"Shock the World" was what the t-shirts read in the Atlanta Hawks stadium. And I think the Hawks did just that. As I've told u guys before, I'm not the biggest basketball fan (but I'm getting there), plus you have to support your home team no matter what. Going to the Hawks game on Monday and Friday changed the whole way I look at basketball and Atlanta's team. It definitely helped that I had floor seats. Because it's a completely different game when you are watching what looks like a bunch of ants scurry around the court compared to when u are on the same level watching these giants dance around the court like gazelles.
But back to the shock the world t-shirts, I don't think anyone gave the hawks a chance to even win one game against the mighty Celtics, much less take the series to game 7. The lack of faith from the city in their sports team reminds me of a certain other Atlanta team that starts with an F. I know that the citywide support for the falcons was probably at an all time low last year and I also know that we brought a lot of that upon ourselves, and I know we might have to go thru some of that lack of support at the beginning of the season again but what the hawks have shown me is that if they can shock the world, so can we. And I truly believe that every man on my team feels the same way.
No one is giving us a chance next year but no one gave the hawks a chance at the beginning of their season. It just goes to show that we the players have the wonderful opportunity to choose our own destiny. It doesn't matter what the
announcers or so called experts or even what skeptical fans say, if the falcons want to go to the playoffs we are going, and I've already set my mind on that. So I am not sure what our t-shirts will say, cuz I don't want to steal the hawk's idea, but it will have something to do with shocking the world.
I know the hawks ended up losing the series overall and it really sucked seeing them go down after all their hard work but I think its an excellent foundation to build on so my hats off to the whole team and organization for putting on a great show and giving the falcons a blueprint of how to do what no one thinks can be done.
But back to the shock the world t-shirts, I don't think anyone gave the hawks a chance to even win one game against the mighty Celtics, much less take the series to game 7. The lack of faith from the city in their sports team reminds me of a certain other Atlanta team that starts with an F. I know that the citywide support for the falcons was probably at an all time low last year and I also know that we brought a lot of that upon ourselves, and I know we might have to go thru some of that lack of support at the beginning of the season again but what the hawks have shown me is that if they can shock the world, so can we. And I truly believe that every man on my team feels the same way.
No one is giving us a chance next year but no one gave the hawks a chance at the beginning of their season. It just goes to show that we the players have the wonderful opportunity to choose our own destiny. It doesn't matter what the
announcers or so called experts or even what skeptical fans say, if the falcons want to go to the playoffs we are going, and I've already set my mind on that. So I am not sure what our t-shirts will say, cuz I don't want to steal the hawk's idea, but it will have something to do with shocking the world.
I know the hawks ended up losing the series overall and it really sucked seeing them go down after all their hard work but I think its an excellent foundation to build on so my hats off to the whole team and organization for putting on a great show and giving the falcons a blueprint of how to do what no one thinks can be done.
