Re: understood and.......
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What people fail to understand is:
It wasn't the Rams leaving St Louis that was so upsetting. I think for many local fans the move would have been so much easier to take had there been honesty and forthrighness about it from the beginning. It was HOW they left they left such deep scars. All the lies, and deceit on the part of the NFL and the Rams organization for months on end, and finally that last kick in the face to the city and the fans by Mr. K as he skipped out the door. There was no "thank you for being our home for the past 25 years". There was no appreciation party for the loyal fans or parting words from the organization to the city in the newspaper. There was lots and lots of viciousness on THIS board for almost 2 years and some of us just tucked our tail between our legs and took it in silence. And the funny thing is... the crap being thrown around on the board was hardly ever from the St Louis fans. It was from our so-called Ram brothers on the west coast who continually berated and ridiculed us and our city and literally crowed in victory over the move every chance they got. I won't name names but some of those who were so awful to us during the move are still around. smh And then they wonder why people left? Seriously, why should they have stayed? Many didn't. I can't blame them.
And here's another thing.... many west coast Rams fans seem hell bent on wiping out any and all connections to St Louis, from the
uniforms to the team colors ... except for those St Louis connections that you can put in your Rams brag bucket, i.e., "the Greatest Show on Turf (keep in mind that was when the team was in ST LOUIS, not LA), the Super Bowl 34 win, the Hall of Famers: Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Orlando Pace, etc. Like it or not, the time spent in St Louis can't be erased. It can't be excluded. You just can't have it both ways.
So, again... it wasn't the move itself that angered and alienated so many. It was how it all went down.
It wasn't the Rams leaving St Louis that was so upsetting. I think for many local fans the move would have been so much easier to take had there been honesty and forthrighness about it from the beginning. It was HOW they left they left such deep scars. All the lies, and deceit on the part of the NFL and the Rams organization for months on end, and finally that last kick in the face to the city and the fans by Mr. K as he skipped out the door. There was no "thank you for being our home for the past 25 years". There was no appreciation party for the loyal fans or parting words from the organization to the city in the newspaper. There was lots and lots of viciousness on THIS board for almost 2 years and some of us just tucked our tail between our legs and took it in silence. And the funny thing is... the crap being thrown around on the board was hardly ever from the St Louis fans. It was from our so-called Ram brothers on the west coast who continually berated and ridiculed us and our city and literally crowed in victory over the move every chance they got. I won't name names but some of those who were so awful to us during the move are still around. smh And then they wonder why people left? Seriously, why should they have stayed? Many didn't. I can't blame them.
And here's another thing.... many west coast Rams fans seem hell bent on wiping out any and all connections to St Louis, from the
uniforms to the team colors ... except for those St Louis connections that you can put in your Rams brag bucket, i.e., "the Greatest Show on Turf (keep in mind that was when the team was in ST LOUIS, not LA), the Super Bowl 34 win, the Hall of Famers: Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Orlando Pace, etc. Like it or not, the time spent in St Louis can't be erased. It can't be excluded. You just can't have it both ways.
So, again... it wasn't the move itself that angered and alienated so many. It was how it all went down.
