I'm furious that one post mentioned that this site wouldn't exist because of a certain poster. he needs to chickedy-checkhimself before he wreckshimself. I have no idea how many people read this or just know about it. I just have a feeling not many new members know about it. so i'm posting the genesis chapter of this place we are at. let them know who built this place. hate on me all you want. but don't disrespect this site and CLUTCH. http://www.clutchfans.net/about.cfm Friday, October 31, 2003 It's About The Fans In the summer of 1996, while working an engineering internship in Boston, MA, I jokingly hacked in to my girlfriend's college internet account, just for the fun of it and to learn a little bit about putting pages on the web. I never imagined what would come of it. I created a site under the name "Clutch" (see: Who Is Clutch?) and started writing my thoughts about my top obsession: The Houston Rockets. I called the site "Clutch City '97". I would write goofy features like "Super Mario's World", recap every single game and post articles from news outlets across the country. Fans came flooding in, the site built up news credibility and the rest is pretty much history. While the site has gone by a variety of names, including "ClutchCity" (See: Why The Name Change?), over the past 7+ years it has not only been your Houston Rockets Fan Information Source, but the best NBA team fan site on the internet. Period. What makes the site so special is it is fueled entirely by passion. No money exchanged, no bosses to impress, no asses kissed -- simply diehard and loyal Rockets fans giving the honest dish and coming together to form one of the largest sports communities on the web. And that's exactly what this site is about: The fans. What will you find on the site? Just about everything a growing Rocket fan needs. Headlines, news stories, original game recaps, box scores dating back to 1991, stats dating back to the San Diego Rockets, full opponent histories, player profiles for every single Rocket in history, in-depth draft and summer league coverage and a legendary BBS forum with about enough Houston fans to fill the Toyota Center. While demands on my time have grown exponentially, making it more difficult to maintain the site, the traffic on the site has grown at an even greater rate. The site is spitting out hundreds of gigs of transfer a month. What does that mean? It means while the site is an expensive monster, and gives off a professional feel, it's still a single fan trying to balance it all with help from other fans. It's not sponsored nor affiliated with the NBA or the Rockets in any way. It's paid for by me and the fans who choose to contribute to keep ClutchFans going. If you choose to help out, that is extremely well appreciated. If not, that's OK too. The goal is to keep the site as free as possible for all Rocket fans. So enjoy. If you find an error, have a suggestion or you just want to tell me what you think about the site, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for continuing to make the site the best online place for Rocket fans, and as always, stay clutch. - Clutch
dude, i love this site, and i definately appreciate clutch. I check up on this site like twice daily. That said, your acting a little crazy. Someone said something about pruyen( a statement that was obviously sarcastic) and now you've lost your marbles. Clutch rules, we know. You need to chill out dude..
Tinman, you are my hero. And I'm only being mildly sarcastic. I love your passion, man. Fight the good fight! EDIT: The mere fact that he gets fired up enough to "lose his marbles" is exactly why I appreciate the guy.
thanks man. when people insult our history and our website it turns me into a MAD MAX MODE!! To the new fans, its not OK to insult Larry Smith, its not OK to disrespect Ralph Sampson, its not OK to say that One player is above the team, its not OK to say that one member is the best. for those who are bringing down our site, may you be greeted in the burning flames of your afterlife by Gary Payton, Sam Perkins, Karl Malone, and Mark Cuban.
people in china don't know CLUTCH!! Hell they think its what you step on when you want to change gears. You think they know?!
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To be honest i admit that i dont know very much about "clutch" and "clutchcity" however i know a little bit and i know the die hard fans live and breath off it. In saying that though i am also a die hard fan just from a different era. I am from Australia and have only been following the rockets for 4 years now. I started following them only because i had no idea about the NBA until i bought NBA 2000 on PC. I was 12 years old and didnt know any of the teams so i chose the team whos logo i liked best. That was the rockets. So to posters such as tinman, i respect what you have to say about fans who arent "real" fans. I also agree with it and at times i get crazy mad when people start suggesting stupid things and change their opinions based on one game. i.e Tmac scores 12 points on 4 of 19 shooting so they say Tmac sucks, he's to old, he's a ball hog, he's never made it out of the first round, he isnt good in the clutch. etc. Then the next day Tmac explodes for 40 points and 8 assists and all of a sudden he is the best thing since slice bread. I know i have been blabbing on here so ill stop now. I just wanted to let you know tinman and other posters with similar views that i to have the same feelings about other issues as you do about "clutchcity" Matty
I've been rather busy lately and unable to spend as much time on here as I normally do so may I ask what sparked this outburst?
Preach on Brother Tinman! Not only are we going to Argentina, Clutch, we're going to China and Memphis and Golden State and Utah and Denver, and we're going to Los Angeles and Sacramento and New Orleans… And we're going to Dallas and San Antonio and Phoenix, and then we're going to Boston or Cleveland to take back our trophy! YEEEEEARGGGGGH!
This is exactly why we all love Tinman. The incredible reactions that inevitably lead him to channel the spirits of Rockets greats from Vernon Maxwell to Richard Petruska to Tim Breaux etc.. etc.. Keep it up...
These last few days the board has been sort of weird. Didn't know Pryuen was causing so much controversy (which I doubt he is intending to do). Oh well, I'm just a lurker although I do post now and then, but heck I will never forget the roots of the Rockets and I'm thankful for this website, because the fans have been able to keep it alive along with Clutch and Jeff's excellent work.
that's right rimrocker, we're taking this site back from these fake Rocket fans like the IRS taking our taxes! this site is for Rocket fans! Rocket fans don't hate on Larry Smith!
