Quotes from the Atlanta Hawks forums - "Man...not tonight. Y'all gotta play like this tonight?"

[addictionary]

"New gameplan: steal opponents' shoes"


I post, therefore I am.

 

[candrew]

I felt for Dante doing that shoe debacle.

You think Ingles might have mentioned it to him once or twice on the plane ride to NOLA?

 

[Coach Ellis]

Wouldn't you want the team that beat you to be really, really good?

I see this argument a lot, and my simple answer is "**** them" - I know the Falcons are good. You don't get to the NFC championship game by being mediocre. Can't root for a team that knocked my team out of the playoffs. Never have. Never will. I LOVED the comeback. Epic choke job that will crush that franchise for years to come. You won't find me rooting for the Seahawks, 49ers, Cowboys or Broncos anytime soon either.

 

[Stifle Tower]

I felt for Dante doing that shoe debacle.

Putting shoes on and tying them up is one of those weird things that feels like it would get 100 times harder with thousands of people watching

Did he have helicopter parents who tied his shoes for him? Seriously, he looked like a 6yr-old trying to get his shoe tied. Do they still make tennis shoes with Velcro?

 

[gregbroncs]

That was just sad to read

Almost feel bad for them....Almost.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I feel for ATL.

Their SB loss reminded me of losing to the Bulls. You cant stop a legend in the 4th QT.

But it's a different game. All they had to do was not choke. They blew every possession down the stretch. All they needed was a field goal in regulation, were in range, and they just ****ing choked.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I see this argument a lot, and my simple answer is "**** them" - I know the Falcons are good. You don't get to the NFC championship game by being mediocre. Can't root for a team that knocked my team out of the playoffs. Never have. Never will. I LOVED the comeback. Epic choke job that will crush that franchise for years to come. You won't find me rooting for the Seahawks, 49ers, Cowboys or Broncos anytime soon either.

Why do you take it personally? I'm sure the actual Packers don't.

On second thought, I don't care.

 

[fallenchicken]

"I think I'm gonna take a week off of Atlanta sports, might pickup halo 2 again in the mean time"

Same.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Why do you take it personally? I'm sure the actual Packers don't.

On second thought, I don't care.

I actually don't take it personally. I'm just too competitive to ever root for a rival or the team that knocks me (or the team I follow) out of the playoffs. Overall, I was ambivalent towards Atlanta. Green Bay overachieved to make it to the championship game. Atlanta was clearly the better team. Just didn't mind watching them get wrecked in the Super Bowl, and don't care that a game like that can set a team back years.