Sharks Blog: A Story Of Bandwagon Jumpers

Working in Downtown San Jose, I'm subject to a lot of casual Sharks fans.

You know the kind. The people who think Tim Kawakami and Mark Purdy write about the Sharks all year long. The people who are quick to jump on the bandwagon, but even quicker to leap off. The people who throw around words like heartless, gutless, and chokers.

Makes me sick.

It's tough being around those people, because they're the people who jumped off the train when Dan Boyle chipped one past Nabokov, only to climb back on as the team beat Colorado in six and then Detroit in five.

In my opinion, that's why it's tough to be a Sharks fan. Because everywhere you look, there's someone turning their back to the team, writing them off after a two game losing streak against one of the best teams in the league.

Hell, I'm as disappointed as the next guy (or girl). Falling down 2-0 in the series at home isn't the way I wanted this to happen, but it's the reality we're faced with. But instead of joining the pack of calloused Sharks fans, I find myself in the minority: one which believes that the Sharks can recover from a two game deficit to rally and defeat the Blackhawks. Call it faith.