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Comment on Some Realizations… by Falcon

Falcon — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:13:00 +0000

Take it down Grant.
It has been enjoyable, or was I should say. It has morphed in to a hate a fest where one group finds another less deserving or important. Then just spends time posting about it, which does no one any favors. As a Browns I have seen Browns fans booted for less over there. The “fans” here just lack respect for anything or anyone that is not on their radar. Aye Ziggy is nothing more than a house of infighting, bickering and whining gripers. Nothing about Fan support, that is unless it is one sport over another. To add insult to injury your allowing “fans” to run unabated bashing programs, with unfounded and at time outright ignorant claims only fuels the fires. This is as you sad likely part of your moved position.
Time to shut it down.
Those who are “fans” will move and create new homes, where fan support is mainstream, and bashing not tolerated.
Step back Grant. Enjoy your family, and basketball, football etc again.

Comment on Some Realizations… by Sub Zero

Sub Zero — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:31:58 +0000

Grant, sorry to hear these kind of thoughts. Like it or not, AZZ has become an official destination for BG fans to speak their minds both about our teams and the administrators in charge of our athletic programs. The site is critical and we should find a way to transfer ownership. BG is bigger than any of us and the forum deserves to live on for the next generation.

Comment on Some Realizations… by Dave Bruns

Dave Bruns — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:02:50 +0000

Grant- you did a really cool thing here with this site and I’ve certainly enjoyed the interplay over the years with various Falcon fans. Fatherhood does change things- I went through exactly what you are talking about- a lot of things I thought were important just didn’t seem so anymore. I did find that I came back to some of them as the girls got older and began to share my interests and I picked up some new things due to their interests. Now, Samantha is in the Rocket locker room before every women’s home game and her sharing my love for UT has been every bit as gratifying for me as it has been for her. You may very well find that’s the case with Andersyn. I hope you do. It would be a shame to see this site shut down or dramatically altered(there, I said it) but I think most would understand.

Comment on Some Realizations… by Mark [aka RUIT]

Mark [aka RUIT] — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:02:11 +0000

I love this place and know the history and the reasoning behind it. Interestingly enough, I’m shopping for a new boat and looking for a museum to take the old tug.

I, like you, don’t find this place nearly as engaging as it once was and I find myself not coming here as often. It’s not for the lack of winning but for the shear slump of negativity and inanity which permeates the culture now-a-days.

I have your back and will support you in whatever you decide – and you know this. I’ll help where I can.

Mark

Comment on Some Realizations… by Pat

Pat — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:31:25 +0000

Grant:

I am in the same mode as you. Other sports, meh. Men’s basketball, yea baby! My kids love going to the games, so we go to football, but I spend it more as quality time with them then paying attention to the game when they are with me.

My suggestion is if Men’s BBall is what is important to you, then make this a Falcon Men’s Basketball site. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, you have to do something, since you named your daughter after the arena. I game my kid the initials BG, after all, so I will make the “sacrifice” and go to games.

Comment on Some Realizations… by Jeremy (FootballGuy51)

Jeremy (FootballGuy51) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:39:36 +0000

Ugh. I hate facebook for these things. Facebook has a tendency to change designs every couple months, and fan pages get lost all the time on that site.

Comment on Some Realizations… by Phil...Flipper..

Phil...Flipper.. — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:19:12 +0000

I like the idea of using Facebook…you could run this site w/o the forums and people could interact as they choose on an AZZ page over there…you wouldn’t have to worry about policing it as such and the “community” that’s been built here and go on….

Comment on Some Realizations… by Marta (Falcon Fanatic)

Marta (Falcon Fanatic) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:39:16 +0000

Grant, I can’t think of much else to say that others haven’t already. My heart nearly broke when I read this. I know how the feelings of your love for BG sports and your love for your child can drive you crazy! I’ve been there too! It’s so hard to believe how fast the time goes by. It really doesn’t seem that long ago that I was at a hockey game and pregnant with my first. Now he’s old enough to buy me a beer! Although I’m still waiting for that to happen, my point is that you need to enjoy every precious minute with Andersyn as she’ll be off doing her own thing before you know it! Now that I’m not so busy with my own kids (both are BGSU students now), I find that I spend much more time on AZZ. I hope you will be able to keep the site going in some capacity. If you have considered having site moderators again, I’d be happy to help again! While I understand your feelings, the selfish part of me hopes that this site can continue. Despite the “pissing and moaning” that goes on here, it’s still a LOT better than any other site out there! And again, thank you a million times over for all you’ve done for us. I’ve made lifetime friends thanks to AZZ for that alone, I’ll always very grateful!!

Comment on Some Realizations… by Patrick (Tech83)

Patrick (Tech83) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:31:04 +0000

Welcome to Parenthood. One’s outlook on life certainly changes. One thing is for sure…. you want to spend your time wisely and typically as much of it with your kids.

You certainly don’t need to hear someone else chiming in about how great the site is and how its help us reconnect to our alma mater. You understand all of that.

Websites, like any business, can become bigger than its creator – which is a good thing. People want to see them continue. Selling certainly will be tough…. you have to let it go knowing the next “owner/stewart” may not run it like you would. But selling it is probably the best thing for the community that the website has created.

On the other hand…. there are sites like Facebook where a new AZZ page could be created and people could connect there. Seems like so many of us are already connecting there as it is.

Comment on Some Realizations… by ZiggyZoomba

ZiggyZoomba — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:43:01 +0000

Thanks to everyone’s feedback so far, whether it’s been here, via email, txt or phone calls. Still weighing all options and re-visioning everything.