POLL | Which ATL professional team will be first to win a title in their sport?

[High5]

On 5/8/2020 at 5:53 PM, High5 said:

The Braves have no trouble making the playoffs and that's all it takes in MLB. Just get hot at the right time. 

Case in point. Win 88 games in a trash division and then dominate the playoffs. 

[RedDawg#8]

The Hawks broke the Atlanta curse in game 5 against the Sixers. That win combined with finishing them off in 7 was unlike anything we are accustomed to in this City. 

It removed the black cloud from over our sports teams.

UGA is up next. Falcons are a ways away. The United already got theirs and it didn't really matter. The Hawks are right around the corner.

Positive vibes ya'll. The curse is gone.

 

[NBASupes]

On 5/8/2020 at 2:48 PM, NBASupes said:

Braves already won and they are in the best place to win again

2021 World Champion!

[Spud2nique]

On 5/9/2020 at 7:47 PM, Spud2nique said:

The Braves easily.

We are the champions!!!!

[Final_quest]

Curse be gone!  The Dawgs are next, then the Hawks.  

[Plainview1981]

You have to actually be able to get to the big dance first.

Baseball is kinda antiquated and not as big of a deal as it used to be, but it still counts.

[AHF]

7 hours ago, High5 said:

Case in point. Win 88 games in a trash division and then dominate the playoffs. 

Nice memory and bump!

[JayBirdHawk]

Lots of Squawkers were correct in calling the Braves!

#ParadeTime

[sturt]

8 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Lots of Squawkers were correct in calling the Braves!

Hard to figure why they would have come to that counterintuitive conclusion at the time. But yes, lots, and not including me, for sure.

 

[sturt]

On 12/28/2020 at 8:37 AM, sturt said:

Ownership matters, and that's the Braves Achilles heal.

Reflecting on this point, obviously, and wondering if the 2021 Braves are a one-off, or if having an ownership group that doesn't go get big-stage names at critical junctures is not the thing anymore that it's been in the past for pro sports champions.

 

Once some of you get some coffee in you and sober up, I'd be interested to read your thoughts... but only after that, of course .

[AHF]

On 5/8/2020 at 1:39 PM, AHF said:

The Braves would still be my same guess.  They are already a playoff team and have a young core of excellent talent.  Baseball also seems to have the most variability among the 3 leagues in terms of who can win.  A few pitchers get hot and it can completely flip a playoff series.  I'd put the NFL next and the NBA as the most predictable / least variance.

Don't think it was counterintuitive to predict the Braves even if you ignore my smart*** original post.  The Braves were further along and had the lowest talent threshold to pass in order to become a true championship contender.

On 5/8/2020 at 1:17 PM, AHF said:

Since the Braves already won a title, I think it is safe to go with them.

 

[AHF]

17 minutes ago, sturt said:

Reflecting on this point, obviously, and wondering if the 2021 Braves are a one-off, or if having an ownership group that doesn't go get big-stage names at critical junctures is not the thing anymore that it's been in the past for pro sports champions.

 

Once some of you get some coffee in you and sober up, I'd be interested to read your thoughts... but only after that, of course .

I think the team will be good enough to be in the mix of viable MLB champions but won't have the talent edge to be prohibitive favorites.  Might end up being a one-off but the team could also be even stronger with the return of our host of injured players this season (led by Acuna).  Being even stronger wouldn't be enough to make us a prohibitive favorite but clearly would make us a viable candidate.

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, sturt said:

Once some of you get some coffee in you and sober up,

Lol. Coffee ️ this morning will be my celebration drink for the Braves. A cinnamon dolce latt… I MEAN AN AMERICANO! 
 

 

[macdaddy]

2 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Lol. Coffee ️ this morning will be my celebration drink for the Braves. A cinnamon dolce latt… I MEAN AN AMERICANO! 
 

 

[shakes]

Congrats ATL fans!   I didn't watch any of the WS because I hate baseball, but i was rooting for you to win just cause I love the Hawks lol and wanted my fellow Hawks fans to be happy.

[Sothron]

All of the major sports except basketball work the same in the playoffs. If you can just make the playoffs and get hot you can be a low seed playoff team and still win the championship. The Braves got in and turned it up to 11 in the playoffs. We only lost one playoff game at home the entire playoffs. 

[Spud2nique]

3 minutes ago, shakes said:

Congrats ATL fans!   I didn't watch any of the WS because I hate baseball, but i was rooting for you to win just cause I love the Hawks lol and wanted my fellow Hawks fans to be happy.

Welcome Shakemups! Thanks for the support for the Braves! Let’s get one for our Hawks now!!! 

6 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Only my pinky goes skyward  other than that, uncanny! 

[NBASupes]

1 hour ago, sturt said:

Reflecting on this point, obviously, and wondering if the 2021 Braves are a one-off, or if having an ownership group that doesn't go get big-stage names at critical junctures is not the thing anymore that it's been in the past for pro sports champions.

 

Once some of you get some coffee in you and sober up, I'd be interested to read your thoughts... but only after that, of course .

They aren't ASG, they aren't the best but they generally dont get in the way. They just want to be profitable 

[sturt]

1 hour ago, AHF said:

Don't think it was counterintuitive to predict the Braves even if you ignore my smart*** original post.  The Braves were further along and had the lowest talent threshold to pass in order to become a true championship contender.

(Exactly.)

(...hehe... sometimes sarcasm speeds over the heads of even some of the brightest.)

 

[sturt]

24 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

They aren't ASG, they aren't the best but they generally dont get in the way. They just want to be profitable

And/but that last sentence is so very key ordinarily and historically as far as I've ever observed.

When your heart/emotion isn't in it, it's a whole lot easier to pass and be content with merely being "competitive." And it's so much more typical that corporate leadership just isn't going to have heart/emotion in it.

Yes?