John63":3ut3m54p said:
Welshers":3ut3m54p said:
pinksheets":3ut3m54p said:
The discourse here, especially after a loss, is so thoughtless and toxic. There used to be really thoughtful analysis here, and now it's threads about Russell being too hollywood or people saying, definitively, that Pete and Russ can't win and that any thought to the contrary means you're one of the sheeple. Did the posting population shift that much over a few years or have so many of us turned that sour? No forum is ever perfect, and I'm certainly glossing over some $h!t from the past, but damn, it gets ugly as hell here consistently.
Really off-putting.
Ive read this forum for over a decade and you sir are correct. Things got worse
YUP
The bar has been raised...we have watched the rise and fall and re-rise of other teams in the division, meanwhile the Hawks have stayed relevant, they have not fallen to the same extent as the division opponents. BUT they also have not risen to the same extent as the division opponents either since the SB win. This is the frustration.
2015 - Cardinals win division and goes to NFCCG (Seahawks on the down, fine...)
2016 - Seahawks win the division, lose in divisional round (NFCW also very weak this year, no expectations, Seahawks still on the down)
2017 - Rams win division, Seahawks STILL in the down and miss playoffs entirely....Rams don't amount to anything
2018 - Rams win the division and goes to SB, Seahawks lose in wildcard...Rams are at peak, not much expectation for Hawks yet, but we think...Hawks coming back up....
2019 - SF Wins the division and goes to SB, Hawks wild card card and lose in the divisional, fans realize SF has peaked, Rams rebuilding, and Hawks were supposed to be bad and sparking future excitement.
2020 - This is a year fans have been waiting for what we THINK is peak....it certainly started that way, and the Hawks make huge blockbuster trade like Jamal Adams that says..."WIN NOW". Then you see RW stumbling and Pete showing his old ways that got the team booted out of all the previous play off games...the frustration settles in.
It's getting ugly because this is the frustration. When you see the same thing come up and it looks exactly the same and the sad part is this is the year the Hawks are trying to win now. This is the time of the season when the Hawks should be solidifying themselves as "Getting hot for the playoffs" not stumbling on its face and saying "Oh maybe the games 1-6 were just a case of playing a bad opponent".
Call my posts toxic, but I'm passionate as hell at wanting to see our Hawks suceed. I'm passione and frustrated because I see talent on the field that's is enough to win BUT I also see the same mistakes over and over again and it sucks and I'm frustrated that time after time we still have fans pointing at "Playoff appearances" as the reason why nothing is wrong. If this was a team that didn't have the pieces in place, I would be just fine with playoff appearances (This is how I felt in 2017-2019), but in 2020 the pieces are in place and this is an overall (knock on wood) healthy team that is benefitting from other team sin the division (like the NIners) being injured. And our Hawks are stumbling mid-late season when they should be getting hot.
For people who write comments about the old days and the entitlement of millenials. You certainly seem to be pushing the agenda of participation trophies....yeah you made it to the playoffs...