Tonight is going to be one of the most emotional nights of my life. I was born and have grown up just outside of Sacramento, which automatically made me a Kings fan. As a kid I went to games, met the players, and followed the team closely as many fans do. Throughout my life my "relationship" with the organization grew, and it became more to me than just a fan rooting for his team. Whenever I would go through a tough time in my life either emotionally or with my disability, the Kings were and are the escape for me to turn to. I love the feelings I get as a fan. The ups, the downs, the rivalries, and the bonds I've built with fellow fans. I have been fortunate enough to be a season ticket holder with my grandmother for the past several years, and I am afraid of not only losing my team, but the time spent and bonds made with my grandmother. We live and die with this team, and tonight we will represent as best we can. Hopefully, just maybe, Here We Stay in Sacramento.

Sucks so much, I can't imagine having one of my teams moved and am lucky that its never happened. I agree, hopefully they stay put, GL.

Norab is such a hater. Don't you like having a team to hate and root against. Use your head one time (if possible).

from another small market team fan, good luck.

 

Originally Posted by SpankyHamm

I haven't followed a team in the NHL since the Whalers left Hartford. While it wasn't "my team" (the Red Sox were), they were the only professional team in Connecticut, so yeah, I grew up with them and it just broke my heart when they left. After you root for one team for so long, I can't see how you can ever make that same connection to another team in that league.

I miss hockey. I miss The Whale. And I miss the best post-goal music ever...

Word.

 

Originally Posted by cizastro

Well if they do leave, you could always take Grannie to see the Rivercats for some good AAA baseball. Not the same as pro basketball, but I'm sure it'd still be a great time spent together.

Yeah, we do that now. It's just not the same!

 

Originally Posted by norab

Easy dizz, I hope they stay in Sac as well. Won't be the same hating them if they are in Anaheim. I hate all teams equally.

Your previous post sent mixed signals.

Sucks man, hope they stay put!

I feel your pain buddy. tonight the voice of the Cavs Joe Tait retired. its gonna be hard to imagine cavs games without him. I kinda feel like crying. and being a diehard Browns fan I know what its like to lose a team. fingers crossed for ya

this sucks. i miss phoenix.

LOL @ this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G8u1ErQTO0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

fuck the maloofs. I am pretty tore up about this too. I love the kings, and it seems like most of Sac has their facts wrong and their head up their ass.

The rivercats are fun to watch, but I cant follow a standball team...toooo long.

plus I live on Natomas Blvd, I literally can walk to Arco. or Powerband Pavillions. Fuck the Maloofs....

 

Originally Posted by CeJeH

stupid motherfuckers don't realize this will affect EVERYBODY IN SAC, not just Kings fans.

fuckin stupid ass Sacramento. Now what puts Sac on the map? Urijah Fuckin Faber? Having the 2nd worst levees in the country? being the capital of the state?

Lets just poison L.A.'s water. Just like they're stealing the Kings they steal that from us too...

To be honest I was never a big fan of those two; never really card for them 1 way or another, but I'm really conflicted after watching that clip. It seems like Kings fans for the most part are polarizing themselves in 2 directions right now.

Group A is the people begging them to stay. This comprises most die hard Kings fans and the local media, grasping on to every last glimmer of hope that the Kings might stay.

Group B is the people who can't wait to see them go. These are mostly fair weather Kings fans or people who root for other teams or were never Kings fans to begin with.

The desperation has been hanging over this city like a stinky cologne recently and it's really depressing. Every time you turn on the tv or read the news there's a new story about some new screwball effort to try to keep them here and it is really sad and kind of annoying. It's like the jilted lover who begs and pleads to be taken back and won't accept the fact that it's over. Recently Chris Webber has said that he is amongst these people and has been making his own efforts behind closed doors fighting to keep the Kings in Sac, so it's not just the locals either. Webber's attitude has really changed over the years, he has gone from publically talking shit about Sac every opportunity he had when he first came here to announcing his intentions to help and his love for the city. That is the kind of effect this place has on people.

There is also a lot of anger and resentment. Most of the people here hate the Maloofs and have for a few years now. The main reason for this is the fact that they have been incompetent as businessman (running this team and the Palms into the ground) and also because of their arrogance. In 2006 the voters here soundly rejected legislation that would have built the Kings a new arena (with taxpayers money obv) mainly because the Maloofs sabotaged it. They did everything they could to get people to vote against it, refused to agree with city officials (obv cuz they wanted more money and didn't want to share stuff like parking and concessions with the city) right at the same time they made a Carl's Jr commercial where they ate a $6000 combo meal. This is a blue collar city and the people here didn't like these guys boasting about drinking $6k bottles of wine then turning around and telling us they needed us to give them millions of dollars for their team that was already back to sucking. And now they are trying to move our team away ( something they said they wouldn't do for years now) to the worst fucking place in the world to move them to because they have fucked up so badly and are so desperate for cash that they feel it is their only option left. Can you blame people for hating them?

The problem the Kings haters aren't realizing is the Kings are a major economic player for our region. Pro sports franchises are a big pull for large corporations and all of the money that is associated with them. There isn't a lot of stuff to do in Sacramento for people that aren't from here! What the fuck is going to bring people/business here? Old Sac?! Nobody gives a flying fuck about a bunch of old renovated buildings! The capitol? I mean cmon fucking Arnold was the last guy to work there how fucking special can it be? The Kings leaving is going to have a huge negative impact on our city, at the worst time possible. This is going to take a long, long time to get over and I don't see how we are going to fully recover from it.

For a long time I have been 1 of the angry people saying 'fuck em, let em go" but that clip made me realize that I was wrong. Really hope we're able to pull this one off somehow.

/rant