That's good that you pm'd him. LOL, you didn't hurt my feelings. I just thought you being the first to insult the guy was a little rude. I should be the one apologizing for hurting feelings. I just thought if someone was a mod that means they have a certain responsibility to show some maturity and leadership but you if you don't agree that's cool. I've been wrong before on here and I'll be wrong again.
Moderators are first and foremost posters. Moderators should, like all posters, be respectful and have fun while bringing value to the board. barfo and I are the only moderators of this forum that have commented so far. I don't think that lightly mocking someone for giving a farewell address is failing to exhibit maturity and leadership. Remember, too, that the OP was just encouraging people to take a break and it is probably wise to take one's own advice. Of course, calling everyone "blowhards" on the way out doesn't really do anyone any good. Ed O.
maybe your opinion on the role of moderators will one day drive you to go to another board? don't make the mistake of assuming that people care about your expectations or opinion... it will only get your feelings hurt. if you haven't noticed, this community is rude, why would the moderators be any different?
with all my obvious shortcomings, im only the mod for the 49ers/football boards. so i get a free pass? you wont see me acting a fool over there though, strictly by the book.
How wonderfully ironic. I've been on the brink of taking a break from here because I am sick to death of all the kool-aid drinking! Maybe they need to start labeling threads: "Warning - flinty realists only!" or "Warning - sunshine blowing zone!" Seriously folks, if this forum was one big "amen" chorus...wouldn't that be boring?
You nailed it right on the head. Why does totally myopic radio hosts like Stern, Rush and Cowherd get such good ratings? It's mainly because people don't like what they say and want to disagree with him. It's human nature to be argumentative. Would anyone want to be married to themselves? I wouldn't. It would be boring as hell.
LMAO! My wife may want to come up to Portland. Maybe not in January, but the next game against L.A. She wants to do that damn "Twilight Tour" and will accept a 200 tick price for the Blazers in return. I'm so glad she is so GOO GOO over Twilight. So you, Sly and I should hook up and go to the game.
Maybe but most likely not. Again with the feelings stuff. No, it takes a lot more than anything that could ever be posted on here to hurt my feelings. As far as opinions I've had many great discussions about my opinions and opinions of others on here. I kind of thought that was what a forum was about, the exchange of opinions and ideas. Rude? Actually I don't think this community as a whole is rude at all. Most everyone is pretty damn cool. Sure there are a few on here who are rude but I find them entertaining.
I don't think, and I'm speaking w/o knowing what Chris really meant here, that the fact that there is dissension is an issue. It's that there is such a thing on both sides as beating a dead horse. Continually. Ad nauseum. It seems like some posters here pick one topic and beat it to death over and over and over again. I don't begrudge them that they have a negative opinion. It just gets tiring reading the same f'n thing every day, every thread as their bread and butter. I think in the case of Chris it was just a little tiring hearing the same old refrain. For example, Team loses, it's Nate's fault. Team wins, Nate didn't coach right, we should've won by 20. Blake misses a shot, stupid Nate is playing him. Greg Oden doesn't play 48 minutes and take every shot, Nate sucks. Roy gets a foul and Nate doesn't whip out an uzi and silence the refs permanently, Nate sucks. No one is silly enough to think Nate is perfect. I think he has some obvious shortcomings. But just once I'd like to see a few posters give him the benefit of the doubt for a quarter before forming the lynch mob. And again, I'm using him as an example. Last year was markedly different in the approach to team on this board. Who knows, maybe all of our expectations are so sky-high that we can't cope w/ a letdown.
No just 30-35 minutes a game and milk him when his inside game is working. Nate seems to see a bread and butter play, then sub that person immediately after. It's hair pulling.
