The Wolves lost again yesterday, and I'm sure very few people cared. As is often the case with the consistently putrid performance of the Wolves in the front office and on the court, there are two ways that the fans will react. They will either get angry or become apathetic.
Getting angry is the preferred outcome. An angry fan still cares about his team. An angry fan may go to fewer games, but that fan will still follow the team, vent on message boards, and check out team blogs to share their pain with others. The angry fan may even contact someone employed by the franchise in an effort to let them know how bad they are screwing things up.
No team wants angry fans, but it is better than the alternative: apathetic fans. The apathetic fans are the ones who have lost hope. This is the difference between the two kinds of fans. After a tough stretch for a franchise, a fan that lost his hope for a better team will be much harder to win back. The angry fan will feel rewarded for sticking with the franchise through dire straits, but the apathetic fan will tell themselves, "That franchise had their chance with me." The team has failed that fan's trust and will rarely earn it back.
So, what is the apathy level amongst Wolves fans? Well, let's see. This Timberwolves basketball blog has noticed fewer people care. The 600 Project points out how cheap Wolves tickets are on Ebay. Cheap tickets mean people don't want to go to games, and that means people don't care. And then you have all the Wolves blogs out there that haven't been updated in months.
It looks like the apathy level is very high.
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Thanks for the shoutout manofleisure!
ReplyDeleteYou are right fan apathy is rampant - If I were the Timberwolves owner / organization I would be very nervous. I am sure they have given up on this season, but what will they do to get the fans back next season? I smell a new head coach coming on. Flip?
That's what I'm hoping for, wolvesfan. I'm hoping the horrid play since Big Al went down is enough to convince McHale to step down. Then the best way to turn things around is to bring back Flip. That has to erase some of the bad karma from firing Flip after the Western Conference Finals run.
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