Is Our Past Misery Similar to What Red Sox Fans Experienced Back in the Day? (1 Viewer)

[DerrickB]

I think the difference between the Who Dats and Red Sox fans is that their team was able to be in playoff/World Series contention on a more consistent basis, on the other hand, we clearly were not. I'm talking Mora/Ditka/Haslett Era. Any thoughts?

 

[Saint Jack]

The Red Sox futility reached mythical proportions before they finally won the World Series. An eight decade drought. Add to that, the Yankees kept adding championship after championship.
It doesn't compare. There's similarities, but the Sox had it worse.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

The Red Sox futility reached mythical proportions before they finally won the World Series. An eight decade drought. Add to that, the Yankees kept adding championship after championship.
It doesn't compare. There's similarities, but the Sox had it worse.

I disagree. They at least won a championship before the drought.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

i've looked for the championship waiting room ad before with no luck - maybe i'll try again

found it

 

[Day1]

The Red Sox got close several times during their championship drought.

That Saints commercial ran before the 2005 season, along with one that started with a kid putting a 1967 Saints bumper sticker on his (dad's?) car, with him aging along with the progression of cars and bumper stickers, like "Archie is a Saint", "Fired Up", "No Mora Excuses" etc. all the way up to the Haslett era. Had nice funky background music.
I can't find that one anywhere. Please post if someone has it saved.

 

[SuperSaint]

The key difference to me is that Boston had won a title, even if it was a long drought. The Saints had very little previous success and were essentially reborn in the ashes of Katrina.

 

[ChaChingBaby]

If there is anything to compare our past misery to, I believe it's the expansion Browns. The only difference is we had a long term franchise QB where they haven't, and they made the playoffs after 3 years in their existence while it took us much longer. The win/loss records are quite similar though and the AFC North has been a pretty tough division for them with 4 SB winning teams, similar to how the old NFC West we were stuck in had the dynasty 49ers in the 80's.

 

[TheMike62987]

Everyone keeps saying that Boston had won a title, but that was prior to many of the current fan's existence. It isn't like they saw their team win a title, they saw their team squander several opportunities during the drought. Some of those moments are part of baseball legend.

 

[Saint Jack]

If there is anything to compare our past misery to, I believe it's the expansion Browns. The only difference is we had a long term franchise QB where they haven't, and they made the playoffs after 3 years in their existence while it took us much longer. The win/loss records are quite similar though and the AFC North has been a pretty tough division for them with 4 SB winning teams, similar to how the old NFC West we were stuck in had the dynasty 49ers in the 80's.

I would say that's more apt.
I think this is often overlooked, but it's worth mentioning. Boston was still a national team. They had no problems acquiring players or getting coverage. The Saints were on the opposite side. Way opposite. The Saints were basically regional. That changed with Payton and Brees. They made the Saints national. And that makes a huge difference.

Also overlooked, the Red Sox old owner, Tom Yawkee was a notorious racist and was the last team to integrate. That was a big factor in the Red Sox drought.