Thrown Into a Wild Rage: What Are Fans to Do?

Time to end the Vanilla Policy. Just not our style. Let's do this.

What to do with the unhappiness is another question. Reading Twitter is a decent way to get the general feeling for the way a fan base is reacting to things. Right now, the feeling seems to be that Wild fans want blood, and I'm not quite sure why. Sure, it might make you feel better, but will firing someone make things better?

Still, we have fans clamoring for heads to roll, columnists wondering why the Wild don't get the same amount of crap that the Twins and Vikings do for the collapse of the century. It's a fair question, and one we look at... after the jump.

Firing Someone

If you would, take a moment and put yourself in the shoes of someone calling for heads to roll. Maybe you actually are someone calling for heads to roll. The one question I would like you to answer is... What does it accomplish?

So, ask yourself, what does it do to fire someone? I am genuinely curious to know what fans think will happen if someone is fired.

The Call For A More Vocal Fan Base

Patrick Reusse posted this series on Twitter today:

Darren Wolfson gave the same answer I did:

To which Reusse responds:

So... we have a columnist who is asking a fair question. Why do the Wild not get as much heat as the Vikings and Twins? Are Wild fans "chumps" as he puts it? After all, Wild fans continue to flock to the X and pay big money to watch them lose. Is Reusse right, or is he wrong?

To me, it's a bit of both. First off, if he thinks the fans aren't angry, he is looking in the wrong place. The fans I see on Twitter are not pleased. Of course, they are on Twitter, so Reusse would have a difficult time dealing with that. As mentioned above, they are calling for heads to roll. What else would Reusse like? Pitch forks and torches?

Now, let's get to the expectations issue. What were the expectations for the Vikings this year? The fans I talked to thought they were Super Bowl contenders. They finished 3-13. The Twins were expected to certainly be a playoff team, without question. Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Micheal Cuddyer... they had it all. All they needed was to bring it together and win.

They finished 63-99, 32 games out of first place in the Central. They almost lost 100 games.

Now, the question is, why do the Wild not get as much heat? Well, in order to match the Twins' ineptitude, the Wild would have to lose 50 games. To match the Vikings, 66. Have they done that? Keep in mind the expectations placed on the Twins and Vikes before their respective seasons. Super Bowl bound, and solid playoff contenders.

Did anyone in the world think the Wild were headed to the Stanley Cup Finals? How many thought (at the beginning of the year) that the Wild were poised to make long playoff run? Make the playoffs? Sure. Make a run? No one had that idea.

Reusse says you are all chumps and giving the Wild a pass. He says the Wild are just as bad as the Twins and Vikings.

You have conflicting issues at hand. You have a group calling for someone to get fired, and a high-powered media guy saying Wild fans are soft for not calling for someone to get fired. Reconcile these, if you will, and tell us what you are thinking, Wilderness.