What's the preferred way for your favorite sports team to lose?

[Majingir]

As a Toronto sports fan, always choose blowout losses.

The amount of big games this city has lost due to a single goal, run or basket, especially when they were the ones leading by a good margin, is enough to give people PTSD.

[bkrich83]

In the least likely and most mentally devastating way possible. Being a Chargers, Angels and Padres fan has been perfect for me.

[Ghost Of The Year]

The premise for having a preferred way I want my team to lose still gives me chuckles and giggles whenever I see the thread title.

[l3ulvl]

if the blowout loss is guaranteed, I'll take that and move on, no stress



but if you give up and your team comes back to make a miracle comeback, that'll sit with you forever


but since that's not an option we don't have to worry about that

[Madden08PCgmr]

Mike McCarthy did it best.

Equal parts absolutely no shot whatsoever, chased by 5 Playoff losses on the final play of the game (5 walkoffs.. I mean, how is that even possible?)

.. In all seriousness though, I guess I'd say the 35-17 types.

Not horrid blowouts where you were embarrassed, but not close either. Margin of defeat left no doubt.

[Blzer]

It's not really on the list (which I'll choose in a bit), but my preferred way is when I know they at least had the offensive opportunities, even if they squandered them.

In baseball this would be akin to leaving runners on base, in basketball this would be akin to missing the open looks, in football this would be akin to driving downfield despite a turnover (of any kind), and in hockey this would basically be a time of possession thing (or limited PK unit time).

I think among those, I like the last option of the other team beating us in a comeback or what have you. It's heartbreaking, but torture is a part of the sports we love watching and playing. If it's us "beating ourselves" I'm not really loving it in the moment, but for these professional athletes I know that's only a short-term problem and not a long-term one.

This is kind of like also asking whether you'd prefer to have your team always lose the Super Bowl, get knocked out of the playoffs in the first round, or never be a contender in the first place. I'd rather get there, man.

[ODogg]

How can you hope for your favorite team to lose.....

.....when you have no favorite team?

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

How can you hope for your favorite team to lose..... .....when you have no favorite team?

There was a couple years (after I had already graduated) when my high school tried to keep the students of each school from mixing with each other because of some really bad fights. It was a disaster, never worked, never stood a chance of working. But anyway, whenever I was asked which team I was for, so that I could be directed to the ''correct'' stadium side, I would respond I was there to root for the referees.