At work we use the 10 year rule for our major sports teams that we follow. The 10 rule goes like this: If your favorite team has not won a title for more than 10 years, you have the right to cry and complain. We will agree, ya it’s tough your team hasn’t won it all in a while or man that stinks that your team has never won it all! Sorry Pacers fans, 40 years, ouch!!
But, when your team wins the whole thing, it is time to stop complaining and enjoy your team’s glory, for 10 years anyway! You now don’t have the right to complain about your team winning it all for 10 years. Hey if your favorite team wins it again, all good and lucky for you! But, if they don’t win the title, we don’t want to hear you crying about it. Just enjoy the fact that you won it and realize there are many other teams and their fans that would love to be able to do the same thing.
Before the 2007-8 season I was doing a lot of complaining! As a long time Celtics fan I was pretty accustom to seeing my team win it all. Then the long wait came after 86!
I write this now because our 10 year rule is almost over, hard to believe that it went so fast! I still probably won’t complain too much if it doesn’t happen right away, I still like the direction the Celtics are going and I think they will be a lot of fun to watch this year. Heres to the 17-time World Champion Boston Celtics!