The Arizona Cardinals Twitter handlers responded to trolls on the team’s official account after their loss to the Carolina Panthers in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs.
In what felt like an inevitable outcome, the Arizona Cardinals saw their impressive 2014 season come to an end with a playoff loss at the hands of the Carolina Panthers on Saturday afternoon.
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There was surely disappointment throughout the Cardinals’ fan base. The potential promise of a deep playoff run fell flat. Even if realistic Cardinals’ fans knew the team was likely to lose with Ryan Lindley at quarterback and Andre Ellington on injured reserve, the reality of the season actually ending is still a harsh one.
Fans handle their disappointment in different ways. Some Cardinals’ fans presumably handle their disappointment like normal people, perhaps enjoying an adult beverage, venting to their friends, and then moving on with their lives. And then there is the special group of fans who feel the need to curse and say terrible things to the Cardinals’ team Twitter account.
To blast the Cardinals via Twitter is misguided in a number of ways. For one thing, it’s not as if head coach Bruce Arians or somebody from the front office is every going to see those tweets. It’s likely just some poor social media manager or a team of social media people who have to read the x-rated rants of angry fans.
Additionally, getting mad about this particular Cardinals’ team lacks any sort of nuanced perspective as a fan. You always want your team to do well, of course, but some seasons it is more likely to happen than others. Bad injury luck derailed this season for the Cardinals, and it’s really not worth getting mad at anybody or anything or than luck.
Finally, it’s just stupid. It accomplishes nothing and it is an act of frustration that is only carried out with the courage of anonymity that the internet offers.
With all of that in mind, the Cardinals’ Twitter account responded to the trolls. Their response is outstanding.
The only thing worth noting in consideration of this otherwise perfect response is this: trolls come in many shapes and sizes. For all the managers of this account know, these trolls could be CPAs or attorneys.
Sports make people crazy, man.
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