What makes you hate/dislike a team?

[Chan790]

Fans. No other real reason to dislike a team.

I generally hate teams for the way their organizations are run.

 

[Kcb12345]

Usually their fans and the media

 

[GindyDraws]

I hate everything Columbus.

They're my least favorite team in the league.

 

[HisIceness]

I tend to hate certain types of fans than teams, although in some cases with teams I dislike the two go hand in hand hence why I dislike the team

-Drunken idiots, people who try to start fights, people who think because their team is "historic" that they automatically know more about the game than fans of non-historical teams, fans who are very vocal about who they think "deserves" a team vs those who don't, whining about the refs favoring the home team even though the road team was awarded two power plays already, etc.

I also don't care about your fantasy team nor do I care to "debate" you about it. I want to watch the game, thanks.

 

[Craft Beer Lover]

True story.

Looking at you Flyers fans.

OUCH!

 

[HisIceness]

I would also like to take this time to say, while I am a Hurricanes fan, there is a portion of our fanbase I absolutely cannot stand.

Some of our fans on social media are complete asshats. They make inappropriate memes such as 9/11 when the team beats the NY/NJ teams and have sent death threats to opposing players. They also snipe at fellow fans about sportsmanship and whatnot.

I also am beginning to strongly dislike the social media team. They are beginning to become less funny/clever and are running the account like it's their own personal account. I think they are stirring the pot for the abovementioned asshats to continue their asshat behavior.

 

[Skullz]

For me its mostly multiple playoff rivals or really dirty teams

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

Lack of any actual recent success...especially when combined with a fan base who is delusional in believing that their scrub team deserves current relevance.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Fans. 100% obnoxious fans

HM to teams who employed Matt cooke

 

[Rockomax]

I'm a Canes fan and hate every team which has caused me to be pissed off for losing to them in meaningful games or whose fans are ass hats in our arena. So I hate the entire Eastern Conference with the possible exception of Ottawa.

When has Montreal ever beaten the Hurricanes in any meaningful game? Or are have fans been ass hats in their arena?

 

[Oddbob]

I was thinking, I don't hate Florida. No reason to. I'm starting to hate Edmonton. The constant fawning over McDavid, and it seems like every other thread is a 'Is McDavid good?', obsessive validation thread.

What makes you hate teams?

No reason? Are you sure? Matthew Tkachuk is plenty hateable.

Usually I hate teams when they have a hateable guy on them, but with some teams, they have had many years with hateable guys so they draw your ire always.

 

[Chet Manley]

Amount of dirtbags. Mostly players that try to make up for their shortcomings by making dangerous plays. Recent example; smaller player ducking a hit to save themselves while clipping another guys knees.

Amount of total douchebaggitry as measured on the Tkachuk scale. Something like 0->Bradley->Matthew->Keith.

Fanbases are harder to peg down but maybe something like having too many people that would embarrass me if we were friends. There must be so many Canucks fans cringing at how some of their fellow fans have been behaving through this whole season.

 

[Zbynek]

Rivalry, dirty players, entitled fans. Probably in that order

 

[Norwegianoiler]

Losing a lot to a team makes me feel bad. I associate those bad feelings with that particular team. With these bad feelings as a foundation I can weave whatever narrative on top that suits cherry picked observations about players, fans, or other circumstances to explain this hatred to myself. This allows me to externalise the bad feelings and project them onto something outside of myself for comfort and control. Then I'll apply a healthy dose of confirmation bias on top to reaffirm this status quo, because changing my mind all the time is just too hard. Then, as icing on this shit cake, I'll intellectualise the whole f***ing thing like I just have, and voilà, I have developed some solid hate with a twist of pretentiousness.

 

[guzzy]

1) the ignorance of the fan base - Oilers always whining about refs. I can't watch hockey with some of my friends who are Oilers fans. Their take on the game is skewed. I don't understand their mentality.
2) dirty players - Draisaitl. If Tkachuk lays out Kassian he has to step up and fight the player. Drai sticks a guy in the balls or lays an elbow to this chin, "oh he is a superstar, he shouldn't have to defend himself.". So Tkachuk does, but Drai doesn't.....see point number one.
3) simple rivalry.

 

[OKR]

Fans, this site alone has made me dislike so many players and teams.

 

[Il Stugotz]

I hate the tiny minority of sadistic players that seem to actually enjoy injuring people. So currently I hate the Rangers most of all.

 

[Negan4Coach]

I hate the Rangers merely because their fans get drunk and start fights at the PNC arena in Raleigh despite being residents here. I mean what absolute hubris.

 

[PaulD]

• Certain players on that team can.

• Annoying obnoxious fan base.

• Media of a team behaving/reporting like glorified groupies.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Fans, mostly. Especially the ones who use term "we".

 

[LTIR]

1.Rivalry (Flames, Nucks, LA)
2.Rats/dirt on the team (BOS, FLA, NYR)
3.Fan base ( MTL, TML, VAN)

As an Oilers fan.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

So many people mentioning fans as a reason to hate a team. That's an HF and/or social media thing.
If you polled fans who aren't HF members or heavily locked onto social media I doubt even .1% of them would even mention other teams fans.
People, especially some of the adults who post here, take this nonsense far too seriously.

 

[pf8363]

When a team goes out and buys a website that’s extremely valuable to fans of the sport. That’ll make me hate a team

 

[Mike C]

Missing the playoffs 13 years in a row

Oh, he meant our OWN teams??

So many people mentioning fans as a reason to hate a team. That's an HF and/or social media thing.
If you polled fans who aren't HF members or heavily locked onto social media I doubt even .1% of them would even mention other teams fans.
People, especially some of the adults who post here, take this nonsense far too seriously.

That's not true. I lived through the Islanders/Rangers rivalry and Rangers/Bruins before social media existed. The hate is as real as Thanksgiving with your mother in law!

 

[Mike C]

I tend to hate certain types of fans than teams, although in some cases with teams I dislike the two go hand in hand hence why I dislike the team

-Drunken idiots, people who try to start fights, people who think because their team is "historic" that they automatically know more about the game than fans of non-historical teams, fans who are very vocal about who they think "deserves" a team vs those who don't, whining about the refs favoring the home team even though the road team was awarded two power plays already, etc.

I also don't care about your fantasy team nor do I care to "debate" you about it. I want to watch the game, thanks.

Man, I was LOVING your post and then you did it!

Not caring about my fantasy team???? I can not and will not get past this stinging and upsetting monstrosity of a remark!