I have a question

[Doomsday101]

The only thing I'm addressing is the long time fan that is sure to post his years of being a fan in a lot of his posts and uses it as a "DON'T QUESTION ME KID!" kind of tone.

I understand what you’re getting at and really the only time I even mention it is when younger fans question my loyalty to the club because I don't see things the same way they may see it. People want to disagree with me or debate a topic fine that is what this site is for but loyalty to the team? I'll quickly point out how deep my loyalty is. Fan since 1965 and have not missed a single snap reg season or pre-season since 1976

 

[SkinsandTerps]

I think sometime posters use it as a way of saying, ' coming from a guy that has seen it all, and heard it all, with this team, this is how I feel'...

I dont think most of the time longtime fans are saying, 'look here kid respect your elders'.

Just from my perspective anyway.

 

[dallasfaniac]

Oh I am not disagreeing by any stretch of the means, I was only addressing the ones that actually have watched the game for a long time, not the ones that post that they do.

The ones that look down on people are generally lying about how long they have been fans and use the internet to find facts about the Cowboys to make it seem like they have.

My point is, being a Cowboy fan forever and listening to the same dumb remarks gets on you sometimes, but you'll never hear me say 'Oh, I've been around here forever...' I just put dumb posters on ignore. But for the record I have been around since the 12 sack game in 66.

 

[superpunk]

Why are people ragging on people who have been fans of this franchise before some of you were even born?

Because I hate you.

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Also, I think anyone who has been a fan the past 10 years, or posts on this site, can be classified as DIEHARD. It certainly hasn't been all peaches and cream.

 

[TEK2000]

I understand what you’re getting at and really the only time I even mention it is when younger fans question my loyalty to the club because I don't see things the same way they may see it. People want to disagree with me or debate a topic fine that is what this site is for but loyalty to the team? I'll quickly point out how deep my loyalty is. Fan since 1965 and have not missed a single snap reg season or pre-season since 1976

And I completely understand where you're coming from. Heck, regardless of years of being a fan, I'd be annoyed as well if I had my loyalty questioned.

For the majority of us here on the forum... I'm sure its near the level of someone questioning your loyalty to your wife and/or kids.

 

[Doomsday101]

Because I hate you.

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Also, I think anyone who has been a fan the past 10 years, or posts on this site, can be classified as DIEHARD. It certainly hasn't been all peaches and cream.

You know you don't really hate me. I agree this past 10 years has been hard on all Cowboy fans.

 

[dallasfaniac]

Everyone's always gotta be ragging on Madden...Down with the hoop and stick generation!

Also for the record, I love Madden and am the best GM it has ever seen...

 

[jazzcat22]

It is a reference point, everyone in life uses it to some degree, whether sports related about your favorite team or something else.

Like people say, I have lived here for XX years, before they start their story. And the years may or may not have anything to do with it.

I have heard people in bars, say, I have been coming in here for 20 years [sad, but it's their life] and has nothing to do with anything, except they think they should be waited on first and get a price break or free drink, which it doesn't.

 

[dallasfaniac]

It is a reference point, everyone in life uses it to some degree, whether sports related about your favorite team or something else.

Like people say, I have lived here for XX years, before they start their story. And the years may or may not have anything to do with it.

I have heard people in bars, say, I have been coming in here for 20 years [sad, but it's their life] and has nothing to do with anything, except they think they should be waited on first and get a price break or free drink, which it doesn't.

Yeah, ummm, without those guys that have been fans or whatever for 20+ years, the franchise or bar closes shop and moves. New Orleans and Cinci are lucky to have many of the fans they do that would wear bags over their heads during games and all, otherwise the teams would be in Cali for a year or two and move again. It's the 40 year fans that made sure there was an NFL to watch for the fresh on the bandwagon fans.

 

[dargonking999]

Let me address some points here

What im more referring to is the threads like

I've been a fan for 40+ years, and i think that Bledsoe should be benched

:\ What does you being a fan for 40+ years have to do with bledsoe being benched?

Does the fact your amount of years make your opinion validated?

Now of course when talking historicaly, i would expect one who's been a fan since 1960, would know more about Drew Person, and TD then someone who's been a fan since 1990.

But i see fans using there years, as a refernce to current events. AS if there more validated because there older.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Everyone's always gotta be ragging on Madden...Down with the hoop and stick generation!

Where did you find that pic of CBZ?

 

[dallasfaniac]

Let me address some points here

What im more referring to is the threads like

I've been a fan for 40+ years, and i think that Bledsoe should be benched

:\ What does you being a fan for 40+ years have to do with bledsoe being benched?

Does the fact your amount of years make your opinion validated?

Now of course when talking historicaly, i would expect one who's been a fan since 1960, would know more about Drew Person, and TD then someone who's been a fan since 1990.

But i see fans using there years, as a refernce to current events. AS if there more validated because there older.

Oh yeah, that's just plain annoying. If you have to qualify how long you have been a fan then you are probably lying in the first place.

--But Bledsoe should be benched, no matter where he goes.

 

[jazzcat22]

Yeah, ummm, without those guys that have been fans or whatever for 20+ years, the franchise or bar closes shop and moves. New Orleans and Cinci are lucky to have many of the fans they do that would wear bags over their heads during games and all, otherwise the teams would be in Cali for a year or two and move again. It's the 40 year fans that made sure there was an NFL to watch for the fresh on the bandwagon fans.

I am not knocking the statement, I agree with what you just said. I was just saying it's a way of life for people to use that type of statement no matter what the subject. I have used it myself on many ocaissions.

 

[jazzcat22]

I've been a fan for 40+ years, and i think that Bledsoe should be benched

I've been a fan for 40 years also....and I think....I'll will be a fan for another 40+ years....

However, I am not qualified to say, who to draft, start, call plays or whatever. I can give my opinion, and it counts the same as a fan of 1 year.

 

[dallasfaniac]

I am not knocking the statement, I agree with what you just said. I was just saying it's a way of life for people to use that type of statement no matter what the subject. I have used it myself on many ocaissions.

Yeah, realized it when I read it again, lol, senile you know.

 

[Clove]

My original post was mainly a joke about understanding if you have been a fan for a long time, but it rings a note of truth.

What you have to understand is that many of us have listened to ignorant 2nd year fans for 40 years and it's always the same thing. Always calling for the backup QB after a few bad games, thinking we should trade our starting RB because our 2nd stringer puts up nice yards coming off the bench, analyzing a play and not knowing what coverage responsibilities or a passing tree are, etc. etc.

Basically what we have now is all these Madden guys coming in trying to tell everyone they know what is right, even though history has shown differently. We have raised an generation of people who conveniently have 'sources' and also a veil of anonymity.

The point is, before you go spouting off nonsense and then getting mad when someone corrects you, think about how many skins you have against the wall.

I'll add this. Some of you don't know what's it's like to go through the ups and downs of being a champion. In the 70s, our team was always competative, we didn't know anything about not making the play offs.

In the 80s, it was weird for us to be at the verge for like 3 years in a row, and then being mediocre for the remaining of the 80s, it was horrible.

In the 90s, the 70s and 80s guys appreciated all the super bowls, because during the 80s, we had our arses handed to us.

And now in the 2000s, we're just tired of seeing the same old crap. Until you experienced years and years of painful football, and years and years of great football, you will never know what a true fan is. I'm almost 37, I've seen a lot of great Cowboys football, and I've seen alot of crap. So just respect the older guys, they've been through alot, and you can learn a thing or 2.

 

[THUMPER]

My original post was mainly a joke about understanding if you have been a fan for a long time, but it rings a note of truth.

What you have to understand is that many of us have listened to ignorant 2nd year fans for 40 years and it's always the same thing. Always calling for the backup QB after a few bad games, thinking we should trade our starting RB because our 2nd stringer puts up nice yards coming off the bench, analyzing a play and not knowing what coverage responsibilities or a passing tree are, etc. etc.

Basically what we have now is all these Madden guys coming in trying to tell everyone they know what is right, even though history has shown differently. We have raised an generation of people who conveniently have 'sources' and also a veil of anonymity.

The point is, before you go spouting off nonsense and then getting mad when someone corrects you, think about how many skins you have against the wall.

I've been a fan since 1963 and I approve of this post.

 

[dargonking999]

I've been a fan since 1963 and I approve of this post.

i've been a fan since 1962 and i dont

i win gg


(jk)

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Why do fans use

" I have been a Cowboy fan for <enter huge number of years here> "

or i've been a fan since < enter Ice age Age here>

or i've given my entire life to cowboys

or my entire house is blue and siliver

or my wife is a cowboy blow up doll

to justify their opinions

Do you guys actaully think, these things make your opinions more validated then someone who isnt these things? Does it mean that your a better fan.

I mean im just curious cause i keep seeing this threads starting off saying one of those lines, as if that means there thread is validated.

And this post stinks.

 

[superpunk]

You know you don't really hate me.

I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey.

Greatest generation my ***. Tom Brokaw's a punk!

I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew.