bossFALCON™ Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 does anyone know how are we going to get more people to post in the PF forum? we all have worked pretty hard to get in here and when you get in its dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbirdfan Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 This reminds me of the volume we had 5 or maybe 6 years ago when the boards were new. The number of posters on the boards is way down due to shock, negativity, re-energizing elsewhere or whatever. The familiar faces are just not there. I always post and read the most from January to April because the off-season provides the most potential talk. When we had a lot of posters (around 100+) there was a natural spill-over of people who wanted to be somewhat serious. Now to get any kind of dialog going, you have to go in the free-for-all bin (board) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 yea i have found a couple of noobs and stuff that would like to be in PF i just told them to get their count up, stay positive, and avoid attacking people. hopefully we can get this thing going again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronn83 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Yeah, I'm one of those who hasn't been around as much. But honestly, there hasn't been any kind of news or buzz regarding the Falcons that stirs any excitement in me.I mean, we hired a no-name head coach and we've been piecing together a staff from a bunch of cast-offs and guys I've never heard of. We're cutting ties with guys like Crumpler and Coleman who've been big pieces of our team in the past, after we lost a guy like Kerney last year. It's the second straight year of being in "transition"-I mean, let's face, Petrino set us back at least 3 (counting last year) and I can't be excited enough about anything right now to feel like talking about it.I have tried to get myself excited about the draft, but it seems all too likely we're going to draft Matt Ryan, pay him too much money, and try to turn him into a franchise guy. This immediately following the draft where we failed to get LaRon Landry or draft Patrick Willis. Instead we drafted someone we had barely looked at.And at any rate, Matt Ryan might set us back even further. This guy just scream "Alex Smith!" to me. I'd prefer pretty much any of the next four guys who'll be taken after him.And we're constantly getting bad news like that we're still on the books for Vick's bonus money. So we're going to pay another huge contract to a QB and we have all this cap space tied up in our last franchise guy. I mean it's good news for Mike, but we needed some cap relief.If I felt we might end up with McFadden or Jake Long, somebody exciting like that, I'd feel much better. But there's not a mock draft out there that has us taking one of those two guys, even though we have needs at both positions.So basically, I have little good to say about where this team is going right now. There's too many people here who agree with my negative outlook, and it's just getting me bummed out about the team. So I'm staying away, somewhat. I'ms ure though, as we get closer to the combine, I'll be able to generate some excitment, and some others will also, so this forum will be active again before too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 bossFALCON (2/17/2008)does anyone know how are we going to get more people to post in the PF forum? we all have worked pretty hard to get in here and when you get in its dead.usually the more trolls in TATF the more people want to join PF, and the more PF members will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 GEORGIAfan (2/17/2008)bossFALCON (2/17/2008)does anyone know how are we going to get more people to post in the PF forum? we all have worked pretty hard to get in here and when you get in its dead.usually the more trolls in TATF the more people want to join PF, and the more PF members will come.yup. whenever we have something controversial happen (petrino leaving, vick going to jail, crumpler getting cut) the trolls come out. it happened this weekend with crumpler. eventually we will have more people in here. the hardest thing is getting them to post here. i still post in TATF just because it is so empty in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putnam6 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 bronn (2/17/2008)Yeah, I'm one of those who hasn't been around as much. But honestly, there hasn't been any kind of news or buzz regarding the Falcons that stirs any excitement in me.I mean, we hired a no-name head coach and we've been piecing together a staff from a bunch of cast-offs and guys I've never heard of. We're cutting ties with guys like Crumpler and Coleman who've been big pieces of our team in the past, after we lost a guy like Kerney last year. It's the second straight year of being in "transition"-I mean, let's face, Petrino set us back at least 3 (counting last year) and I can't be excited enough about anything right now to feel like talking about it.I have tried to get myself excited about the draft, but it seems all too likely we're going to draft Matt Ryan, pay him too much money, and try to turn him into a franchise guy. This immediately following the draft where we failed to get LaRon Landry or draft Patrick Willis. Instead we drafted someone we had barely looked at.And at any rate, Matt Ryan might set us back even further. This guy just scream "Alex Smith!" to me. I'd prefer pretty much any of the next four guys who'll be taken after him.And we're constantly getting bad news like that we're still on the books for Vick's bonus money. So we're going to pay another huge contract to a QB and we have all this cap space tied up in our last franchise guy. I mean it's good news for Mike, but we needed some cap relief.If I felt we might end up with McFadden or Jake Long, somebody exciting like that, I'd feel much better. But there's not a mock draft out there that has us taking one of those two guys, even though we have needs at both positions.So basically, I have little good to say about where this team is going right now. There's too many people here who agree with my negative outlook, and it's just getting me bummed out about the team. So I'm staying away, somewhat. I'ms ure though, as we get closer to the combine, I'll be able to generate some excitment, and some others will also, so this forum will be active again before too long.I agree with how you feel about Matt Ryan,don't think he is worth a top ten pick especially on for a team with so many needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 i agree. if we didnt have so many needs i would probably be cool with us taking ryan. if we do get him im just going to hope he produces for us. i hope he is at least a mediocre qb for us, assuming he comes here. i think all signs point to ellis/dorsey since we cut coleman though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Well, I never remeber a time when many people posted here on a regular but I'd love the sma etype of traffic here as there is over there and without the garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelgee Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 boss, I have been trying to get this group stimulated as well.Hopefully starting Wednesday the Combines will generate some good discussion.TATF is sad these days, I posted a while back that here should maybe be a "Simulated Football/Madden" Forum and hopefully the kids will migrate there and do their thing away from the Falcon Forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Legion (2/17/2008)Well, I never remeber a time when many people posted here on a regular but I'd love the sma etype of traffic here as there is over there and without the garbage.yea thats the main reason on why i wanted to join. i have only been on the MB since mid-late december(when petrino quit) and i already have almost 2,000 posts. i worked as hard as i could to get here because i was sick of all the attacks and trolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 bossFALCON (2/17/2008)Legion (2/17/2008)Well, I never remeber a time when many people posted here on a regular but I'd love the sma etype of traffic here as there is over there and without the garbage.yea thats the main reason on why i wanted to join. i have only been on the MB since mid-late december(when petrino quit) and i already have almost 2,000 posts. i worked as hard as i could to get here because i was sick of all the attacks and trolls.Well Boss, I hope that even in the TATF I have been amicable with you. I go there with my guard up a lot. Even some of our own guys (one posted here today) has a record of being a little rude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 i miss the days when this place was pretty full. it was pretty cool man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Legion (2/17/2008)bossFALCON (2/17/2008)Legion (2/17/2008)Well, I never remeber a time when many people posted here on a regular but I'd love the sma etype of traffic here as there is over there and without the garbage.yea thats the main reason on why i wanted to join. i have only been on the MB since mid-late december(when petrino quit) and i already have almost 2,000 posts. i worked as hard as i could to get here because i was sick of all the attacks and trolls.Well Boss, I hope that even in the TATF I have been amicable with you. I go there with my guard up a lot. Even some of our own guys (one posted here today) has a record of being a little rude.nope. i usually bump heads with trolling noobs, jigga donkey and consistentfalcon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonfalcon Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 As to the original question, I've put a bit in my sig too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaton Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Well, this is a tough topic. Personally I was alittle offput by the season and also the change to the new "look" of things around here. I also thought that with the "upgrade" of the meesage boards that PF was gone. Not until I signed in because of a TATF post I just HAD to respond to did I see it was still here. I'd suspect there may be come previous PF posters who never even browse TATF that might be in the same boat. I think the only way that this particular message board revitalizes is when something exciting happens for the birds. Sad but true. There's just not alot to talk about, and what there is to talk about really isn't that big a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaton Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I'd also site the distinct and noticable absence of some of the old timers like revhal, Direwolf, jstam, shiney, etc. from this board as a reason for it's decline. When these people talk, people listen, and respond. Though I'm not a huge post count guy, i'd guess 95% of my posts i've made have been in PF and I was always interested in what the above mentioned people had to say on things. For me anyway, and not to belittle the contributions of others, these personalities were part of the enjoyment of PF to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 As to the original question, I've put a bit in my sig too.londonfalcon, I think I'll help the cause and add that to my sig as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putnam6 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I will try and check in here more often,I agree with the board change, lousy season seems to be a lot less people here that when it first started. Even though I don't post a lot I am always checking the boards as I am a Falcons Junkie always looking for a fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Doktor Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 All the old school cats aren't posting like Iowa horse, Direwolf, Big Baloo, Gazoo, Jgator and the like. THe boards are all way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugadawg Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 yea I miss alot of the other people that used to post it was fun to read what they had to say and atleast when they disagreed you had facts stats and true opinions to back it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick_6 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Honestly I rarely post nowadays. IMO, it's more due to a lack of topics to post about, which leads to the sad stuff going on in TATF lately. Hopefully we get this thing started again at the combine, but there's nothing really goin on right now... :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 i think as long as we do our parts to post in here more and bring more topics right when they happen we can get it going again. i will start posting all breaking news in here instead of TATF. the vick people are going crazy in there.:ermm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padawan Knight Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I lurk on these boards everyday. I live in CO and am a bit 'disconnected' from the Falcons. This is essentially my best source of information. I will interject here and there if something grabs my attention enough to make me want to post. I typically don't even bother reading anything in TATF. I'm between here and the draft/free agency board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathFromAbove Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 You don't see me posting as much this time of year because I'm not a draftnut, no one's calling me from FB to ask advice on that or FA either! :PAnd honestly I'm STILL in shock from arguably the worst year any pro football team EVER had and wondering if the Falcons still deserve my attention, much less financial support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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