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05-07-2007, 01:21 PM
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85% of Warrior fans recently join Bandwagon
I had a friend who was a Die-Hard laker fan, then Shaq goes to Miami & now he's back a Rocket fan!? The type of folks you don't need cheering your team on......
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DGR7PL0ME1.DTL
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As the Warriors play their first Western Conference semifinal game against the Utah Jazz tonight, there are tens of thousands of those yellow "We Believe!" T-shirts in circulation. But don't be fooled -- very few of the people wearing them actually believed. Easily 85 percent of those currently calling themselves Warriors fans recently joined the bandwagon. 
Jumping on the bandwagon is one of our most hallowed national traditions, right there with football on Thanksgiving, re-gifting Christmas presents and buying a car with way more horsepower than you need. Study history closely, and you'll find bandwagon jumpers dating from before this country's independence. While historical portraits show that maybe 15 people crossed the Delaware in George Washington's boat, by the year 1800, at least 50,000 people were claiming to have one of the paddles.
"Yeah, dude, Washington gave it to me when I was a minuteman. I keep it in my garage, right next to the metronome that Beethoven threw into the crowd when the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major tour passed through Williamsburg."
Over the years, bandwagon jumping has become an equally huge phenomenon in entertainment, sports and politics. If you listen to the crowd, nobody in history has ever attended a Kenny Loggins concert -- and 6 million people were packed in the Winterland Ballroom to hear Janis Joplin sing "Piece of My Heart" in 1968. Nobody voted for Nixon, and everyone campaigned for JFK.
While last week's incredible first-round Warriors series featured fan excitement at its best, also on display was bandwagoning at its most egregious. I've been to dozens of Warriors games during the team's 12-year losing streak, and the most famous person I've ever seen in the crowd was that guy who played Paul in those old Diamond Center commercials. (And even he might have been a look-alike.)
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05-07-2007, 01:52 PM
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Re: 85% of Warrior fans recently join Bandwagon
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05-07-2007, 10:04 PM
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Re: 85% of Warrior fans recently join Bandwagon
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I had a friend who was a Die-Hard laker fan, then Shaq goes to Miami & now he's back a Rocket fan!? The type of folks you don't need cheering your team on......
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DGR7PL0ME1.DTL
As the Warriors play their first Western Conference semifinal game against the Utah Jazz tonight, there are tens of thousands of those yellow "We Believe!" T-shirts in circulation. But don't be fooled -- very few of the people wearing them actually believed. Easily 85 percent of those currently calling themselves Warriors fans recently joined the bandwagon.
Jumping on the bandwagon is one of our most hallowed national traditions, right there with football on Thanksgiving, re-gifting Christmas presents and buying a car with way more horsepower than you need. Study history closely, and you'll find bandwagon jumpers dating from before this country's independence. While historical portraits show that maybe 15 people crossed the Delaware in George Washington's boat, by the year 1800, at least 50,000 people were claiming to have one of the paddles.
"Yeah, dude, Washington gave it to me when I was a minuteman. I keep it in my garage, right next to the metronome that Beethoven threw into the crowd when the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major tour passed through Williamsburg."
Over the years, bandwagon jumping has become an equally huge phenomenon in entertainment, sports and politics. If you listen to the crowd, nobody in history has ever attended a Kenny Loggins concert -- and 6 million people were packed in the Winterland Ballroom to hear Janis Joplin sing "Piece of My Heart" in 1968. Nobody voted for Nixon, and everyone campaigned for JFK.
While last week's incredible first-round Warriors series featured fan excitement at its best, also on display was bandwagoning at its most egregious. I've been to dozens of Warriors games during the team's 12-year losing streak, and the most famous person I've ever seen in the crowd was that guy who played Paul in those old Diamond Center commercials. (And even he might have been a look-alike.)
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Did the person who wrote that article even watched any of the games?
If he did, he would've known that snoop and kate hudson are friends of Baron Davis. BD knows a lot of people from his days at UCLA. Hudson went to school with him. What's wrong with supporting your friend at a bb game?
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05-07-2007, 10:45 PM
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Re: 85% of Warrior fans recently join Bandwagon
lmao @ paul from the diamond center.
You're right about fickle fans though, it reminds me of when the Rockets fans were chanting "fire van gundy" a couple years ago.
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It's funny how I bet a lot of people here would say Bogut should keep his mouth shut, but when Cam'ron is saying he wouldn't snitch on a serial killer, those same people are giving him props.
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05-08-2007, 10:34 PM
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Re: 85% of Warrior fans recently join Bandwagon
I MET PAUL FROM THE DIAMOND CENTER! totally sounds like the commercial hahaha...
anyways, i had some odd feelings with bandwagoners and i still am a little annoyed, but if i had to choose between having the warriors lose and all to myself, or the warriors winning, then what kind of true dub fan would i be to choose them losing?
the bandwagon is getting real full, but as long as you know your stuff and aren't following the rush (ahem snoop dogg...here's his quote *paraphrased* "the lakers are out now, so i guess i am gonna come up to cheer for the nor cal" or something liekt hat)...i have had many of my so cal friends call and txt me the same exact thing...kind of pissed me off...but it's like music. if you know your stuff, then the other true fans can pick you out.
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