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I do, but mostly because the likeable hawk fans (Hasslebeck/Dilfer/Waters era guys) get drown out by the Pete Carroll era self dick sucking number 12 types that magically appeared all over the place when they started winning games. What happened to the Trojans will eventually happen to the Hawks, i.e. Sneaky Pete skipping town before the bill comes due. But in the NFL, its a proven fact that its worth winning at all costs and worrying about getting busted after you get a superbowl win. Just ask Sean Peyton, who still has a job despite not winning a prize out of a box of crackerjacks since the bountygate stuff went down. Cheating is bad no matter who does it and I call that shit how I see it. And no, not everyone does it. And not every team circles the wagons when a guilty party gets caught (see Peterson last year) just to get a star on the field.
Having said that, the early Pats and the last three years of Seahawks are among some of the best defenses in the history of the league. They are also two of the best coached D, but they would be a lot more likable of they played the ball more and worked the refs less every down of every play (that's mainly a Pete Carroll thing, but BB bends rules like a motherfucker). It has undoubtedly gotten them more championships, but neither team will ever have the kind of wide sustained likeability that teams like the 85 Bears, 96 Packers, the Steel Curtain, or even Greatest Show on Turf had. Its great for your fans that you have those ring(s), but people are always going to more fondly remember things like the 9-7 Giants over Sherman acting like an asshole on his way to raping Peyton. Its just how it is, so you might as well own the role of being the mustache twirling villains of the sport.
If you want to call that salt, then so be it. My team has 13 championships and none of them have a PED or cheating scandal associated with them, nor do a lot of other teams with multiple NFL Championships. If you consider that salt, then I guess the truth hurts.
