Request number one: Shutup about injuries for a day.
People are afraid of getting hurt. I don’t mean about breaking their leg or an ankle — certainly I would be afraid of that if it was inevitable like if I was strapped to the bed in Misery — but people are constantly on guard with their feelings because that’s actually something that we can all relate to on a regular basis. They don’t want to get their hopes up, because they’ve been hurt like that before.
In sports, fans get hurt in that way so often that we tend to assume the worst and won’t even allow ourselves moments of imagination that involve certain players having healthy and productive seasons.