The Real Stanley Cup Breakdown

Since there have already been a few entries about the games, i'm going to cover another aspect; the bandwagon fans. I was at McFadden's Saturday Night for a friends birthday and i've never seen so many bandwagon fans in the same place that wasn't a stadium or arena. I already addressed the problem when it comes to the NBA, but this is completely different. If you for some reason have been a penguins fan for a while, or at least since jumping on the bandwagon last year, you can leave i'm not talking to you. I'm talking about the people who show up in the brand new Crosby or Malkin shirts and look at each other so they know when to cheer. For most normal sports it's pretty obvious when to cheer. At a baseball game, you cheer for either a big strikeout, a critical hit or an outstanding defensive play. At a basketball game, it's pretty much after scoring or a nice block or steal. So when do you cheer while watching a hockey game on one of 74 tv's at a bar? By the way, thank you McFadden's for NOT HAVING ANYTHING ELSE ON. It's pretty clear that none of these fans really know when to cheer. I heard several roars and the penguins didn't score at all. It was pretty clear to me that i should mentally cheer every time i glanced up and the red wings had scored again. Although this is part of being a bandwagon fan, the bigger component is when to leave. It was amazing how at about 10 o'clock all these people had left. I go by the 10/20 rule. If my baseball team is down 10 runs after the 7th or my basketball team is down 20 with less than two minutes left, it's safe to leave but only for sellouts. But if you're at a bar and not a game, so instead of fighting 20,000-70,000 fans, you're fighting 400 people. I just love how these people who maybe watched 5 regular season games, ran out to buy a shirt and don't know how the game works can possibly be a fan. My opinion might have something to do with the ridiculous number of games I attend or the fact that i have MLB.tv so i can watch almost every single Braves game. Go home, take the stickers off your hats, wash your t-shirts and look both ways when you cross the street or the bandwagon might just run you over.