Humorous musings on sports

The other sleepless night I was musing on what draws us fans to any sport.
And what draws man/woman to a specific sport.

There are the "egomaniacal" :-) sports such as weight lifting, shot put, hammer throw, javelin throw, long and high jumps, skijumping, single luge, kayaking, golf, etc... you get the idea.. sports in which the *me* first and foremost competes against the *me*, and only after that against the *foe*. *I* have to better *my* time, length, height.,..etc. then I go up against the *other* who also strove mightily to better *his/her* time, length, height etc. And some is wonderful to watch, indeed.

Then you have the  "twofers" such as fencing, sumo, wrestling, boxing, tennis-lawn and table,  etc. when the *me* competes opposite *him/her* necessitating  strategy as well as personal striving.. slightly more exciting to watch.

And lastly the *all for one, one for all* sports in which the *me* is subordinated/integrated into the group. Strategy, prior planning, on-the-spot decisions, working with and supporting the mates in order to outwit, outrun, outskate, outscore the *foe of the day* which in a year or less time may become *our* teammate again. Must be slightly paranoic to play against a foe that with a decision from above becomes a mate (hockey seems to be rather prone to that, as players are traded back and forth within the season)

Hot Mayan Hockey?

This can be the joy of team sport fans, to watch - at best -  a well oiled machine in which each cog does its part well to the final success!

"United we stand Defense"

Alas, at its worst, it is more like a jumble of individuals only 'doing' for themselves.

And that ugly, disjointed, frustrating play leads to fan dissatisfaction, even disgust.

Fans, being only human, curse, weep and swear NEVER to buy another ticket...

and yet.. next season rolls around, new players & coaches come, and the hopes of fans flare again!

And so with this song from a 1932's German movie..."It will get better" -
fans are hopefully optimistic, or are they masochistic  :-D!

And in this vein, as the Aeros have signed another goalie, can we assume that "Dimples" will move to Minnesota, whilst Tordjman becomes 'veteran goalie as THE role model'  in the Aeros net' with Hackett and/or Kuemper as B.U.G.? 
And where does that leave recently signed German goalie Endras? Still in Europe of course ;-)!.

With the Kaip signing, the Aeros now will have Kassian And Kaip ("K.& K. Defense") which does sound like a 'law firm of public defenders', lol.