The question of whether it's appropriate or even acceptable to root against the Bruins, knowing that losses will result in coaching change, has risen here on several occasions.

There are plenty who will tell you yes, the short-term pain of losses are worth it in the long term.

And there are plenty of others who feel that, no matter what, you can't root against the Bruins.  We bleed blue and gold, after all, and hope that DG and KD supporters will finally come around to realize KD is not a good coach, and will at some point figure out the difference between quality win from a win that we stumble into.

I have trouble contemplating wanting to see a Bruin lose anything, from a football or basketball game right down to the Jeopardy college tournament.

Something about this conflict reminds me of a football season many years ago, probably sometime in the late 80s.  The Bruins were done with their season, but U$C had one game remaining that, if they won, would propel UCLA into the Rose Bowl.  IIRC, $C was playing UW - if the Huskies were to win they'd go to the Rose Bowl; if they lost, UCLA would go.

Thus, for the week leading up to the game, Bruin fans were put in the strange position of rooting for a trOJan victory.  And I was one of them, right up until the kickoff.  As soon as the ball was in play, every fiber of my being starting sending vibrations into the ether for $C to lose.  I cheered their mistakes, savored the opposing team's success.  In the end $C lost, and the Bruins were kept out of the Rose Bowl.

I was still satisfied with the outcome.  If we truly deserved to go to the Rose Bowl we should have earned it ourselves, rather than having to back in to it.  The simple fact was the Bruins that year did not earn it.

I'm not sure exactly how this analogy goes, but I'm having similar feelings regarding our current situation.  Some part of me is hoping for a loss so that KD will be removed, but when gametime comes I can't help but root for the Bruins.

At the same time, I want things to turn out, for lack of a better term, right.  We (that's a collective "we") have made decisions (a poor selection of head football coach chief among them) that have led to our current state, and should the Bruins lose I think I can feel satisfied knowing that we didn't earn or deserve the victory.  And if a lesson comes along with it (coaching change is needed), then it will not be for nothing.

I guess I'm just trying to figure out how to approach the remaining games, how much emotional investment to make, if I should trash my singing voice because, hey, it's 3rd down and the defense needs us to make noise.

Thanks for time on the couch.

GO BRUINS!