Doug Farrar

[MontanaHawk05]

Doug Farrar has me blocked on X and I still have no idea why.

 

[Count Hawkula]

Doug was Seahawks.NET Editor-in-Chief for a few years back in the day. Before we signed up with Scout and for the time we were with Scout before going independent again. Early 00’s.

Doug was (is) a talented writer, smart as a whip but got a bad wrap in the forum because he didn’t tolerate crap from anyone. His bedside manner was put to the test by some in the early years and he didn’t hesitate to show his punitive side if warranted as he had full mod privileges in the forum back then.

We spent many hours driving to and from Cheney back when the team was holding their Training Camps there. Hanging out with another talent Rob Rang, who to this day I still think is one of the greatest draft minds I know of. Doug and I would talk for hours about the Seahawks and our mutual love of 80s metal bands.

I was never surprised when Doug was discovered nationally. His football IQ is unreal and makes mine look like a fetus by comparison. We had a bit of a falling out after I sold the site but we since have made amends. I haven’t talked to him in years but I always wish him well and remember the memories with fondness as he was an integral part of the Golden Years of .NET.

Thanks for the information Aros. I don't know why I suddenly thought him and the old days around here. I don't have a huge presence but I have been stalking the site forever.

 

[Hawknight]

Yes, Aros knows more of course but he had a report he used to write here.

I remember those reports back in the days

 

[AROS]

This is cute and all, but who remembers Steve Harper?

If I raise my hand I feel like I'm the kid in the class with all the cheat codes.

Ah, yes. King Harper, self-proclaimed. Had cerebral palsy, bound to a wheelchair and communicating through his mouth-to-keyboard, ala Stephen Hawking. He decided to make .NET his home and become the Antagonizer-in-Chief. He was quite good at it. Earned himself many bans but like a cat with 9 lives he would keep coming back until enough was enough.

Quite the character. Not one to ever make fun of someone's disabilities but somebody posted a cartoon sign of a person in a wheelchair being pushed down a hill and it was freaking hilarious and I believe even he thought so too.

Godspeed, Steve, wherever you are.

 

[Hawknight]

If I raise my hand I feel like I'm the kid in the class with all the cheat codes.

Ah, yes. King Harper, self-proclaimed. Had cerebral palsy, bound to a wheelchair and communicating through his mouth-to-keyboard, ala Stephen Hawking. He decided to make .NET his home and become the Antagonizer-in-Chief. He was quite good at it. Earned himself many bans but like a cat with 9 lives he would keep coming back until enough was enough.

Quite the character. Not one to ever make fun of someone's disabilities but somebody posted a cartoon sign of a person in a wheelchair being pushed down a hill and it was freaking hilarious and I believe even he thought so too.

Godspeed, Steve, wherever you are.

Wow, I don't know how i missed that one....Ive been here for quite a while now.

 

[homerun1970]

I have been stalking and sometimes posting here forever. The board has had some outstanding football people and just some outstanding people (Les ). I miss the more civil tones at times. Grateful to be here and get news and hang with other fans for all these years.

 

[AROS]

Wow, I don't know how i missed that one....Ive been here for quite a while now.

Harper was early 00's.

 

[projectorfreak]

Yeah I loved kearlys write ups
Damn shame so many posters had to argue him out of here
Wish he had thicker skin cause I loved his work

 

[Hawknight]

Harper was early 00's.

Wasn't this site another site at that time? I recall it being called something other than Seahawks.net...did the site convert over from something else back in those days?

 

[MORGULON]

This is cute and all, but who remembers Steve Harper?

I do

 

[MORGULON]

If I raise my hand I feel like I'm the kid in the class with all the cheat codes.

Ah, yes. King Harper, self-proclaimed. Had cerebral palsy, bound to a wheelchair and communicating through his mouth-to-keyboard, ala Stephen Hawking. He decided to make .NET his home and become the Antagonizer-in-Chief. He was quite good at it. Earned himself many bans but like a cat with 9 lives he would keep coming back until enough was enough.

Quite the character. Not one to ever make fun of someone's disabilities but somebody posted a cartoon sign of a person in a wheelchair being pushed down a hill and it was freaking hilarious and I believe even he thought so too.

Godspeed, Steve, wherever you are.

I remember that post well. Someone used Photoshop or something like it to put a handicap parking sign where Holmgren's parking spot was at the vmac.

Hilarious

 

[Jac]

Lots of colorful characters have definitely been through here over the years. I always liked (or maybe disliked?) reading Tabs (or maybe The Tabs?) My memory fails because that was a different internet era...

 

[AROS]

I remember that post well. Someone used Photoshop or something like it to put a handicap parking sign where Holmgren's parking spot was at the vmac.

Hilarious

That’s the one!

 

[AROS]

Lots of colorful characters have definitely been through here over the years. I always liked (or maybe disliked?) reading Tabs (or maybe The Tabs?) My memory fails because that was a different internet.

Oh most definitely. THE TABS. Met him a few times in Cheney. He loved playing up to his character online (I suspect many do), but in person he was just a regular dude.

Secret Squirrel, The Waterboy, Les of course, BestFightStory (still comes around once every blue moon), Dom, Snazel, Buckethead Jones…The list goes on and on.

Basically The LOB era of .NET. Now all of us are creating the new era, like our 2025 team.

Let’s keep making memories!

 

[MORGULON]

Lots of colorful characters have definitely been through here over the years. I always liked (or maybe disliked?) reading Tabs (or maybe The Tabs?) My memory fails because that was a different internet era...

I liked Tabs as well.

 

[chris98251]

This place was a corner tavern of the NFL Message boards, we had many here that were edgy, some couldn't hit the urinal to save themselves, while others were very deliberate in how they approached things. Aros had guys that would write stuff up , we had the weekly thread of our opponent, we had the Game Day in the Shack which was Aros'ability to pull out his collection of photos to share. Fudd, Bararann, Raider John, so many that I am sorry I can't remember off the top of my head that have now passed as well. 1998 I remember seeing the website, 1999 I joined as a member, and through Fanstop the original site where I posted a few times and lurked mostly, Scout, and than the current format under several owners.

All I know the battles behind the scenes to keep this sites name have went on for decades and thanks to the owners we are still here, the little guy won each time. Thanks Aros for 26 years or so of having a Family to connect with. Even if it has it's Uncle that shows up at Thanksgiving that nobody wants to claim sometimes.

 

[Hawknight]

Oh most definitely. THE TABS. Met him a few times in Cheney. He loved playing up to his character online (I suspect many do), but in person he was just a regular dude.

Secret Squirrel, The Waterboy, Les of course, BestFightStory (still comes around once every blue moon), Dom, Snazel, Buckethead Jones…The list goes on and on.

Basically The LOB era of .NET. Now all of us are creating the new era, like our 2025 team.

Let’s keep making memories!

I recall Pehawk and MysteryMatt as another few...Les will always be remembered!

 

[AROS]

Yeah MysterMatt still frequents Temple Billiards, in fact I saw him after the Week 1 loss. The notorious Pehawk, well...No comment.

 

[Rat]

Doug is a phenomenally talented writer and a genuinely good person. I think the thread title should be amended to include "NOT DEAD", so nobody else's heart sinks for a moment if they have the same first thought I did.

I've been on this site since just before the 2001 draft (I might be negative now, but I wasn't always, and I was straight HYPED over Koren Robinson). Rotak is definitely my all-time favorite poster. I thought for sure he would be bigger than Sando, who is also great. Wherever Rotak ended up in life, I genuinely hope he has experienced tremendous success. The newer members missed out.

 

[Jazzhawk]

I can assure you he bled as blue and green as any diehard I've met. He had aspirations, sure, and why shouldn't he? His loyalty was never in doubt with me. I took a sense of pride in his ascension to bigger things. Still do.

Fair enough. Thank you for the feedback.