How we as a fanbase can be more Seattle inclusive.

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  1. The Professional Fan

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    Go Hawks fuckers. I love being a 12 and I don't understand what that has to do with anything. They've been using some variation of "12" since 1984 when they retired the number. I don't see how this turns us in to "6s" or whatever the fuck backwards logic is going on here. Fuck the Sounders though
     
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    Then leave
     
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    If we're going to get territorial, why ignore Alaska, Canada, Hawaii and the rest of Washington state as well as Idaho, Montana and even some really northern Californians! There are those Terry Stotts Iowa fans to consider too! We've got a start in Oakland already.
     
  4. Natebishop3

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    I have never been able to understand the jump from "GO SEATTLE!" to "FUCK SEATTLE!"
     
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    The Space Trail Needles is a good name for a sports team. Is this inclusive enough?

    Maybe rename the team the Needle Blazers and sign the 'Sheed, Damon and ZBo as team ambassadors.
     
  6. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    No, you. Sorry for having a personal passion for the franchise and long term employees loved by most of the fanbase.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yep, back when it was the murder capital of the world (maybe it still is, wouldn't surprise me), I used to drive through it twice a day, five days a week. I still pass by on my way to and from MDW whenever I fly home to visit family and friends. What a depressing place. It's a shame, too. Back when the steel mills first popped on the south shore of Lake Michigan, Gary was where the rich executives lived. There were some beautiful old mansions in Gary that were basically abandoned ruins by the early 1960s. Never take prosperity for granted. It can vanish faster than you'd ever think possible.

    BNM
     
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    6s......mount up!
     
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    I understand. My family moved from Vermont to Seattle when I was 1 y/o. My dad grew up in Seattle. He loved the Seahawks. He made me a Seahawks fan from birth. But he didn't like Basketball. We moved to Portland when I was 2 y/o (1977, yo!). I started liking basketball in elementary school and because my Dad never pushed the Sonics on me I naturally became a Blazer fan as my love of basketball increased. I'm a Timbers fan over a Sounders fan because I only started liking soccer like 4 years ago and it was a natural fit being that I've lived here for 38 years. Bought season tickets in Timbers Army their first two seasons in MLS.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I had a similar experience when attending a wedding in Toledo three years ago. We stayed at a beautiful 14,000 square foot restored Victorian mansion. We had a suite that was the entire top floor. Including breakfast, our room was $109/night. The place was drop dead gorgeous, but the area around it looked like a war zone. When I mentioned it to some of the locals at the wedding and said it's in kind of a bad part of town, they told me there is no good part of town, that it's all like that.

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    Oh, and it's never "fuck seattle" to me. I think Seattle is a wonderful city. I love it up there. I just don't like the Sounders or the Sonics (but I really miss the Sonics, as I think we all do at some level).
     
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    The residents are douches
     
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    There is douche up there, for sure. There is douche every where, for sure.
     
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    Yeah but a lot of bandwagon yuppie scum up there.
     
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    That makes sense to me. But there are a lot of people who were born and raised in Portland, hate the Huskes, hated the Sonics, hate the Sounders....... but love the Seahawks.
     
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    Yup i grew up hating the Xman, Tom Chambers, Detlef, etc
     
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    I know, I know. It's remarkable. Most long time Seahawks fans really battle with the bandwagon thing. At first I thought it was kind of cool. The Hawks have never been legit popular. But it wore off quickly. You'd be surprised how many of them don't even know who Mike Holmgren is. That's my basic litmus test and it's a simple one considering he led us to a super bowl appearance in 2005. If you can't answer that, GTFO.
     
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    My grandparents were huge Seahawk fans. They lived up there. They bought me Seahawk stuff when I was little. I just never got on board. Not my thing.
     
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    It seems like your mad at the franchise and stated that this may be the last straw for you.

    Well u should make it easier for yourself and leave. Just trying to help.

    Mike and Mike are gone. Vanished. No longer. Make a statement and prove your loyalty to them and leave.
     
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    I never stated it was any kind of last straw. Just massive disappointment in the organization
     
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