Exhibit A:
Fan of basketball team X. Watches all the games. Emotionally invested. Spends time on message boards. Obsessive. Believes his favorite team will win title regardless of evidence at hand.
Exhibit B:
Also a fan of basketball team X. Watches all the games. Emotionally invested. Spends time on message boards. Obsessive. Believes his favorite team's atrocious regular season play indicative his team "only" good enough to win one round.
Somehow, there are people who think Exhibit A is a superior fan to that of Exhibit B.
I think that's nonsense.