Popular Post Spud2nique Posted September 17, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 As Hawks fans on this site. I might be biased but I’ve been reading a ton of past threads on Hawks drafts, FA, etc. I could be wrong but I think we might be the smartest fan base in the league. Knowledgeable! Hats off to all of you smart people! 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Mule Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) An old adage that some posters on other sites apparently don't adhere to: "It is better to remain silent and have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Edited September 17, 2022 by Gray Mule 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 When you deal with constant blind hate towards your team it’s only natural that you arm yourself with as much information as possible to defend yourself from the attacks. We are jaded, hardened and generally 2 steps ahead of all of our critics lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawksNWaffles Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted September 18, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 I agree with this. The real fans, and there are many of us, know every detail of what has happened to this franchise for many years. We understand basketball and above all carry the spirit of the city itself. Many of us have an underdog mentality and are patiently waiting for the dog to have it’s day enjoying the journey the whole way. It will make winning it all that much sweeter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted September 18, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 Hawks win NBA Championship for 2022 -2023 Season... Are you going to the Parade? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted September 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Diesel said: Hawks win NBA Championship for 2022 -2023 Season... Are you going to the Parade? If we ever win I’m moving to Atlanta for a month. I already told my wife, she knows this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecampster Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) On 9/17/2022 at 12:38 PM, Spud2nique said: As Hawks fans on this site. I might be biased but I’ve been reading a ton of past threads on Hawks drafts, FA, etc. I could be wrong but I think we might be the smartest fan base in the league. Knowledgeable! Hats off to all of you smart people! I think an interesting project would be to score the folks on here based on their comments during past drafts. If poster hated, disliked, neutral, like, loved a player, give that poster 1-5 for each player he mentioned and match that against a player was bust, below average, average, above average, star/star+. Match those rankings for each poster and give him a "trustability score". 1 last column per poster, activity score. The more he talks about players, the less/more his variance from reality can be disregarded/trusted. Any other data science nerds out there want to research this for last 5+ drafts and make something? Edited September 19, 2022 by thecampster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg01 Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 Bwhat if you're a guy that basically hates all draft picks? Asking for a friend .... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Popular Post macdaddy Posted September 19, 2022 Moderators Popular Post Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 Well one reason is the Hawks don't currently have a lot of casual fans. Knicks, Bulls, Heat, Warriors, Lakers have tons and tons of them. Folks who just want to wear the gear and shout a lot but don't actually follow the team that close. And if you're a die hard of one of those teams do you really want to get in a discussion only to find out the ones on your side are idiots? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted September 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, macdaddy said: idiots? 5 minutes ago, macdaddy said: Knicks, Bulls, Heat, Warriors, Lakers mavs. Raptors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 19, 2022 Moderators Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, macdaddy said: Well one reason is the Hawks don't currently have a lot of casual fans. Knicks, Bulls, Heat, Warriors, Lakers have tons and tons of them. Folks who just want to wear the gear and shout a lot but don't actually follow the team that close. And if you're a die hard of one of those teams do you really want to get in a discussion only to find out the ones on your side are idiots? Yeah, I was going to say something very similar. I don't think we are inherently special as much as a much more diehard / hardcore selection of fans than a lot of the bandwagon franchises. Almost everyone on here has followed the NBA in general and this team specifically for years (often decades). There are good fans of every franchise and there is a real "natural selection" type of process by which the Squawk's membership skews hard toward being people who are engaged and informed about their team and the league. And we still make some terrible calls / takes as well. Comes with being human. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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