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Attitude of the Dallas Cowboys combined with the futility of the Cleveland Browns.
Tottenham Hotspur.
Had their golden age during the 60's and every season they had a chance to qualify to the Champions League they choked and ended 5th, 6th or 7th place. Then when they finally got over that hump and got into the Champions League, they choked every year in that competition instead. And the year all the big rivals were bad, they still couldn't win the league and even ended up below their biggest rivals in Arsenal.
Sh*tty is the only team who's even a bigger choker in European Cup games than Tottenham but Sh*tty can at least win domestic trophies.Reaching the final by outscoring City away from home isn't choking though.
Comparison works because they both suck
Compared to any other sports team in any other league, I'd say the Knicks too. Too many similarities. I think in terms of the NFL the Leafs are more like the New York Jets.
Lol look at how many Leafs topics are in the main NHL board. Even though we're the laughing stock of the league, we're still the #1 team in terms of popularity whether they love us, hate us, and whether we suck or not - EVERYONE *always* talks about the Leafs. Even when another team wins the cup, the conversation in the main board will still somehow be about the Leafs lol.
Imagine being a Blue Jackets fan, or Senators fan, or Wild fan - you'll be hard-pressed to find ANY topics about them outside of their own forum sections. But Toronto? Absolutely everywhere in here lol.
Leafs might suck but no other team compares in league-wide popularity - at least they are #1 at something
Leafs might suck but no other team compares in league-wide popularity - at least they are #1 at something
but they don't.
Everyone is on the playoffs, where you never what you'll get
They don't suck, you'll see next regular season.
how has toronto been a regular in the playoffs compared to the knicks? since 05/06 the knicks have made the playoffs 4 times and the leafs have made it 6 times. both made it this year. both were very good from the 90s to early 2000s without ever getting over the hump.That's also true. At least the Maple Leafs make the playoffs. The Knicks don't even get that far (excluding this year). And up until recently, it was the same playoff format: the top 8 teams per conference.
but they don't.
Everyone is on the playoffs, where you never what you'll get
They don't suck, you'll see next regular season.
how has toronto been a regular in the playoffs compared to the knicks? since 05/06 the knicks have made the playoffs 4 times and the leafs have made it 6 times. both made it this year. both were very good from the 90s to early 2000s without ever getting over the hump.
Yes.
Personally I don't really have any ill-will or whatever towards the Leafs and I think most of that is because Hockey in general doesn't move the needle much in the states on the sports shows. But yes, the comparison is appropriate from the large market to the championship drought to the constant media attention to the fans and so on.
Perhaps my biggest gripe with teams like the Knicks, Leafs, Lakers, Yankees (the "big" teams) is the constant narrative that these teams being good is good for the sports world. No its good for the media markets that cover them, fans of other teams don't give a f***. Ask a Utah Jazz fan right now if they shed any tears last night for the Lakers, most likely the answer is hell no.
Tottenham Hotspur.
Had their golden age during the 60's and every season they had a chance to qualify to the Champions League they choked and ended 5th, 6th or 7th place. Then when they finally got over that hump and got into the Champions League, they choked every year in that competition instead. And the year all the big rivals were bad, they still couldn't win the league and even ended up below their biggest rivals in Arsenal.