What the Redskins Mean to You

saden1 · 11-12-2006, 10:20 PM

This season? Agony and emotional abuse of the worst kind.

SmootSmack · 11-12-2006, 10:25 PM

Lots of great memories and more great memories still to come. Sundays growing up was more than just gameday. It was an event. Family and friends gathered round to root for an entire organization.

Without what Gibbs did for this team in the 1980s I don't know that I become that big a fan. I don't know that Matty does either. Without Gibbs is there a TheWarpath.net?

skinsguy · 11-12-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Lots of great memories and more great memories still to come. Sundays growing up was more than just gameday. It was an event. Family and friends gathered round to root for an entire organization.

Without what Gibbs did for this team in the 1980s I don't know that I become that big a fan. I don't know that Matty does either. Without Gibbs is there a TheWarpath.net?

Nope! Gibbs is the #1 reason I became a Redskins fan! Of course coaching guys like an Art Monk or a Darrell Green certainly helped as well.

724Skinsfan · 11-12-2006, 10:30 PM

Nowadays,the Redskins mean to me: a lesson in anger management.

SouperMeister · 11-13-2006, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace

amen to that...I think its harder for us younger fans sometimes. I've never seen the redskins go beyond the second round of the playoffs. I vaguely remember the 91 playoff game against the falcons where everyone started throwing seat cushions onto the field...still, just gotta keep believing. I will say this though. That very same grandpa that passed his redskins love down to me is getting quite old. I talked to him today after the game, and he said, "they better get it together, I keep saying next year, but I don't even know if there will be a next year for me." It was depressing, and it made me think about what this team means to some people.

I still have two seat cushions from the Atlanta playoff win

mooby · 11-13-2006, 03:05 AM

The redskins mean the world to me. Seriously, when the Redskins lose, my mood sucks for most of the week until i get over it. I'm sick and tired of losing all the time, ever since i've been a fan we've had one winning season and that was last year. I started believing this team could actually make a serious playoff run this year but once again free agency bites us in the ass. When the Redskins win i am ecstatic, it's seriously what i live for. My dad was the one who got me interested in the redskins, but nowadays all he does is chide me for believing we have a chance, and he watches fargin nascar 24/7 now. i just wish we could be consistent from season to season. I'm tired of all this mediocrity.

railcon56 · 11-13-2006, 03:51 AM

They are my life.... Right Now Life isn't so good!

PhxRedSkin · 11-13-2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by RedskinRat

I started watching back in '79.

I don't have the same feelings for the NFL as I did back then, the game has changed and not for the better. Society has changed, and not for the better.

The Redskins have changed......certainly not for the better. Gibbs coming back gave me a false hope that we'd have our Camelot again.

There was a team pride that I don't think people have any more. It's all about the $$$ now.

If you do not care for the NFL then do not watch NFL football games. Yes the game has changed in many ways. If you do not like it then do not watch it. WTF does modern society compared to the '70's society have one thing to do with modern pro football? The Redskins have changed in what ways? Gibbs, Camelot, WTF? Are you from England. I think you meant Canton. "There was a team pride...." WTF? I wear my burgundy and gold in june and july. Where is yours? Is it sitting in the closet until august? Oh and yeah, $ makes the world go 'round. I'd bet you were not ripping us when Danny purchased(the greatest group in the world) the Washington Redskins for about $700 million.

p.s. Portis was earning the league min. when we traded for him.

Hail
44

AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace · 11-13-2006, 07:54 AM

Its almost sad how I react to loses anymore. It used to crush me. I remember crying on occasion when I was 7 or 8, and it ruined my week when they lost up until a few years ago. Its just not worth it to get so worked up over games anymore. I love the skins, but with so much responsibility, I've got better things to do than let a loss eat me up inside.

dmek25 · 11-13-2006, 08:13 AM

i usually think redskinrat is trying to stir up the following, but i think i know where he is coming from. the skins teams that i know and loved were one big family, and everyone cared about winning, period. now, sometimes it seems like some of the players do not have winning on the top of their agendas. it really is all about the money

PhxRedSkin · 11-13-2006, 08:39 AM

I'll give you one example of a situation where I think $'s mattered before the snap, but not during the play. Whistle to whistle. Sean Taylor has torched, floored, laughed at, and cursed.....T.O.
Taylor and T.O.'s loathing of one another has hardly begun. I do not agree that it is all about the $ for every single one of them. Remember Pat Tillman?

Hail
44

dmek25 · 11-13-2006, 08:49 AM

i am not saying its all the players. but i do think its enough of them to effect team chemistry

redskinsfanatic · 11-13-2006, 08:56 AM

redskins mean the world to me,have going on 35 years.when i was little,watching the redskins got me into a better relationship with my daddy.the last redskins game we saw before he died in october 1987 was the redskin strike team beat the cowboys strike team in which dann and randy white,tony dorsett and a few others had crossed the pickett line to play with,and they beat them in dallas.tony robinson was the redskins qb and they smoked the cowboys that night.i love the redskins always will,that's why i hate to see them play so bad year after year!

11-12-2006, 10:20 PM	#16
saden1 MVP Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle Age: 46 Posts: 10,069	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You This season? Agony and emotional abuse of the worst kind. __________________ "The Redskins have always suffered from chronic organizational deformities under Snyder." -Jenkins

11-12-2006, 10:25 PM	#17
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You Lots of great memories and more great memories still to come. Sundays growing up was more than just gameday. It was an event. Family and friends gathered round to root for an entire organization. Without what Gibbs did for this team in the 1980s I don't know that I become that big a fan. I don't know that Matty does either. Without Gibbs is there a TheWarpath.net? __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

11-12-2006, 10:30 PM	#19
724Skinsfan Playmaker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 3,508	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You Nowadays,the Redskins mean to me: a lesson in anger management. __________________ "I hope I'm getting better. I hope you haven't seen my best." - Jim Zorn

11-13-2006, 03:05 AM	#21
mooby Hug Anne Spyder Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 20,577	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You The redskins mean the world to me. Seriously, when the Redskins lose, my mood sucks for most of the week until i get over it. I'm sick and tired of losing all the time, ever since i've been a fan we've had one winning season and that was last year. I started believing this team could actually make a serious playoff run this year but once again free agency bites us in the ass. When the Redskins win i am ecstatic, it's seriously what i live for. My dad was the one who got me interested in the redskins, but nowadays all he does is chide me for believing we have a chance, and he watches fargin nascar 24/7 now. i just wish we could be consistent from season to season. I'm tired of all this mediocrity.

11-13-2006, 03:51 AM	#22
railcon56 Impact Rookie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 922	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You They are my life.... Right Now Life isn't so good! __________________ Run or Pass and Score ..We Want Alot More!!!!

11-13-2006, 07:54 AM	#24
AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace Impact Rookie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fayetteville, NC Age: 40 Posts: 896	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You Its almost sad how I react to loses anymore. It used to crush me. I remember crying on occasion when I was 7 or 8, and it ruined my week when they lost up until a few years ago. Its just not worth it to get so worked up over games anymore. I love the skins, but with so much responsibility, I've got better things to do than let a loss eat me up inside.

11-13-2006, 08:13 AM	#25
dmek25 MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: lancaster,pa Age: 63 Posts: 10,672	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You i usually think redskinrat is trying to stir up the following, but i think i know where he is coming from. the skins teams that i know and loved were one big family, and everyone cared about winning, period. now, sometimes it seems like some of the players do not have winning on the top of their agendas. it really is all about the money __________________ "It's better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt." courtesy of 53fan

11-13-2006, 08:39 AM	#26
PhxRedSkin Special Teams Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 50 Posts: 142	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You I'll give you one example of a situation where I think $'s mattered before the snap, but not during the play. Whistle to whistle. Sean Taylor has torched, floored, laughed at, and cursed.....T.O. Taylor and T.O.'s loathing of one another has hardly begun. I do not agree that it is all about the $ for every single one of them. Remember Pat Tillman? Hail 44

11-13-2006, 08:49 AM	#27
dmek25 MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: lancaster,pa Age: 63 Posts: 10,672	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You i am not saying its all the players. but i do think its enough of them to effect team chemistry __________________ "It's better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt." courtesy of 53fan

11-13-2006, 08:56 AM	#28
redskinsfanatic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 542	Re: What the Redskins Mean to You redskins mean the world to me,have going on 35 years.when i was little,watching the redskins got me into a better relationship with my daddy.the last redskins game we saw before he died in october 1987 was the redskin strike team beat the cowboys strike team in which dann and randy white,tony dorsett and a few others had crossed the pickett line to play with,and they beat them in dallas.tony robinson was the redskins qb and they smoked the cowboys that night.i love the redskins always will,that's why i hate to see them play so bad year after year!

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