Where does it go from here?

@HarvardAvenue wrote:

nine vegetable...Noll was 1-13 his first year, won his first game lost the rest! There have been some real highs and lows since 1972! My father was at the "Immaculate Reception" game! This I can guarantee you...if Art Rooney Sr. was still running the team things would have been much different in the Tomlin era!

Its good to hear from many hard-core fans. We who have been with them since the 70's also recognize this reality...there are a LOT of Steeler fans out there who have never seen a losing season. I certainly hope we don't see one this year, but right now it looks like we could be headed that way.

But think about that for a second...how many franchises in the NFL have gone this long without a losing season? It really quite a feat, if you think about it. Of course, we want to compete for a Super Bowl every year (doesn't everyone).

Anyway, I think about such things when we lose a few games and I hear people say, "Fire everyone! Clean house!" And I think, how would those folks react if our season really tanked?

Anyway, hard-core fans, I know you will hang in for the long haul, no matter what happens this season.

We can speculate all we want about who could coach better and who is a dick. I'm pretty sure nothing will happen during the season. I also stand by what I said about Art II not being Dan and not a hair on the Chief's ass. As a matter of fact Art II is closer to Jerry Jones than he is to the Chief. He has no loyalty and will fire Tomlin if he sees fit.
If we go 0-16 I will suffer through every game albeit bitching every game. My feet are glued to the deck of this ship. I've left forums but I will never give up on the team I love. If I quit watching the Steelers it would be because I quit watching football.

I already posted who my choice would be. Hue Jackson would never set foot near the premises though.

I have no idea when people started this forum. But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans. And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

nine vegetable wrote:

I already posted who my choice would be.  Hue Jackson would never set foot near the premises though.

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

Yeah, I see it here and on Facebook.. I'm a fan regardless if we win the Super Bowl or go 0-16 and everything in between. Yes, they piss me off from time to time, but I still bleed black and gold.

My Dad has pics of me in 1971 in Steelers blankets I have never once been a fan of another team never wore anything NFL related that isn't Steelers related. I will be a fan until the day they burn my dead cold carcass and they better burn me with my terrible towels and my Lambert Jersey on.

nine vegetable wrote:

I already posted who my choice would be.  Hue Jackson would never set foot near the premises though.

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

I guess I missed where you said who your choice would be. I suggested Jackson for OC. Haley was as big a dick as we've had as OC. If we go 0-16 this year I will be here bitching right along side whoever remains. It has been said that when you're born in western Pa. you get a birth certificate and a terrible towel. The fact is when the mills closed and families had to move to other parts of the country for work they took their terrible towels with them. That's why where ever we play you see tons of Steeler fans in the crowd.

nine vegetable wrote:

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

We've already dicussed it. If the Steelers have a losing season, we're shutting the forum down. Hell, I might shut it down Monday night if they lose.

I truly am curious who you think are fair-weather fans here. I don't want you to single anyone out though. I've known a number of people here for a lot of years, going back to the original Fever forum, and I can guarantee that none of them are fair-weather fans. As for the newer members who I don't know as well, you must be picking up on hidden signals that I'm not. What I do know is that the overwhelming majority of active members here are 40 or older. And I don't think too many Steelers fans 40 or older are suddenly going to stop being Steelers fans.

nine vegetable wrote:

@HarvardAvenue wrote:

nine vegetable...Noll was 1-13 his first year, won his first game lost the rest! There have been some real highs and lows since 1972! My father was at the "Immaculate Reception" game! This I can guarantee you...if Art Rooney Sr. was still running the team things would have been much different in the Tomlin era!

Its good to hear from many hard-core fans.  We who have been with them since the 70's also recognize this reality...there are a LOT of Steeler fans out there who have never seen a losing season.  I certainly hope we don't see one this year, but right now it looks like we could be headed that way.

But think about that for a second...how many franchises in the NFL have gone this long without a losing season?  It really quite a feat, if you think about it.  Of course, we want to compete for a Super Bowl every year (doesn't everyone).  

Anyway, I think about such things when we lose a few games and I hear people say, "Fire everyone!  Clean house!"  And I think, how would those folks react if our season really tanked?

Anyway, hard-core fans, I know you will hang in for the long haul, no matter what happens this season.

Hard-core-fans will never wear another color no matter what. As far as fire everyone I've seen enough of Tomlin to know that he's going nowhere. He has no real coaching skills other than to put blame elsewhere. The Superbowl he won was with talent and not coaching skills. As much as I hate to say it he was riding Cowhers coattails much like Swiizer did with Dallas.

@Wallace108 wrote:

nine vegetable wrote:

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

We've already dicussed it. If the Steelers have a losing season, we're shutting the forum down. Hell, I might shut it down Monday night if they lose.

I truly am curious who you think are fair-weather fans here. I don't want you to single anyone out though. I've known a number of people here for a lot of years, going back to the original Fever forum, and I can guarantee that none of them are fair-weather fans. As for the newer members who I don't know as well, you must be picking up on hidden signals that I'm not. What I do know is that the overwhelming majority of active members here are 40 or older. And I don't think too many Steelers fans 40 or older are suddenly going to stop being Steelers fans.

Nope. This must be what the browns felt all those years
As a side note we're in last place.

@Wallace108 wrote:

nine vegetable wrote:

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

We've already dicussed it. If the Steelers have a losing season, we're shutting the forum down. Hell, I might shut it down Monday night if they lose.

I truly am curious who you think are fair-weather fans here. I don't want you to single anyone out though. I've known a number of people here for a lot of years, going back to the original Fever forum, and I can guarantee that none of them are fair-weather fans. As for the newer members who I don't know as well, you must be picking up on hidden signals that I'm not. What I do know is that the overwhelming majority of active members here are 40 or older. And I don't think too many Steelers fans 40 or older are suddenly going to stop being Steelers fans.

Maybe his divining rod told him so

@Mach1 wrote:

Nope. This must be what the browns felt all those years
As a side note we're in last place.

At least Browns fans had hope to start each new season. We're hopeless. In more ways than one.

@Stella Nation wrote:

Maybe his divining rod told him so

YOU I can see being a fair-weather fan. You're from Europe ... you probably prefer that fake football we call soccer.

@Mach1 wrote:

Hard-core-fans will never wear another color no matter what. As far as fire everyone I've seen enough of Tomlin to know that he's going nowhere. He has no real coaching skills other than to put blame elsewhere. The Superbowl he won was with talent and not coaching skills. As much as I hate to say it he was riding Cowhers coattails much like Swiizer did with Dallas.

Not going to lie.. I still own a Marino Dolphins jersey, but that's because I was salty that the Steelers didn't draft him. :) Of course, I don't fit in it anymore, but I still have it and his Topps rookie card.

@Lokki wrote:

@Mach1 wrote:

Hard-core-fans will never wear another color no matter what. As far as fire everyone I've seen enough of Tomlin to know that he's going nowhere. He has no real coaching skills other than to put blame elsewhere. The Superbowl he won was with talent and not coaching skills. As much as I hate to say it he was riding Cowhers coattails much like Swiizer did with Dallas.

Not going to lie.. I still own a Marino Dolphins jersey, but that's because I was salty that the Steelers didn't draft him.  :)  Of course, I don't fit in it anymore, but I still have it and his Topps rookie card.  

Yeah had we drafted Marino the Patriots* would have to re-design their cheat book trying to catch us.

@Wallace108 wrote:

@Mach1 wrote:

Nope. This must be what the browns felt all those years
As a side note we're in last place.

At least Browns fans had hope to start each new season. We're hopeless. In more ways than one.  

@Stella Nation wrote:

Maybe his divining rod told him so

YOU I can see being a fair-weather fan. You're from Europe ... you probably prefer that fake football we call soccer.

Lol! I don't watch many fake football games, but I follow our national team quite hard. Although we're not world champions (we finished third last year), we're leading the world league rankings for more than a year now and for a small country like us that's a big achievement. We call them the Golden Generation as we're probably doomed in 5-10 years once those players will retire. And it will probably never come back but we enjoy these years while we can.

The big question is why do you call it football when you do everything with your hands? Throwing, catching, running, tackling,... Those kicks and punts must be very important

@Stella Nation wrote:

The big question is why do you call it football when you do everything with your hands? Throwing, catching, running, tackling,... Those kicks and punts must be very important

No, its because the ball is shaped like a fooball.

@Stella Nation wrote:

The big question is why do you call it football when you do everything with your hands? Throwing, catching, running, tackling,... Those kicks and punts must be very important

I'm still trying to figure out why we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. Or why cough and dough don't rhyme. Compared with a lot of other things here, calling it football makes perfect sense.

A win tomorrow and we are only one game out of first place. It's a long season. Just saying

@Jazzo wrote:

A win tomorrow and we are only one game out of first place. It's a long season. Just saying

What does this say about the AFCN? We're the most equally balanced? We better win tonight. At home in prime time.

The AFCN is now one of the weakest divisions in football. I know a lot of people with their fan glasses on will argue against that but its true.

The new season starts tonight. The coaching staff needs to make adjustments or make resumes. LET'S GO!!

@Wallace108 wrote:

nine vegetable wrote:

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

We've already dicussed it. If the Steelers have a losing season, we're shutting the forum down. Hell, I might shut it down Monday night if they lose.

I truly am curious who you think are fair-weather fans here. I don't want you to single anyone out though. I've known a number of people here for a lot of years, going back to the original Fever forum, and I can guarantee that none of them are fair-weather fans. As for the newer members who I don't know as well, you must be picking up on hidden signals that I'm not. What I do know is that the overwhelming majority of active members here are 40 or older. And I don't think too many Steelers fans 40 or older are suddenly going to stop being Steelers fans.

You deserve a lot of credit for running the board as it is run. This is the only forum I'm currently a member of but I've been a member of several Steelers forums since I've had internet in 1997. None of them have approached the level of integrity, respect, and fans who in my opinion are Steelers fans rain or shine. It also lacks the personal attacks and flame wars. All that starts at the top.

I don't mean this as a cheerleading session. I've been impressed all along and your: "don't single anyone out" gains a lot of respect. I just wanted to give a little credit where it is due (or 'do' as AB would write)

I'm hoping I'm wrong but I'm feeling like we'll need each other to lean on through this coming season

@LambertWardSteel wrote:

@Wallace108 wrote:

nine vegetable wrote:

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

We've already dicussed it. If the Steelers have a losing season, we're shutting the forum down. Hell, I might shut it down Monday night if they lose.

I truly am curious who you think are fair-weather fans here. I don't want you to single anyone out though. I've known a number of people here for a lot of years, going back to the original Fever forum, and I can guarantee that none of them are fair-weather fans. As for the newer members who I don't know as well, you must be picking up on hidden signals that I'm not. What I do know is that the overwhelming majority of active members here are 40 or older. And I don't think too many Steelers fans 40 or older are suddenly going to stop being Steelers fans.

You deserve a lot of credit for running the board as it is run. This is the only forum I'm currently a member of but I've been a member of several Steelers forums since I've had internet in 1997. None of them have approached the level of integrity, respect, and fans who in my opinion are Steelers fans rain or shine. It also lacks the personal attacks and flame wars. All that starts at the top.

I don't mean this as a cheerleading session. I've been impressed all along and your: "don't single anyone out" gains a lot of respect. I just wanted to give a little credit where it is due (or 'do' as AB would write)

I'm hoping I'm wrong but I'm feeling like we'll need each other to lean on through this coming season

Thank you for the kind words. And you're right ... we generally don't have any of the flame wars or trolling you see elsewhere. I assure you though that it has nothing to do with me. This is just a great group of people here who know how to get along and can disagree without being disagreeable. From a mod/admin standpoint, we rarely do much of anything. I can't even remember the last time we had to "moderate" something. We're just a group of friends hanging out and BSing, which is exactly what this forum was created to be. We might be a small community, but I wouldn't trade this group for any of the larger ones. That's a credit not to me or any of the other mods/admins. That's a credit to every active member here. Except Truck, of course.

@Wallace108 wrote:

@LambertWardSteel wrote:

@Wallace108 wrote:

nine vegetable wrote:

I have no idea when people started this forum.  But I've been a Steelers fan since the first day I ever watched football, and I've seen plenty of fair weather fans.  And its easy to see on this forum the people who would be gone if the Steelers had a truly horrible season.

We've already dicussed it. If the Steelers have a losing season, we're shutting the forum down. Hell, I might shut it down Monday night if they lose.

I truly am curious who you think are fair-weather fans here. I don't want you to single anyone out though. I've known a number of people here for a lot of years, going back to the original Fever forum, and I can guarantee that none of them are fair-weather fans. As for the newer members who I don't know as well, you must be picking up on hidden signals that I'm not. What I do know is that the overwhelming majority of active members here are 40 or older. And I don't think too many Steelers fans 40 or older are suddenly going to stop being Steelers fans.

You deserve a lot of credit for running the board as it is run. This is the only forum I'm currently a member of but I've been a member of several Steelers forums since I've had internet in 1997. None of them have approached the level of integrity, respect, and fans who in my opinion are Steelers fans rain or shine. It also lacks the personal attacks and flame wars. All that starts at the top.

I don't mean this as a cheerleading session. I've been impressed all along and your: "don't single anyone out" gains a lot of respect. I just wanted to give a little credit where it is due (or 'do' as AB would write)

I'm hoping I'm wrong but I'm feeling like we'll need each other to lean on through this coming season

Thank you for the kind words. And you're right ... we generally don't have any of the flame wars or trolling you see elsewhere. I assure you though that it has nothing to do with me. This is just a great group of people here who know how to get along and can disagree without being disagreeable. From a mod/admin standpoint, we rarely do much of anything. I can't even remember the last time we had to "moderate" something. We're just a group of friends hanging out and BSing, which is exactly what this forum was created to be. We might be a small community, but I wouldn't trade this group for any of the larger ones. That's a credit not to me or any of the other mods/admins. That's a credit to every active member here. Except Truck, of course.

Damn it Wally you said not to single anyone out.