Might be time time to move on, to find a new interest in something else.
Maybe a good friend would ease your malaise?
I think i've lost my passion for the game but I don't know why.
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Maybe a good friend would ease your malaise?
zoA
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Rants Mulliniks
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My guess? Welcome to getting older. As each year goes by, you'll be more and more detached, especially as the life experiences pile up and hockey's importance vs life sets in.
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I feel a little bit the same way. All the losing we did between 2005 to 2017 really sucked a lot of the passion outta me. As I have gotten older, I also developed other interests and have other things going on in life as well (not talking about bad things, just regular life stuff). I think that also factors in. I don't live and die with every regular season game like I used to when I was in high school and university.
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Life changes as you age
I come home from work and get one kid to drum lessons and the other to volleyball. Between my wife and I, one of us gets dinner going.
Talk to my first born who is in first year at University. Then talk to my 73 year old dad about whatever medical test they have him under to see if his cancer is spreading.
I try to get to the gym, tackle emails I didn’t get to and catch up on the news of the day.
Not to mention keep our 24 year marriage in a great place.
Hockey? Toronto vs someone? Yeah, I’ll see it on Sports Centre in the morning.
Hell, I’m more likely to watch Don Lemon now than I am Don Cherry.
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I can't stand soft hockey no matter how skilled they are. The playoffs are all about WILL, skill and being the alpha dog. This group of Leafs get more and more submissive as the playoffs go on. It's very emasculating to watch quite frankly. The regular season is a completely different game of hockey. It never used to be that way back in the day. I love to watch free wheeling skill like the 80's Oilers but also loved to watch Mary McSorley or Larry Robinson kick some ass. The game today sucks and is boring as hell comparatively speaking.
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Yep.
But boring as hell? With all the fire and people that watch sunday football instead of going to church... I don’t think hell would be boring.
All true. However we won’t have enforcers committing suicide anymore through addiction or self harm because of CTE caused brain disease. That’s a plus a least for families.
I'll tell ya what man, you definitely are not alone here. Im 41 years old and Ive been a Leaf fan-atic since the first time I ever saw my dad watching a hockey game when I was 4 years old. I can actually still remember almost everything about that night like it was last weekend. After that I watched every single game I could get my hands on until around 2002 when I could literally watch every single game from sports packages and if i missed a game i would record it and watch it later.
Except my passion for the Leafs and honestly sports in general started waning a few years ago. First the NFL left me and it was followed shortly by basketball and then a few years later my beloved hockey and lastly the Leafs about 5 years or so ago.
The biggest issue for me is how the open world of the internet, my adult life cynicism and the business side of hockey really collided. Every single year its about the brand and the cheque more than the game itself and with the internet and forums the access to the behind the scenes world of everything is really exposed. The reality of the people in the game has the magical shine removed when you have access to everything about them in front of you. When you start to despise someone it becomes much harder to cheer for the person so you have to focus on the crest of the team instead. But when the team is only about making money, and the politics of the behind closed doors is leaked out and the "loyalty" is exposed for the revenue machine it is I found it much harder to cheer for anything honestly.
The team a few years ago I truly despised from the players through the coaches right up to the Leaf head brass and the stock holder group behind them. So I actually stopped watching as much because I literally hated it. All the arguing in the forums, the constant leaks and rumours ended up just wearing me down to the point I was just watching because it's something I had been doing for decades but no longer enjoying.
With all the problems that I myself have to endure in life I have found it very hard to blindly cheer for players that demand millions from companies that make hundreds of millions that are run by billionaires off the backs of the typical low-middle class fans. I dont hold any grudge per-say, just feels like I should be doing something different. In the end though do still like hockey and the Leafs are my goto team. Babcock sure makes it hard though sometimes for me to enjoy a game.
Except my passion for the Leafs and honestly sports in general started waning a few years ago. First the NFL left me and it was followed shortly by basketball and then a few years later my beloved hockey and lastly the Leafs about 5 years or so ago.
The biggest issue for me is how the open world of the internet, my adult life cynicism and the business side of hockey really collided. Every single year its about the brand and the cheque more than the game itself and with the internet and forums the access to the behind the scenes world of everything is really exposed. The reality of the people in the game has the magical shine removed when you have access to everything about them in front of you. When you start to despise someone it becomes much harder to cheer for the person so you have to focus on the crest of the team instead. But when the team is only about making money, and the politics of the behind closed doors is leaked out and the "loyalty" is exposed for the revenue machine it is I found it much harder to cheer for anything honestly.
The team a few years ago I truly despised from the players through the coaches right up to the Leaf head brass and the stock holder group behind them. So I actually stopped watching as much because I literally hated it. All the arguing in the forums, the constant leaks and rumours ended up just wearing me down to the point I was just watching because it's something I had been doing for decades but no longer enjoying.
With all the problems that I myself have to endure in life I have found it very hard to blindly cheer for players that demand millions from companies that make hundreds of millions that are run by billionaires off the backs of the typical low-middle class fans. I dont hold any grudge per-say, just feels like I should be doing something different. In the end though do still like hockey and the Leafs are my goto team. Babcock sure makes it hard though sometimes for me to enjoy a game.
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Over reaction on my part.
Please accept my apologies.
Trust me I understand your drift, hockey ain't like it used to be.
I would much prefer watching Gilmour and Clark even though we didn't win much with them.
When we did win it seemed so much more satisfying because those guys hardly ever took a night off.
Now, they get paid big monies in advance for pond hockey.
Too many gazelles on this team and not enough bangers and crashers.
Maybe we expect too much.
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Every year that they don't exceed the previous year I care less and less. I am not interested in another first round bounce, I've seen that enough. After being garbage for years, 2017 was exciting because it was a step forward, since then it's been treading water or backwards. I'll get very excited once they make the 2nd round, until then, I am just sitting here waiting for the hammer to drop and don't really care if it does.
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They won plenty with Gilmour , Clark, and the like. Watching the games then was exciting and often you were at the edge of your seat. I always wanted to hear what burns had to say post game.
With this team, you very seldom see a great play, 90% of the game they do nothing, and listening to Babcock is cringe worthy.
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I find the last couple off seasons have been a bit draining. The media circus and eventual overpayments has caused this season to lose a bit of its zeal for me.
Getting bounced in the first round 3 years in a row doesn't help either. Two of those times being by the same team who also forced one of the most embarrassing collapses in nhl history a few years prior just adds to it.
This season feels almost scripted, just like last. The team will likely take a division spot (though Buffalo or Montreal could Surprise,) Tampa will like win the division, and Boston will likely end up a few points ahead.
Yay, another playoffs series against the same team who have bounced the Leafs 3/4 of their past post-seasons.
Even worse, I'm not even sure this team has that extra gear to get past them and even I they do I get to enjoy a stubborn coach who apparently sbotages his own team in game 6 and 7.
To answer your question, no, you're not the only one, many nights I feel the same way.
Getting bounced in the first round 3 years in a row doesn't help either. Two of those times being by the same team who also forced one of the most embarrassing collapses in nhl history a few years prior just adds to it.
This season feels almost scripted, just like last. The team will likely take a division spot (though Buffalo or Montreal could Surprise,) Tampa will like win the division, and Boston will likely end up a few points ahead.
Yay, another playoffs series against the same team who have bounced the Leafs 3/4 of their past post-seasons.
Even worse, I'm not even sure this team has that extra gear to get past them and even I they do I get to enjoy a stubborn coach who apparently sbotages his own team in game 6 and 7.
To answer your question, no, you're not the only one, many nights I feel the same way.
This is the first season I've not seemed to be able to get truly into it. It might be because i have massive reservations about the setup of the roster to do any real damage, so why bother type of thing? It might be to do with the 50/50 split of the fanbase and whether "grit" etc is needed. It might be to do with the boring style i find they play now. Or ot might be to do with 3 of the most dullest athletes out there that get paid almost as much as the rest of the team that shows so little emotion (OT goal tonight aside). Like where did 2017 and 2018 Marner go. He almost looks jaded already.
It's funny, i started the day at 4.15am watching England batter the Aussies. So much hard work, battle, desire, toughness, determination (even sportsmanship) and then 16 hours later watched a bunch of hockey players skate around and it was night and day. Obviously two different sports, but it was a different viewing experience altogether.
It's funny, i started the day at 4.15am watching England batter the Aussies. So much hard work, battle, desire, toughness, determination (even sportsmanship) and then 16 hours later watched a bunch of hockey players skate around and it was night and day. Obviously two different sports, but it was a different viewing experience altogether.
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...and who wants to watch 8 exhibition games, 80+ regular season no-hitters, first round playoffs best-of-seven instead of best-of-five, and Stanley Cup tournament well into June (especially when it's not the Leafs). Rarely is any game a special "gotta watch".
Well, when you have a good team that you know will make the playoffs, it does take some of the air out of the regular season, especially early on. We basically know the Leafs are going to finish 1-3 in the division and probably play Boston, again. Hard to get pumped up for a game in late October under those circumstances.
I've watched all the games, but often on a second monitor with my attention going back and forth to other things. Come February/March, I'm sure I'll get a lot more dialed-in.
I've watched all the games, but often on a second monitor with my attention going back and forth to other things. Come February/March, I'm sure I'll get a lot more dialed-in.
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There's no shame in taking a step back and just being a casual fan? Heck even just stop paying attention. It's just a sport.
We all grow up, find other hobbies and have other things in life going on. Maybe you hate the players on the team, maybe you just like the idea of having no expectations for a team instead of high expectations that are not met, maybe it's something completely unrelated to the team. Whatever the reason, it's normal to just not be into something that you once really loved.
We all grow up, find other hobbies and have other things in life going on. Maybe you hate the players on the team, maybe you just like the idea of having no expectations for a team instead of high expectations that are not met, maybe it's something completely unrelated to the team. Whatever the reason, it's normal to just not be into something that you once really loved.
I'm not sure what you meant by "gig" at the end of your post and it could be important in assessing your feelings. I think you may be depressed, there's no reason to feel less passionate about this team than any other year, what does "gig" mean?
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I feel these overpaid RFAs have highlighted that there is no team chemistry .... it's just a bunch of me first millennials playing hard ball and getting their way. The rest of the team fighting for scraps is sad.
The plan for us to draft well and sign players to reasonable contracts is dead. Hard to build a winning team in the parity era. Our potential advantage lost.
The players don't prioritize winning by signing reasonable contacts and filling out the roster. Supporting cut throat me first players isn't easy.
The plan for us to draft well and sign players to reasonable contracts is dead. Hard to build a winning team in the parity era. Our potential advantage lost.
The players don't prioritize winning by signing reasonable contacts and filling out the roster. Supporting cut throat me first players isn't easy.
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