What is a Fan / Homer / Realist

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by chrisl4064

Your right i guess, were really not that bad. Gibbs will turn it all around with a good playoff run, maybe next year he will do the same. No need to worry in D.C.

Get real.....

Its interesting how riled up the kool aid drinkers get when you mention that name "kool aid". Its an automatic "get three shitty responses" post. On top of that i think in the last 3 weeks ive been called a douche bag about 10 times, each time by a kool aid drinker. Let me know when im wrong about this team going nowhere with Gibbs at the helm, let me know when its going to get better.

Do you think we will beat Buffalo?

Yes or no?

[chrisl4064]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Do you think we will beat Buffalo?

Yes or no?

Yes, but God help this board if we dont.....

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

What bugs me are the snide, arrogant pricks who think they are realists, when in fact they are type of guys who no one wants to be around because they are always pissing and moaning.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

What bugs me are the snide, arrogant pricks who think they are realists, when in fact they are type of guys who no one wants to be around because they are always pissing and moaning.

I think they are Yankees fans that have infiltrated the boards. :vomit:

[SmootSmack]

These days I want the Redskins to win not to rub it into my friends who are Eagles fans or Giants fans or whatever, but to rub it into fellow Redskins fans. The ones (all on this site) really who refuse to allow me to enjoy a single minute of being a Redskins fan. For three hours every Sunday I like to get away from the realities of the world (job deadlines, family issues, financial concerns, etc.) and just root for my team. They let me down plenty, but they also have brought me tremendous joy for over two decades.

But heaven forbid I should ever feel good about a single damn thing the Redskins do because there will always be some other fellow Redskins fan to piss all over my joy. I hated that we lost today, but I loved (save for the two INTs) the way our offense moved in the second half and the way our Defense absolutely dominated.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

These days I want the Redskins to win not to rub it into my friends who are Eagles fans or Giants fans or whatever, but to rub it into fellow Redskins fans. The ones (all on this site) really who refuse to allow me to enjoy a single minute of being a Redskins fan. For three hours every Sunday I like to get away from the realities of the world (job deadlines, family issues, financial concerns, etc.) and just root for my team. They let me down plenty, but they also have brought me tremendous joy for over two decades.

But heaven forbid I should ever feel good about a single damn thing the Redskins do because there will always be some other fellow Redskins fan to piss all over my joy. I hated that we lost today, but I loved (save for the two INTs) the way our offense moved in the second half and the way our Defense absolutely dominated.

For real. I expect to hear it from my friends that are Cowboys fans and because they're Cowboys fans and don't know any better, I can accept that.

But I come here to commiserate with my fellow fans, not have them shit on the team too.

[NYCSkin]

How can anyone on this site NOT be a homer? If you're spending your time following this team--whether you have positive or negative feelings--you're a homer. You can be a optimistic homer or a pessimistic one.

[rypper11]

I think anyone who is passionate about a team is a fan. What's funny to me is that I've been called a hater, a kool aid drinker, a realist, and an eternal optimist. Sometimes all in one day.
I do think that some changes must be made, but not wholesale. We are 1-1 in blowouts and 4-5 in games decided by 8 or less. 2-1 in games decided by 3 or less. Parity is ruling the NFL now (save for the Patriots who might have to play the X-Men to lose). A team under .500 might win the AFC West. The 5-6 Vikings destroyed the 7-4 Giants and last week the Jets beat the Steelers. This team won't be 19-0 anytime soon.
Will the Giants win another game this year? How about the Lions? I think the Cards (who lost to the 49ers) have a better shot than the Giants.
When the mathameticians tell me that there is no shot I look to next year. As George Micheal sang, "You gotta have faith." As far as the complaining goes, I'll take a "we suck" over any negative comment from someone else. By brother can call my mom fat but nobody else can, regardless of the truth.
So what does this make me? Yes, I am still hoping for the playoffs. If they make it I will be cheering wildly though I personally feel that we'll be seeing another Packer vs Patriot SuperBowl. Am I a Kool Aid drinker because I recognize the chance to make the playoffs still? Or a "realist" because I think this season is pointless and we should just crown the Patriots ass?