Are the Pats one of the least loved/hated great teams of all time?

[texansfan]

It is not that people have real lives (though it is true)...I believe it is the fact that how can you compare different sports?? Silly. Or different eras? Silly. Can't compare that stuff. Perfect season will always be perfect though. One big game away. And that is all.

My only point really was that if they win the SB then other than NE fans and those who win money, will anyone else really care? It's not like I'll tell my son 20 years later, "I remember when the Pats went undefeated". Sports are a little diversion and hopefully a nice way to make money is all. It's fun when a hometown team wins a championship but let's keep it in context here.

 

[MIMS]

The Pats play 4th fiddle in their own city to the Celts, Bosox, and Bruins.

Someone hasn't been up to New England recently.

 

[TomBrady#1]

My only point really was that if they win the SB then other than NE fans and those who win money, will anyone else really care? It's not like I'll tell my son 20 years later, "I remember when the Pats went undefeated". Sports are a little diversion and hopefully a nice way to make money is all. It's fun when a hometown team wins a championship but let's keep it in context here.

Well what you are saying is true and false. True in that many people think like you. People have lives and forget a lot of this sports. False however because there are many that live and die this stuff and people are STILL talking about the 72 Dolphins and about the Bulls teams and more. Some fans do compare and talk about teams from 20 years ago. I am one of those people. My point was that for a multitude of reasons it is very hard to compare.

 

[shdw01]

They are like the Yankees....everyone loves or hates them....the similarities are astounding!

 

[betedgeonly]

Confined to the small world here at The Rx. I really believe that many posters don't like certain teams because other posters are so proud of them. Root for your favorite team and you are immediately branded a homer and it is much worse if that team does well (who could do better than the Patriots right now).

For some reason posters rooting for their teams causes other posters to actually root against that team not becasue of the team itself but becasue they want to see a certain poster or several posters humilated by seeing their team losing big games.

Natrually this is most prominent with the Yankees Vs Red Sox rivalry and has spread to the Colts vs Pats and now pretty much the Pats vs the entire NFL rivalry. Instead of wanting to see history be made during their time they want to see Pat Patriot and his co-Patfans eat crow.

I used to actually find myself doing this but have made a conscience effort to stop. These days sure I dislike the main rivals of the teams I have been rooting for over the last 50 years but I don't hate or dislike a team for example like LSU or the St Louis Cardinals just because they have some vocal poster/fans that post on this forum bragging about them.

Regarding the Super Bowl - my two favorite teams are playing each other but natrually The Patriots are going to be the team I root for (I grew up about 20 miles from Foxboro).

However when it comes to gambling I have no favorite teams and will bet against my personal favorite in a heartbeat if I think that is the right side. In fact yesterday I bet the Charger's WR Vincent Jackson's first reception would be over 10.5 yards (see props thread from yesterday) which meant I was in a sense betting my beloved Pats would give up a big play for me to win. (I won on a 15 yard strike over the middle from Rivers to Jackson in the 2nd quarter)..


Bottom line is many of us are sports fans as well as gamblers and would do well to keep the two indulgences separate.

I hope IF the Pats do win the super bowl some of their detractors (you know who you are) will have the class to congratulate them for doing the unprecedented - going 19-0 and running the table..



All in all the hate a team because another poster likes them is a slightly wierd internet created phenomenon..


wil..

Very well put wil. Could not have said it better myself. I for one would like to see history be made by the pat's,but on the other hand with all the crap eli get's from EVERYONE I also would like to see him succeed.

 

[bigtendominator]

Well if people lie in polls the Pats are more popular than the Red Sox.Tom Brady is thee most popular player in Boston sports.

That is because he is white. If Big Papi were white, he would be bigger than Brady. Brady seems a bit aloof to me.

Name me one city where a black player is more popular than any white player, that has had the same level of success.

Hell, Mike Ditka is still more popular than MJ in Chicago.

 

[FairWarning]

Thats bullshit I don't start 3-5 threads a week talking about them specifically.I'll get into threads that are talking about them.Like this one.
I can't help that if the converstion comes up about playoffs,perfection,super bowls,greatest teams etc. The Pats happen to be part of that.When subjects like that come up you just don't think of the Ravens or Falcons or Jets.

You've started two already this week. Only one more to go.