skins4ever17 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I have not witnessed a successful season ever as a Redskins fan. I am rather young, but I always have been a Redskins fan, and I always will be. It sucks not to really see them ever dominate in my life time, so how were the glory days? How come we can't be like that again? It's been so long, I wish I witnessed it. What was it like? Hail :logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champskins Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 It was a blessing man. We were winning every game and were the talked about team in the early 90's. Always atop the NFC East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polywog999 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 We yous to pay people back for crap like last night....but then again, we never yous to lose that bad in the first place..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 In the Glory days, Pettibone would have blitzed ALL 11 players and knocked the living **** out of Vick when the score got to 35-0. IN fact, that never would have happened in the first place. They would have sent a message that you will not leave your starting QB in the game in the 3rd quarter, running around making plays, making us look STUPID. They would have risked another touchdown just to NAIL him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Glorious Every year the team was a legitimate contender. Every year we had a chance. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I'm fortunate to remember the 91 season, it was pure magic. Think of the 2007 patriots, we were that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD5 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 They were like the complete opposite of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Imagine being a fan of the Colts, Patriots, or Steelers now. You pretty much knew that every year, you would have a chance at the Lombardi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I faintly remember our second superbowl. Only because our dogs got into a fight during it. To much comotion. But then my dad had me really start paying attention. So I remember a good bit of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Thank you for making this thread! I've been watching football since I was 5 since then, it's been nothing but failure big name free agent fails...coaching fails... Stars murdered consistent failure on national television primetime games 1 division title... I endured constant ass whippings from Dallas and the giants numerous hopes crushed yet I (me...not my family) spend 100s on tickets every week buy merchandise for naught I go to school and am constantly heckled by fairweather eagles, cowboys fans my sports life is pure hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4ever17 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 Imagine being a fan of the Colts, Patriots, or Steelers now. You pretty much knew that every year, you would have a chance at the Lombardi. How did we get bad that quick? I just don't understand. =/ Those teams above were decent in the 90's weren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fear Our D! Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 We yous to pay people back for crap like last night....but then again, we never yous to lose that bad in the first place..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Ah man I wish I had witnessed those days. I was only 2 in 1991 so I don't remember it at all. The best season I can remember was 1999, and 2005 and the little run of 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champskins Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 They were like the complete opposite of now. haha, Word of the Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 attitude was the difference.. they expected to win and played like they were going to. They would not take being down 28-0 well they would have blitzed until vick was out of the game and the offense would have shotgun and thrown the ball deep on every play wearing out the DB's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLredskin Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Why don't we hire Russ Grimm, bring Casserley back as a GM, and bring Jerry Gray (Gregg Williams guy) back to coach the defense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4ever17 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 This all sounds like fantasy to me, but I believe it I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I think the best thing was that you expected to win every game, if the team struggled in the first half they fixed it and got better in the second, and when you close your eyes and think Redskins... those are still the faces you see... plus, you see Green chasing down Dorsett or vaulting over a Bear on the way to endzone. You see a concussed Doug Williams play out of his mind and make every play magical. You see no names fill in during injury and the team not lose a beat. You see Rypien and Monk and Clark and you see Riggo just stare into the defense and know that third and short or fourth and short was yours for the taking. You know that every team and every analyst in the league respected you and knew what you were capable of. In short, it felt like the first thaw after winter and the first beams of sun light heating your face after days of dark bleary rain. It tasted like water in the desert. It looked like a childhood hero. And best, it'll come again. We've barely seem glimpses of this team become a team, but this season they've displayed fight and resilience and that's one of the first steps. It's not about the blowouts... it's about the will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard86 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 If you can remember the 2005 blowout of the Cowboys, 35-7, it was very much like that. Gibbs had the game over by halftime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 GloriousEvery year the team was a legitimate contender. Every year we had a chance. Good times. That's what I loved...year in and year out we went into training camp knowing that we had a shot. Imagine being a fan of the Colts, Patriots, or Steelers now. You pretty much knew that every year, you would have a chance at the Lombardi. Yep...obviously we went through ups and downs, but imagine having 7-9 be your low-water mark for a 12-year period?? Gibbs finished under .500 one time in his first stay in Washington. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Walton Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 King of the World. Getting out of elementary school for the parade. Feeling RFK shake and rock. Knowing how special getting a game ticket meant (they were so freakn hard to get). Having team nicknames for every group on your team (hogs, smurfs, the fun bunch), having the original kick returner Mike Nelms, knowing every player on the roster and knowing outside of injury that they were going to be back next year, Art Monk, D. Green...damn I think I am going to cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I kind of remember 91 but not really. Would love to see us get back to that someday but i dont see it happening anytime soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 If you can remember the 2005 blowout of the Cowboys, 35-7, it was very much like that. Gibbs had the game over by halftime. Not exactly...most games were nip and tuck in the first half, then we'd make some adjustments and end the game by the start of the fourth quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diss Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Here's what it was like. Every freaking Sunday, you sat down in front of the TV and you EXPECTED to win. When something went wrong, you didn't say, "Oh, here we go again." You expected the team to bounce right back. If we had a lead in the fourth quarter, you were confident that we wouldn't blow it. If we had a crucial third down, you somehow knew we'd convert it. If we were getting beaten, you knew we'd adjust and come back. If we DID lose, it was a travesty, an outrage, and almost ALWAYS, the team came back the next week fired up and ready to absolve themselves. If we were playing a pathetic team, you could be confident that we would beat the living crap out of them. If we were going up against a rookie QB, you could be confident that we would make him wish he was back in college. It was a team that, for the most part, you could be proud of, a team you knew would not quit, would give their all. It was a coaching staff that you believed in and trusted, a front office and ownership that ran things properly. It was Camelot, basically. I'm glad I got to live through it, and I truly pity you younguns who have only experienced crap like we saw last night. You truly are loyal to still be with this team after all these embarrassments. My advice? Track down some old videos and see for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPCreativelab Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 it was very cool. i was a little kid for the first two super bowls, and a young adult for the last one. We were always relevant and had great players...Art Monk was always one of my favorite Skins... it wasnt all fun and games though. the loss to the Raiders in the Super Bowl was the worst loss ever for me, i swore forever that someone had given them our playbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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