The article he linked was subscription based Op-Ed, so I asked for the relevant specific quote he was referencing. Clearly the free part had nothing of merit, and unless he provided more, it was irrelevant. He clearly understood, and first provided the quote you provided above. So I never glanced at the full article, and never said I did. Neither was it the main quote in focus in the post from which you drew my latter quote, which was concerning a supplemental quote (which I argued supported his claim better) and the discussion about the extent to which either of the quotes supported his claim, which is not at all apparent. Which goes into your silly little apology post. There's a nearly insurmountable amount of wiggle room I would have as a debater to demonstrate that the quotes he provided didn't match the strength of his assessment of them. I actually argue that for a bit, and only pull the "agree to disagree" card because I don't feel like reiterating myself to further a debate over something I don't actually think could ever be conclusively proven one way or the other, that we would be opining on the exact mental state of the coaching staff with regards to Necas from some vague comments. The best case scenario in such a debate would be a long drawn-out discussion about hockey-related linguistics that would be speculative in nature, and you probably found the other debate about language to be as or even more of a bore, so I wouldn't blame me from side-stepping this one.
That you perceived or misperceived the conversation to have gone one way or the other, or some characters to have some levels of merit or not, is really not either here nor there. It took us a while to see what really was at hand, and it turned out that I had taken exception to a claim that Leopain had not intended to make, at which point I took the step back because I agree with the claim that he did make.
At this point I could give you some life advice as well, acting as though I had some superiority in presumed age or maturity, and assert that you will need to know it or face some sort of consequence down the line. Perhaps at this point you will have already perceived that you found logical holes or gaps in my argument prior. So the likelihood that you will want to take any advice from me, someone who theoretically at this point will have both proven myself in your eyes to be illogical and have attempted to patronize you...how do I say this...it's fairly negligible. So I hope you can also understand where I come from with regards to your advice. If you have a good heart, at least I thank you for the effort afforded.