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Rugby Saint II 12-14-2009 02:28 PM
What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
At what point does a fan quit being someone on the bandwagon and become a "real fan"? Does it take one year, two years, a decade or longer? Is it about being there in the ups and downs? If someone started rooting for the Saints after Katrina because of the media attention and are still fans, are they still just on the bandwagon? What are the criteria and qualifications to becoming a "real Saints fan"?

BTW, do you think it's hereditary? You know, some other addictions are inherited like alcohol and drug abuse. lol :drink:

Budsdrinker 12-14-2009 02:33 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
When you can wear your Saints hat and shirt after a 3-13 or 7-9 season, you are a true fan not bandwagoner. But heres to not having anymore of those type seasons.:cheers:

strato 12-14-2009 02:41 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Get a needle poke your finger..if a little gold .followed by a massive amount of black pours out...then your ok...lol

FrenzyFan 12-14-2009 02:44 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
I know the wagon is getting a little crowded, but I try to remind myself that it's a good thing. Nevertheless, I do sometimes wonder where all these guys and gals were back in the day. Would have been nice to have more people to talk to - felt kinda lonely being a Saints fan back then.

cargojon 12-14-2009 02:45 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
If you know who Johnathon Sullivan was, you're not a bandwagon fan. God typing that name just made me barf a little bit on my keyboard....

strato 12-14-2009 02:52 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
What a bust...

Euphoria 12-14-2009 02:53 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
I think you need to know who the Center of your team is and if you are a Saints fan also know who Guido Merkins is.

strato 12-14-2009 02:58 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Guido ...the jack of all trades...lol...put in Guido he will get it done..

Budsdrinker 12-14-2009 02:59 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Ole Guido, he's a manager or part owner of Carmax in Houston right now. One of Bum's favorites.

darstep 12-14-2009 03:09 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Were they Black&Gold when we were 8-and-8? or 6-and-10? Yes...then they are in.
Were they Black&Gold when Brooks was getting his head pounded? Yes...then they are in.
Were they Black&Gold when Mora squeaked out victories? Yes...then they are in.
Were they cheering for Jackson, Swilling, Mills? Yes...they are in.
Do they know who Ironhead was? Yes...then they are in.
Do names like Wes Chandler, Tommy Myers, or the number 8 mean anything? Yes...then they are in.
If you don't know who Tom Dempsy is, then you need to go back to where you came from.

Budsdrinker 12-14-2009 03:17 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
[.
Do names like Chris Chandler, Tommy Myers, or the number 8 mean anything? Yes...then they are in.
If you don't know who Tom Dempsy is, then you need to go back to where you came from.[/QUOTE]

That would be Wes Chandler. Chris played for dirtybirds among others.

strato 12-14-2009 03:23 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
They should be able to name the QB that started for us in the strike season ...John Fourcade...

darstep 12-14-2009 03:29 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Budsdrinker (Post 183751)
[.
Do names like Chris Chandler, Tommy Myers, or the number 8 mean anything? Yes...then they are in.
If you don't know who Tom Dempsy is, then you need to go back to where you came from.
That would be Wes Chandler. Chris played for dirtybirds among others.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Buds...I had Chris on the brain...

Nemesis 12-14-2009 03:29 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Budsdrinker (Post 183725)
When you can wear your Saints hat and shirt after a 3-13 or 7-9 season
While living near Boston. Every dog has his day ....

saintsfan1976 12-14-2009 03:32 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
If she's HOT, then who really cares? ;)

CantonLegend 12-14-2009 03:43 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
i feel like im not a fan because i dont fit all the criteria some of you old farts are throwing out

but i know if you have been through the hard times and still come out a saints fan then you definitly get my vote

if you are still a fan after the countless 3-13 seasons we've had then you have my respect....if you are a fan this season because you root for the best team then you get no soup

but if you're too young or you've been in limbo for ahwile and you're willing to make a commitment....you are more than welcome to share my kool-aid

cargojon 12-14-2009 03:44 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by darstep (Post 183744)
Were they Black&Gold when we were 8-and-8? or 6-and-10? Yes...then they are in.
Were they Black&Gold when Brooks was getting his head pounded? Yes...then they are in.
Were they Black&Gold when Mora squeaked out victories? Yes...then they are in.
Were they cheering for Jackson, Swilling, Mills? Yes...they are in.
Do they know who Ironhead was? Yes...then they are in.
Do names like Wes Chandler, Tommy Myers, or the number 8 mean anything? Yes...then they are in.
If you don't know who Tom Dempsy is, then you need to go back to where you came from.
Weren't we 8-8 last year LOL?

xan 12-14-2009 04:06 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
A true fan vomits at the beginning of every 4th quarter, regardless of the score. I won't say what the cause is, but all true fans know...

Rugby Saint II 12-14-2009 04:13 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by xan (Post 183781)
A true fan vomits at the beginning of every 4th quarter, regardless of the score. I won't say what the cause is, but all true fans know...

I've wanted to vomit watching the Saints play before, but usually I just gotta pee really really bad.;)

CantonLegend 12-14-2009 04:13 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by xan (Post 183781)
A true fan vomits at the beginning of every 4th quarter, regardless of the score. I won't say what the cause is, but all true fans know...
http://sizzup.com/blogs/wp-content/u...er-posters.jpg

sometimes i make it to the 4th qtr......and sometimes i dont

http://www.myspacepicturecodes.com/m...ictures201.jpg

papz 12-14-2009 04:26 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cantonlegend (Post 183788)
lol

Tobias-Reiper 12-14-2009 04:31 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
.. simple..

walk to the alleged Saints fan, and whisper "Carl Smith" in his/her ear. If he/she doesn't twitch, not a real Saints fan.

bobad 12-14-2009 05:56 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Someone that can follow several threads every day on B&G.com during the
offseason is a true fan.

foreverfan 12-14-2009 05:58 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
I still have my Brooks jersey... Do I qualify?

papz 12-14-2009 06:00 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverfan (Post 183877)
I still have my Brooks jersey... Do I qualify?
You're only a true Saints fan if you burn it.

the-commish 12-14-2009 06:14 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cargojon (Post 183734)
If you know who Johnathon Sullivan was, you're not a bandwagon fan. God typing that name just made me barf a little bit on my keyboard....
Yep! But at least now we have a real DT in Sed Ellis, not a fake one like Sullivan was.

Sullivan was ranked second on our board that year at DT. The Jets, as I recall, beat us to our first choice.

the-commish 12-14-2009 06:22 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper (Post 183801)
.. simple..

walk to the alleged Saints fan, and whisper "Carl Smith" in his/her ear. If he/she doesn't twitch, not a real Saints fan.
Smith was pretty lousy as an OC, but, if you remember, it was Mora who refused to fire him.

Also, remember, Jim Finks didn't do real well drafting and signing players on the offensive side of the ball (at least, not skill position players). If he had, the Saints may already have had a couple of Lombardi's in the trophy case.

Budsdrinker 12-14-2009 09:41 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper (Post 183801)
.. simple..

walk to the alleged Saints fan, and whisper "Carl Smith" in his/her ear. If he/she doesn't twitch, not a real Saints fan.
The demise of Jim Mora.

spkb25 12-14-2009 10:00 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cargojon (Post 183734)
If you know who Johnathon Sullivan was, you're not a bandwagon fan. God typing that name just made me barf a little bit on my keyboard....
What about Mike Buck, LMAO!!!!

Tobias-Reiper 12-14-2009 10:25 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by the-commish (Post 183886)
Smith was pretty lousy as an OC, but, if you remember, it was Mora who refused to fire him.

Also, remember, Jim Finks didn't do real well drafting and signing players on the offensive side of the ball (at least, not skill position players). If he had, the Saints may already have had a couple of Lombardi's in the trophy case.
Oh, I remember so very well :). That's why hearing the name "Carl Smith" makes me twitch. Heck, I'm twitching as I ttttttttype.

Mr. Roboto 12-14-2009 10:35 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper (Post 183801)
.. simple..

walk to the alleged Saints fan, and whisper "Carl Smith" in his/her ear. If he/she doesn't twitch, not a real Saints fan.
I don't think that's particularly fair......not everybody has been around that long. I mean, my 15-year old nephew doesn't remember anything before Brooks and Haslett.

I do remember Carl Smith (and his godawful run-run-7 pass to Eric Martin-punt offense) but I'm not going to say I'm a "realer" fan than that kid, because he's body-painting himself head to toe every week.

SaintPauly 12-14-2009 10:42 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
I think at least remembering the Ditka/Williams 98 draft debacle, would be a good start. As well as the age of "Billy Joe". Or how about Jim Everette? Or "Chrissy" as Jim Rome likes to call him. Heh heh, there's alot of colorful history for the Saints. Not great winning teams, but lots of entertainment.

Boutte 12-14-2009 10:44 PM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
If they really really love The Saints they are a true fan. Sometimes it take a while to catch.

gumbeau 12-15-2009 07:26 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Being a Saints fan isn't a quiz show. No amount of trivia knowledge will make you a fan and not knowing who played left tackle in 1972 against the Eagles doesn't make you any less of a fan.

If you love the Saints you are a fan. It is that simple.

If you have fond feeling for any man who ever strapped on a Saints helmet you are a fan of the Saints.

If you hate certain players because they didn't play as well as you wanted or ruined the Saints chances you aren't a Saints fan.

You are a fan of success.

Part of me doesn't want the Saints to ever win the Superbowl. A large part of the fun of being a Saints fan is the fact that we keep coming back and loving this team although they have never won the big game.

Once the Saints win the Superbowl, it will be easy to be a Saints fan. We will stop looking forward, always looking to next year. We will become like all those sad fans pointing backwards to the glory of yesteryear.

Right now, "I'm a Saints fan" carries with it the pride of enduring 42 years of hardship.

Once the Saints win it all we will forever have to say "I was a Saints fan before they won the Superbowl".

I'll be celebrating like a mad man the day the Saints win the Superbowl. I hope desperately my parents live to see that day so I can see the joy in their faces.

But in my heart I know it will be bittersweet because being a Saints fan will change forever on that magical day.

Tobias-Reiper 12-15-2009 08:07 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gumbeau (Post 184005)
Being a Saints fan isn't a quiz show. No amount of trivia knowledge will make you a fan and not knowing who played left tackle in 1972 against the Eagles doesn't make you any less of a fan.

If you love the Saints you are a fan. It is that simple.

If you have fond feeling for any man who ever strapped on a Saints helmet you are a fan of the Saints.

If you hate certain players because they didn't play as well as you wanted or ruined the Saints chances you aren't a Saints fan.

You are a fan of success.

Part of me doesn't want the Saints to ever win the Superbowl. A large part of the fun of being a Saints fan is the fact that we keep coming back and loving this team although they have never won the big game.

Once the Saints win the Superbowl, it will be easy to be a Saints fan. We will stop looking forward, always looking to next year. We will become like all those sad fans pointing backwards to the glory of yesteryear.

Right now, "I'm a Saints fan" carries with it the pride of enduring 42 years of hardship.

Once the Saints win it all we will forever have to say "I was a Saints fan before they won the Superbowl".

I'll be celebrating like a mad man the day the Saints win the Superbowl. I hope desperately my parents live to see that day so I can see the joy in their faces.

But in my heart I know it will be bittersweet because being a Saints fan will change forever on that magical day.

Ne pas, mon ami!

I posted this on another thread... it's not that you need to know trivia... it is more like playing the Blues: you can't play the Blues if you haven't suffered in life. So it is not about, say, knowing who carl Smith was, it's about having suffered through Carl Smith calling the offense :)

ScottF 12-15-2009 08:18 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gumbeau (Post 184005)
Being a Saints fan isn't a quiz show. No amount of trivia knowledge will make you a fan and not knowing who played left tackle in 1972 against the Eagles doesn't make you any less of a fan.

If you love the Saints you are a fan. It is that simple.

If you have fond feeling for any man who ever strapped on a Saints helmet you are a fan of the Saints.

If you hate certain players because they didn't play as well as you wanted or ruined the Saints chances you aren't a Saints fan.

You are a fan of success.

Part of me doesn't want the Saints to ever win the Superbowl. A large part of the fun of being a Saints fan is the fact that we keep coming back and loving this team although they have never won the big game.

Once the Saints win the Superbowl, it will be easy to be a Saints fan. We will stop looking forward, always looking to next year. We will become like all those sad fans pointing backwards to the glory of yesteryear.

Right now, "I'm a Saints fan" carries with it the pride of enduring 42 years of hardship.

Once the Saints win it all we will forever have to say "I was a Saints fan before they won the Superbowl".

I'll be celebrating like a mad man the day the Saints win the Superbowl. I hope desperately my parents live to see that day so I can see the joy in their faces.

But in my heart I know it will be bittersweet because being a Saints fan will change forever on that magical day.

Well said. If you screamed at the TV last week or the week before, and are pissed at Charles Grant, then you are a fan.

At the Falcons game Sunday they were giving away logo'ed luggage tags. I grabbed a bunch for my seventh grade students. I gave one to a student who said, "No thanks. I am a Saints fan all the way now!"
Bandwagon? Sure.
But I did get a little choked up anyhow.

saintsfan1976 12-15-2009 08:21 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gumbeau (Post 184005)
Being a Saints fan isn't a quiz show. No amount of trivia knowledge will make you a fan and not knowing who played left tackle in 1972 against the Eagles doesn't make you any less of a fan.

If you love the Saints you are a fan. It is that simple.

If you have fond feeling for any man who ever strapped on a Saints helmet you are a fan of the Saints.

If you hate certain players because they didn't play as well as you wanted or ruined the Saints chances you aren't a Saints fan.

You are a fan of success.

Part of me doesn't want the Saints to ever win the Superbowl. A large part of the fun of being a Saints fan is the fact that we keep coming back and loving this team although they have never won the big game.

Once the Saints win the Superbowl, it will be easy to be a Saints fan. We will stop looking forward, always looking to next year. We will become like all those sad fans pointing backwards to the glory of yesteryear.

Right now, "I'm a Saints fan" carries with it the pride of enduring 42 years of hardship.

Once the Saints win it all we will forever have to say "I was a Saints fan before they won the Superbowl".

I'll be celebrating like a mad man the day the Saints win the Superbowl. I hope desperately my parents live to see that day so I can see the joy in their faces.

But in my heart I know it will be bittersweet because being a Saints fan will change forever on that magical day.
Easily your best post. :cheers:

SaintPauly 12-15-2009 08:25 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
I'm not saying u should be able to stump
the shwaub, but if u recently became a fan
at least go back and read the history a little.
Before we can go forward, we must know
where we've been. I stole that. :)

neugey 12-15-2009 09:00 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
If you saw #51 make that game-saving tackle on Sunday and it felt like you were watching the Dome Patrol again on that play, you are a Saints fan. RIP S.M., the original #51.

Budsdrinker 12-15-2009 09:56 AM
Re: What are the qualifications to be a "real fan"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by neugey (Post 184039)
If you saw #51 make that game-saving tackle on Sunday and it felt like you were watching the Dome Patrol again on that play, you are a Saints fan. RIP S.M., the original #51.
I have both Mills & Vilma jerseys.


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