Out of all the reactionary posters CCF I think I'd be hard pressed to find one who has such ups and downs
Listen..I've been a fan along time...One thing that stuck out to me was back in 1990 my freinds and I went to a Caps playoff game 3 against the Devils who were favored against us. Series was tied at 1 and the Caps center was going crazy.
Devils ended up winning that game 2-1.
Anyhow we were dejected but still waiting for the players to get autographs post game. We figured the players would be crushed/panicking/in despair. They weren't.
More than one (Kypreos? May? Scotty?) had the attitude that "Hey we are going to kick their azz next game guys don't worry!"
Now the Caps won the first game of the series and had just lost 2 in a row. Didn't look good. But sure as the sun rises they came out and won the next 3 to take the series.
The point is to never get too high or too low. Certainly the players don't in most cases.