(09-04-2017 03:57 PM)Tribal Wrote: Let's avoid signaling out student-athletes in a malicious manner. Quite frankly, it's absurd to say a D1 college athlete is garbage, can't throw 5 yards, doesn't belong on the field, etc.
I have debated with myself since yesterday about whether or not to respond to this post. I finally decided that I needed to. Is it ever a good idea to call out the Moderator? Probably not, but here goes:
Tribefbfan explained in Post 434 of the UVa game thread that Jack Armstrong's tweets concerned West Virginia and comments made about Will Grier by fans. Unfortunately, that explanation was not in Tribal's original post (421) and the explanation came too late after I had already responded to Tribal. So, all I knew was that Tribal was posting a reference to unknowledgeable fans, and doing it in the UVa thread which had already had numerous posts by fans (including me) espousing how to save the program and solve world hunger. So how was I supposed to know that Armstrong was tweeting about WV? (I don't have Twitter, thank god!)
The reason that I think Tribal bears some culpability here is: Why did you post Armstrong's tweet at all? What purpose did it serve? And why did you post it in the thread about the UVa game? My only guess is because you agreed with Armstrong's comment about fans and thought that it applied to various posts/posters in the UVa thread. But to my mind, it was kind of incendiary (at least, it turned out that way). Also, to back up my point, I noticed that in the "Norfolk State - Game 2" thread that TribePride52 posted a link and said "Jimmye confirms that Tommy will get the nod at NSU" (Post 5). You (Tribal) (Post 6) then responded: "And, here we go ....". To me, that sounds like you are not only expecting but are inviting more comments (about McKee) such as were already seen in the UVa thread. So, Tribal, I truly bear no ill will but I think that your own posts served to ratchet up the tension on the board.
To Tribe21 and another poster (I think) who flamed me for "calling out" Armstrong for making only one catch in the game: I did not call him out for one catch; I called him out for knocking fans (and, evidently, that is what his tweet did do). The reference ("Perhaps Armstrong should catch more than one ball in a big game before knocking any fans") to one catch was an attempt (apparently unsuccessful) to make the point that Armstrong does not have the "street credibility" to call out the fans. If he was LeBron James or Tom Brady or (closer to home) Marcus Thornton then, yes, he can get away with saying more sensitive or controversial things. However, Armstrong is an average, serviceable wideout who I hope progresses into an above average (or great) receiver who helps the Tribe win many games. And so, to Jack Armstrong, I apologize if you took offense to what I (mistakenly) thought was an innocuous comment and I will certainly try to not make such comments in future.
Also, Tribe21, you must be some big honcho because you suggested (Post 435) that the thread be shut down and voila, it was so.
Thanks, all, for your time and attention. Now, on to another reply that I have been itching to write ....