Learning About Rivals

it bet its safe to say you even think less of the Chefs. At least talent-wise

the conversations that we have had around here with opposing teams’ fans. For the most part, the ones who come by are knowledgeable and respectful. I think the fans themselves are often the best way to learn… Denver fans all know how bad local media reporting can be (cough cough denverpost) and MHR proves how much more comprehensive a group of fan’s knowledge can be.

I wish there was a way Guru could team with a rival team’s SBNation blog and cross post – I think these Chargers threads would have been even better if they were open to posters from both DaBolts’ home site as well as MHR… If not “official” maybe we could recruit people like DaBolts to do some post sharing (i.e. I will post about the Broncos on your site if you do the same for your team here).

the Chargers are one of the few teams who don’t have an SBNation site. On the other hand, one of these bright young men, I think it might have been Guru himself, said there are a couple of good independant sites out there. I hate to tease, but I don’t know them. Perhaps someone else who reads this can help.

...I’ll be suspending the typical posts you see at MHR University and doing a week by week game prep on our opponents. I try to place an emphasis on how the systems match-up, and do a little bit of Xs and Os comparisons. A few of these got linked in ‘07 by Sports Illustrated and ESPN.

With a year under my belt writing for MHR, I hope the product is even better this year. I’ve been forced to look more closely at teams than I was when I first showed up at MHR, and I have a better grasp for some of the teams I wasn’t as up on. While I try to be objective about what I report on other teams, I’m obviously a Broncos fan. My hope is that when people read my stuff, they can tell I’m a Denver fan but find the stories to be a fair and accurate assesment of each team and their chances.

Also keep in mind that we have several readers and contributers who will be putting up posts as well, giving their thoughts on match-ups. Between all of us, I expect an awesome critique of other teams that will even surpass last year. That may not help right now, but it is something to look forward to when the season kicks off.

If there is anything I can do to help any member fill in the holes on schemes or systems, please let me know.

i found this website in the offseason, so i am sure i’m in for a treat when we’re actually playing for keeps. good stuff. now if we can just get this summer thing out of the way…

I’m dieing for football season, or at least training camp. One of the ways I’m itching that scratch is by learning more about our rivals. So far, I’ve learned that the Raider fans are mostly just ignorant. They don’t know anything about the Broncos and make outrageous statements to that end. A lot of Chiefs fans are delusional, thinking they are going to the playoffs and maybe the Superbowl this year. It has helped to put some of my own dreams for the Broncos in perspective. With change comes uncertainty, and it can be easy to fall into the trap of assuming that the change will be for the better. I’m still optimistic that we will make the playoffs and be a force this season, but I’m learning to be more reasonable about the fact that there have been a TON of changes to the Broncos this season, and it’s unlikely that they will all work out.