leafs, A loss that seems to infuriate the Sens Army and send them into a tail spin. The Ontario rivalry has gone on for years now, with the exception that this year, both teams are hopeless. In any case I was at the game, and this game was like no other. The Leafs won and it was a fair win, and their fans who must have out numbered the Sens army (in Ottawa) where having a lot of fun. Good for you Toronto, 40 years without a win and the fans are still true fans, maybe the leafs are hated simply because they just have true fans.

Moxies is not far from the arena, problem is, well as you expect, it takes time to get out of the parking lot, so the 5 minute trip, took us 30 minutes, and since we decided to go grab a drink and are heading there after the game, we thought that we should listen to “The Team 1200” an am dial radio station that gets several calls from sports experts of all kinds after every game. The fans where pissed off. Fire the GM, we need a new goaly, trade Spezza, etc…. Anger and devastation.

We get to Moxies, and upon arrival there is a buzz, why? a Senators player is in the crowed with adoring fans asking for autographs. WHAT? how did he get there so fast, looking so nice and dressed? Does he not have to shower, cool down, listen to the coach complain? Nope, with a beer in his hand and a circle of fans, life at Moxies was not even remotely close to what was being said on the radio, you would think Ottawa just won the Stanley Cup

Being a fan aint easy, if your a leaf fan, its been more than 40 years with no satisfaction. Oh how easy do fans forgive and forget that the same people who caused a canceled season a few years ago, again drive ferrari’s and have a good time 30 minutes after a loss.

Are you a fan of a sport? Do you forgive and forget? If you dont set a standard or at least expectations for the player and the team, how could you expect them to get better?

There will be no pub crawling, beer drinking soccer player in Brazil after a loss to Argentina, I guarantee it.