cleg wrote:I'd be just fine if this team was as boring as the Patriots, just fine indeed.
That doesn't surprise me. I find way too many football fans, regardless of team who are willing to sell their souls for a chance for a "Championship" as illegitimate as the three that the New England Patriots have gotten in the last decade. All that shows me is that these people don't understand the importance of sports as a metophore for life.
cleg wrote:I'd be just fine if this team was as boring as the Patriots, just fine indeed.
That doesn't surprise me. I find way too many football fans, regardless of team who are willing to sell their souls for a chance for a "Championship" as illegitimate as the three that the New England Patriots have gotten in the last decade. All that shows me is that these people don't understand the importance of sports as a metophore for life.
I don't get your anger. I lived through the three championships and eagerly await more. I would rather the approach being taken now rather than the approach of the last twenty years.
cleg wrote:I don't get your anger. I lived through the three championships and eagerly await more. I would rather the approach being taken now rather than the approach of the last twenty years.
cleg, I see life as an investment. If I'm going to invest my time, interest, and potentially money in something, I expect to get a return on that investment. I also lived through all three Championships. The "mulligans" the team stored up during those years are quickly disappearing in my mind. In fact they're pretty much gone at this point. That means this team needs to start providing some sort of return on the investment I make in it.
I'm a believer that sports are a mirror to life. As such, the liberal/socialistic style that the NFL has been using since the 1994 CBA was agreed to disgusts me in every possible way from the way franchises are propped up from failure with other team's money to the way that players help their opponents up after a play. The league and sport in general are becoming unwatchable for me. For the last 10 years the Redskins were about the only shining beacon of the way things used to be. That light is quickly going out under the new management of Mike Shannahan and Bruce Allen.
Redskins_Fanatic wrote:As such, the liberal/socialistic style that the NFL has been using since the 1994 CBA was agreed to disgusts me in every possible way from the way franchises are propped up from failure with other team's money to the way that players help their opponents up after a play. The league and sport in general are becoming unwatchable for me. For the last 10 years the Redskins were about the only shining beacon of the way things used to be. That light is quickly going out under the new management of Mike Shannahan and Bruce Allen.
Guys! Remember who this is: Redskins_Fanatic aka Insane Dick Farts (via anagram).
BTW, the NFL has been socialistic since AT LEAST 1960. Many of your heros benefited:
Pete Rozelle (1960-1989)
After Bert Bell's death in 1959, Rozelle was the surprise choice for his replacement as NFL commissioner. According to Howard Cosell in his book I Never Played the Game, the owners took 23 ballots before settling on Rozelle as NFL Commissioner at a January 26, 1960 meeting. When he took office there were twelve teams in the NFL playing a twelve game schedule to frequently half-empty stadiums, and only a few teams had television contracts. The NFL in 1960 was following a business model that had evolved from the 1930s. NFL sources credit Rozelle with originating gate and television profit-sharing. However, it was the rival American Football League which initiated both concepts at its formation in 1959. The revenue-sharing was a major factor in stabilizing the AFL and guaranteeing the success of its small-market teams. Rozelle recognized the value of such an arrangement, and following the lead of the rival AFL, Rozelle negotiated large television contracts to broadcast every NFL game played each season. In doing so, he not only deftly played one television network against the other, but also persuaded NFL team owners — most notably Carroll Rosenbloom of the Baltimore Colts and George Preston Marshall of the Washington Redskins — to agree to share revenues between teams, as the American Football League (AFL) had done since its inception. His business model, which emulated that of the AFL, was essentially a cartel that benefited all teams equally, from revenue sharing to the player draft.
Now we got some football.
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Redskins Fanatic wrote:Oh, I think a bunch of people thought this might be coming a long time ago. I know I was hoping that this wasn't going to be the way it went down, but with everything that happened last year I think the writing was on the wall. Bruce and Mike have bought into the same sort of philosophy that the scumbag losers in New England have been touting for the last decade.... Bore your opponents (and your fans) to death.
Man Its been a while since I've been on hogs.net but your posts are hilarious. Thanks for the laugh man! So, your telling me that a team that consistently makes the playoffs and has been to 4 super bowls, winning 3 of them, is boring? Further, it would sicken you to mold ourselves after someone that is successful, as opposed to following a team like the bengals or raiders? You know what man, you don't have to even really respond becuase everything you say is so vapid and ridiculous that I really dont even acknowledge it. But I guess If you wanna give me another good laugh... then feel free.
P.S. Your location says your on the edge of Goodbye.... Just wondering if you need a little push maybe???
DarthMonk wrote:BTW, the NFL has been socialistic since AT LEAST 1960. Many of your heros benefited:
Athletes have never been my heroes. I was raised better than that.
I can see the sharing of the TV revenue. I may not like it, but I can see the reasoning behind it. It's the INDIVIDUAL TEAM revenue that drives me nuts. If one team can bring 90K fans into the stadium for every game and another team can only put 60K in the seats, why should that first team be forced to subsidize the second one. That makes no sense to me. Then again I want to go back to a 24 team league.
some posters here are like a bad smell you just can't avoid
I think the lockout made me forget the stupid posts from some here
I'll just hope that it goes away - hopefully soon
no worries - we are seeing some good things happening here
Until recently, Snyder & Allen have made a lot of really bad decisions - nobody with any sense believes this franchise will get better under their guidance Snyder's W/L record = 45% (80-96) - Snyder/Allen = 41% (59-84-1)
Oh, hate to post back to back, but OMG DarthMonk, freaking line of the year! Insane Dick Farts?! Via Anagram??? Seriously? Well played sir, well played indeed. Remind me to not piss you off. I dont know what you could make out of Spenser, but... dont want to find out really.
cleg wrote:I'd be just fine if this team was as boring as the Patriots, just fine indeed.
That doesn't surprise me. I find way too many football fans, regardless of team who are willing to sell their souls for a chance for a "Championship" as illegitimate as the three that the New England Patriots have gotten in the last decade. All that shows me is that these people don't understand the importance of sports as a metophore for life.
Welcome back! I was afraid you were banned for being GS-PODS. Not that it'd bother me other then I just oppose banning posters.
Hail to the Redskins!
Groucho: Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him
Twain: A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way
I'm not in favor of banning either - the stupid ones make so many here look almost like they know what they are doing
Until recently, Snyder & Allen have made a lot of really bad decisions - nobody with any sense believes this franchise will get better under their guidance Snyder's W/L record = 45% (80-96) - Snyder/Allen = 41% (59-84-1)
SkinsJock wrote:I'm not in favor of banning either - the stupid ones make so many here look almost like they know what they are doing
At least he phrased it right, he's redskins fanatic. If he said he's "a" redskin fanatic it'd be nonsense. Other then the Patriots the Podster doesn't hate anyone more then the Redskins.
Hail to the Redskins!
Groucho: Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him
Twain: A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way
SkinsJock wrote:I'm not in favor of banning either - the stupid ones make so many here look almost like they know what they are doing
At least he phrased it right, he's redskins fanatic. If he said he's "a" redskin fanatic it'd be nonsense. Other then the Patriots the Podster doesn't hate anyone more then the Redskins.
I actually can't think of one thing the redskins fanatic likes...
SkinsJock wrote:I'm not in favor of banning either - the stupid ones make so many here look almost like they know what they are doing
At least he phrased it right, he's redskins fanatic. If he said he's "a" redskin fanatic it'd be nonsense. Other then the Patriots the Podster doesn't hate anyone more then the Redskins.
I actually can't think of one thing the redskins fanatic likes...
Himself
Probably not
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SkinsJock wrote:I'm not in favor of banning either - the stupid ones make so many here look almost like they know what they are doing
At least he phrased it right, he's redskins fanatic. If he said he's "a" redskin fanatic it'd be nonsense. Other then the Patriots the Podster doesn't hate anyone more then the Redskins.
I actually can't think of one thing the redskins fanatic likes...
To [female dog, used as a verb] and moan.
I know he got a pretty good zip on the ball. He has a quick release. . . once I seen a coupla' throws, I was just like 'Yeah, he's that dude.'"
1niksder wrote:I knew that wouldn't be the case this morning
I haven't been THIS HAPPY about anything the Redskins have done since the last Super Bowl victory. It makes the Redskins better and the Patriots worse. Best of both worlds for me.
We also get the chance to beat the snot out of him during the season. Gee, wouldn't it be TERRIBLE if he accidentally blew out his knee getting chop blocked during that game.
1niksder wrote:I knew that wouldn't be the case this morning
I haven't been THIS HAPPY about anything the Redskins have done since the last Super Bowl victory. It makes the Redskins better and the Patriots worse. Best of both worlds for me.
We also get the chance to beat the snot out of him during the season. Gee, wouldn't it be TERRIBLE if he accidentally blew out his knee getting chop blocked during that game.
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KazooSkinsFan wrote:If I read it right, I don't believe the question is "what" so much as "who"
That's fine. I'll stand by my comments. This if the FIRST TIME I've been very proud of the Redskins franchise since the Super Bowl in 1992. We also get a chance to take it to Fat Al on the field later this season. We also helped to degrade the quality of talent on a team I HATE with a passion. Not sure what else could have been better. I'm in a GREAT mood today.
