Bickley: Cardinals have lost nothing but fair-weather fans

[Brian in Mesa]

Sat here for at least 1 full minute trying to figure out why only having 1.5 giga-bytes and what it had to do with what the Cardinals or ourselves had to play.

Gonna be a long day. LOL

 

[Lagerfilled]

Nobody cares what Ban Dickley has to say. The dude has zero credibility & knowledge about sports. He uses the same "civic pride" line every time he talks. Moron!

 

[AZ Native]

Nobody cares what Ban Dickley has to say. The dude has zero credibility & knowledge about sports. He uses the same "civic pride" line every time he talks. Moron!

Really? The guy writes for the largest newspaper in AZ, hosts a sports radio show, plays in a band and balances all this with his family life. What do you do?

 

[Bert]

+1

I didn't like it much, personally. Our team sucks, so taking potshots at fans isn't really doing any good, nor is it good journalism. Point the finger where it should be pointed--at BASK and the players.

I agree. I dont disagree with the basic sentiment, but the timing is just ill advised and blatantly antagonistic, and that's simply because Dickley is such a tool. I'm just impressed that he got through that whole article without plugging his cover band.

I have no issue whatsoever about him being a Chicago fan. It's good to have non-homer journalists. I actually used to like Bickley I thought he was a good writer, till he hit his mid life crisis.... The guy just thinks he is soooooo freakin cool. He cant get through a sentence without dropping a name, talk about what he was drinking and who with. He's always going to get a beer with someone. It's just constant to the point where you're like; dude, have you ever considered AA or are you just being a douche on the radio? I get desperate sometimes and put on their show because I'm constantly driving around, but I just cant handle him. He is the quintessential Scottsdale coololdwhitedude... It's constant name dropping, my band my band, I was drinking in scottsdale last night,,, I was drinking at Derrrrrr last night... lol He drives me crazy.

Like Stout said; he could spend his time doing what we are trying to do on this board... Analyze the team, figure out what is wrong. Maybe use his Journalist inside access to give us some insight as to where this team is at going into the bye week, but no, instead he writes and in-depth article about how crappy most Arizona fans are. Like I said, I dont even necessarily disagree with him, but it's JUST LIKE BICKLEY to take this opportunity to talk down to the fans. Kickem while they're down!

 

[ajcardfan]

Really? The guy writes for the largest newspaper in AZ, hosts a sports radio show, plays in a band and balances all this with his family life. What do you do?

He used to talk about Chicago teams when he started working here which rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way. Gambo is still an open fan of new York teams but no one seems to mind. Bickley is an Arizona guy now imo.

 

[AZ Native]

Yeah, I've heard Gambo and Bick from day one. Wish we could have more local guys too. But that doesn't make Bick a moron, maybe Gambo. JK.

 

[Bert]

Yeah, I've heard Gambo and Bick from day one. Wish we could have more local guys too. But that doesn't make Bick a moron, maybe Gambo. JK.

It's funny because I used to hate Gambo but now he kindof amuses me, he's REALLY good at getting inside info out of the Cardinals and the Dbacks. (Tho he is on the Suns blacklist now) However I do just roll my eyes whenever he starts talking about how great of shape he's in and how hot his girlfriend is. lol Like I said he makes me laugh more than anything now cuz he is pretty funny sometimes.

I wish our local sports guys were as passionate about talking about sports as they are about telling us how amazing they are and their hobbies lol.

All in all I dont think we have it that bad here. These guys haven't had a whole lot to work with the past few years.

 

[blindseyed]

I have no problem with fair weather fans.


The Cardinals are in the service industry (entertainment). You wouldnt keep going to your mechanic if he stopped fixing your car. Why should we keep supporting this team that stop delivering wins?


I personally am a die hard fan, but sports teams must deliver, otherwise they deserve empty stadiums.

This is true also, If you like a certain TV show and it get's worse would you keep watching it out of loyalty to the actors?

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Every game is worth the price of admission, IMHO. We go for the experience of being there, yelling, cheering, celebrating, and, yes, hanging out heads whenever we lose. Wouldn't trade it for the world. You don't get the full experience of a game from your couch or your TV, IMHO. Life is short. If you can go to the game - go to the game. Any game.

I try when they are in the area, and I would like to travel to AZ again. Last time I did that, it was AWESOME!

I forget to mention that I am only watching from TV, so maybe this whole situation doesn't apply to me, even tho I am flapping my gums about it. LOL

 

[DeAnna]

It's funny because I used to hate Gambo but now he kindof amuses me, Like I said he makes me laugh more than anything now cuz he is pretty funny sometimes..

Yeah, he is pretty amusing - so politically incorrect, can't pronounce some words, etc. Burns just makes fun of him, lol

 

[DeAnna]

He used to talk about Chicago teams when he started working here which rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way.

He has spent the last 2 days just talking constantly about the Cubs .. give it a rest already!!

 

[Bert]

He has spent the last 2 days just talking constantly about the Cubs .. give it a rest already!!

Yeah but I bet he wasn't too excited to plug his band 98000 times as well right? lol

 

[Darkside]

All of them are harder on the fans than they are on the team. If this were a huge media market like NY this team would be skewered and so would BA. People hate on Eli Manning, dude wins 2 championships and it's not enough, everyone thinks he sucks. If we were in a different market our Championship talk would have been questioned from the beginning.