are some folks bailing on the season?

I don’t make any special effort to watch. I don’t subscribe to any cable or satellite service, so the Rams are pretty much never on here in Ohio. I don’t make the effort to watch them on the internet. Most of the internet sites seem to be riddled with pop up ads that never stop and are considered a risk to my computer that I am not willing to take. Now, if those things weren’t true would I watch? I probably would watch at least part of it, up to the point at which I can’t take anymore, wherever in the game that might occur. I tend to follow games on NFL.com’s or ESPN.com’s game tracker, again, until I can’t take it anymore. It’s kind of a weird feeling to have a favorite team and know that there really isn’t any expectation of success or that mediocrity would be considered a win. That enthusiasm for the new season was quickly extinguished in that season opening debacle that left me with that “Are you serious?” feeling, which I have become very accustomed to. It is what it is. Maybe it’ll be different some day. Maybe that passion for the team will be rekindled on day. Right now, they just leave me shaking my head.

ive given up on the idea of the rams
having a winning season (and I’m
very disappointed in how this team has played so far)

But I’ve been following them since 68
so…ya know.

As far as the time i put into now,
I just watch Replay when i feel like it
(didnt want to see the KC game).

This 2014 team is one of the most
frustrating teams I can ever remember.
I cant recall a team that makes so many
good plays and bonehead plays all mixed
together.

w
v

As to my fan-dumb, I have purchased the NFL package each of the last 5 or 6 years to watch the Rams every week. So I watch every game at least one time – so far I’ve watched every game this season live.

Although this last game I wasn’t paying that much attention to the game after the Chiefs ran the KO back to start the second half. I could feel the blowout coming. I hate blowouts. If things get slow here at the homestead, I may rewatch the Chief’s game sometime before tomorrows game. I DVR every game and the short take version and I’ll watch the short take or parts of it and sometimes more than once.

Sunday was the first time that I have turned off the game since 2011. I didn’t become a Rams fan until they move to St. Louis, but I was an instant diehard. I had season tickets from 1995 until 2006. The last two of those years I was driving to St. Louis from Ohio for games. I’ve had the Sunday ticket since I moved, and I always start the game unless I am traveling.

Only during Linehan’s tenure and in 2011 did I ever turn games off early. I have a feeling that I will be doing a lot of that this season.

no. lots of things to look forward to this season. watched every game so far. i’m a sunday ticket subscriber too. specifically to watch the rams play.

just been hard lately. i’m a cardinals fan and losing oscar taveras has been particularly hard.

but rams are the team i love the most. but yeah. getting blown out gets tough sometimes. didn’t watch the 4th quarter against kansas city last week.

well i will look for any kind of improvement. anything would do. really. anything. even if it just means zuerlein actually making his field goals.

or losing by less points…

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i know. just joking. but moving forward. i’m looking for improvement from robinson, bailey, austin, mason, davis, donald, brockers, ogletree, gaines, mcdonald…

also we got barron now. so excited to see what he looks like.

zn wrote:

there’s more of THAT (interesting promising players)
this bad season, than in previous bad seasons.

I think that should be the title
of the 2014 highlight show.

w
v

I will be there today. I watch every game on Sunday Ticket. To the end. But I do not always stay with the Game Time Forum. When people get on and become completely negative I leave. No point, at least not for me. Fisher, Snead, etc. took on a very tough job. To build via the draft is a slow process. It will take more time. But that is not what a lot of fans want to hear. And they vent. But I don’t have to listen.

I dunno guys. I dunno.
I look at that Bruce Arians team,
and i wonder why the Rams dont look
that good. Its been three years.

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PA Ram wrote:

I actually think it’s pretty mild in the Game Time Forum.

Are people sometimes critical of players and coaches? Sure. Do they deserve the criticism? Sometimes.

But I never get the sense that it gets ugly.

Just my opinion.

Fans will vent. Unless there’s a robot forum somewhere, I think you’ll find that anywhere you go. If football had no emotion no one would watch the games.

But everyone approaches being a fan in their own way and should enjoy the games as they see fit.

The one thing that is certain is that we all want the Rams to do well–to win. That’s one thing we all have in common.

The last two games I was able to watch, the Cowboys and the Chiefs, I bailed out of the forum when a poster or two came in late and started to vent. That is not for me. But I agree that this forum is much better than most. And I will be on the forum when the Rams game starts. But I will bail again if some turd starts in about how bad the Rams are and doesn’t post anything related to today’s game.

zn wrote:

How many of the starters in Arz were there before Arians?
Pretty much their entire defense, right?
The defense that started against Phil avgs. 5-6 years experience. Maybe more like 7.
Rams D avgs. 3 or so.

Stuff like that matters IMO.

I dunno. Three years seems like
enough time to build a defense to me.
Especially when you start off with
Quinn and Long and Laurinaitis.

I do think youth is a big factor,
but some coaching and personnel decisions
have also been factors. They went
with Dunbar, Finnegan, JJ, Ogletree, Greg Williams, etc.
I dunno if those were the right choices
anymore.

w
v

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