bostonfred
Footballguy
I've been actively posting here for over a decade, and I've seen different crops of posters come and go. When I started posting here, guys like cracKer, JoeT and domer were posting up a storm. Joe got a reputation as quite the rapscallion for posting that jerry rice did not deserve to go to the hall of fame. The next generation to come threw included guys like rudnicki, who is on staff now, and Lhucks, who actually used to be a decent poster, until he decided it was more fun to rile everyone up with egotistical comments and critiquing the staff projections. Guys like goat herders and anarchy99 came through, and a long time shark pooler named ministry of pain doubled his shark pool efforts and started doing a weekly running back thread. Two of those guys are on staff now. Ssog and some other fine posters soon followed. Those of you who were here know what I mean, and those who weren't, please read on.
Sometimes when people pine for the good old days, they forget what things used to be like. That's not the case with the shark pool. The new posters here are not following the rules. There's so much worthless, uninformed speculation, blatant fishing, wdis nonsense, and people talking about who they just traded for or traded away that there is almost no discussion of the actual players. It is a rare post that I read now which has any information whatsoever.
Guys like Kool aid larry and rizzler have ruined countless threads recently with thread stalking and bickering as if anyone cared about their factless opinion posts and ongoing arguments. Guys I've never heard of post like this all the time, but the guys who keep doing it make it so much worse. The wallace thread is double digit pages with maybe a dozen worthwhile posts, but it keeps getting bumped with worthless fighting between children. People keep saying sh, dont talk about my player, instead of openly talking about the good, bad and ugly of all the players out there. This is not good for anyone.
This place was at its best when everyone talked openly and honestly about their reasons for liking different guys, and we got good discussion with numbers, camp tidbits, and real analysis. That rising tide lifts all boats. If you don't want your league mates to knpw that you really like julio jones, post under an alias. Don't act like you're the only guy who has an opinion on him and your post agreeing that he might be good this year is going to kill his value. Nobody cares whether you like him, but we can all learn from a discussion of why you like him.
This is the worst time of year for the moderators, because they are all working on content, while this is the highest traffic time of the year on the boards. I'm asking those of you who post here regularly to please stop with the bickering. If people are posting wdis threads, report the post. If someone posts an argument you disagree with, post your reasoning, not just your indignation. if you'd rather just fish, go to the free for all, and be funny about it. We need new funny people over there, especially ones who don't post about politics. Please stop adding to the problem.
Sometimes when people pine for the good old days, they forget what things used to be like. That's not the case with the shark pool. The new posters here are not following the rules. There's so much worthless, uninformed speculation, blatant fishing, wdis nonsense, and people talking about who they just traded for or traded away that there is almost no discussion of the actual players. It is a rare post that I read now which has any information whatsoever.
Guys like Kool aid larry and rizzler have ruined countless threads recently with thread stalking and bickering as if anyone cared about their factless opinion posts and ongoing arguments. Guys I've never heard of post like this all the time, but the guys who keep doing it make it so much worse. The wallace thread is double digit pages with maybe a dozen worthwhile posts, but it keeps getting bumped with worthless fighting between children. People keep saying sh, dont talk about my player, instead of openly talking about the good, bad and ugly of all the players out there. This is not good for anyone.
This place was at its best when everyone talked openly and honestly about their reasons for liking different guys, and we got good discussion with numbers, camp tidbits, and real analysis. That rising tide lifts all boats. If you don't want your league mates to knpw that you really like julio jones, post under an alias. Don't act like you're the only guy who has an opinion on him and your post agreeing that he might be good this year is going to kill his value. Nobody cares whether you like him, but we can all learn from a discussion of why you like him.
This is the worst time of year for the moderators, because they are all working on content, while this is the highest traffic time of the year on the boards. I'm asking those of you who post here regularly to please stop with the bickering. If people are posting wdis threads, report the post. If someone posts an argument you disagree with, post your reasoning, not just your indignation. if you'd rather just fish, go to the free for all, and be funny about it. We need new funny people over there, especially ones who don't post about politics. Please stop adding to the problem.
Anyways, short and sweet. If this was a forum that dealt with serious, life altering issues, I'd care.
my bad. I hasn't had a beer yet so I'm a little confused.
If someone agrees, can you tell me what this emoticon means 
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Fred.
