Many Thanks from Commander Nation

[dieselfan44]

Let me start by saying that my attitude towards the Dallas Cowboys team and fans in the past has been at best, very raw. Some of that is due to our rivalry being very competitive until the last couple of years and part of that is that you guys have put together a strong team while the Commanders are still trying to figure some things out. With that said my attitude towards your organization and fan base has changed forever. The response from this site as well as the response from the team in general has been crucial in helping our fan base to cope with our loss. I have visited a few other sites where the comments were way off-base. Some calling ST a thug and speculating on what he could have been involved with that could have made someone want to kill him. To the credit of the cowboys organization and this community of fans I have seen no negative comments on this board. I know there will be speculation and rumor that will cloud this tragedy even more, but on behalf of extremeskins.com and the rest of Commanders nation I wanted to thank each person who has contributed to respecting and honoring Sean Taylor.

I now realize the special relationship that exists between our two organizations. I will forever watch our rivalry without hate, but with a mutual respect. Thank you and please keep Sean's family, our players, and our fans in your thoughts and prayers.

Respectfully,

Dieselfan44

 

[CliffnDallas]

I am sure the thoughts and prayers of the Cowboys players and we fans are with Sean, his family and the Commander nation in this time of grief. We fans yours and ours share a special bond. A mutual respect and yes a warm hatred.

That's as it should be. In a way we are like two competing brothers always trying to out do the other. Like the Manning's. We're Payton and you're Eli.
Wait. Bad analogy.

 

[zrinkill]

Our Rivalry bonds us and we are with you in your time of need.

 

[03EBZ06]

During times of tragedy, good people tend to reach out to those who are hurting to comfort them, regardless of their adversarial behaviors in the past and I'm sure the Commanders fans would do same as many of the Cowboys fans has done in last few days if an unfortunate situation arises in Cowboys organization.

This is a time to honor and pay tribute to a very talented young man who was on his way to being a better human being and that is what good people do, it's a right thing to do.

 

[isle-hawg]

Well put Diesel!

 

[big dog cowboy]

I now realize the special relationship that exists between our two organizations. I will forever watch our rivalry without hate, but with a mutual respect. Thank you and please keep Sean's family, our players, and our fans in your thoughts and prayers.

Respectfully,

Dieselfan44

to you and all the Commander fans.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Let me start by saying that my attitude towards the Dallas Cowboys team and fans in the past has been at best, very raw. Some of that is due to our rivalry being very competitive until the last couple of years and part of that is that you guys have put together a strong team while the Commanders are still trying to figure some things out. With that said my attitude towards your organization and fan base has changed forever. The response from this site as well as the response from the team in general has been crucial in helping our fan base to cope with our loss. I have visited a few other sites where the comments were way off-base. Some calling ST a thug and speculating on what he could have been involved with that could have made someone want to kill him. To the credit of the cowboys organization and this community of fans I have seen no negative comments on this board. I know there will be speculation and rumor that will cloud this tragedy even more, but on behalf of extremeskins.com and the rest of Commanders nation I wanted to thank each person who has contributed to respecting and honoring Sean Taylor.

I now realize the special relationship that exists between our two organizations. I will forever watch our rivalry without hate, but with a mutual respect. Thank you and please keep Sean's family, our players, and our fans in your thoughts and prayers.

Respectfully,

Dieselfan44

Beneath it all.... there is a deep rooted respect by both teams.... by both sets of fans...

 

[PullMyFinger]

All fans should bond at a time like this.

I remember back in April, when the tragedy at VA tech happened. I have never seen so many come together. College's and students from around the country, hell even other countries came together, that was a great thing to see.

The NFL and the players will all be thinking of 21 for a long time, and as much as I hate the Skins, they'll be my second most favorite team for the rest of the year. This will either break them or bond them, I think the latter.


Forgive me for saying this.......GO SKINS!

 

[newlander]

This transcends football. The fact other sites and their "fans" can't see that is............disappointing, but we've got your back. Hope time will heal all your wounds and also see the scumbag(s) who did this to the best safety in the game caught ASAP.

 

[CounterTrey]

Let me start by saying that my attitude towards the Dallas Cowboys team and fans in the past has been at best, very raw. Some of that is due to our rivalry being very competitive until the last couple of years and part of that is that you guys have put together a strong team while the Commanders are still trying to figure some things out. With that said my attitude towards your organization and fan base has changed forever. The response from this site as well as the response from the team in general has been crucial in helping our fan base to cope with our loss. I have visited a few other sites where the comments were way off-base. Some calling ST a thug and speculating on what he could have been involved with that could have made someone want to kill him. To the credit of the cowboys organization and this community of fans I have seen no negative comments on this board. I know there will be speculation and rumor that will cloud this tragedy even more, but on behalf of extremeskins.com and the rest of Commanders nation I wanted to thank each person who has contributed to respecting and honoring Sean Taylor.

I now realize the special relationship that exists between our two organizations. I will forever watch our rivalry without hate, but with a mutual respect. Thank you and please keep Sean's family, our players, and our fans in your thoughts and prayers.

Respectfully,

Dieselfan44

I came here as a representative of CPNd to formally throw out thanks to your community and all of Cowboyland, but I see several from other haunts have already beaten me to the punch.

I'm a little slow on the uptake on this one, I still am stunned by the news. Normally I tend to have a lot to say about just about any topic especially NFC East related, but words still fail me here. I'm just so blown away by both the news and the subsequent outpouring of sympathy that mere words fail me.

So from the very bottom of my heart to all of those who have kept things respectful (with very little exception from only the folks one would expect it from) I would like to send out grateful thanks.

Yesterday was my birthday and it was the worst one I've ever had, it was awful hard to feel celebratory when I awoke to this news. Some might call that silly over a person I've never even met but the reality is I felt like I lost a buddy. Right now and probably for some time I couldn't care less if we even win another game this year. It all seems so trivial and meaningless. But thanks anyways, the NFL fans are amazing people.

 

[BDAWG]

You're very welcome CT. Although I'm new to the board, I have been mourning this loss right along with you from the very moment when I woke up yesterday to check this story on NFL.com. Much love from the Cowboys Nation.

 

[NIBGoldenchild]

I'm shocked at how much respect you guys have paid to Taylor's memory. Forgive me for thinking that it would be the opposite around here. The cowboy fans of this board have earned my respect.

 

[NosferatusCoffin]

I just want to extend and expand upon the true class that so many of you Cowboys fans have shown here and on the Commander Insider blog on the Washington Post (led by our fearless leader and reporter Jason LaConfora). I would highly encourage Cowboy members here to go to the Washington Post site and read the great reporting that Jason has [FONT=&quot]tiressely[/FONT][SIZE=-1] done since the news first broke.[/SIZE]

You guys have shown pure class towards us as fans, towards the team that is dealing with something that no team should ever have to go through and of course, all of our collective prayers go out to Taylor family, his fiance and his little girl, Jackie. This is almost an eerie situation, as the old Billy Joel song goes, "Only The Good Die Young".

I suppose that when it comes to the greatest rivalry in all of pro sports, we should not be surprised that the greatest fans of said rivalry rise to the occasion and truly show their colors.

Thanks all, you have really meant a lot to the Commanders fans and we shall not forget that.

Take care,

Nos

 

[NosferatusCoffin]

Beneath it all.... there is a deep rooted respect by both teams.... by both sets of fans...

There always has been that..since the first time the teams met in 1960.

Funny thing.....John Facenda's "The Voice of God" voice put it best when the Commanders were trying rally in Super Bowl VII vs. the Dolphins in the 4th quarter..."Helmet askew, belly protuding, socks sagging around his ankles, Kilmer was once again, spiritual leader of the Commanders". Compare that with the 70's. "J.R. Ewing" perfectly coiffed Cowboys of the late 70's that was first dubbed as "America's Team" by the media. Ironically enough, both teams were led by defensive geniuses. Coach Landry (who invented the 4-3 defense) and Coach Allen, who never had a losing season, in the NFL, the USFL and college.

And after all of the hell and yelling and cursing and the way that I even thought the 70's Cowboys were Soviet agents who also stole candy from babies, also step up to be some of the greatest fans of all time. (I am kidding about the candy part)

Thanks Cowboys fans. Without you, there is no love/hate rivalry and no chance to see the class you have shown the last two days.

Nos

P.S. I thought, in spite of everything, I would give Skins and Boys fans something to chuckle at.

 

[silverbear]

Let me start by saying that my attitude towards the Dallas Cowboys team and fans in the past has been at best, very raw. Some of that is due to our rivalry being very competitive until the last couple of years and part of that is that you guys have put together a strong team while the Commanders are still trying to figure some things out. With that said my attitude towards your organization and fan base has changed forever. The response from this site as well as the response from the team in general has been crucial in helping our fan base to cope with our loss. I have visited a few other sites where the comments were way off-base. Some calling ST a thug and speculating on what he could have been involved with that could have made someone want to kill him. To the credit of the cowboys organization and this community of fans I have seen no negative comments on this board. I know there will be speculation and rumor that will cloud this tragedy even more, but on behalf of extremeskins.com and the rest of Commanders nation I wanted to thank each person who has contributed to respecting and honoring Sean Taylor.

I now realize the special relationship that exists between our two organizations. I will forever watch our rivalry without hate, but with a mutual respect. Thank you and please keep Sean's family, our players, and our fans in your thoughts and prayers.

Respectfully,

Dieselfan44

The thing with us Cowboys fans and you Skins fans reminds me a lot of me and my late, little brother Ron... we were about 18 months apart in age, and almost from the start, were locked in serious, semi-deadly sibling rivalry... I mean, it got quite violent between us at times, we each broke the others' bones...

But let some outsider come after one of us, and he'd best be ready to take on both of us... even if we'd just finished bloodying each other up moments before, we stood united against anybody and everybody else...

You guys are our little brothers in our hearts, you might annoy the p*ss out of us a good bit of the time, but you're still family... in matters like this Sean Taylor tragedy, what hurts you hurts us...

We'll be back slappin' y'all around in no time, but for now we stand beside you... indeed, those of us who haven't been able to do the right thing these last few days have found themselves banned from the board... I won't go as far as some others have, and say "today, we are all Commanders fans", but I do kinda want to see the Skins put up a W for Sean this weekend...

I think I speak for the vast majority of this board when I say if anything we've said or done these last few days has made this hurt easier for y'all to bear, we're glad...

 

[CBass1724]

I want to say thank you too from all the Commanders fans. This is just a bad time for Commanders fans, as well as the NFL as a whole. Everybody needs to stick together no matter what team you root for.