A Falcoholic Announcement: Of FanPosts And Comments

by Dave Choate on Jun 8, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Editorial

So you've signed up for an account at The Falcoholic, but you haven't commented yet. Maybe your keyboard suddenly broke. Maybe you've forgotten rudimentary English. Maybe you prefer to hang out in the background. I don't know, of course. I'm not a doctor.

Still, now's as good a time as any to get your feet wet in the off-season discussion, which is a bit slower-paced. Those of you who haven't can sign up for an account right here, while those of you who already have accounts are welcome to join in. When it comes to talking Falcons, the more is always the merrier.

But let's say you're commenting and you want to promote something particularly brilliant from the cadre of commenters who are typing away alongside you. Why, that's so easy, even I can do it when I'm stone sober! All you have to do is click the little button and red text underneath a comment that says actions and hit the rec button when it pops up. Now you've recognized an excellent comment, and everyone involved feels good about themselves.

Then there's FanPosts. You may notice that the flow of those beauties on the right-hand sidebar have been a bit slower as of late, so now's as good a time as any to get yours in. Basically, anything that 's discussion worthy and Falcons-related is great for there. Take a look at some of the ones dotting the sidebar now to get a sense of what's welcome here. All I ask is that it gets discussion and isn't blatantly insulting or taking a position that is not defensible (i.e., "why isn't Chris Miller our starting quarterback?!?!"). Those can also be recommended to push them to the top of the list, by scrolling to the bottom of a post and clicking the little rec button once more.

Basically, I'd like to see as many of you as possible involved and talking. There's potential for a great season ahead, and there's no time like the present to get warmed up for it. If you have any questions, as always, shoot me an e-mail at davethefalconer@yahoo.com and I'll get to your query as soon as humanly possible. For those of you who fear e-mail, leave questions here in the comments.

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Hey Dave? I have a question.

I can’t seem to find our insta-win button anywhere? Did you let Tloz borrow it, or did the missus do a little house cleaning and simply misplace it? Umm, wait…..I think……yeah, I think I found it. Here it is, hiding behind some rather large mountain men….

“Destroyer of Dreams”

"If Woody were Captain of the Titanic, he'd argue the boat sinking speaks to how effectively they put rich people in life boats and lock the poor folks below."
-jrauch commenting at Hoopinion on Woody's (non)logic in his post-game comments

by Jesse28 on Jun 8, 2009 8:20 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Haha.

by Dave Choate on Jun 8, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

woah!

I feel like I’ve learned so much today.

In interesting news, my buddy sent me a text message in the middle of the night last night that said, “Gonzalez injured his leg”. I woke up in a PANIC.

Apparently the Colts also have a Gonzalez on their team.

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Jun 8, 2009 9:18 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, that would panic me too

Stupid friends and their stupid stupidness.

by Dave Choate on Jun 8, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Potential

I never like the word potential to be associated with one of my teams, but that is the case for these Falcons. Particularly when it comes to the defense. We are young and unproven. I have great faith in the coaching staff and front offense, but this year is going to be scary. I am sick and tired of hearing about never having posted consecutive winning seasons.

by MikeInValdosta on Jun 8, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions

I think it's all about potential

When you’re a team that’s not established, people look at you cockeyed if you dare to make a bold prediction. Given the way the Falcons are being underrated by a lot of fans, we have a chance to sneak up on everyone yet again.

by Dave Choate on Jun 8, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions

If you mean from a fan's perspective, then sure.

But I highly doubt we are sneaking up on any NFL organization anymore. Obviously no one saw Ryan being as good as he was so soon, but even with TG, this team is still a run-first team. Last year we had almost an entirely different team offensively, not so this year.

by Jesse28 on Jun 8, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

That's what I meant

I can’t go anywhere without getting a roll of the eyes from fans who think we’re not going to be anything special, that last year was a fluke, blah blah blah. I have a feeling they’ll be surprised.

by Dave Choate on Jun 8, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

You are also knee-deep in hostile territory surrounded by fans wearing those New England blinders. Even if we had won the superbowl last year, I’m willing to bet they were still be saying the same thing this year.

by Jesse28 on Jun 9, 2009 7:02 AM EDT up reply actions