i was on steelerwatch during the merger. i remember hating the new format.
I may have been a touch harsh on Gildon.
He recorded double digit sacks 3 times, made the Pro Bowl 3 times, and is currently the Steelers Career leader in sacks. Which I should have known but somehow didn't.
I remember visiting the official sites board....I guess a group split because of issues with the moderator. I forgot her name...the lady that Steelers.com message board...Vannessa? Anyway that's when I followed everyone to Steeler Nation.
Dave, TMC, Coach, Hank The Tank (he was from Florida but a Browns fan not sure why- he was an idiot) DaBus (life was hard for him after 911) Spike (who is with us still)
There was a ton of "interesting " users and it did make the board fun...I never really posted that much but reading the board after games was priceless.
Hey what was the ne of that Bengal fan that didn't make any sense at all? Talked slang that no one understood wtf he's talking about.
I am thinking it was either blackjesus or bengalzrules?
But I remember the posts and the translations that showed up later were a scream
My first user name was "Stlr4evr." I started with the old TSN board, and have been posting with SN since the TSN board ended. And I certainly remember Juiceman, Jr. ... as well as Coach, and PittRon, and Bengalzrulz.
There was some ladies on here.....they were just as bad as the guys lol...
There was a very nice older lady here was great that passed away...I think she started all the game day threads
You are correct with everything you said. CAH came on the board one day, and said she was told she needed surgery. She went in, and that was the end. Shocker, and a very sad time.That would be CAH. Kick *** lady. I want to say she was from Uniontown, PA.......anyone? Her grandson took up the mantle and still starts a lot of the gameday threads now in her honor.
Yes, I was at Steeler Watch as was Lexx (wassup).
Did you mean EWE
Salute the nation
I was on Steelerwatch about a month before the merger. Been here since then.
I've seen way more riff-raff come through here than ever came from the merger.
I'm curious if anyone is left from that bygone era of the early 2000s.
BLEEDS is the only name I recognize.
That group originated from TSN's (The Sporting News) Steelers forum, which was shut down in '98 or so. Juice started his own board, which lasted a couple years, then merged with Steelernation. Those were interesting times as the two groups bumped heads.
Is there anyone else still around from that time, I wonder...
He was over the top a ton, but I have to give credit where credit is due ... the guy wanted the Steelers to draft TE Jason Peters because the guy was an elite blocker.
Of course, Coach also insisted that Troy Polamalu would never be a worthwhile NFL player, let alone a future Hall-of-Famer.