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It's also a time for gross over-reaction for all fans. "ZOMG! OUR PLAYER IS AWESOME!" "DAMN GM GETTING RID OF THIS AWESOME PLAYER!!!!!!!!1!!1!!" And then in mid-May folks can't understand/forget why player X is performing the way they are. It's like dating someone. For the first few months, they can do no wrong...then BOOM, you realize you are dating a horrible, terrible person and curse everyone around you for not telling you.
Or something like that. (Good God, that is A LOT of caps in the opening paragraph)