Yeah, sometimes I wonder about the merits of being a 'real fan' vs. a frontrunner.

I mean, when you're like UG with his chiefs now or me and spenda back when we went 2-14 and had people everywhere going "OMG CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T DRAFT VINCEYOUNG/REGGIEBUSH AND GOT MARIO WILLIAMS", it pretty much *really* sucked. Especially since I lived in Austin.

Now that that particular decision looks better and the Texans are doing better, are those same people going "Wow, good call ensign_lee. Maybe the Texans aren't that bad." ? No, silence.

But you know those same deutschebags are going to sit there and say "Yay for us! Yay for the Texans. We did it!" if/when we finally do well. And you know what? They're going to enjoy it. Maybe not as much as I will, but pretty close.

Hell I remember bandwagoning on the astros that year we finally made it to eh world series. Wasn't really an astros fan during most of those years, but the trip through the playoffs sure was fun. And I didn't have to be all depressed when the Astros sucked.

Sometimes I feel like the risk/reward ratio favors being a frontrunner. All of the gains, none of the losses. It seems like the EV of happiness favors being a frontrunner...by a lot.