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Giants fans need a lesson in "loyalty"

  • sleeper
    Anyone catch the award show after the SB last night? They were talking about the woe is me Giants and how they were the most loyal fans in the NFL. I realize this is standard post game BS from executives who want to make the fans feel important, but the word "most loyal" really irked me.

    The Giants won a super bowl 4 years ago, and they won another this year. Loyalty is nowhere near the word I would be using, if anything "top bandwagon fan base" would be more appropriate.

    /end rant
  • BR1986FB
    I think we ALL know who the "top bandwagon/frontrunner fan base" award goes to and it's not the Giants.
  • queencitybuckeye
    sleeper;1076959 wrote:Anyone catch the award show after the SB last night? They were talking about the woe is me Giants and how they were the most loyal fans in the NFL. I realize this is standard post game BS from executives who want to make the fans feel important, but the word "most loyal" really irked me.

    The Giants won a super bowl 4 years ago, and they won another this year. Loyalty is nowhere near the word I would be using, if anything "top bandwagon fan base" would be more appropriate.

    /end rant
    The Giants fans have supported their team, win or lose, longer than both of us have been alive.
  • sleeper
    BR1986FB;1076967 wrote:I think we ALL know who the "top bandwagon/frontrunner fan base" award goes to and it's not the Giants.
    Point noted.
  • sleeper
    queencitybuckeye;1076968 wrote:The Giants fans have supported their team, win or lose, longer than both of us have been alive.
    It's very easy to be loyal when your team is winning Super Bowls and in contention year after year. I'd love to see how the "most loyal fans" last through 50+ seasons of shitty football.
  • Hb31187
    BR1986FB;1076967 wrote:I think we ALL know who the "top bandwagon/frontrunner fan base" award goes to and it's not the Giants.
    Cowboys, Patriots Steelers are easily 1 2 and 3
  • BR1986FB
    Hb31187;1076974 wrote:Cowboys, Patriots Steelers are easily 1 2 and 3
    Think you might want to flip #3 to #1 and slide #1 down to #2.
  • BearBoy69
    I'm a Steelers fan who is not a frontrunner, but i see a LOT of Steelers fans who are.

    Also, I will give the Browns props on the most loyal fan base, if they ever win a SB it will be CRAAAAZY in Cleveland that's for sure.
  • Automatik
    I'd say the Giants have a pretty loyal and passionate fanbase, but I wouldn't call them the best.

    I definitely prefer them over Jets fans.
  • queencitybuckeye
    Why do people take hyperbole seriously, what the hell else is the owner of a team going to say about their fans?
  • sleeper
    queencitybuckeye;1076985 wrote:Why do people take hyperbole seriously, what the hell else is the owner of a team going to say about their fans?
    Count me as someone who's tired of the PC comments we get from coaches, players and executives. It's boring. I want to see a player win the Super Bowl MVP and be like "I'm the best player in the league, I deserve this".

    They always say the same things over and over again "It's a team game, its not about me, I want to divide this trophy among my teammates. YAWN."
  • Heretic
    BR1986FB;1076976 wrote:Think you might want to flip #3 to #1 and slide #1 down to #2.
    Well, unless you consider that #3 gets blown up a bit in these parts due to sharing a border with the "most bitter/angry" fanbase.
  • Hb31187
    BR1986FB;1076976 wrote:Think you might want to flip #3 to #1 and slide #1 down to #2.
    Wasnt meant to be in order, just the top 3 bandwagon franchises i know of
  • sleeper
    Hb31187;1077119 wrote:Wasnt meant to be in order, just the top 3 bandwagon franchises i know of
    Top 3 NFL bandwagons you mean. Nothing really tops Duke, Lakers, or Yankees.
  • Hb31187
    sleeper;1077121 wrote:Top 3 NFL bandwagons you mean. Nothing really tops Duke, Lakers, or Yankees.
    By whats being talked about in the thread and in the OP, thats pretty much implied
  • Skyhook79
    sleeper;1077121 wrote:Top 3 NFL bandwagons you mean. Nothing really tops Duke, Lakers, or Yankees.
    Lebron agrees.


  • Mulva
    Giants fans were booing Eli earlier this season and ready to run Coughlin out of town after last year. More NFL teams could use that kind of loyalty.
  • BR1986FB
    Hb31187;1077119 wrote:Wasnt meant to be in order, just the top 3 bandwagon franchises i know of
    Gotcha. Thought you were putting them in order.
  • SportsAndLady
    Mulva;1077225 wrote:Giants fans were booing Eli earlier this season and ready to run Coughlin out of town after last year. More NFL teams could use that kind of loyalty.
    THANK YOU!

    I listened to NY radio the entire summer and into fall; most calls were "we suck...we will be lucky to finish 2nd in the division behind the Eagles"

    The only actual loyal person was their GM Jerry Reese...he would get on air and take calls from listeners and argue with them until he was screaming. He had some awesome tweets (that was actually criticized by the radio guys at the time) that were telling NYG fans to STFU because he's sick of seeing all these "we are going to suck" tweets.

    I'll try to find his tweets, they were really awesome
  • SportsAndLady
    I couldn't find the actual tweets, but this is the best I could do:

    http://skinnypost.com/whats-the-skinny/gm-jerry-reese-giants-will-make-the-playoffs/
  • SportsAndLady
    REESE IS A JOKE....he has done nothing to compete in the NFL EAST!Extending TC contract is a waste of time & money!! No one likes him so why briing him back.
    i guess all of the TC haters just hope they go 0-8, then will see if REESE has some balls!
    Hey, Jerry Reese. I'm calling you out. Sign a freakin' linebacker, you dunce.
    another classic projection by Jerry "the Scout" Reese that any other GM would not have tolerated past 3 years. Remember Jerry was all broken up about cutting guys like Alford and Kehl last year beacuse he can't admit his failures as a GM. This franchise is in trouble folks. 2007 was more of Accorsi's doing than Jerry's and people just dont get it.
    LET THE COHWER WATCH BEGIN!!!!!!
    Yeah, look at that loyalty!

    And that's just comments from an article back in August about Reece telling a LB drafted in 09 to pick up his play
  • like_that
    SportsAndLady;1077268 wrote:Yeah, look at that loyalty!

    And that's just comments from an article back in August about Reece telling a LB drafted in 09 to pick up his play
    That's not disloyalty if that is what you are implying. Browns fans are the most loyal, and we bitch all the time lol.
  • thavoice
    They always say this shit after the SB about the fans so sleeper...just chill dude.
  • sleeper
    thavoice;1077609 wrote:They always say this shit after the SB about the fans so sleeper...just chill dude.
    I realize this is standard post game BS from executives who want to make the fans feel important, but the word "most loyal" really irked me.
    I addressed this in my first post. Glad you read it.
  • hoops23
    sleeper;1077614 wrote:I addressed this in my first post. Glad you read it.
    Since he's not allowed to get on the internet at home and can only read from work, he probably didn't have time to read each post.