49ers are a laughing stock in Seattle

Lol they arent going to repeat. Theyll get blown out by the broncos

Originally posted by VDpwndMjenkins:
To the OP, no one in the Steelers fanbase cares what the Browns,Ravens or Benglals fans think. No one in the Cowgirl fanbase cares what the Eagles fans think. Nor the Lakers fans care what the upstart Clippers bandwagon fans think either. Same goes for Yanks, Bosox, etc. fanbases as well.

All these great francises fans, whether their in the midst of a down year or not, should only recognize their true peers. Those whose franchises have comparable accomplishments, or those whose acheviments are greater than their own.

Me personally, those fanbases with 3-4 rings or more I respect. Short of that, the others and their s**t talkin, petty envy and jealousy are irrelevant.

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Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:

Originally posted by VDpwndMjenkins:
No one in the Steelers fanbase cares what the Browns,Ravens or Benglals think. No one in the Cowgirl fanbase cares what the Eagles fans think. Nor the Lakers care what the upstart Clippers bandwagon fans think either. Same goes for Yanks, Bosox, etc.

All these great francises, whether their in the midst of a down year or not, only recognize their true peers. Those who have accomplished what they have, or surpassed their own accomplishments.

Me personally, those with 3-4 rings or more I respect. Short of that, the others n their opinions are irrelevant.

Agreed. I had a jackass sitting a few rows over yell "all you guys have is Montana, Young and Rice" (I was wearing a Young throwback)

Lol as if thats some sort of insult. Why did he just stop there?? Lott, Haley, TO, BY, Mcelhenny, etc. all played for us prior to 06, when he started watching, so he wouldnt know anything about them right?

"Oh you have Largent aaaaaand.......??"

Originally posted by OahuHawkFan:
Well, unlike some here....I appreciate the rivalry between the Seahawks and 49ers, and don't really have any hatred for your fan base. From what I can see, the fan bases are quite a bit more alike than I'm sure most around here would want to admit. It's interesting to me to see your (as well as other teams fans) perspectives. I obviously just lurk most of the time. But don't feel TOO special, I lurk on probably about 10-15 different team forums.

In a lot of ways, I prefer the critical perspectives of opposing fans to the Homeristic perspective shared by most other Seahawks fans. There are fans here who put a lot of work into the posts - for example, the coaches perspective thread currently ongoing in the other sub-forum. That stuff is golden. There's plenty of people over on .net who do great post-game write-ups regularly. But that type of post, and the degree of effort (including screenshots and GIF's) is unique and informative. Having only played football a single year in my youth, I'm not ashamed to say I have plenty more to learn about the sport.

Anyway, that's the honest truth. Honestly not trying to ruffle any feathers. But that doesn't mean I need to sing kumbaya with ya'll either

Things that are real for $500 Alex.

A) Santa Claus

B) Tooth Fairy

C) Seattle Seahawks fans in Hawaii


Hmmmm.........Who is Seattle Seahawks fans in Hawaii

Alex: Mmmm.....no, the correct answer is, who is Santa Claus.

Originally posted by OahuHawkFan:
Well, unlike those here, I lurk on probably about 10-15 different team forums.

Now that "seems silly".

If I was going on that many forums, I wouldn't have time to sleep, go to work, or do anything else.

Originally posted by VDpwndMjenkins:

Lol as if thats some sort of insult. Why did he just stop there?? Lott, Haley, TO, BY, Mcelhenny, etc. all played for us prior to 06, when he started watching, so he wouldnt know anything about them right?

"Oh you have Largent aaaaaand.......??"

Kenny Easley. Fine player. One way of identifying a real Seahawks fan is to ask them about Easley. Real fans know who you are talking about.

Originally posted by English:

Kenny Easley. Fine player. One way of identifying a real Seahawks fan is to ask them about Easley. Real fans know who you are talking about.

Or, just ask Ronnie Lott ;-)
Jacob Green was one of my "old favorites" (which made it extra-sad when his son-in-law, Big Red, left :-( )

Originally posted by English:
Kenny Easley. Fine player. One way of identifying a real Seahawks fan is to ask them about Easley. Real fans know who you are talking about.

Lol, bring up Kitna and most hawk fans Ive met say "who?"

Most probably remember this as the birth of their franchise...

Originally posted by TheRickestRick:
Lol, bring up Kitna and most hawk fans Ive met say "who?"

Most probably remember this as the birth of their franchise...

I love how 49ers fans extrapolate their own impression of Seattle onto ALL Seahawks fans.... 49ers fans paid no attention to the Seattle Seahawks before the team entered the NFC West, therefore, the Seahawks (and their fans) never existed before then.

That's some pretty extreme arrogance don't you think?

So let's be clear, YOUR views may have been that your first awareness of the Seahawks was in 2003. You don't speak for me, and you don't speak for any Seahawks fans I know. Most of us had MANY painful memories well before that one.

Originally posted by OahuHawkFan:

Originally posted by TheRickestRick:
Lol, bring up Kitna and most hawk fans Ive met say "who?"

Most probably remember this as the birth of their franchise...

I love how 49ers fans extrapolate their own impression of Seattle onto ALL Seahawks fans.... 49ers fans paid no attention to the Seattle Seahawks before the team entered the NFC West, therefore, the Seahawks (and their fans) never existed before then.

That's some pretty extreme arrogance don't you think?

So let's be clear, YOUR views may have been that your first awareness of the Seahawks was in 2003. You don't speak for me, and you don't speak for any Seahawks fans I know. Most of us had MANY painful memories well before that one.

I live in the Seattle area, and the bandwagon is real. I respect the longtime fans who struggled through years of local blackouts, cheering for Dan McGuire and Rick Mirer, and I'm fine with them getting a trophy, but there are WAY too many people who were recently Steeler, Raider, Giant, Cowboy, Niner, Packer, and Patriot fans who are now "die hard" Hawk fans, talking about "We are gonna repeat," wearing their 12 jerseys when they can't even name 11 guys on the team.

I was willing to except it as my lot, living in hostile territory, but stuff involving my kid makes me nuts. Some middle-aged jackass at Safeway BOOED MY FIVE - YEAR - OLD for wearing a Niners shirt. He's a really friendly kid who says "hi" to everyone, and some leather-lipped gash snapped at him, "GO SEAHAWKS!!!" and glared at me for having the audacity to let my son walk around wearing non-Seahawk colors. Not drunk, not at the game, just garbage people.

My views are based on living here, and I never saw Seahawk flags on houses or trucks growing up. Part of the reason I was still a 49er fan after my folks split up (dad born in SF) was that the 49ers were on tv more than the Seahawks, because the "greatest fanbase on earth" couldn't sell out the dome. Going to games even 5 years ago was easy, because the fans appreciated someone spending money on their team, since home team fans weren't doing it.

Originally posted by WRATHman44:
I live in the Seattle area, and the bandwagon is real. I respect the longtime fans who struggled through years of local blackouts, cheering for Dan McGuire and Rick Mirer, and I'm fine with them getting a trophy, but there are WAY too many people who were recently Steeler, Raider, Giant, Cowboy, Niner, Packer, and Patriot fans who are now "die hard" Hawk fans, talking about "We are gonna repeat," wearing their 12 jerseys when they can't even name 11 guys on the team.

I was willing to except it as my lot, living in hostile territory, but stuff involving my kid makes me nuts. Some middle-aged jackass at Safeway BOOED MY FIVE - YEAR - OLD for wearing a Niners shirt. He's a really friendly kid who says "hi" to everyone, and some leather-lipped gash snapped at him, "GO SEAHAWKS!!!" and glared at me for having the audacity to let my son walk around wearing non-Seahawk colors. Not drunk, not at the game, just garbage people.

My views are based on living here, and I never saw Seahawk flags on houses or trucks growing up. Part of the reason I was still a 49er fan after my folks split up (dad born in SF) was that the 49ers were on tv more than the Seahawks, because the "greatest fanbase on earth" couldn't sell out the dome. Going to games even 5 years ago was easy, because the fans appreciated someone spending money on their team, since home team fans weren't doing it.

Well, we clearly had very different experiences then. I lived in the puget sound area north of Seattle for 35+ years, and I couldn't disagree more. Sure there's fans of other teams. There's plenty of California (and other state) transplants in Washington State, so that explains it in part.

I've heard this nerative before on this board, and it seems like EVERY 49er fan who happens to live in or around Seattle emerges to tell a similar story. So clearly, there's probably something to it in your opinions... But it's a massive exageration to suggest there were not a lot of football fans in the Seattle area before recently. Have you thought about just how low the low years were? Ken Berring? Tom Flores? I mean, those were some tough times. But if you are willing to go back to the Chuck Knox years and survey the area, you would know there was a TON of rapid fans.

So yeah, I don't know when you moved to Seattle. But I think it's important to set the record straight from my perspective.

Originally posted by OahuHawkFan:

Originally posted by WRATHman44:
I live in the Seattle area, and the bandwagon is real. I respect the longtime fans who struggled through years of local blackouts, cheering for Dan McGuire and Rick Mirer, and I'm fine with them getting a trophy, but there are WAY too many people who were recently Steeler, Raider, Giant, Cowboy, Niner, Packer, and Patriot fans who are now "die hard" Hawk fans, talking about "We are gonna repeat," wearing their 12 jerseys when they can't even name 11 guys on the team.

I was willing to except it as my lot, living in hostile territory, but stuff involving my kid makes me nuts. Some middle-aged jackass at Safeway BOOED MY FIVE - YEAR - OLD for wearing a Niners shirt. He's a really friendly kid who says "hi" to everyone, and some leather-lipped gash snapped at him, "GO SEAHAWKS!!!" and glared at me for having the audacity to let my son walk around wearing non-Seahawk colors. Not drunk, not at the game, just garbage people.

My views are based on living here, and I never saw Seahawk flags on houses or trucks growing up. Part of the reason I was still a 49er fan after my folks split up (dad born in SF) was that the 49ers were on tv more than the Seahawks, because the "greatest fanbase on earth" couldn't sell out the dome. Going to games even 5 years ago was easy, because the fans appreciated someone spending money on their team, since home team fans weren't doing it.

Well, we clearly had very different experiences then. I lived in the puget sound area north of Seattle for 35+ years, and I couldn't disagree more. Sure there's fans of other teams. There's plenty of California (and other state) transplants in Washington State, so that explains it in part.

I've heard this nerative before on this board, and it seems like EVERY 49er fan who happens to live in or around Seattle emerges to tell a similar story. So clearly, there's probably something to it in your opinions... But it's a massive exageration to suggest there were not a lot of football fans in the Seattle area before recently. Have you thought about just how low the low years were? Ken Berring? Tom Flores? I mean, those were some tough times. But if you are willing to go back to the Chuck Knox years and survey the area, you would know there was a TON of rapid fans.

So yeah, I don't know when you moved to Seattle. But I think it's important to set the record straight from my perspective.

Up until very recently -- I'd say within the past 10-15 years -- there were more 49er fans in the State of Washington than Seattle Seahawks fans and the same rule is true with the City of Seattle itself.

Why? The reason is simple: The 49ers were the first team on the Left Coast. For decades they were the only team in the northern part of the country. The State of Washington, including the City of Seattle, was the home TV market for 49ers football for DECADES.

It took a long time for football fans in Washington to warm up to the Seahawks. That's natural. You don't build a rabid fan base overnight. They emerge with time. The Seahawks have now been around long enough to be considered the "home team," and they've managed to build a rabid fan base. Those loyal 49er fans up north are either very old -- or they're gone now. To that big football stadium in the sky.

Originally posted by OahuHawkFan:

Originally posted by WRATHman44:
I live in the Seattle area, and the bandwagon is real. I respect the longtime fans who struggled through years of local blackouts, cheering for Dan McGuire and Rick Mirer, and I'm fine with them getting a trophy, but there are WAY too many people who were recently Steeler, Raider, Giant, Cowboy, Niner, Packer, and Patriot fans who are now "die hard" Hawk fans, talking about "We are gonna repeat," wearing their 12 jerseys when they can't even name 11 guys on the team.

I was willing to except it as my lot, living in hostile territory, but stuff involving my kid makes me nuts. Some middle-aged jackass at Safeway BOOED MY FIVE - YEAR - OLD for wearing a Niners shirt. He's a really friendly kid who says "hi" to everyone, and some leather-lipped gash snapped at him, "GO SEAHAWKS!!!" and glared at me for having the audacity to let my son walk around wearing non-Seahawk colors. Not drunk, not at the game, just garbage people.

My views are based on living here, and I never saw Seahawk flags on houses or trucks growing up. Part of the reason I was still a 49er fan after my folks split up (dad born in SF) was that the 49ers were on tv more than the Seahawks, because the "greatest fanbase on earth" couldn't sell out the dome. Going to games even 5 years ago was easy, because the fans appreciated someone spending money on their team, since home team fans weren't doing it.

Well, we clearly had very different experiences then. I lived in the puget sound area north of Seattle for 35+ years, and I couldn't disagree more. Sure there's fans of other teams. There's plenty of California (and other state) transplants in Washington State, so that explains it in part.

I've heard this nerative before on this board, and it seems like EVERY 49er fan who happens to live in or around Seattle emerges to tell a similar story. So clearly, there's probably something to it in your opinions... But it's a massive exageration to suggest there were not a lot of football fans in the Seattle area before recently. Have you thought about just how low the low years were? Ken Berring? Tom Flores? I mean, those were some tough times. But if you are willing to go back to the Chuck Knox years and survey the area, you would know there was a TON of rapid fans.

So yeah, I don't know when you moved to Seattle. But I think it's important to set the record straight from my perspective.

Right, it was my opinion what they said. I probably imagined the respectful fans 5 years ago and prior, too, right? I've been here my whole life, excluding training and deployments. The fanbase is different now. Too many new fans and front-runnung a55holes. My neighbor is a good dude and a lifelong fan (only 28). He hates the bandwagoners even more than I do.