I once watched an interview with Hank Azaria where he spoke about being a New York Jets fan. Although he didn’t say it in Chief Wiggum’s voice, the Simpsons’ voice actor extraordinaire said something I’ll never forget about rooting for a perpetual loser.
“The worst thing they can do is give you hope.”
Hope can be a terrible thing. It makes you hang onto lost causes because there is even the most unrealistic chance that it could work out.
“Hope” may be one of the greatest pop-punk songs of all-time, but I’ve seen some Pelicans’ bloggers and beat reporters already hold a lighter to the burnt spoon that was Omer Asik’s +10.