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Solomon Calls Texans' Fans "Losers"

I typically only use Jerome Solomon's columns as starter for my charcoal grill, but his most recent "work" may not be worthy of such an honorable demise.  Solomon lamely attempts to align the Phillies' recent 10,000th loss to the Texans' five years of futility, which is sort of like comparing a 16 year-old who gets his first speeding ticket to a 55 year-old who gets his 19th DUI.  Solomon clearly is taking some summer courses at the D. Justice School of Flaming Rhetoric, which is a bad thing for the readers of the Chronicle: "Their fans were rabid and loyal before the team even had a nickname.  But they're all losers -- maybe not the biggest, but losers just the same."

I urge you contact Jerome directly and let him know your feelings on this subject.  I understand the hunger for a winning team that the city of Houston is currently experiencing, and as a rabid Texans' fan from the franchise's inception, I guess I can be (according to Solomon) classified as a world-class loser.  However, labeling the entire fan base of a infant franchise as "losers" is third-grade quality work, and more should be demanded from one of the country's most circulated sports pages. Why is the blogosphere exploding? Because our sports columnists choose to try and incite readers by calling them names and trashing their favorite teams rather than engaging in any thoughtful analysis or commentary. Thanks Jerome - Tim and I could not have made it here without you.

One more thing - one is not classified as a winner or a loser based on the success of his favorite sports team, Jerome. Being a fan is about enduring the endless abyss of ineptitude and rejoicing in finally reaching the elusive pinnacle of your sport. It's in praying that Jacoby Jones turns into the next Steve Smith, not the next Corey Bradford. It's in staying until the bitter end when your team is losing by 24 to the Colts, banking on the miracle of your lifetime. It's in tracking the supplemental draft. It's in scanning the web for details on the OTAs. Thanks to hacks like Jerome Solomon, being a "fan" is now not what it used to be - you're only a "fan" if you follow a winner. I would like to personally welcome Jerome to head back to Boston, king of the fair-weathered fans, where Red Sox Nation emerged from nearly 100 years of anonymous losing and, after winning a single championship, starting turning out throngs of obnoxious lifelong Sox fans at ballparks all over the nation who would not know Carl Yasztremski if he spilled a Sam Adams Light on their uncovered toes. I am damn proud to be a Texans' fan - from Day One, and my status as a Texans' fan is not contingent upon whether they win a Super Bowl this year or in 2050. Most of all, I certaionly do not rely upon talentless scribes like Jerome Solomon or Richard Justice to guide me in the proper ways of a "fan". As a general rule, if Jerome Solomon calls you a loser, you are should stand tall and proud - you're probably acting with character and integrity.

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You couldn't be more right about the MSM's failures (and I'll even be good and keep it to just sports).

I finished only 6 hours away from a journalism major, and I don't ever remember taking a class called "Getting Cozy with Those You Cover and Insulting Those Who Don't."  Yet, here's a fine example of it.  What does he believe he'll gain from this trash?  Does he believe that people will flock to chron.com to be insulted?

Twisting Shake's tag line, we can be critical, but we still support the Texans.  That's what bloggers do better than the MSM today  And because bloggers know and understand that they will be held to a very high level of scrutiny by their public and responsive readership, they have to be good, and they have to improve.

I'm looking forward to the season when we can get past all this mental masturbation over the Texans season, but I keep coming back for a reason.

by bigfatdrunk on Jul 17, 2007 10:22 AM CDT reply actions  

Ego
I suppose I don't expect any better from someone who refers to himself in the third person as "The King."  Solomon is a d-bag of the highest order.

Unfortunately for us, it seems that Chron is replete with such douchebaggery.  On top of which, it's not like our team has tons of media coverage outside the Chron... so we are stuck wading through crap like that just to get the occasional Manfull story about something that is actually happening on the field.

by MDC on Jul 17, 2007 11:59 AM CDT reply actions  

RE: D-bag
Solomon & Carr should spend some time together.  I hear that a huge douchebag is a great home remedy for a sandy vagina.
We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Jul 17, 2007 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Justice and Solomon
Make me really appreciate John Lopez and John McClain.  I never understood why the Chron hired Solomon in the first place.  He's the exact same as Justice, except worse... much worse.  One can only pray the WWL picks him up sometime soon and rids of us his "writing."

Speaking of McClain - is he going to write again sometime soon?  Please?  Pretty please?

by DisplacedTexan on Jul 17, 2007 5:28 PM CDT reply actions  

Depends
If, by "write," you mean "post a bunch of short, random videos," then yes.

Speaking of sucktastic Chron writers, am I am the only one who refuses to read Z anymore?

by MDC on Jul 17, 2007 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Where does he get off...
...calling the fans "losers"? It takes a true fan to endure several tough years without jumping ship. We know that all too well in Indy. It also makes winning sweeter, when you know you've stuck with your team through thick and thin. Bandwagon hoppers, on the other hand, would better define "losers". That may be too harsh, but it would be more accurate than this "journalist" is in his statement.

I'll say it again. With all of Houston's improvements and with such an emerging defense, a winning record seems more likely than not. Regardless, this moron is the only loser here...

by coltsfanawalt on Jul 19, 2007 1:37 AM CDT reply actions  

Welcome Aboard
I am pretty sure that we are slowly changing you into a Texans' fan (aka Loser).  We apologize in advance for all the crap you are going to have to take from the media.

In all seriousness (well, some seriousness), I agree with you about the bandwagon folks.  I'm sure you have plenty of those up in Indy, just like we all of a sudden had a few extra Longhorn fans after the 2006 Rose Bowl.

I truly can't wait for the day we Texans' fans have this problem.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Jul 19, 2007 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions  

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