tomthetreeman
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Stop Hatin\'
Why so much vitreol, really?
An AFL team, brought in to the NFL as an expansion team, never won a damn thing in 40 years, but turned out some of the most respected, hard working, blue collar players like Ron Burton, Jim Nance, John Hannah and Steve Grogan.
With a coach that was run out of Cleveland, and a backup quarterback who no one ever heard of, we finally win by beating the glitzy, high octane Rams (who had just recently won the big one anyway). All of this in the salary-cap/free agency era, unlike previous Dynasties like Green Bay, Dallas and San Fran, who built juggernauts by holding on to the best players for their entire careers.
You can go on all day about cheating, spygate, blah blah blah, but you and every other jealous hater out there know that EVERY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE did the same thing.
People should love the Patriots, but since we came up so fast, it's easy for all of those out there who haven't won anything recently to 'hate a winner,' just like so many people hated the Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys when they were winning so much.
We are alot different from them. We were underdogs for decades. It's a good story. It's too bad your envy doesn't allow you to see that.
-Tom
Why so much vitreol, really?
An AFL team, brought in to the NFL as an expansion team, never won a damn thing in 40 years, but turned out some of the most respected, hard working, blue collar players like Ron Burton, Jim Nance, John Hannah and Steve Grogan.
With a coach that was run out of Cleveland, and a backup quarterback who no one ever heard of, we finally win by beating the glitzy, high octane Rams (who had just recently won the big one anyway). All of this in the salary-cap/free agency era, unlike previous Dynasties like Green Bay, Dallas and San Fran, who built juggernauts by holding on to the best players for their entire careers.
You can go on all day about cheating, spygate, blah blah blah, but you and every other jealous hater out there know that EVERY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE did the same thing.
People should love the Patriots, but since we came up so fast, it's easy for all of those out there who haven't won anything recently to 'hate a winner,' just like so many people hated the Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys when they were winning so much.
We are alot different from them. We were underdogs for decades. It's a good story. It's too bad your envy doesn't allow you to see that.
-Tom