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This is unbelievable. Those of you at the game on Sunday be sure to REALLY be bush league. I will be watching from SoCal and I want to hear you without a tv!!!

[url]http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116993[/url]

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Here's the actual article and commments:

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/17/AR2005091701317.html[/url]

[quote]I agree with Gibbs's move to Brunell -- as well as with my friend, the Ol' Ball Coach, who used to say, "If one guy can't do it, try the other guy." What I do not agree with is Gibbs congratulating the fans at FedEx Field for making so much noise Bears QB Kyle Orton had trouble getting off his plays. I call that behavior bush league. In similar situations at NFL stadiums, the QB should step back and wait for the noise to subside, or until the home team is hit with a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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So Gibbs should have criticized the fans for being too loud??

Talk about a guy who just doesn't get it.

This is one of the most retarded statements I've ever heard.

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When was the last time the home team was hit with unsportsmanlike conduct? If we are EVER hit with that, then we really CAN talk about a referee bias.

Noise is something you're going to get in every stadium. Not only that, it's VERY subjective. What one ref might deem too loud another one would think is fine.

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Its called homefield advantage. What a joke.

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Bush League? How about 3rd grade book report level of journalism?

How loud was Texass Stadium? Did we whine?

What an idiot.

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I thought you called that behavior "Home Field Advantage" :Smoker:

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Normally I don't send shitty letters. I think this one deserves a letter...

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That's the dumbest thing ever published by the Washington Post.

I guess it would be better if games were played in empty stadiums, then...

Cheering loudly is what makes going to games fun!

I'm flabbergasted....

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Look at his picture, the guy is a pencil neck geek. Typical press guy that never played the game. He probably got beat up alot as a kid.

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[QUOTE=Defensewins]Look at his picture, the guy is a pencil neck geek. Typical press guy that never played the game. He probably got beat up alot as a kid.[/QUOTE]

The scary thing is that George Solomon is the head sports section editor if I'm not mistaken! :banghead:

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Moronic.

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People have complained that FedEx isn't as rockin' as RFK used to be, we finally have a game where the crowd played a huge factor and some nitwit is calling out the fans calling it "bush league".

What an idiot!

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This is just unbelievable. More than anything, 90,000 people teaming up to ruin the road qb's day is what gets me off about football.

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ditto what everyone else said. if anyone emails him, just include a link to this thread.

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What a pussy.

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This is what I emailed to him:

"Where I come from, it's called home field advantage, it's called the 12th man.

There's nothing bush league about getting riled up to cheer for your favorite team. Things start getting hairy with batteries start getting chucked from the stands (Thanks Eagles). Since when did football become a gentleman's game? I feel that as every year goes by, more and more REAL football is being taken out of the sport. If we wanted to see people quiet during plays and lightly clapping for a good shot or play, we'd go see golf or tennis.

But we come to see FOOTBALL, where the fans are loud and the fans cheer for their favorite team with all they have. If that makes you bush league, consider every fan from every city guilty as charged.

Sincerely,
Ben"

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Why we all disagree with these statements by George S. I went on the extreme site and brought up a interesting issue. Now the claim was that extreme would never be used by the skins and it was for the fans. But I find it interesting that they have used it on there own webpage redskins.com as a lead story. Seems to me that they are using the forum to spread ill will. Would love to see everybody weigh in on this issue.

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i'm afraid i don't understand

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[QUOTE=VTSkins897]i'm afraid i don't understand[/QUOTE]

Yeah I think we need a little more clarification there CRT3

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i guess i should have clarified. i meant i don't understand why the guy (in the paper) was what some might call "freaking out" about HMA.

sorry MATT72KY

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That has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever read. Like seriously. I hope that guy was joking, but that was so idiotic its not even funny.

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Are you calling the fearless leader a sex jelly?

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Yeah? KY? Matt, is there something you're not sharing with the class?

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[QUOTE=VTSkins897]i guess i should have clarified. i meant i don't understand why the guy (in the paper) was what some might call "freaking out" about HMA.

sorry MATT72KY[/QUOTE]

Right, I was agreeing with you, I didn't understand what CRT3 was saying either.

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[QUOTE=RedskinRat]Yeah? KY? Matt, is there something you're not sharing with the class?[/QUOTE]

Originally from Kentucky?

Has a problem with dryness?

Take your pick LOL

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Right, I was agreeing with you, I didn't understand what CRT3 was saying either.[/QUOTE]

good to have it cleared up... go skinnies!

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Originally from Kentucky?

Has a problem with dryness?

Take your pick LOL[/QUOTE]

Don't worry about it Matty, I've been experiencing dryness ever since my girlfriend and I broke up....Ba-Zing!

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Not to be redundant but "WHA????????" It seems inconceivable that a featured sports journalist for a major newspaper like the Post would make such a misguided statement. It displays one of a couple things. None of which are good. Either he is a complete idiot when it comes to sports, he dislikes the Redskins organization so much he has to find a reason to get angry or it's that time of the month and he isn't thinking clearly. In any case it is completely unprofessional and honestly I am amazed the post would even allow it. What do you all think the editor said when he read it? Truly amazing.

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just point and laugh

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:headbange :food-smil if i remembeer right the quote came from doug willams not the writer.but, it is nonthe less crap and against everything gibbs has stood for sinse 1981. so, here's to rock'n the house.p.s.

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No Solomon was editorializing at the end of the "article" Anyone else realize this guy is the ombudsman for ESPN too? HIS JOB IS TO CRITIQUE ESPN ON THEIR COVERAGE OF SPORTS!! I suddenly cannot think of anyone less qualified for this job.

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[QUOTE=56FAN]:headbange :food-smil if i remembeer right the quote came from doug willams not the writer.but, it is nonthe less crap and against everything gibbs has stood for sinse 1981. so, here's to rock'n the house.p.s.[/QUOTE]

He quoted Williams earlier in the article. The comments about crowd noise are not in quotation marks and are therefore his own thoughts...

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He's just still made about the W.Post not having all there tickets anymore. Screw Him! What an A-hole.
Those of you lucky enough to be at the game this weekend please make some freeking noise. The rest of us will be watching. GO REDSKINS!!!

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Yes sir, lets make some noise, i will be at home but you will hear me 50 miles away. This is motivation, lets go crazy and set this stadium on fire. This is our house, our advantage and lets make our stadium a feared stadium.

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Here is what I said on Extreme.

"No please do not get me wrong. It is totally wrong for George S. to make this statement, I agree with everybody here. What I find funny is that the Redskins post only the issue with the Post that is brought up in the forum. Why not any other issues that are brought up in the forum? Seems to me they are using the forum to spread their goodwill. They own it and have that right, but when the forum was taken over by the Skins (For purchase or on goodwill) it was very clearly stated that this was for the fans and the Skins never would use it for their own good. They have and that is my point."

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Either this post writer is being sarcastic or he just does follow or know much about football. For one thing almost every other stadium screams at the top of their lungs when on D. Some stadiums such as Arrowhead are well known for noise. Second had the Bears QB done what he said and backed off the line until it quieted down one of two things would have happened : A) the fans would have gotten even louder and/or B)he would have gotten a delay of game. Had he gotten a delay of game the fans most certainly would have gotten louder.

The post writer also said something about calling a foul on the home team when their fans get too loud. I remember them doing this at one time. [u]Was that a rule they repealed or just no longer efforcing?[/u] Either way this joker is out of touch with football. I say put him back on the golf tour and dog shows.

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bah. from my understand he's calling us skins fans out, i think it's a challenge to make the most noise humanly possible on sunday.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]
So Gibbs should have criticized the fans for being too loud??

Talk about a guy who just doesn't get it.

This is one of the most retarded statements I've ever heard.[/QUOTE]

Exactly.

Was it just be or did the writer take an ADHD turn from talking about Doug Williams to complaining about noise on behalf of Kyle Orton.

Can someone check to see if this guy hails from Chicago originally?

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RFK used to literally MOVE!!!! Plus, the seats at RFK were so close to the field that it was even louder. I never heard anyone complain back then. This guy is a class A, puss-ass douche bag...to the ninth power!
TO ALL THOSE AT THE GAME THIS WEEK: GET BUSH LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!! Someone make a sign and hang it on the stadium. They shoud flash it on the scoreboard to prompt the fans to : GET BUSH LEAGUE!! I want bleeding ear drums, people!

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[QUOTE=CRT3]Here is what I said on Extreme.

"No please do not get me wrong. It is totally wrong for George S. to make this statement, I agree with everybody here. What I find funny is that the Redskins post only the issue with the Post that is brought up in the forum. Why not any other issues that are brought up in the forum? Seems to me they are using the forum to spread their goodwill. They own it and have that right, but when the forum was taken over by the Skins (For purchase or on goodwill) it was very clearly stated that this was for the fans and the Skins never would use it for their own good. They have and that is my point."[/QUOTE]

Gotcha, you raise a valid point.