re: How does one determine who a "true fan" is anyway?

I don't know if "true" fans is a real term. My take is this.

1. It's hard for me to think of someone as a fan if they pull for the team to lose under any circumstance, whether it's to prove they are right about the need for a coaching change, to prove the coaching change was a mistake, to win a bet, etc.

In terms of the coaching conversations, it's OK to think those things, maybe even OK to say I told you so but not OK to be revel in being right, IMO. If I think the worst about an LSU team, coach, player, or upcoming game, I want to be proven wrong. But that's just me

2. You should not care at all about other peoples opinions about your fandom, not even mine.