I AM a Lions fan!!!
by KDawg on Oct 24, 2009 3:41 PM EDT
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PrintAre you a Lions fan? I'm not just talking about a fair weather fan who will come around and be happy when the team starts winning and we make the playoffs. I'm talking about a true Honolulu Blue, die hard, stick with your team no matter how bad it gets, how much you hate the players, coaches, owners, or front office staff and their decisions type of I WILL NOT GO AWAY FAN!! WHAT ARE YOU!?!?! ARE YOU A MAN OR ARE YOU A BOY?? DO YOU BLEED HONOLULU BLUE AND SILVER OR ARE YOU A LOWDOWN PATHETIC CUR WHO ONLY CHEERS WHEN IT SUITS YOUR AGENDA??
I AM a true blue, die hard Lions fan who WILL NOT go away! I am a true fan who WILL stand by this team until the day I die, NO MATTER WHAT! I don't care if they NEVER win another game in my life, THEY ARE MY TEAM!! If you do not share MY PASSION, then GET THE F OUT! I don't want to read your pathetic dribble, or see your whining and crying ANYMORE! If you want to STICK TO YOUR GUNS and BE A TRUE LIONS FAN, the jerk that smoke wagon and GO TO WORK! I SAID THROW DOWN BOY!
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That was great....."Throw down boy"
How about we throw the worm pieces into Lake Michigan? I hear it’s colder near Green Bay.
What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.
I love it!!!
Anyone who quotes Tombstone is automatically on my cool list.
by Lionsrmycrack on Oct 28, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
GO LIONS!!!!
Had Season tickets when I was in middle school through HS and we lived in Traverse City…….90-95…….Will always be a fan!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Oct 24, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
wow...drove all the way down huh?
Yeeesh!
http://cmufootball.blogspot.com/
by CapitolLions on Oct 25, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, I'm fairly young, Lions fan-wise
But I’d never give up on my Lions…never.
BTW, I love the poll options…
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
sheep are not fans
sheep are sheep. Disagreeing with the current management/ownership does not mean you are not a fan.
The only thing that is pathetic is that you continue to believe in someone (Ford) who has NEVER delivered!
Are you f-ing kidding me?
No one has said that disagreeing with the management or the owner means you are not a fan. However, criticizing your team’s QB, who has played 4 games in his career, over every little thing and then not answering the simple question of whether or not you are a fan sure makes it seem like you are just a troll who has a vendetta against Stafford. You are one of the most ignorant posters I’ve ever seen on the Internet.
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See what you did rbanner?
You pissed off Sean, and that doesn’t happen easily. Completely agree with you BTW.
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 24, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The pathetic game I watched Michigan play today pissed me off
But reading stupid crap like his comments doesn’t help.
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Amen Sean....Amen
…..I think Rbanner back in the day may have been saying get rid of Herman Moore after all his drops his 1st year…..he turned out to be a future Hall Of Famer……he also may have booed the Barry pick as well.
by BennieBladesFan on Oct 24, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
IM A MAN ! IM 40 !
Sorry about that, i live love and breathe the Lions. Come with me on a journey, imagine the day it FINALLY happens, imagine the day the Lions win the Super Bowl. Now imagine how youre gonna feel.
Tears will be shed that day.
Goooooooooo Liiiooooonnnnnnnnssss !!!!
Proud Detroit Lions season ticket holder since.......2009 !!
IM A MAN>>>>>>>IM 40!!!!!!!!
I love that.
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by CapitolLions on Oct 25, 2009 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
WOW
2 polls and rbanner has the single vote in the worst choice both times. Anyone else shocked? (Read heavy sarcasm into that question).
Oops.
The main point. GO LIONS, TIGERS, WINGS, PISTONS, and BLUE.
by Lionsrmycrack on Oct 24, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I AM a Lions fan!
Meanwhile, in pathetic bandwagon cur country…..
“sheep are sheep. Disagreeing with the current management/ownership does not mean you are not a fan.”
It also doesn’t mean you ARE a fan. A wolf among the sheep?….or maybe a Packer?….
What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.
Okay, I'll bite (no pun intended)
I’m a lions fan and have been since ‘89. I still wear a Lions T-Shirt to class (yes, I’m still in school), I cried when Barry Sanders retired, I would vote Yes for Chris Speilman to the hall of fame and I do dream of that day when I get to watch the Lions win the Super Bowl and how incredible that will be. I was also a meated-head Tiger fan who started banging the drum that the Tigers where coming after the 2004 season. So, I admire the passion but I will say this, I do not hold it against anyone who has jumped off the bandwagon. I spent most of the summer debating the issue of quiting this team which is why I don’t post on here often (I admire the optimism and respect the people here enough not to pollute the site with my negative attitude). I still root for the Lions and am somewhat optimistic, but I am not ready to beat the drum yet. I still have very hard feelings about the way Mayhew and Lewand got their jobs. Ownership let one man drive this franchise into the ground and then 3 months after firing him they gave his job to 2 people who worked directly under him without interviewing anyone else. As a fan that hurt more than anything I have experienced as a Lions fan. If anyone wants to jump off until the Fords sell this team I have no problem with that. I killed people who waited until October 2006 to come back to the Tigers so I understand where you are coming from, I just wanted to throw it out there that if some one wants to jump off the bandwagon now I don’t blame them and I will welcome them back (so long as they don’t wait until Super Bowl Sunday to come back). Just one fans thoughts and I won’t take it personally if you guys want to flame away.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 24, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions
i dont wellcome them
if they cant be a fan in hard time when the team needs them the most then they are not a fan and go go fucking die for all i care
Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??
You killed people?
Dude, I swear I kept up with the Tigers, I even suffered through ‘02, I never booed Tram while they sucked please put the knife away I’m sorta young I have much to live for the love of God DON’T KILL ME PLEASE!!!
Just bustin’ your balls :D
WOW
Someone else gets my concerns about management?
I may collapse.
Especially with Mayhew who has an extremely limited background.
And are you “f-ing kidding me”, Sean?
Read the damn posts.
Time after time, I get the treatment of “You’re not a fan” because I disagree with management.
Maybe you should enroll in a remedial English course at Michigan, because you damn sure aren’t reading what has been posted on this board.
I would like to say that
while my post was probably over long it was more of a call not to shun those who have drifted away from this franchise over the past decade when they eventually come back. I could write a book about my complaints with management which is why I avoid posting more on hear. Sean keeps this place focused on the positive and I admire him for that. I know if I frequently posted about my complaints people would rightly call me out for that. Don’t take it personally just realize that these people are aware of all the same things you see as problems but have created a community that tries to stay positive. Don’t take away from that and people will be respectful to you. Again, I could spend hours posting things about the negatives but it would be ignorant of me to think I am offering any new information to people just because they stay positive.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I like you much better than rbanner
You’re absolutely correct. I myself try to keep a positive vibe to my posts, not because I’m always optimistic, but because I’d rather see the silver lining than wallow in the misery. I think the same can be said for a lot of people who regularly post here. Negativity has it’s place and I think that if someone wants to post something negative in nature, it needs to be done respectfully (no calling other fans gullible or sad for still being optimistic) and with research. If rbanner had done this, this whole event may have ended days ago.
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 25, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
Most of my posts on this topic were written before reading rbanner’s posts this week and I have to admit that I see why people got so upset. Oh well, such is life.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh really?
Did you miss the part where I specifically said that disagreeing with management doesn’t mean you’re not a fan?
Maybe you should open your damn eyes and answer the question that everyone has been asking. I couldn’t care less if people take your answer the wrong way, just answer it.
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Not that is not what you "specifically" said
“No one”, forget that part?
Like I said, remedial English for you!
Dude, your being a jerk
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 25, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
HI MY NAME IS DET32
and… and i am a lions fan
picked—I AM A TRUE LIONS FAN! DEATH TO ALL BANDWAGON CURS!!
Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??
There is never been another team for me...
Been a Lions fan since I was 4. Used to stand outside the Dome. And see the players leaving after the game. Stood outside overnight for the ‘91 playoff tickets. In -10 degree weather. I was forth in line. Right, in front of Greg Landry’s grandson. I let him cut in line in front of me. Just because he was Greg Landry’s grandson.
We were at that game.....
……Loudest game ever at the dome…..Couldnt hear the people satnding right next to you…..What a feeling
by BennieBladesFan on Oct 24, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
KDawg
I kinda dont understand this post. I think we are all Lions fans forever here, since the Lions really haven’t given much for the “bandwagoners” to jump on board for, right? Last year tested all of the Lions fans, and yet we remain loyal.
And if our one victory this year is enough to get some fans to jump back on board, well then lets welcome them back!
Purpose
1) Something to do
2) A way to get rbanner to answer the question he has been ducking (he is one of the two votes for bandwagon cur)
3) I do not believe that everyone here is a TRUE Lions fan…..and I think that bandwagon fans are Village People in disguise
4) I am trying to make the point that just because you come here and post does not mean you are a TRUE Lions fan, nor does it make you a TRUE fan because you have followed the team for 50 years
5) I am tired of seeing people, who claim to be TRUE Lions fans, coming to places where REAL and TRUE Lions fans gather to talk about their team, only to criticize and bash different players, coaches, and front office employees of the franchise, when it is blatantly obvious that they couldn’t play, coach, or manage their way out of a pop warner locker room
6) I am sick to death of hearing the same old shit year in and year out, every time the chips are down and we are not winning every football game. The constant drones of FIRE GM, FIRE COACH, OUR QB SUCKS are getting really old and are frankly senseless….We have a new GM, who has not had any significant time to prove himself, who has made a great deal of offseason, pre-season, and in season moves in an attempt to make the Lions a better team (and the TRUE Lions fans have seen and appreciated his efforts so far)…..We have a new head coach, who has also had no significant time to prove himself, who has proven to be a very smart coach, who has had great involvement with the community, who has proven that he thinks about the fans of the team, and who genuinely portrays the desire and ability to turn this team around (and the TRUE Lions fans love, respect, and have great optimism for him and for the team’s future under his direction)…..and we have a rookie QB, who ALSO has not had significant time to prove himself, who has come in to a pretty undesirable situation and done his best, who has continuously improved from game to game, who has shown strong poise and leadership qualities that are required of a man in his position, and who has shown that he is BETTER than Peyton Manning was, as a rookie, on a team with far less talent that Manning has surrounding him……Yet we STILL have people, who call themselves fans, coming here and bashing the owner of the team (who (it has been proven to me) does not have as much pull, sway, or involvement in the team’s operation as many would like to believe (even I used to think so), the front office members and their decisions, the coaching staff, and the players! WTF?? If you do not eat, sleep, breathe, live, and love Lions football, then what in the blue F are you doing here making my life miserable? Go somewhere else and spew your woe is me crap to someone who cares…..because I certainly do not. THE PAST IS THE PAST…..THIS IS THE PRESENT! WE LIVE IN THE HERE AND NOW, NOT IN THE THERE AND THEN.
7) Lastly, I do not like bandwagon fans. Fair weather fandom is cowardly. If you can not stand by this team through thick and thin, through humiliation and criticism, and through every trial and tribulation then you are not a TRUE fan, and you do not belong here. I will not welcome a person who abandoned MY TEAM when they needed their fans the most. I will not welcome a person who does not have the perseverance to weather the perfect storm and stand tall and proud in even the darkest of times. It is not fair to those of us who are TRUE fans. Us TRUE fans have been here all the way. We have taken the criticism and the humility, we have weathered the trials and tribulations, and we have stood tall and proud to be Lions fans through thick and thin. WE TRUE FANS are the ones who DESERVE to bask in the glory that will come when the Lions FINALLY return to greatness. WE TRUE FANS are the ones who DESERVE to celebrate and say that we always knew that OUR TEAM would win the big game some day, and that we were with them all the while. If you do not have the gumption to be THAT type of fan, and you leave this team just because you can’t handle the criticism, the humility, or the bad times…..then I have NO USE FOR YOU. My purpose here, is to let it be known…..I don’t give two shits who likes it and who doesn’t.
Wow that was a long post KDawg..
I only read the CAPS but i agree with what you capitalized so im on your side.
Proud Detroit Lions season ticket holder since.......2009 !!
Rofl
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 25, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
"I will not welcome a person who abandoned MY TEAM when they needed their fans the most."
If they are that damn fragile, get them tutus because they have no business in the NFL.
If you want another five+ decades of failure, continue to support the current regime. They love suckers!
So let me see if my understanding of english is better than Sean.
You are saying we would be suckers to support the Lions due to the fact that you are sure there will be five+ decades of failure under the current regime. Does that sound about right? You are basically lobbying fans to turn their backs on a team they love to follow, win or lose.
Got news for you pal. It is our right to support, talk about, bitch about, joke about, or have any other type of discussion about the Lions on this great web site that Sean and Drew for that matter does a great job of running.
If you don’t like it, take your lobbying, mumbling, grumbling, whining, nit picking, I can do it better than anyone, Packer, Redskins, or whatever team you switch to self out of here. I am sure you will not turn any of these fans any time soon.
Not even remotely correct
Unless you think OMF has the lifespan of a biblical character.
Now we have a new candidate for that remedial English class.
You can do whatever you like, but that does not mean more wins and less losses.
It is just as much my right to point out failure as it is your’s to embrace it.
WOW
I believe you could combine points 6 and 7 and create a solid defintion for the term “meathead.” Seriously, I don’t know if you’ve heard this story before but in 2006 the Detroit Tigers came out of nowhere (unless you were listening to me and then it wouldn’t have been too surprising) and made a run at the World Series. It was a great time for those of us who suffered through the Randy Smith era and still wonder to this day how much worse it could have been if Juan Gone had signed that 7 year 144 million dollar contract. So you know what I did when I noticed the bandwagon fans coming on board … I reached my hand out and helped them on. And you want to know why? Because it benefits my team to have every fan possible so that years like 2006 aren’t just flashes in the pan, but instead my team can continue to compete and maintain a high level of play from increased revenue. I don’t blame you for being sick of the negative attitudes but I’m not convinced blind faith is any better. We can all appreciate your passion and I will continue to refrain from posting negative comments about the Lions but I think you need to realize that you can be a true fan and have doubts about what is going on.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he's more referring to people who bash them continually
Going beyond pure doubt, then come on the bandwagon. Most of us have doubts about certain things within the team, but we still follow them every Sunday.
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 25, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Having read rbanner's stuff
I would agree. There is a point where you can say “I think this is bad because …” and a point where it just sounds like your rooting for bad things to happen. We all get that there are problems but no one who calls themselves a Lions fan should be rooting for bad things to happen just so they can be right.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
To be fair
I just skimmed some of the posts rbanner created in the past week (too many replies to read each one) and I see why you are pissed. I think the point rbanner misses is that it’s okay to be a fan of a team and hope that the team gets it right (draft picks, etc) even if you believe they made the wrong decision. I feel like I can summarize like this, I probably agree with most of what rbanner is saying but I have never once felt a need to create a post about it because frankly I would rather be wrong. The unfortunate thing with posts like his is that he is making the assumption that nobody else has ever thought those same thoughts and that he is guiding light that will lead everyone to Zen. My hope for you KDawg is that you remember that when this thing does get turned around the franchise needs guys like that just as much as they need the hard-core fans if they want to maintain success … no matter how unfair it seems.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I respectfully disagree
I was also there with the Tigers……through all of the bad years after 1984. Bandwagon fans are worthless. I have my opinion and you have yours.
BTW
I never said that you can’t be a TRUE fan and also be critical of your team and the decisions of the management. I said if you abandon the team and become a fan of another team, just because they are producing a winner, then as far as I am concerned you can stay there when THIS team becomes a winner. What good does constant bitching and moaning do for anyone here? NONE. That is all I am saying. If you want to whine and complain with every comment you make, I would appreciate it (as I am sure a lot of us would) if you would do it elsewhere. I myself have been critical of the management’s decisions……however I refuse to walk away from my team just because I think the owner is an idiot, the GM is an idiot, the coach is an idiot, or the players suck. Period. If you are still a fan of the Lions, after the failure they have experienced over the years, then that is what I constitute as a true fan. I definitely do not mean to preach “blind faith” here…..however I am saying if you are going to be consistently negative, at least back your claims with a solid argument, backed with CURRENT facts. In other words, put up or shut up.
I agree
and I think the problem with rbanner is that he comes across as if he is rooting for Stafford and the team to fail. I have my complaints but I don’t want this team to fail and I think if you find yourself rooting for them to fail you need to reconsider your fandom.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, you're right.....rbanner is the anti-fan
He roots for the Lions to fail so he can continue to rip them and say he was right. Maybe he could use a new hobby……this one doesn’t seem to be impressing anyone.
What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.
He Is
He is rooting for the team to fail. Because his point is that’s the only way the franchise will make drastic changes — if the fanbase leaves and the team fails season after season. I think rbanner is pissed because we keep following the team even though they’re going through a rough time. And if we continue to support the Lions, nothing will change.
Having said that, I think it’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
I did
but in my defense I hadn’t read rbanner’s stuff at that point and having seen what it was that inspired all this I can concede not wanting guys like that around.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a cool
I’M A MAN … I’M ALMOST 40
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Oct 25, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
It is great to see how one closet Packers fan living in the past..
can be the rally cry for the real fans of the Lions.
Jazzy and KDawg you guys really need to check out some of the things that rbanner says
he has done. Alittle research. And you will find he is full of shit. Like the Lions vs. Colts game at the “Big House”. Check the date on the paper. How he describes the field conditions. It is straight out of Plimpton’s book " Mad Ducks and Bears". That is why I have not respond alot to his comments. I think his just fuckin’ with us.
the Game was played on Aug. 21st
not on Sept 22( like he said). The Lions first game of the season was on Sept 20 ( Monday night)
Maybe
I had a little discussion earlier on one of his threads with him about the 1-15 Dolphins and it wasn’t bad at all. No little digs or jabs or needling, just 2 dudes talking a little football.
Maybe he’s been trying to joke around with us in a smarmy David Spade kind of way that doesn’t come across well in written word…
go check out mine and his last comments in the MONENT OF TRUTH thread
I caught talking out of his ass
HELL YES I'M A FAN!!!
I love my damn Lions, and I love all you guys too – I catch heat from people down here in IL when I’m always wearing my Lions gear around town, but I don’t give a damn – I’m always representing my Lions, even in the offseason. I may not get on this message board as often as I like due to other demands, but damn it, I love my Lions and always will baby
very cool....
……I actually remember reading that about you in the “bio” post that everyone did at the beginning of the season – very cool. If you got a site w/ any of your music on it, I’d love to check it out. Keep on tearin’ it up man – I’m still trying to recover from last night’s show myself…….there were some hotties showing off their goods on the dance floor last night if you know what I mean, good times :) ha ha
p.s. if you haven’t gotten the new Alice in Chains yet, pick it up, it’s killer. Jerry Cantrell’s the man
by Angry Johnny on Oct 25, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Black Gives Way To Blue
It’s a pretty good album, not as good as Facelift or Dirt (and who could expect it to be) but much better than there self-titled. The new singer does a pretty good job.
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 25, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I seen them with the new singer
Emerald theater is a great venue to see a concert. It was about 3 years ago so new material wasn’t played. If you closed your eyes and listened, it sounded just like Layne and a cd was being played over the PA. I think they played for almost 3 hrs. Outstanding show.
Geez, 3 hours is one long show
Do they have that much material? They’d pretty much have to do nearly every song.
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 25, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
They pretty much did!
45 min acoustic encore then a 4 song encore after that. They had to keep us waiting with the 5 minutes of cheering in between the encores of course. lol
a true fan
i live on the state line in between ill and wis. im surrounded by bears and packers fans, all people do is rub it in my face that the lions went 0 -16. just wait, the lions will be in control of this division, soon. so yeah im am not one of those sell out fair weather fans. go lions and i love this web site, im glad i stumbled upon it. watching sanders run all over the bears is what made me a lions fan.
Diehard fan here...
…living in Bears country. If you believe in a god, pray to them to help me. :-)
GO LIONS! RESTORE THE ROAR!
Love, love, love...
…my Lions. They will have their day, and Schwartz will make sure it comes sooner than later.
GO LIONS! RESTORE THE ROAR!
Ummmmmm no.
While I’m proud to have you as a fellow Lions fan I have only one thing to say about collegiate sports.
GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!
by Lionsrmycrack on Oct 28, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
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