Mac wrote:
You really think it was a Bulls town, Puckhead? I thought it was more of a "Jordan/NBA Champion" town. I'm old enough to remember when the Bulls were a non-story. The franchise born in '66-'67 didn't get good until '74-'75 so I can recall the Blackhawks mattering more than the Bulls. Bulls town in the '90s?.... not convinced it changed, other than the MJ/titles crave.
And you gotta take the bad with the good with the Mackage. If my disdain for lack of Hawks attention in the early '90s brings out the feeling-like-a-red-headed-stepchild in me... I'm just being honest. Not trying to make this a sibling rivalry thing like Cubs-Sox is.... I'm just not shy about admitting that I'm a Hawks fan who wouldn't lose sleep over an 0-82 Bulls team. Meatball? Whatever. Full disclosure exposes the meatball in EVERYBODY.
I was but a mere 13 years old in 1990 and have drank a lot of alcohol since then, but I remember a few things
One example. How about Rodman-mania? People were dying their hair along with him. His jersey was everywhere. I remember Jordan almost taking a back seat in popularity for a few years.
Yes, you cannot deny a lot of the Bulls fervor was driven by Jordan, but Jordan made the Bulls champions for 6 of 7 years. People like a winner. They like a champion. Did they reach the status of the 1985 Bears? Likely not. But when you ask who was on those two teams' championship teams, you are going to find a lot more people who will mention Bulls players' Pippen, Grant, Paxson and Cartwright, but likely wont name one player from the 92 Cup playoff team (Actually, Hasek really ended up with the best career from that team and he was a backup goaltender...)
Also, lest we forget that while the Bulls were winning championships, the Blackhawks were implementing such wonderful ideas as Hawkvision? Remember that one? 29.95 a month to watch Hawks games! I listened on the radio as Hasek lost game four. I never saw one playoff game. Why I still became the diehard fan I am now, Ill never figure out. So to some effect, I can't feel like a red-headed-stepchild because my team was not promoting itself well. They didnt heavily partake in the NHL marketing blitz around Nike and ESPN. In a way, I always felt the Blackhawks got what they invested in the 90s. Nothing.
It does bother me when people use the excuse that their sports team is not given enough attention. I grew up in a household with two Sox fans who havent stopped giving me the business for how the Cubs are portrayed vs. the Sox. Im not trying to put words in your mouth, but this felt the same way. I could easily have taken the low road with people here on the board and at home, but instead I found its better to just let it go because it does nothing but promote lower brain functions between both parties.
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... except the night I dropped my pants and then loudly proclaimed I was the Whore of Babylon and demanded more wine, but that's another story.
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