Thanks for a job so well done...........
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 16, 2010 8:29 AM CST
Email
PrintSo, today I came home from a hard night of steelwork. My back hurts and my arms are rubbery. I walk through the front door, kiss the kids goodbye as they head off to school and head over to the computer.
Ahhhh......WCG. I love this place. It's kinda like being Norm when he walked all those times down the stairs and through the door into Cheers. You feel welcome and you feel like you are among friends. There will be lots of conversation, a little ribbing and a few arguments. It's like a home away from home.
I came home from work this morning (30th consecutive day without a day off....ugh) and sat down and after posting a couple of comments, I got to thinking........I am here a lot. It's my oasis, and I am damned thankful for this community. Places like this are not easy to find.
Doubt me? Just check some of the other SBNation sites out. Or the official Bears forum. When I found this site last September, I had been looking for a new place to talk football for quite some time. This site is loaded with great writers, both in an official capacity and in the form of FanPosts from some excellent people who put a lot of time and effort into writing things about the team they love for it's fan base. The members are first class and among the most respectful, knowledgeable and enjoyable in all of sports blogdom. I would name names, but there are too many fine examples to list in a single post.
I'm not going to make this an overly long post, but I just realized today that this site gives a lot of props out to the Chicago Bears organization, to some of the beat writers and publications out there that are doing a good job of covering Our Bears, and to the players, coaches, and everyone else who does something remotely positive for Our Bears, Bears fans or the NFL, to include it's members. But the one thing I haven't seen is.....
A WCG Staff Appreciation Post......
Well Adam, Dane, HoneyBear, Kev H, Dave, Steve, Jacob, Nique, Lester and that little Cheeky Monkey guy, this is it. This one little post won't do justice to the great work that all of you have done in providing and maintaining a place for all of us knuckleheads to swarm to, but it's a start. Thank you for providing us with the single best fan site on the internet, bar none. And thank you for all of your hard work in keeping us up to date, family friendly and troll free.
You have done Bears fans a great service with this site, and I just thought you deserved a prop or fifty yourselves. And I'm sure there are plenty of other members out there who feel the same.
Once again, Thank you to the entire WCG Staff and Bears Down!
This FanPost was written by a Windy City Gridiron member, and does not necessarily reflect the ideas or opinions of its staff or community.
76 comments
|
15 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I love hugs!!!!!!!
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 16, 2010 8:42 AM CST up reply actions
+1...
Here, here!!
Thanks for putting up with our crap AND putting this site together.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO FIRE LOVIE (IT'S BACK BABY!)!!!
"There's a fine line between stupid, and clever!"
Absolutely,
This is the best place to talk football that I know. It’s funny, sometimes when I’m talking football with people in person now, I’m thinking about WCG.
Great job everybody.
Nice post Train
and in the spirit of the Love Fest that has started here is my submission to the WCG Staff.
When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow
I'll sign and rec this.
The Minnesota Vikings: Where we're so desperate to win a Super Bowl, we'll even sign washed-up Packers.
T-Trian is very wise...
Thanks!
I have to say it’s the community that makes a site, and WCG has some great members that love to talk about the Bears.
If you go in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and say "Da Coach" 5 times while facing the mirror... Ditka will appear and slap the wussy right out of you.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Nov 16, 2010 9:46 AM CST reply actions
But all communities need leaders.......
that lead by example, provide direction, right wrongs and quell rebellion. This staff does all four very well.
Very gracious, Lester, but take your bow. You deserve it.
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 16, 2010 9:50 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks for the kind words.
I will also defer to Lester’s comment about the community though. We could sit here and turn out articles all day long, but it’s our members who take the discussions to an elevated place.
Not to sound ungrateful, because it is nice to hear from the members, whether the feedback is good or bad. Thanks for the post. As long as you all keep showing up, then we will too.
I'll take the glory!
even if Dane and Lester are right, it’s always been about me anyhow! ;)
Thanks T!
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 16, 2010 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
I like this one.
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 18, 2010 3:27 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree 100%
WCG is by far my favorite Bears site ever I love the optimism, by both the writers and fans,. And how the writers get out of the ‘norm’ in their posts. Its a funner, better, and more optimistic blog than any other.
A many great thanks to you, Tuh-Trayne
Can you imagine how often I would have to banhammer people if I was at some other sites?
I’m going to go ahead and third the concept that this will become a circle and tell you that most of you are completely fantastic, while others are maybe, at best, sorta fantastic. :)
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
Writer at windycitygridiron.com {-/-} http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
Agreed fellas & Rec'd !
" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson
by MidWayMonster54 on Nov 16, 2010 12:47 PM CST reply actions
Woot!
"44 years of football history and nothing to show for it. I wish I wasn’t banned at the Norseman.." - tfrabotta
"Fellas, what are they, unblockable? Is that the '85 Bears over there?" - Tom Coughlin, Giants '06 training camp
~~~ Check my profile for links for SB20 and America's Game: '85 Bears ~~~
Dane is the engine that runs this pig, but
I’ll take all credit:)
Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!
oink oink
If you go in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and say "Da Coach" 5 times while facing the mirror... Ditka will appear and slap the wussy right out of you.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Nov 17, 2010 9:18 AM CST up reply actions
Have you read my crap? Family friendly? Hah!
But thanks. I can assure you far me, at least, it is a labor of love. I love to write and I love my Bears so this just fits. I kinda feel like we’ve got our own little “family” here so I’ll go with Dane and Les but I think you said it best…
The members are first class and among the most respectful, knowledgeable and enjoyable in all of sports blogdom.
Group hug?
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.
Sure. Let's do this.
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
Writer at windycitygridiron.com {-/-} http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
I didn't mean you.....
I just through your name in there so you wouldn’t feel left out ;)
But seriously, let’s be honest. If you keep the kiddies off the game threads, this is easily the most family friendly site around. It’s pretty nice to have that sort of security. My kids used to get on here with regularity, and all I had to tell them was that they had to stay away from the game threads. I think that is awesome.
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 18, 2010 6:26 AM CST up reply actions
Truer words were never spoke T-Train!
Wreck’d!!!
Totally agree with you T-Train
Cheers with beers to our writers of the Beloved… okay so I’m not a poet, couldn’t think of a word to end it with that rhymed?
What were they thinking?
by touchdown bears on Nov 17, 2010 12:13 PM CST reply actions
What kind of beer we talkin'?
I don’t drink that “piss in a bottle” stuff, known as Budweiser. Now if you’re bringing some Chimay Blue or Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest?
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 17, 2010 12:52 PM CST up reply actions
I have it on good authority
that David only drinks Labatt
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
Writer at windycitygridiron.com {-/-} http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 17, 2010 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
What's wrong with Chimay?
Besides it’s overpricedness.
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 17, 2010 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
?
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 18, 2010 9:27 AM CST up reply actions
If by gross...
you mean delicious. Then yes, I support your theory.
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 18, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
See. I just stick to hard liquor.
Almost well enough to start drinking again. Think I’ll be picking up a bottle of Zaya tonight. Mmmm…
The Minnesota Vikings: Where we're so desperate to win a Super Bowl, we'll even sign washed-up Packers.
by Robert Rence on Nov 18, 2010 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
I used to be like that...
but recently I starting to really, really like beer. Well, good beer anyways.
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 18, 2010 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
Good like this...
If you go in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and say "Da Coach" 5 times while facing the mirror... Ditka will appear and slap the wussy right out of you.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Nov 18, 2010 12:24 PM CST up reply actions
no, silly...
a shot of Grenadine, the occasional lemon or lime slice, and I heard Skittles in the bottle was quite tasty
If you go in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and say "Da Coach" 5 times while facing the mirror... Ditka will appear and slap the wussy right out of you.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Nov 18, 2010 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
He said beer not crap malt liquor
that smells like powerderd doughnuts.
When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow
by Ditkavsworld on Nov 18, 2010 1:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
So you're saying you prefer Anaconda Malt Liquor?
The only liquor approved by Uncle Sam?
The Minnesota Vikings: Where we're so desperate to win a Super Bowl, we'll even sign washed-up Packers.
by Robert Rence on Nov 18, 2010 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
Nah I prefer O.E.
gotta have something to pour out for my homies.
When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow
by Ditkavsworld on Nov 18, 2010 3:29 PM CST up reply actions
get you some'a
mickey’s FINE malt liquor.
by reefermadness3 on Nov 18, 2010 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
There ya go.
When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow
by Ditkavsworld on Nov 18, 2010 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
Can you get Yuengling out near where you live?
Unfortunately, they don’t ship it to MN.
The Minnesota Vikings: Where we're so desperate to win a Super Bowl, we'll even sign washed-up Packers.
by Robert Rence on Nov 18, 2010 2:14 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah,
that’s everywhere here. It’s alright.
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 18, 2010 2:23 PM CST up reply actions
It's more of a nostalgia drink for me.
Mainly because I got a case of it from my grandfather in my Freshman year of college.
The Minnesota Vikings: Where we're so desperate to win a Super Bowl, we'll even sign washed-up Packers.
by Robert Rence on Nov 18, 2010 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
nice.
Next time I head to the pub, I’ll drink one up for you. ;)
-------
cheekymonkeyart.com | follow me on facebook and twitter
by David Taylor on Nov 18, 2010 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
Perhaps you know
do they still make Gluek?
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
Writer at windycitygridiron.com {-/-} http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
Oh come on now stop lying, if it's good enough for Lando....
When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow
by Ditkavsworld on Nov 17, 2010 1:18 PM CST up reply actions
Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
lol, nicely played sir!
Where’s Lobot when you need him…
Wow, I really nerded out for a sec there…
You're not gonna carry on about how parsecs are a measure of distance and not time, are you?
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
Yeah, but could you bulls-eye womprats in your T-16?
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
Fu** yeah I did!!!
How else do you think I destroyed the Death Star?
T-train
dont sell your self short, your one of the people thats really fun to talk to on the sight, Always has good info and well constructed statements.
I LOVE WCG!!!!!!!
Guns dont kill people. Brian Urlacher kills people.
Thank you.
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 17, 2010 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
Great kid.
Don’t get cocky.
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
Writer at windycitygridiron.com {-/-} http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
by Kev H on Nov 17, 2010 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
rec divided between
quality of post and fact that you have a job that requires you to actually work. america needs more of this.
by reefermadness3 on Nov 17, 2010 10:51 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Ain't that the truth.....
Too many people have forgotten that work used to actually mean work. That’s why they used that word, lol.
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 18, 2010 6:22 AM CST up reply actions
I must say
That before i discovered WCG, i had no where to talk bears, no where to vent my frustrations, no place to show my unconditional love for future hall of famer Greg Olsen! and no where to worship a certain Coach Ditka.
I joined the day of the Cutler trade because i was so happy that day i just wanted to talk to Bear fans, and that day introduce me to all of you knuckleheads. I love this site, and i follow it on twitter!!!!!
Guns dont kill people. Brian Urlacher kills people.
This was my first SB Nation site to join
And I’m glad I stuck around.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
Rec for being an employed steelworker.
That’s getting to be incredibly rare these days.
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
You ain't lying......
Spent 18 months laid off before finally getting back to work. It’s a rough industry here anymore.
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 18, 2010 6:21 AM CST up reply actions
Where are you at?
I grew up around Hammond and Gary, so I kind of witnessed the decline first hand, though it had started before I was born. I knew a grand total of one single person from my high school who managed to land a job at one of the mills.
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
South Bend.
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Nov 19, 2010 6:21 AM CST up reply actions
Great job by all but...
We need to go back to a thread for each qtr..one for each half was crawling last night..
"We were freaking robbed!! Our defense totally dominated all day! What? we gave up nearly 500 yards on defense? Yeah but we stopped them on the 1 yrd line! Our D is awesome!!"
- Entire kool aid drinkin' Pride of Detroit site-
Thank you, Stanley!
<straightens bowler, fidgets with necktie>
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson; "More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
OH YEAH
I hate the rain. Rain falls in this world, too. When your heart is in chaos, the sky becomes clouded. When you are sad, rain falls so terribly easily. Can you understand, the horror of being pelted by rain in this solitary world? If only to stop that rain, I shall lend you any strength. If you trust in me, I will let no rain fall in this world, trust me. You are not fighting alone.
by Tommy Ohyeah Mcduffie on Nov 20, 2010 8:26 AM CST reply actions
This is my haven from school work too!
Thanks all!
dear gar/pax,
trade for carmelo anthony.
thank you
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Community Guidelines
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
- Lawrence Taylor was told his Super Bowl ring was bought by Charlie Sheen
- Chad Ochocinco gets robbed, mourns loss of Starbucks gold card
- Robert Griffin III will be first NFL player with Roman numerals on his jersey
- Alex Smith joins the burgeoning ‘stats are for losers’ movement
- Roger Goodell wants Wi-Fi in every stadium
