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Originally Posted by gblowfish
I had to come to terms with this myself. I remember gut wrenching loss games, both when we were good and when we've been bad. Leaving the stadium just totally bummed out, and seeing other people wearing CHIEFS GEAR laughing and being basically unaffected by the game's outcome. That made me mad, because I thought they should feel as bad as I felt... and be pissed, and angry, and more pissed and MORE angry.
Over the last two or three seasons I came to realize that for many people, football is basically a distraction. Lots of "fans" go to Arrowhead for the party. They like to drink and tailgate and wear Mardi Gras beads and if we lose, we lose. They're not emotionally invested, so it doesn't crush their soul when we lose.
Even the way the Hunt Family has operated -running this thing like an entertainment enterprise- has made me less willing to get emotionally invested. So now, I don't lose my mind when they lose. It's supposed to be fun, damn it.
I figure if we ever get good enough to actually be a legit Super Bowl team, then the entertainment value will be enough not to lose sleep over the losses any more. I do hope they win at least one more before I exit Earth.
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It's too early to say. Right now you don't have the expectations that they will win every week like you once did, so a win is surprising and welcomed and a loss is no big deal. After a few years of winning things tend to change, you let yourself be more involved invested, and the losses become unacceptable and miserable. Just look at the 9er and Packer fans right now. If they manage to get the playoffs and god forbid make some noise a few years in a row you will be living and dying with each game once again.
Right now the fan base is in 1989 8-7-1 Chief mode.