Sonoma State
- Thread starter LINY89
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It's ok, I understand the midlife crisis rage it's a confusing time eh?. Let it all out. I offer my opinion on this board and I get treated like I eat babies and wear a Nazi uniform. Ever consider (god forbid middle aged men are capable) that you guys are acting like douches to me? I regularly post relevant stuff in an effort to make the forum better and give you guys information. I like to share my enthusiasm for SJ. Then I get replies like, "We get it.", "You are a douche", "Your analysis is a joke", etc. What do you expect me to say after douchey replies like that..."Thank you sir, may I have another"? I'm not beneath you and I don't take crap...I've been the man of my house since I was 14 years old so I don't have time for that tough guy crap. I'll admit I started some altercations very early on in this forum and was misguided, but I really put it past me trying to improve the content of the forum and help by sharing links and offering differing and possibly interesting perspectives. So, it's damned if I do, damned if I don't. If I act like a douche I get treated like one, and even when I'm trying to be a productive member of a forum community I get treated like a douche. Do any of you have the balls to admit that some of the guys on here have been dicks to me when it was uncalled for? I can take criticism if it's relevant and respectful, but if it's just personal attacks and name calling like I've been getting unprovoked, then that's the epitome of douchebaggery.
Joe - what follows may not apply to you at all so please don't take it personally - but when I was young someone pointed this out to me:
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."
I still need to remind myself of Plato's admonition.
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."
I still need to remind myself of Plato's admonition.
Joe, I have to say that your posts of late have been really good. I don't have a problem with what you've done lately. Bottom line though is that you came on these boards like a real prick and pissed off a lot of people. It wasn't anybody else, it was you. Some people still have that first, second and third impression that you put forth singed into their brain. It might take a while to get rid of that reputation. Unfortunately there's nobody else to blame for it but yourself.
Personally, I think your posts as much better and have certainly changed for the better. Keep up the basketball stuff and eventually it will probably subside.
As Will Rogers put it, "You don't get a second chance to make a good first impression."
Joe, if you feel provoked or unjustly maligned or attacked -- and I can understand how you might -- get the anger out of your system by writing all the vitriolic retorts you can ... just don't post them.
I was very encouraged by Phil Greene's shooting last night. As someone who is going to play a lot of minutes (especially until Branch is able to play), I believe he will be crucial (along with Harrison and Bourgault) in making sure that opposing defenses stay 'honest' with us. It was be nice to see the interior open up more this year because of better outside shooting.
So basically if a player shot an air ball once, that means you should boo him and bench him, because obviously he needs to continuously pay for his mistake. Bottom line is, if only one man extends an olive branch, it won't work. You are acting like I made some kind of unforgivable sin in saying a few stupid things last year. I will not get on my knees and beg...I have put all the crap well behind me and the rest of the board, but others are trying to start up again. As MCNPA said, I have contributed to the forum in a positive way for a while now, but it seems many people on here would rather be confrontational rather than embracing like they are to literally everyone else. As fathers, I wonder what you would think of this situation if I was your son. I can almost guarantee your view would vastly change. I must say I think I walked into the wrong forum. It feels like I walked into someone's house at a party where everyone was already friends long before I got there and I'm the odd man out. I'm just not going to win no matter what I do. I notice a ton of double standards...I make a thread about the women's exhibition and I get told it needs to be moved. Someone makes a thread about getting married or voting for some movie, and it's well accepted. It takes 2 to tango guys...I can act like Ghandi for the next 10 years, but if you guys don't stop with the attitude and confrontational replies, then that's on you. The 23 year old admitted some wrongdoing, yet the 40-50 yr olds are being stubborn refusing to admit I do get a raw deal fairly often even after making relevant posts. What kind of world are we living in? I don't ask that you accept me as a friend, all I ask if that I don't get swatted (like Obekpa) at every time I make a post even if it's genuine and well-intentioned.
DaninAlbany
Member
Joe
I haven't been paying much attention to most posts but I thought your post was relevant and thoughtful. However I do disagree with your follow up on Jones. To judge a kids potential development based on his first exhibition game is harsh. If that what we are basing things on D'Angelo would never get off the pines.
I haven't been paying much attention to most posts but I thought your post was relevant and thoughtful. However I do disagree with your follow up on Jones. To judge a kids potential development based on his first exhibition game is harsh. If that what we are basing things on D'Angelo would never get off the pines.
Northern Storm
Member
I'm a guy who wears medium tee shirts. 
One thing I observed was we were giving too many open threes defensively. It was a problem this year and if we were getting burned by Sonoma State we are going to get burned by many other teams. That being said I trust Lavin probably saw that issue last night and will put a stop to it.
JackofVirginia
Active member
And why would we redshirt God's Gift? Do we really believe we would have enough rebounding without G.G. We need him off the bench, especially if our big boys get in foul trouble.
tom in salem
Well-known member
Agree Moose, but it could leave us with only 1 scholarship to give.