i think anyone who represents blazer nation should hold themselves to a higher standard. i’m tired of people doing this on other blogs and when other teams do it to us. as a whole this is a classy group, and it’d suck to have a few people represent us in such a negative manner. i wouldnt have a problem with just banning them altogether. people have been given sufficient warnings already. if we are going “police” our players for what they do off the court, we should also “police” other fans so that they don’t act disrespectfully.

the best reason to not gloat about beating the celtics is because they and not the blazers are the champs now and far more likely to be champs than us this year.. accept the win for what it is.. we played well..

i’m not embarrassed at all (police fans?! really? who the hell cares about dumb fans) by these actions though.. people need to stop taking this stuff so seriously.. trash talk is good for everyone as long as we are all grownups who realize we are talking about a game (not talking about practice)

I think it would be ok for laker fans to bring it up here. I would say that the majority of the comments by blazer fans posted over there were positive or at least in the form of “kg is a jerk but you guys are a great team who are the defending champs and we’re all just happy to pull out a tough win”

kg IS a jerk, nothing new there. there was some negative stuff going on but mostly because their guys were pouring gasoline on it.

When’s the last time we got trolled in a post-game loss thread?

And how many times have Portland fans trolled other forums after big wins?

I fear the fans who “visit” other teams’ gameday threads really have given Portland fans a poor reputation. And they don’t even seem to care, because it’s all about “being fans” somehow, and it’s all fun to them.

i stopped going to espn boards because of so much trolling and just plain stupid prodding. i dont see other fans here often and when i do its usually real contributions.

with that said i think we have fanposts here that allow us to gloat and be crazy homer fans on our own site that should suffice.

Winners make the rules. Troll away.

There’s no point going over there to gloat. Every fanbase is full of homers, even the ones who claim they aren’t.

If Celtics fans want to claim is was LMA who was throwing the cheap shots and not Garnett let them, if they want to complain about one bad (although obvious) call, or lack of then let them despite the countless calls they got.

It’s their blog, leave them be. None of you would like it if after the loss this place was swarmed by Celtic fans rubbing it in. These places are meant to be for discussion, not idiot trolling and team/fanbase bashing.

I think anybody who comes to this site (troll or otherwise) can see instantly that BE is a great place, and that we do a good job of policing our own, due to posts like this.

But I also have to say….
When KG barked like a dog, I posted on this site only, "what’s KG going to do next lift his leg".
I thought long and hard before I posted that comment even here – but that’s the way KG makes me feel – I don’t like him. I can see how KG can get under someone’s skin.
But generally speaking I agree with your post. We need to show the rest of the blog world why Blazers Edge is the best – it’s the best because we have a loyal and respectful fan base.

I got over it a long time ago, Da34Shadow needs to get over it.

If we want to go to some other site, we should critique, analyze, and discuss respectfully in the same manner we do here.

However: I say all this w/o having seen the actual post. One comment (even his) in a cetain context could be rude, irritating, annoying, while the same comment in another context might be humorous, or in harmony with the discussion, or even add to the dialogue.

In spirit I agree 100% with what you said and am disgusted with some of the garbage posted above on this thread.

And while I’m at it, what is the flag when you click on actions. Is that to highlight objectionalble comments? I’m still somewhat new.

That’s just me.

Next time I’ll check the other blog. I typically don’t do that much.
Da34, I hope my “context” remarks softened the blow a little.

So I wrote a little fanpost saying we’re not all like that. Feel free to check it out and sign your name and add your comments.

there is nothing dominant about doggystyle if you are on all fours. the calderon thing was worse but none of our business really. KG is a wonderful player and should be celebrated for who he is, not for who is not.

if that makes a little more sense?