Comments on: The Bye Week Pro Bowl: Insights ‘n At https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/ An Introspective Steelers Site Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2022 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:27:05 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2022 *Blush* Thanks Homer!

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]]> By: Homer J. https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2019 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:31:29 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2019 Thanks for posting these, Rebecca. They clearly demonstrate what makes this site unique and worthwhile. The folks who post here really do care. What they post is often carefully crafted and thought provoking. And with a sense of history. It is rewarding to read these comments. Take a bow, kiddo. You run a helluva good show here.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2014 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 02:01:37 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2014 Fever, we couldn’t manage without you. First of all, who would be our relentless optimist? Second, who would have known that great Shakespeare quote? No, you are a crucial part of this site : )

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]]> By: steeler fever https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2012 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 23:14:19 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2012 The ironic thing is my brand of commentary is a much better fit for BTSC than here, but I have so much respect for Rebecca, Ivan, Home J and now yourself, that I truly wish there was more I could do to benefit this website than advertising in a signature line.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2011 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:42:21 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2011 And thanks for your place in “the site getting better.” I think the various “voices” we have here are so fun, and you started with a bang with the Football Jamboree. And when Homer J. sends me a random article. I certainly never know what is coming. Holiday shopping tips, (I actually gave all my guys Pou-pourri one Christmas. It didn’t help…) Travelogues and travel advice. Amazing stories from yesteryear. It’s been a joy for me to see things take root and grow. Thanks to everyone who has helped us along thus far with stories, comments, encouragement, and just your attention. That’s a precious thing we don’t take for granted in these days of serial multitasking!

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]]> By: roxannafirehall https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2010 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:01:37 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2010 I want to thank fever for his sig line that lead me here from BTSC. I was getting more and more frustrated and actually angry over the tenor of the articles and comments.

My hat is off to Rebecca and Ivan for creating a site which I believe is better that the original BTSC. The great thing is, as it grows, it gets better.

“They provide a space for like minded individuals (who would probably have never found each other save for the common passion for the Steelers) to find comfort and nourishment in each other’s company.”

Ivan said it all.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2009 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 20:41:24 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2009 Comfort and nourishment. Very appropriate for Thanksgiving weekend : )

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]]> By: Ivan https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2008 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:40:32 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2008 Please bear with me since it may be difficult to not read a self congratulatory tone into what follows. That is not my intention.

As Rebecca has said, a major motivation for my role in the development of this site was to salvage and reinvigorate a level of exchange that made the earlier incarnation of BTSC a great site, and is, unfortunately rarely seen in the current reality. The current piece, a celebration of what is building here, is affecting to me because it is such a concentrated display of the wisdom that characterizes this community. This also reflects what I think are two great truths about sports fandom.

The first is that though sports can be quite enriching seen strictly at face value, its at its best when viewed as a metaphor for more central life issues that may not be as accessible to our consciousness otherwise (great science fiction serves this purpose as well). Those whom I considered to be the greater sports journalists, Frank Deford, Shirley Povich, Red Smith, Kornheiser, Wilbon, Sally Jenkins, even the bombastic Howard Cosell seemed to get this. Closer to home, you can be pretty certain tucked into a piece about Landry Jones, Homer J will insert a few nuggets about larger truths. Comments from earthling and others are often only tangentially about football. And so, a reflection of how humans wrestle with their demons show how the struggle can drive us to greatness (Antonio Brown), or push us off the rails (Terry Bradshaw). Just one of many examples. Sadly, given the greatly increased number of vehicles and hours devoted to sports in general and football in particular, this level of discussion seems rarer than in the past.

The other has to do with the democratic, horizontal nature of wisdom. News and information serves as a catalyst for an ongoing conversation about the continuing struggles of our protagonists (the Steelers) in a competitive and shifting environment. Our discussions serve to enhance our understanding of their struggles and our own. They provide a space for like minded individuals (who would probably have never found each other save for the common passion for the Steelers) to find comfort and nourishment in each other’s company.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2007 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:06:50 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2007 Fever, we count on you for that. You take the pressure off everyone else because they know you’ll have it covered : )

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]]> By: steeler fever https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/27/the-bye-week-pro-bowl-insights-n-at/#comment-2006 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:59:00 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=3012#comment-2006 Best commentary in Steelers Nation is found right here. I am disappointed that not one single comment contained a Go Steelers!

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