blissfull
11-18-2006, 11:21 AM
The Hall of Famers walked on it's ground. Super bowl championship teams busted their butts off and exerted their outmost effort and poured their sweats on that ground to bring us 5 super Bowl trophoies.
Call me sentimental, but that stadium brings a certian pride and mystigue if you will to the entire NFL and the players that are currently playing and the ones that played on it. There was once a QB named Joe Montana, anyone remember him? That played on that field and passed to a certain wide reciever named Jerry Rice, and handed off the ball to a certain runner that came out of the back field in the name of Roger Craig carring and plowing his way in to yet another 1st down with those high steping style of running of his toward those would be tacklers.
Or, how about that Safety? Do you remember him? Yea, the one that caused all the WRs to shrivel in their pants when going in to the middle. Yes, I'm talking about Ronnie Lott. It's the spirit of those players and coaches like Bill Walsh and George Seiffert that surmounted wins after wins.
There is no denying that Candlestick point has that special sense of intimidation factor for the opposing teams. Something that I seriosuly think the new parking lot of Santa Clara will "NOT" have. If the memory of that old and unique stadium and it's design didn't effect the opposing teams, I'm sure that famous fog that would roll in on those November nights and afternoons will. Or, how about that mysteriously and uniguely looking hill right next to it? The hill that you can't miss looking down at when your the opposing team flying in to San Francisco airport. Perhaps that in itself brought some fear and a sense of scare. Or perhaps it brought some sense of that apprehension to their minds and hearts. Or maybe it brought some of that emotional and or the psychological advantage to our team when they ran through the tunnel, knowing that the ghosts of the past are looking down at them and are protecting them. There is something like that in the NFL, it's called playing with emotion and having that extra advantage over your opponant. Something that players like Ronnie Lotts, Mike singletary, and Rey Lewis's of the world fed off of.
Let's not forget that beautifull skylines of the down town San Francisco that the renovated stadium would be capturing for us fans to be amazed by.
As much as I would like the team to have a final destination that would result in a newly and modern designed stadium being built to be comparable to the NFL standards, deep in my heart, I would like them to also remember their origin and where they came from.
I love my team regardless of any outcome and would cheer for them no matter what. However, there is also that past and it's glory that has made me the fan that I am now.
I want the team and the owners to think of their past and perhaps not move so swiftly with their decisions in to the future leaving behinde that shrine of the ground that the greatest of all football walked on and fought their wars on. Or look so much in to that parking lot of Santa Clara and think as if it would bring any of that mystique that Candlestick park has over the years. Cause again, as important as it is to keep up with competition and the ever changing and demanding league to have a newly competant staduims, some of which are the state of art stadiums to help bring stability to the organization and financial success, it's also important to have and or keep that sense of pride and mystigue that the old ground carried and gave the fans something to remember for the rest of their lives. It has given us the fans, the loyal the diehard and even the casual wine drinkers if you will that sense of pride and joy of success. The old carries with itself that bridge that has connected the warriors of the past to us fans and is helping the new generation of players to mold in to greatness in the future.
The renovated new and improved Candlestick park would still have that special essence that you can't buy or find anywhere else. This new stadiudm, should it be built on that Santa Clara parking lot by Great Ammercia as the team is projecting, brings nothing exciting and uniqueness. How much of that new design will carry that old pride, sweat and all those battles won in the NFC Championships on Canndlestick park. Anyone remember that famous Catch?
Where will we hang our retired numbers of our great players of the past on? Next to the bleachers overlooking Santa Clara parking lot?
Will the opposing teams look at the new stadium and say: this is as new to us as it is for the 49ers. They would have no disadvantage of having played in our would be and so called "HOME ADVANTAGE" status since it is also new to us.
There are stadiums like the Lambeau field or the Soldior fields and Candlestick parks that are irreplacable. You can't look in to future in expense or leaving your past since it was your past that brought tears of joy on that park we call the Candlestick park.
Call me sentimental, but that stadium brings a certian pride and mystigue if you will to the entire NFL and the players that are currently playing and the ones that played on it. There was once a QB named Joe Montana, anyone remember him? That played on that field and passed to a certain wide reciever named Jerry Rice, and handed off the ball to a certain runner that came out of the back field in the name of Roger Craig carring and plowing his way in to yet another 1st down with those high steping style of running of his toward those would be tacklers.
Or, how about that Safety? Do you remember him? Yea, the one that caused all the WRs to shrivel in their pants when going in to the middle. Yes, I'm talking about Ronnie Lott. It's the spirit of those players and coaches like Bill Walsh and George Seiffert that surmounted wins after wins.
There is no denying that Candlestick point has that special sense of intimidation factor for the opposing teams. Something that I seriosuly think the new parking lot of Santa Clara will "NOT" have. If the memory of that old and unique stadium and it's design didn't effect the opposing teams, I'm sure that famous fog that would roll in on those November nights and afternoons will. Or, how about that mysteriously and uniguely looking hill right next to it? The hill that you can't miss looking down at when your the opposing team flying in to San Francisco airport. Perhaps that in itself brought some fear and a sense of scare. Or perhaps it brought some sense of that apprehension to their minds and hearts. Or maybe it brought some of that emotional and or the psychological advantage to our team when they ran through the tunnel, knowing that the ghosts of the past are looking down at them and are protecting them. There is something like that in the NFL, it's called playing with emotion and having that extra advantage over your opponant. Something that players like Ronnie Lotts, Mike singletary, and Rey Lewis's of the world fed off of.
Let's not forget that beautifull skylines of the down town San Francisco that the renovated stadium would be capturing for us fans to be amazed by.
As much as I would like the team to have a final destination that would result in a newly and modern designed stadium being built to be comparable to the NFL standards, deep in my heart, I would like them to also remember their origin and where they came from.
I love my team regardless of any outcome and would cheer for them no matter what. However, there is also that past and it's glory that has made me the fan that I am now.
I want the team and the owners to think of their past and perhaps not move so swiftly with their decisions in to the future leaving behinde that shrine of the ground that the greatest of all football walked on and fought their wars on. Or look so much in to that parking lot of Santa Clara and think as if it would bring any of that mystique that Candlestick park has over the years. Cause again, as important as it is to keep up with competition and the ever changing and demanding league to have a newly competant staduims, some of which are the state of art stadiums to help bring stability to the organization and financial success, it's also important to have and or keep that sense of pride and mystigue that the old ground carried and gave the fans something to remember for the rest of their lives. It has given us the fans, the loyal the diehard and even the casual wine drinkers if you will that sense of pride and joy of success. The old carries with itself that bridge that has connected the warriors of the past to us fans and is helping the new generation of players to mold in to greatness in the future.
The renovated new and improved Candlestick park would still have that special essence that you can't buy or find anywhere else. This new stadiudm, should it be built on that Santa Clara parking lot by Great Ammercia as the team is projecting, brings nothing exciting and uniqueness. How much of that new design will carry that old pride, sweat and all those battles won in the NFC Championships on Canndlestick park. Anyone remember that famous Catch?
Where will we hang our retired numbers of our great players of the past on? Next to the bleachers overlooking Santa Clara parking lot?
Will the opposing teams look at the new stadium and say: this is as new to us as it is for the 49ers. They would have no disadvantage of having played in our would be and so called "HOME ADVANTAGE" status since it is also new to us.
There are stadiums like the Lambeau field or the Soldior fields and Candlestick parks that are irreplacable. You can't look in to future in expense or leaving your past since it was your past that brought tears of joy on that park we call the Candlestick park.