Show 11 tt By Andy Crow Sports Editor As I was listening to the classic radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds Vor in my Communications class last week I thought of how quick to judge or take things out of context people really are As you all know Orson Welles' Welles radio adaptation of HG Wells Wells' No relation science fiction masterpiece about Martians invading the earth in inthe inthe inthe the was all But hundreds of listeners believed the program t taking king to the streets in a crazed panic The funny thing about this whole broadcast is that before the program even aired listeners were made aware of the fact that they were listening listening listening lis lis- to the network radio show Mercury Theatre on the Air Or in other words it was theatrical or fake Nevertheless listeners still believed the program to be true After hearing the program the frightened frightened frightened fright fright- ened listeners took to the streets Now maybe you are wondering what this all has to do with sports Dont Don't fret Im I'm finally getting to the point The last few years I have grown intolerant with what I like to call Fairweather Fans A Fairweather Fan is someone who once their team or player begins to fail automatically automatically auto auto- begin to harshly criticize their player or team I remember last season seeing then Jazz rookie guard Shandon Anderson miss two key in the tt c 1 ti E ti rk tk k w. wr a J d rif t 4 k i p. p t 4 H AC fO iA ir tt A 1 I 4 v f 44 g UH t. t t aa I x n tf 4 f t gy i. y t. t tt as H 11 1 i i fia U j e r 17 t. t J I. I k- k U. U t t Jr t Y t ti 3 i. i tit 1 H t H i 4 UH AA i t r. r aa a 1 e R F fI t t t-ft t H 1 t ty tt I wt fl W ft W t 1 u It f u- u 4 lih d i in ti Uh h. h f f. f n 1 s1 f tu e ti 4 1 h. h U. U to tn t. t it r fIl i M I 1 ij It r i- i 4 Photo by Jaren Wilkey First baseman Chad Rupp connects for a single against Colorado Springs in the Buzz's last They are currently on the road for eight games decisive game six of the Finals against the Chicago Bulls I 1 was watching that game with some of my friends who by the way are huge Jazz fans As I watched that game unfold I saw how uneducated and blind some fans are in the sport world Once Anderson missed those shots my friends were up on their feet screaming at Anderson for his misses and at Jerry Sloan fo for having havinga a rookie in the game at such a crucial juncture Heres Here's my take on these types of Situations Try going out there yourself and playing in front of that type of pressure and in that situa situa- tion In my opinion if people really really really real real- ly ha had to do that they might might and I stress might make 1 out of 50 shots in that same situation This year I have the privilege of working with one of the worst Fair weathers I have ever seen or known After the Jazz lost the t first two of three to Houston in the t first round this season this worker co-worker of mine who happens to be an avid Jazz fan went off on how bad the Jazz play defense rebound shoot etc Why dont don't you go out and coach the team then buddy The real kicker in this whole thing was when I watched reporters interview interview interview inter inter- view fans at the Huntsman Center after they watched the Utes lose to Kentucky in the title game this last March As the fans walked out of the Huntsman Center they expressed their displeasure over the Utes' Utes failed effort What failed effort They only lost by nine points in the championship game Who even picked the Utes to make it past the second round anyway I was personally amazed at how far the U made it I was just happy watching them get a shot at the national title The U made it to the title game who cares if they won or not Those disappointed fans who cant can't even recognize the magnitude of reaching the title game can just as soon start cheering for BYU for all I care Fans these days are too much like those listeners back in the who in just a few minutes were panicking in the streets because the end had supposedly come How quickly peoples people's feelings change Im I'm proud of the U and their accomplishments this year I love watching Shandon Anderson on the court And Im I'm proud to say that I 1 Ilove Ilove love the Oakland Raiders the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Ange Ange- les Kings Sure neither of my favorite te teams ms ever hardly make their respective playoffs but they are still my teams and I will stand by them through thick and thin Maybe if every fan wasn't so fairweather and subject to change we wouldn't have to bear seeing so much Bulls and Cowboys lia Wouldn't that be nice |