Shock the World

"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.
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16 Comments On: "Shock the World"

 
As a player do really want everyones support? Or maybe without knowing or appreciating it, the human mind and spirit does welcome doubt and uses that doubt as fuel to upset their opponent andn prove the skeptics and naysayers wrong

u r a wise brother annt. it works both way. i love to prove naysayers wrong but i would rather have full support. so either way i win

thank u, ovie and i hear ya, it is always easier to work off a positive note than a negative one

way to be loyal to your hometown team! little better showing than lebron in his yankees cap...

i think that was more of a fashion statement, but lucky for me atlanta hats are in style

Ovie I was at two of the Hawks playoff games and have been supporting the team throughout the year much as I have during the recent rough years, and I will be rooting on the Falcons this year just as I have every year no matter if it was when we beat the Vikings to go to the Superbowl or last year. I'm hoping for big things this season - out of you and the team as a whole.

Now thats a true fan!!!!! You have to love your team when they win or lose.(you can't win all the time) To the true Hawks fans you all have something to be proud of!!!!! I just moved to Atlanta from Detroit(so you know who my team is) but I have(now) much respect for the Hawks because they never gave up!!!!!!!

its kinda like your family. you gotta love em when they are good as well as when they are bad. and since moving to atlanta ive adopted the hawks and the braves into my family, and im looking forward to cheern em on so i can talk trash to other teams

now like he lady said below...THATS A TRUE FAN....thats what i like to hear blue. we are gonna give u somrthing to cheer about this year

like the lady said below.....THATS A TRUE FAN.... its good to hear u say that blue and i promise we will give u something to cheer about this year

The Hawks gave it their best shot, i just wish they would of beaten the Boston-Three Party

Wouldn't that been an upset!!!!!!

i wish they would have too. but they are def set up to go all the way next yr. but on the other hand people wont underestimate them anymore and make it harder for the hawks to sneak up on somebody

Ovie, good luck to you and the Falcons this season. Your honesty and frustration with the sports media and fan base is refreshing. I'm pulling for you.

thx for ya support john. its always easier to win when u have the support of ya fans

Ovie, I've been going to Hawks and Falcons games since I was a little girl. I will always support the home teams no matter what the season is looking like. I have high hopes in the Falcons for the upcoming season. Hopefully you all will do just as well as, if not better than, the Hawks in shocking the world and showing them what we're really made of by having an above average season!

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