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did he really say...
The Vikings are going to hit Nawrlens like Hurricane Katrina??
REALLY??!! woooooooo! SKOL VIKES!!
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Sep 5, 2010 1:47 PM CDT reply actions
Wow.
Can’t believe he said that. Worst. Metaphor. Ever.
"Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword never encountered automatic weapons."
While I agree
If he could have found something similar to say about the Vikings, he’d likely be largely applauded.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I doubt it
If he had said that the Saints were going to drop on the Vikes like a collapsing bridge, I’m sure that would go over about as well as the hurricane metaphor.
"Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword never encountered automatic weapons."
by Ted Glover on Sep 5, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe "applauded" was the wrong word
But I don’t think nearly as many people would be bent out of shape over it.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
You've got to be kidding me...
bad taste is bad taste. And I didn’t hear anything about this until I saw it on your site. I still remember the bridge collapse and it was quite unnerving hearing about it because the images it brought to mind were horrible. I would have a hard time having any respect for somebody using that type of metaphor.
I can understand that it got old hearing about the recovery from Katrina and people acting like that made New Orleans deserving. It has been a good distraction for the city that is still struggling to recover, but I am sure that people in Minnesota aren’t necessarily over the bridge collapse, either and it was just as tragic in my mind. At least there was some warning with the hurricane…nobody driving that day could have imagined that bridge would have collapsed.
I live in Houston and was upset that more people didn’t pay attention to the damage done to the coast here when Ike hit two years ago…all the attention was still going to New Orleans because of Katrina. That doesn’t make the city bad and it sure doesn’t make the whole state bad. It shows to me how horrible the media is about sensationalizing a story…and all that does is cause people to get desensitized to things. I apologize for the bad apples that pop up…I hope in time you’ll understand that the people who really upset you make up a small minority of the people that you lump together in some of what you write. I apologize for people who have called you names and brought your family into discussions on here…that is ridiculous and those people really need to think about how they’d feel about the same treatment directed at them and their families.
Your site is a good read and I look forward to reading it throughout the season and checking in on you guys throughout the year. I think we can all agree it will be nice to have this first game behind us. I’m actually very worried about you guys down the stretch when you’re at full health…not that you don’t have a quality team with the injuries, but Rice was a beast last season and Cook was looking good at CB.
by BlackandGold4ever on Sep 5, 2010 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
That may or may not be true
I hope in time you’ll understand that the people who really upset you make up a small minority of the people that you lump together in some of what you write
See, I’d like to believe that, but there sure are a lot of people hootin’ and hollerin’ and slappin’ high fives over there in those threads. Pretty decent percentage, actually.
But that’s the kind of people they are. I’m some guy that has the nerve to disagree with them on a football site, so obviously that means I’m insane and my wife is fat and ugly and I probably kick my dog and whatever other garbage they feel like spewing. They really are pathetic.
I apologize for people who have called you names and brought your family into discussions on here…that is ridiculous and those people really need to think about how they’d feel about the same treatment directed at them and their families.
But they don’t. Because they don’t have to. They’re schmucks that have zero accountability for what they say. Yet the majority of them have the nerve to jump up and down and whine about how I should be taken off of DN because I hurt their wittle feewings.
I’m sure that the majority of Saints fans aren’t like that, as you’ve said. . .but on both this site and CSC, the vocal minority of them have been allowed to run around completely unchecked. (I mean, they have to be unchecked. . .they cry like a little girl with a skinned knee if you attempt to take any sort of action against them.) I’m sure that many of the people that perpetuate that kind of behavior will attempt to say that this is my fault somehow, but. . .well, that’s a big, steaming pile of crap.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
You're pathetic.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 5, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks
I’m also correct. . .feel free to not worry about pointing that out, though.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Why should I?
I’m sure you’ll point out how right you are another hundred times or so. That seems to be pretty much all you do these days. Fortunately, you aren’t producing the only content on this site so it’s still worth reading. I really don’t care if you’re right or not. You can be right and still be a pathetic jackass. Take Jose Canseco, for instance…
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 5, 2010 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I'm mainly talking about when you go off on the whole city/state/fan base
As for bloggers…well, I’m coming to realize more each day how blogging is different than the real world (i.e. having the nerve to bring up people’s relatives b/c there are no ramifications for doing so). While I certainly think people should hold themselves to a higher level of accountability, I can’t mandate that they do. I mainly apologize because I am trying to empathize with you. Which is certainly hard to do because I don’t run a blog full-time and if I did, it still wouldn’t get the attention this one does.
by BlackandGold4ever on Sep 5, 2010 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
And you're right on that front
Should I let garbage like what’s been spewed my direction affect me personally as much as I do? Probably not. But I do, and that’s entirely my fault.
Oh, well. . .if that’s my biggest fault, I’d have to say I’m doing pretty well for myself.
As decent a guy as you are about this, you’ll understand when I say that I’ll be quite happy to not see another fleur-de-lis or any more black and gold for a long time after this Thursday.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Get over it
If you didn’t so dirty last year, he would not have said it. Dan is just speaking his mind. from what i know of Hampton he is not one to mixed up words. He say it like it is. Translation “up your’s we are going to kick ars”.
Oh great
I can see the few worthless trolls coming in here and running with that. And no, not putting down the Saints base either. But man, that was a little stupid thinking and saying on his part.
"Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" "Germans?" "Forget it, he's rolling."
So you complain about possible trolls and how people will have manufactured outrage
and then you put the video on the front page. Bravo.
Who complained about trolls?
The video is likely going to be brought up anyway, so I posted it and gave my opinion on it.
I know. . .you Saint fans can’t stand the fact that I have the right to an opinion that doesn’t agree with yours, but hey. . .that’s just the way it goes.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
sure...
good job on creating that video in your basement studio, Chris.
it has such a professional quality about it… but we know you did it… just so you could put it out here…
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Sep 5, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
And I'll tell you what
That Dan Hampton fellow doesn’t come cheap, either.
Seriously, I had to Super Size that value meal to get him to come to the studio. Super Size, people.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I could care less what your opinion is about this (not sure what it is, because I haven’t seen it besides the fact that you think this is front page material).
I think it’s funny that with all of your whining and moaning about all of the Saints trolls you continue to post front page things as deliberate bait. Trust me, you’re no the only one who is looking forward for next week’s game to finally be here and gone. Enough of this crap.
by AJG on Sep 5, 2010 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey buddy, lay off the Kool Aid and Sweet Tarts
Because your blood pressure is mighty high. Now I’ve disagreed with Gonzo in the past but he didn’t do a single thing wrong this time. He was just pointing it out to our site. Its not like he said “Hahaha I wish I would have thought of that.” So chill the fuck out bro and enjoy the game.
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Sep 5, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Of course you could care less
That’s why you’re here.
Makes perfect sense to me.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Hahahaha nice.
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Sep 5, 2010 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope it was worth it
I had to stop holding the gun to his head that I was using to force him to come here in order to make that comment.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Ohh I bet.
You prolly email him constantly telling him that we need the comments
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Sep 5, 2010 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
You've got me, man
A site that got 15,000+ hits and 30,000+ page views yesterday. . .simply because it was roster cutdown day. . .needs people like AJG to tell them how to do things. (-:
I’m sure the Saint fans will be pleased to know that I’m doing the standard “Five Questions” thing with Dave over at CSC leading up to the game. . .I might even say that I think the Vikings can win on Thursday night. That should give those fine, upstanding, intelligent folks the excuse they need to bust out the rest of the personal insults that they haven’t gotten to yet. Maybe they’ll throw something out there about my parents or my siblings or something like that. . .after all, that’s who they are. That’s what they do.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
And then they'll complain
That I should be taken off of SBNation because I don’t love them.
Again. . .S.O.P.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't forget the part about
not respecting them as the defending champs.
I don't understand the logic of some people.
I am offended by your sitte, bud DAMN IT ALL TO HELL I’m going to check it every day because no one…NO ONE says anything about the almighty Saints!
People, let me be clear. The Internet is the 1st Amendment taken to the extreme. Sometimes the world will have an opinion that might huwt our feewings. Guess what? That is ok!! Because you have this little button with an X on it in the top-right of your screen that makes the bad things go away
by Jepp The Viking on Sep 5, 2010 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know
But what you said was 100% correct.
Nobody will listen to you, and there will be lots of excuses, but that doesn’t change the fact that what you said is 100% accurate.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions
you probably put a dash in front ??
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Sep 6, 2010 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
It's on our front page also
And who cares.The guy was a great DT who played with intensity and attitude of course he says things like that.
This is football time to get over all the thin skin and back to kicking @$$ and taking names
I wish a few of our DT’s had that “FTW I do and say as I please”attitude
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by mississippisaintsfan on Sep 5, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, but having it on your front page is different
Because. . .because. . .well, because, that’s why.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
EXACTLY
Who cares? Perhaps if people are so easily offened they should stick to the land of milk and honey (their team’s own page) and never venture outside it. I guess some fans just have the nerve to cheer for their own team.
by Jepp The Viking on Sep 5, 2010 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Well Gonzo doesnt like to say anything
but ever since I joined the hits from other teams members have went through the roof. Im the Chad Ochocinco of this site. They either hate me or love but they cant deny Im well worth having :D
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Sep 5, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Seems like Gonzo is the Owens to your Chad.
Nice play with the Bengals pun, even if you’re looking for brownie points, you got them.
Definitely a tasteless comment,
but his comment doesn’t reflect the Vikings, so it’s not our problem.
Let the people of NO worry about this crap.
Real Classless
That guy Hampton is moron…. Most fans like to talk a little trash but mocking a natural disaster where 1800 fellow Americans died shows that this guy is a classless idiot. I guess if the Saints were playing the Jets it would be cool to say lets hit them “like those planes hit the World Trade Center”… Thats crap and it has nothing to do with mock outrage or being PC. Most Fans in the NFL represent there teams and cities with class and dignity. Then there are the 1% like this idiot.
They play in NJ… But last I checked the were called the New York Giants and Jets respectively….
by Mike Riley322 on Sep 5, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
What I Dislike Most About Sports Commentators is....
….that they talk over some other sports commentator that is already speaking. That is so rude, and unprofessional.
If I am talking with someone, I shut my yap, if the other person is speaking, that is showing respect for the person speaking! If I am talking, and third person jumps into the conversation, putting in his 2 cents into a conversation that they are not part of , I shut my yap until they are through with their speel… then I say, “You are crude and rude! You were not part of this conversation, that you decide to crash in on!”
When someone crashes a private conversation, I get so angry, that sometimes I have to walk away. Otherwise someone might be going to the hospital…..sometimes they do, special if they continue their tirage!
I am a retired Platoon Sergeant and I did not take this abuse even from Generals!
Everyone we meet in life give us happiness, some by their arrival, others by their departure!
All the hype is just that . Hype .
Let’s work on strengthening the depth at WR,OL, and CB .
I hear Douche needs to come down on his inflated salary . I heard it is the reason SEA’s GM lost his gig . Overpaying him . Some $50M/for 2 years . Brad said we are looking for a younger guy .
I guess they wanted Patrick Brown/OT but NYJ nabbed him . Who got Triplett ?
Vincent Jacksnon ? Justin Hartwig ?? Vasher , Tye Hill , Adam Terry or James Hardy ? I still have hope we deal for talent .
If it was up to me
I would give you any reciever we have except colsten for the williams wall
World Champions at last
by mississippisaintsfan on Sep 5, 2010 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I dont know if that would be smart for the Saints.
I honestly dont think our success against the run should be attributed as much to the Williams’ as to the coaches/system. Sure they are good but the 5 guys beneath them look pretty darn good as well and thats a sign of a strong system. Everyone talks like it would be the end of the world if the Williams’ retired or had to serve their suspension but evidence so far shows our back ups to be good starter material.
I dunno..
Maybe I’m just desensitized. But at this point, these kind of comments don’t even phase me, and it just strikes me as everyone getting upset over them is being overly PC. He obviously didn’t mean anything malicious by it, he was just making a metaphor. Don’t take it as a direct attack.
Agreed the guy is a HOF defensive tackle
He has the attitude i wish our DT’s had
World Champions at last
by mississippisaintsfan on Sep 5, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
It is annoying always being portrayed as the "bad guys."
We’re the guards of “the Longest Yard” or the Cowboys of “Little Giants.” If we are chronically made out to be the bad guys when something unjust happens to us no one cares. There isnt anyone outright saying “the Vikings are evil” but there is this whole negative undertone that slowly erodes the image of the Vikings organization. Now most of us are probably not reading a ton of national coverage of the Vikings so our exposure is limited to only a few pieces of negative publicity. A tiraid against one of these stories would seem to the average sports fan like a gross over reaction. Gonzo on the other hand probably reads every piece of print that has anything to do with the Vikings(sports franchise or medieval raider), so he is constantly getting pounded with this negative message and at a point you cannot take it anymore. In his mind it seems appropriate to call them out because of the built up negativity.
Its like if your stocks loose one percent in a month and you decide to sell everything. A person then chastises you for being an overreactional fool. What they do not know is that it had been losing 1% a month for the last 5 years.
Yeah, pretty much
I read basically every piece that comes out of everywhere about the Minnesota Vikings. . .and the negative stories about the Vikings outnumber the positive ones by a huge margin.
Hell, we’re still talking about the team that, every year, still gets the stupid video of them missing their pick not having the Baltimore Ravens call in their side of an agreed-to trade during the draft. . .but, in all the times that video has been played, I don’t think anyone has ever bothered to mention that the guy the Vikings got “stuck with” as a result of that whole thing might be the best all-around defensive tackle in the NFL. Why? Because saying something that reflects positively on the Vikings is verboten.
So, yes, I’m fiercely defensive of my team, because I tire of them getting crapped on continuously by people in the media, by opposing fans, and so forth. And you know what? I have a weird, wacky feeling that a lot of Viking fans feel the same way. Really, I could give a rip what non-Viking fans think of 99% of what I have to say about anything. Many of the people that are fans of teams that I have been critical of are so used to having everything printed or said about their team sugar-coated that they simply can’t handle someone trying to raise the B.S. flag.
I’ve never mandated anyone to come here. . .I’ve never forced anyone to stay. . .what I HAVE done is busted my ass over the course of 4+ years to make this site the best one dedicated to Vikings football on the internet. And you know something? That’s exactly what it is. Is that an arrogant thing to say? Probably. Do I care? Why no. . .no, I don’t.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
B/C
Once again. If you are offended by what this site contains you are free to leave. This is ’Murica after all here people.
by Jepp The Viking on Sep 5, 2010 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
'MURICA!
F*** YEAH!!
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
here to save the mother%^*kin day, yeah!!!!
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
by IABerserker1 on Sep 6, 2010 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Putting up with it for decades.
Media still playing those great moments in sports reels, like the push-off.
Viking players passed over for years before finally being acknowledged by the Hall of Fame. Just to name a couple. Like the still current all time leader in career interceptions (caught not thrown, smart asses). There was some other Viking player that was passed over a few times before induction too, oh, what the hell was his name. At the time of his retirement he held just about every Quarterback record in the books, but he got disrespected too. Was it because of his poor stats? Or because he wore purple?. Oh yeah, his name was Francis Asbury Tarkenton. Nobody ever heard of that guy. Surely non of these guys were worthy of a first ballot or even a second based on their numbers, were they?
"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
The guy that's the all-time interception leader
The guy that, as it stands now, is the greatest receiver in the history of the NFL not named Jerry Rice.
The guy that originally had the record for consecutive starts and racked up 127 career sacks. (But, boy howdy, we can sure as hell show that video of him running a fumble the wrong way against the Niners eight million times. Don’t mention that later in that same game he had a sack that iced the game for the Vikings or anything.)
The center that started 240 consecutive games and was a five-time All-Pro.
Really, it’s pathetic. I’m surprised John Randle and Randall McDaniel got in, to be honest.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey, I said "Just to name a couple".
"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
There isnt anyone outright saying "the Vikings are evil" but there is this whole negative undertone that slowly erodes the image of the Vikings organization.
I think it all started when Prince wrote and dedicated that great fight song last year.
"Why do you even ponder passing? I mean, you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal! This is not Detroit man, this is the Superbowl!" -- Paul Allen's call after Tracy Porter intercepted Brett Favre in NFCCG
Prince > Harry Connick, Jr.
Just pointing out the obvious.
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by Christopher Gates on Sep 5, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Prince > Barney
"Why do you even ponder passing? I mean, you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal! This is not Detroit man, this is the Superbowl!" -- Paul Allen's call after Tracy Porter intercepted Brett Favre in NFCCG
which I guess means...
Barney > HC Jr
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Sep 6, 2010 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Prince > Harry Connick Jr. > Barney > Vanilla Ice
"Why do you even ponder passing? I mean, you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal! This is not Detroit man, this is the Superbowl!" -- Paul Allen's call after Tracy Porter intercepted Brett Favre in NFCCG
I don't pee in your pool, I'd appreciate it if you didn't pee in mine.
Please keep your sophomoric responses on your own site.
"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
What? You don't like Prince.
Prince > Harry Connick Jr.
"Why do you even ponder passing? I mean, you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal! This is not Detroit man, this is the Superbowl!" -- Paul Allen's call after Tracy Porter intercepted Brett Favre in NFCCG
Actually, I'm just not particularly fond of you.
"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
Do you take food stamps?
"Why do you even ponder passing? I mean, you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal! This is not Detroit man, this is the Superbowl!" -- Paul Allen's call after Tracy Porter intercepted Brett Favre in NFCCG
More clever and witty banter.
No, have you forgotten to take your anti-psychotic medication?
"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
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