Maelstrom787":1a6wt1zi said:
Personally, I'm still called a bandwagon fan, being a Delaware Hawk fan, but I've loved 'em since I was a kid. My 5th grade school photo from 2004 is me in a Hass jersey, lol. This team is definitely respected on a national level more than it ever has been. Carroll and crew revitalized and redefined the franchises image.
Calling someone a bandwagon fan is about the lamest insult in all of sports fandom. Lazy.
Any other team's fan worth their salt knows that we've been selling out Hawk games for 40 years, even when we were terrible. Doesn't mean there weren't a LOT of new fans in 2011-2013 when the Hawks were going to SB's, I certainly know quite a few.........and unfortunately those fans were doing a lot of chirping online and on social media.
But no one should ever question our fanbase, this ain't the hardest place to play in the NFL for 20-30 years running because we're bandwagon fans. Take that nonsense somewhere else.