Appreciate How Lucky We Are as Pats fans- the View from Outside NE

[mosslost]

LOL, oh, I know a few who did in certain situations! And it was warranted.

1981, and a couple years in early 90s were the only really bad years in my memory

 

[mosslost]

Yea even back in 1991 BSPN and CHB were calling them that.

that was sarcastic.. I know non Pats fns thought of them that way. I had season tickets as a kid and I mostly expected them to win the championship. When I was growing up the 1981 2-14 year was an extreme aberration. The Pats were good to really good most of the time. They got unlucky and had brutal competition. The early 90s were the dark years for me, but that was not too long.

 

[mosslost]

I think he was referring to the team being called Patsies, which they were in the old days. Not anymore though.

other teams fans still call us the Patsies sometimes

 

[mosslost]

yes they were.

no they weren't

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

1981, and a couple years in early 90s were the only really bad years in my memory

There were a few dark years in the 70s when OJ Simpson would regularly run for nearly 200 yards on the PAts. In his 2000 yard season, I think 450 yards of it came in 2 games versus NE......

 

[shmessy]

Patriots were never the "Patsies".

As a fan since 1971 and a serious fan since 1974, I can tell you you are definitely wrong.

 

[RobertWeathers]

that was sarcastic.. I know non Pats fns thought of them that way. I had season tickets as a kid and I mostly expected them to win the championship. When I was growing up the 1981 2-14 year was an extreme aberration. The Pats were good to really good most of the time. They got unlucky and had brutal competition. The early 90s were the dark years for me, but that was not too long.

I was too young for the 70s but remember 81 and 82 as much as an elementary school kid can but from 83-88 they were a competitive team year in/out. At least there was hope every year.

89-93 was just awful. Depressing, hopeless...a football abyss.

I think because I went through that as a fan, I've appreciated everything from the last 16 years. Even in 2000 there was hope for the future and we were all rewarded.

 

[shmessy]

no they weren't

Randy Vataha and Rod Rust say hi.

(Btw, Vataha was a great player - think Welker forerunner, better deep threat, not quite the wiggle and strength of Edelman though -just played on some godawful Pats teams).

 

[shmessy]

As a fan since 1971 and a serious fan since 1974, I can tell you you are definitely wrong.

The old IHOP in Needham on Highland Ave gave out those mini plastic team helmets to all kids at the end of meals in the 1970s. They had every frickin' team save the one that played 25 miles away.

Yes, I'm still scarred.

 

[CapeCodDon]

Such a great post. You definitely have the writer's gift.

The 2014 SB was the last "must win" game for me. I'm truly enjoying the run they're on and hope they get another one for obvious reasons but 2014 felt like it would put a huge exclamation mark on both BB and TB's careers. And it did in dramatic fashion.

As far as haters go I no longer care. It doesn't bother me anymore. People follow whomever or whatever "truth" they want as long as it fits their personal agendas anyways.

I feel precisely the same as you! Well said!

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

I have some mixed feelings on this.......watching them win beats the rest, but I miss the grungy days of the dirt parking lot and the 'minor league' appearance of it all back in the day.......like a scraggly mutt

I hear ya but then I think about the years I spent waiting to leave that lot lol.

We've literally been competing for a SB every year during this era.

Other fans can only dream about that.

I'm in awe of what we've accomplished and so proud. The standard this group (Bill, 12, Kraft etc) is still climbing.

 

[shmessy]

If it was Peyton Manning setting the record for most Super Bowls started, the NFL would hold a ceremonial "First Snap" and then stop the game to encase the football for display in the Hall of Fame.

 

[The Gr8est]

Patriots were never the "Patsies".

If you belive that you haven't been a fan long enough. The Pats were arguably the worst franchise in all major professional sports.

 

[The Gr8est]

As Pats fans we are spoiled rotten to the core.

These last 16 years have been incredible.

They aren't done yet. This train still has a lot of track left.

And imagine how much more the Pats would have won without the NFL* putting their finger on the scales with CameraPlacementGate and Defamegate, not to mention the discipine that was not imposed on other teams for their infractions.

Boggles the mind what could have been.

 

[1960Pats]

other teams fans still call us the Patsies sometimes

And don't they sound idiotic?

 

[gatsby47]

I lived in Southern Ontario 50 miles from Detroit and 65 miles north (across Lake Erie) from Cleveland for most of my adult life.(67yrs as a child of God so sayeth Crosby Stills Nash and Young). I could hardly ever get news and feeds about the Patriots. All the down years are just reading material for me. But watching the Lions and the Browns was truly a lesson in hope and despair. And so it continues even unto the day as they say. But I have been in New Brunswick now for 16 years and although you are still "from away", I feel my heart belongs in the Maritimes. All the holdover left is my love for Montreal in hockey. I now follow irregularly, the Red Sox, and of course I am totally dedicated to the Patriots. Wearing anything NE is a genuine pleasure when I have made the trip back to Ontario. Bills are big and of course the Lions rule in Windsor. I know they have teams, they have loyal fans, but they don't have the will to succeed because of poor management, poor coaching, and ****ty decisions.

It is a pleasure and one that I absolutely extol the virtues to all my friends and neighbours and relatives.

Tough **** if they don't like it. They have nothing to compare it to. Go Pats and keep it going . Pundits think Atlanta has a the fabulous offense. Patriots have the victories. And a certain air telling them that victory is always there.

 

[CapeCodDon]

If you belive that you haven't been a fan long enough. The Pats were arguably the worst franchise in all major professional sports.

Agreed! I have followed and been a fan since my early teens and back then most of my friends (sports fanatics) couldn't care less about the patriots they were so bad (doormats of the league). It has been big time like karma payback for me to see this centuries sox/pats emergence. I suffer no more! Hallelujah!

 

[1960Pats]

If you belive that you haven't been a fan long enough. The Pats were arguably the worst franchise in all major professional sports.

The Pats weren't that bad. They gradually improved on their playoff appearances and winning seasons each decade until the last two dynastic decades. In playoffs made starting in 1960 it looks like this; 1-2-3-4-7-7

 

[The Gr8est]

The Pats weren't that bad. They gradually improved on their playoff appearances and winning seasons each decade until the last two dynastic decades. In playoffs made starting in 1960 it looks like this; 1-2-3-4-7-7

Hmmm, too fibonacci-ish.

 

[Tony2046]

If it was Peyton Manning setting the record for most Super Bowls started, the NFL would hold a ceremonial "First Snap" and then stop the game to encase the football for display in the Hall of Fame.

That was spit up my coffee funny man.

That crap that went down in Indy was hilarious. The HOF guy waiting on the sideline. Peyton needs three more passing yards to break the record and throws a pick. Buahahahaha