Admonitions from Section 326

No, it’s not that. Saints fans are in the same boat (for 42 years) as Falcons fans, but they live and die by the Saints. It’s not just because of the team winning this year, either. They were crazy about their team when they were 3-13 and playing “home games” in San Antonio because of Katrina. We have to come to grips with the fact that Atlanta really is not a good (professional, at least) sports city.

Sorry you & your dad had such a sour experience, Tloz. That sucks.

for sarrow

You’re a credit to us all

I used to watch Falcons even when I lived in Uzbekistan – and that’s on the opposite side of the globe. And even last night I stayed up late as usual, and watched the game until that last second TD which was like a miracle in itself – I knew the game was over long before but just couldn’t turn of the game and go to bed.
I couldn’t see all the things Tloz could see in the stadium, but I could hear those cheers when Vick hit Celek for a TD. And I think what Vick did in this game was a disgrace – not discounting the fact that we have ALLOWED him to have a “breakout” game. But knowing that he nearly sank this franchise, and knowing that Atlanta is divided on this issue, he could have asked Reid to have limited role, and let Kolb replace McNabb. But it simply turned into a soon-to-be-free-agent Vick promotion tour.

I was a huge Vick fan because of the hope he represented when he was a Falcon. If it were me, I would have gladly cheered him when he first came on the field, but after that he is just another player on the opposing team and would see no cheers from me.

But really, it’s the last part of your comments that shed the most light on the situation regarding the fans. This season has turned into the “same ole’ Falcons” to a lot of people, and until there is some consistency of success, it isn’t going to change. The Hawks present the perfect example. For a decade they were the laughing stock of the NBA, but over the last two year, you could really see things changing. Back-to-back playoff appearances has gotten the fanbase to start showing up with more regularity. It will be the same way with the Falcons fanbase, but it will take some time.

Based on principle, the Wildcat is a delayed handoff, as the RB has to wait for the ball to get to him before he can move, whereas on a regular handoff, the RB is already in motion and has physics on his side.

All it was was Mularkey out thinking himself.

All that was needed was a play action boot with one TE on the plane and another dragging in the back of the end zone. But no, let’s pound the rock in the same spot 4 times. Sometimes it works, but if it doesn’t work after time #2, I vote to change plays.

rich, stupid idiots.

I haven’t read every post word for word, but I can’t say I’ve seen any racial statements at all, at least not today. I don’t think anyone on here who’s frustrated by the fans cares what color their skin is, whether it be white, black, blue, green, etc. I know I don’t care. Ignorance comes in all forms.

I think the problem (that I’ll have to investigate later) is that people claim to be Falcons fans, but were cheering MV7 on as he had the best game he’s had in years, and not only that, it was against the team he betrayed, and against us, the fans he betrayed. It was a kick in the gonads, I don’t care what Reid or anyone says.

I think the difference between NO and ATL is that the city hasn’t developed the mentality that “the Falcons are all we have.”

Remember Katrina? Remember how bad the Saints were before Katrina? Then they got Brees and Katrina happened, and he went out into the community and told them he would help them. Heck, all the Saints went out and helped the community. They embraced the city, and the city embraced them. Now the NO fans have turned into a passionate fan base and the team is rewarding them for it.

ATL has NEVER had anything like that happen, ever.

Shoot me an e-mail, please.

But lemme ask you this … if you and every true fan hadn’t left by the time Vick scored his second TD, and y’all rightfully chose to boo him, would the cheers have dominated like they did?

My uncle has season tickets, and he consistently leaves before the game is over, especially when the Falcons are losing. My dad, on the other hand, refuses to leave a game before it is over, no matter what.

u cant recover a fumble after a play is whistled dead and really get possesion can u? regaurdless, the saints prolly stomp us if we have the same starters next week but ive lost some respect for them in the last few weeks in the since that i dnt think they’re unbeatable. skins should have won. tired of descussing vick especially when ppl cant c the other side of the fense. and NOBODY on this site or in the world can tell me im not a real falcon fan {I} have been all my life. i do support vick. but am behind ryan 100% and hope he can be the man for us

While you have every right to be upset, I encourage you to use this gizflammable, craptastic, mularkey-filled wakotaw as motivation to do good by the Birds.

Exude your fandom, encourage your friends to sip the Falcohol, rock the red/black with pride, attend games (and stay the whole time), let your eyebrows grow out such that they resemble Smitty’s, get the words “Mah Tee Ice” tattooed on your buttocks, etc. … I promise it’ll pay off in the long run.

As has been discussed ad nauseam on these past couple posts the fans were downright awful to the players. Never have I ever before been ashamed to be a fan of a team, and I’m still not. But I am ashamed to be in any way connected with the Falcons fanbase. Absolutely sickening.

i feel ya

Are vick fans and Philly fans. I did not want to be associated with that. I left because I was disgusted and prefer not to watch an angry mob turn on itself.

Since you’ve just joined today, I’ll take your slight in stride. Just keep in mind that “some” of us happen to love this team with all our hearts and prefer not to watch it get destroyed and abandoned by its own “fans.”

Sure, the other team’s fans are supposed to outweigh your team’s fans during a >road< game, but during a home game? That’s such a crushing blow to your pride as a player for that city, I wouldn’t blame any of them for wanting out of there.

You can’t compare ANY NFL city to NO. What happened to them with Katrina is an event that has not been matched…..possibly ever. Instead of faltering, the city and the Saints came together and now they love their Saints. ATL just hasn’t been like that, really no place has. Plus, as has been noted, Atlanta is one of the country’s biggest business hubs. Many different diversities live there and there are many business travelers there, it’s just that either they don’t like football or they like some other team that they grew up with, usually the Pats, Steelers, or Cowboys. (Or even Redskins/Giants)

One more example for you. I forget who it was that ranted about this on ESPN Radio (Ah. It was Mike Greenberg), but there was that Redskins (I believe) rookie who insulted the fans for not cheering for them. Well, Greeny went absolutely nuts at the dude. Telling him to shut up and if he and his team actually did something worth a crap, then they would cheer. Fans aren’t dumb. They know what deserves cheering and what doesn’t. Being down 34-0 at home? A die-hard true fan may hang around til the end of the game, but I guarantee he won’t be pleased. I believe Tloz is a very hardcore fan of the Birds. After all, he said he NEVER left a game early until Sunday. I think this situation is a special exception to the rule, my friend.

It would seem most of the fans on here are located in areas that cannot reach the Dome. Hmm…I’m about due for another Birds game. Maybe I can talk my dad into going to the Bills game with me (because if we lose that one, I’ll bury myself under the stadium).

A noticed exactly the same thing – none of the major media outlets said anything about that. they all showed happy Vick saying he loves being in this city and he loves the warm welcome from the Atl fans. I think that was sicko – being happy about other people being happy about you destroying their team…

You’d have to be a masochist to wait it out to the end. I turned it off at 27-0 so fortunately I missed all the Vick hysteria. It was the most depressing Falcons game since Petrino bolted after that monday night game so I decided not to dwell on it and went for a hike in the woods with my dogs.

I don’t know how but someow, they’ll have to win a lot of those Vick fans back over if the franchise is going to be successful

They pretty much abandoned themselves. It was so painful to watch on TV I don’t know how anyone could watch a bunch of Vick loving people cheered the wrong team.

Atlanta is a city composed mainly of emmigrants. When I cam here in the late 60’s, the metro population was in the range of 1.5 million. Today, it’s about 5.5 million. Most of these people brought their allegences with them. A team like the Steelers agrigates bandwagon-jumpers that never jump back off, because there’s a tradition of success. I think they are attracted to an individual or a trait and they stay for the tradition. Atlanta has had the individual but not the tradition of success, so the jumper remains attached to the individual. Thus the Vick-tims belong to someone who is now on the downside of his career, at least in terms of time.

I grew up with th Falcons as my team, and I live and die with them every week. I cannot cheer another team. When I watch another football team, I can admire their personnel or their coaching or execution, but I don’t care about them.

I don’t know if Atlanta is unique in its population of out-of-towners, but I suspect the same is true for Jacksonville and Nashville.