[moklerman]

Rams fans are always welcome. I don't get the feeling that LA fans are trying to exclude St. Louis fans though. Maybe it's out there but I haven't seen it myself. I did see examples of LA fans being discounted and/or dismissed.

Bottom line, I don't really care since we got the team back. It's all water under the bridge for me. I'm just glad that Larry Wilson and Dan Dierdorf won't be a part of the Rams stadium anymore.

[/zn/]

I did see examples of LA fans being discounted and/or dismissed.

I saw both things, but only on certain sites. And I tended to avoid those kinds of mash-ups.

What I MOSTLY saw was St. Louis fans being very warm and welcoming to LA fans. I even attended a game in St. Louis one year at a huge fest---a gathering of online fans who came together from all over the country. The St. Louisans I know always treated LA fans with respect, and that was evident at the festivities before that game.

I think the people who ended up in mutual board wars---and, there were camps from both places that did it---just were going to the wrong places online. IMO.

[snackdaddy]

There always going to be some hate in that situation. Some stl fans who were diehards now hate them and hope they lose every game. I'm sure there were some LA fans who felt that way 20 years ago. But for the ones who love the Rams I say welcome aboard the LA Rams bandwagon. Plenty of room.

[/zn/]

There always going to be some hate in that situation. Some stl fans who were diehards now hate them and hope they lose every game. I'm sure there were some LA fans who felt that way 20 years ago. But for the ones who love the Rams I say welcome aboard the LA Rams bandwagon. Plenty of room.

"Some?" I see as many LA fans out there ripping St. Louis as St. Louis fans saying what you claim. You know there are entire boards where none of this comes up at all....ever: ie. nobody from either place rips the other place. Again...the people who are obsessing this idea that there was a war out there? IMO you were just reading the wrong people in the wrong places.

Truth is, I have seen more St. Louis fans drop out entirely, without malice, than I have seen posters go after cities or the team. My rule of thumb is, if you read the PD board, take it with a huge grain of salt: because it is basically unmoderated, it attracts a number of people who like to do stupid stuff online. The trick is, if one does read it, avoid the stupid stuff.

Other than this (to me) completely exaggerated idea that there was this war, or even a brush fire...yes, agreed, everyone is welcome. That's the way it has always been and will continue to be.

[OldSchool]

Neither side is blameless, the only people I don't tolerate in those back and forths are the ones that claim they're the only ones wronged.

[Elvis]

The real world and the internet are very different places.

I have actual friends in St. Louis and neither of us bear the other any ill will.

Can't say the same is true for every single person i've come across on the internet...

[Hacksaw]

I was devastated when the Rams left. My first reaction was to hate on StLoo.
But as my head cooled off during that awful first season, my hate turned towards the perpetrator, Georgia. The fans were just a lucky byproduct of that move. Over time we all found common ground since what was done was done.

For perspective. my mother and her entire family are from Missouri and I know first hand from many travels there that the Missourians are different but in a good way. Down to earth, home spun, family oriented, simple, accommodating and warm people. To be clear, she was from the Kansas City region and even they aren't big fans of StL.

Anyway, when the tables start turning against StL, I had to remember how I felt when the shoe was on the other foot.
Had the internet and Rams chat forums existed back then, I cannot imagine how we all would have reacted and how the relationship between the StL and LA Rams would have developed. Quite differently would be my guess. And not in a positive way due to emotional things we might have spewed.

So I cannot blame the truest die-hard StL fans for being so angry and PO'ed at us. Taking their pot shot's at the team, us fans and mostly LA, the NFL and our owner. Would many of us been any different?

Had the team been there for 5 years I doubt they would stick. But 20 years is a generation. Many will remain Rams fans and have to learn to accept what has happened or no longer be Rams fans. Simple as that.
Their hate for ESK and the NFL will never go away, and their feeling of inferiority towards LA will always be there (even if they won't admit it). But if they love our team as we do, they will come around.
At least many will. The Robert of 22nd Streets, SOKA's. mdkeifers, hokahey's, old larry's, yada,, no way, but I would not be surprised if most don't come to regret burning or Goodwill'ing their Rams gear someday.

And as E pointed out, we only get a small sample size of what is really going o on the ground by way of internet Rams chat rooms.

[max]

I think its a big mistake not to embrace the STL fans.

The bigger the fan base the better the support for the team and the better the coverage will be and the more likely the team will be a national team like the Steelers and Cowboys.

And those type of teams get the CALLS during games.

I want the calls.

[bubbaramfan]

What baffles me in all of this is why folks from St. Louis are not angry at the RSA, Gov. Nixon, the task force and their media. Stan could never have left for LA had the RSA followed the letter of the lease. Thomas Eagleton and his political buddies that lured the Rams to St. Louis KNEW there would be a day of reckoning with the top tier clause. Eagleton said as much, and also said he'd be dead when that day came. My guess is he said that because he knew St. Louisians were gonna be pissed sometime down the road because he knew then that clause would never be honored. The St, Louis media never did their homework, or just played along and strung out the fans giving them hope the Rams would stay when they knew full well they were already gone. If I lived in St. Louis I'd be pissed off as hell at all of them for not telling the truth from the get go.

[Elvis]

I think its a big mistake not to embrace the STL fans.

The bigger the fan base the better the support for the team and the better the coverage will be and the more likely the team will be a national team like the Steelers and Cowboys.

And those type of teams get the CALLS during games.

I want the calls.

Absolutely.

The Rams will embrace St. Louis because they want the dollars...