HawkHouse
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Thought I would share ...
My wife of 10 yrs and some of her friends are hardcore SF fans. We throw smack back and forth when we play each other. But this week, as you can imagine, it"s been flying!
So I saw that she and several of her friends had engaged in some really popular anti-hawk threads on FB with their fellow 9er fans. Most of the comments made among all of the SF faithful were just downright disrespectful and I mean bad too. You all know what I speak of, right? Their confidence was beyond delusional and they were already polishing their 6th Lombardi.
So I took it upon myself to jump in and test the waters ... I was the only Hawk fan amongst like 30-40 people.
I led off with the question ...
What happens if you all lose this game? Won't those of you who are talking sooooooo much hateful sh** be just a little embarrassed? Don't you think the mindless hate goes a bit too far sometimes? How do think it represents your team?
I followed up my initial question with respect and admiration for their team, complimenting their draft the last few years, highlighting their recent play and how the game could honestly go either way.
I was almost immediately met with venom and hate. Some even threatened me with bodily harm for even chiming in. But I kept it cool and continued my position of respect and reason.
Then a bunch of 9er fans who felt the same way I did, jumped in and told their fellow fans the same things I was! That the haters need to shut up and stop giving SF a bad rap, I was shocked. But they hadn't spoke up until someone else had the stones to jump in and point it out!
Long story short, by the end of the back and forth, almost all of the initial haters came around and we talked X's and O's, threw some smack around and at one point, even a few of the guys wives jumped and complimented the new found positivity of the thread. I continued to conduct myself with integrity throughout, even going as far as to call the wives "Mrs. (such and such)"
I even made a few new friends ... no kidding!
I've done this 3 times this week on totally unrelated 9er strings and the result was almost identical each time which totally blew my mind. They commented on how not many Hawks fans have interacted with them that way, with respect.
I told them the same thing each time, "Respect begets Respect"
I'm sure it could have been an anomaly how the end result was all cookies and ice cream. But the biggest thing I took away from it was ...
I felt good about representing our beloved team with class ...
GO HAWKS !!!
My wife of 10 yrs and some of her friends are hardcore SF fans. We throw smack back and forth when we play each other. But this week, as you can imagine, it"s been flying!
So I saw that she and several of her friends had engaged in some really popular anti-hawk threads on FB with their fellow 9er fans. Most of the comments made among all of the SF faithful were just downright disrespectful and I mean bad too. You all know what I speak of, right? Their confidence was beyond delusional and they were already polishing their 6th Lombardi.
So I took it upon myself to jump in and test the waters ... I was the only Hawk fan amongst like 30-40 people.
I led off with the question ...
What happens if you all lose this game? Won't those of you who are talking sooooooo much hateful sh** be just a little embarrassed? Don't you think the mindless hate goes a bit too far sometimes? How do think it represents your team?
I followed up my initial question with respect and admiration for their team, complimenting their draft the last few years, highlighting their recent play and how the game could honestly go either way.
I was almost immediately met with venom and hate. Some even threatened me with bodily harm for even chiming in. But I kept it cool and continued my position of respect and reason.
Then a bunch of 9er fans who felt the same way I did, jumped in and told their fellow fans the same things I was! That the haters need to shut up and stop giving SF a bad rap, I was shocked. But they hadn't spoke up until someone else had the stones to jump in and point it out!
Long story short, by the end of the back and forth, almost all of the initial haters came around and we talked X's and O's, threw some smack around and at one point, even a few of the guys wives jumped and complimented the new found positivity of the thread. I continued to conduct myself with integrity throughout, even going as far as to call the wives "Mrs. (such and such)"
I even made a few new friends ... no kidding!
I've done this 3 times this week on totally unrelated 9er strings and the result was almost identical each time which totally blew my mind. They commented on how not many Hawks fans have interacted with them that way, with respect.
I told them the same thing each time, "Respect begets Respect"
I'm sure it could have been an anomaly how the end result was all cookies and ice cream. But the biggest thing I took away from it was ...
I felt good about representing our beloved team with class ...
GO HAWKS !!!