You say there's no race associated to it, but there's enough posts to suggest you're choosing to take the highroad now, when clearly, you guys missed the mark then. It wasn't just that one guy. For the record, I have 0 issues with negative feedback. I'm used to it by now in this business.
You are the furthest thing from a welcoming community, but I'm glad I didn't even notice when it mattered. If you were, I'd probably take the feedback with more positivity, but I just see jargon by those with a difference of opinion and a negative, closed-minded outlook. Nothing to learn here.
I only replied because it was my first time seeing these, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Fact is, for the keyboard warriors were out to play and I only now have a chance to not only defend, but revisit your claims and mine. Since we're talking prospects, what better time? I love the passion, it's cute. I'm from Toronto and hate my fan base. We are delusional and everyone's a pundit. I see no difference here.
I was certainly qualified to report on hockey prospects and I was FORCED to take the Blues on a paid basis. Understand that part. So when I say nobody gave a shit, it's not me, it's everyone else who cared to cover the sport. I was offered to cover the WJC every year in person while covering hockey, and there's a good chance I end up coaching in the near future. So, replying to the forum crowd is really just the cherry on top.
Looks like I took a lot of shit for ranking Binnington #1 on a regular basis, but chances are you don't get that Cup without him. My favorite part of it all is the aggressive peanut gallery who only wants to sit on the sidelines. There will always be more of you than me, and I'm okay with that.
I'll leave it at that. Thank you for your time then, and now.
Zero issues with negative feedback, and you're bitching at us and doing the equivalent actions of a child who wants to say, "I told you so!" on threads that are older than some trees and had not been replied to in a long time. You mention racial issues and accuse all of us of being the same as those people when
you don't know this community; in fact, had you come to this community with good intentions, we
would've welcomed you, like this community has welcomed me, even being transgender myself. But
no, you had to passive-aggressively gloat about yourself being "right" after bumping threads, just to say, "I told you so!" like a kindergartener.
If you bothered to learn
anything about this community, if you bothered to
learn from your mistakes, and YES, take the f***ing feedback, no matter how negative, no matter how much you think it doesn't apply to your writing, we would've welcomed you, and we would say, "Holy shit, this guy's actually solid, I'm glad he's writing for us." You - never - did.
Delusional? Passionate? That's every fanbase, no matter the sport, no matter the team, as you've said yourself. Everyone has a separate opinion, some of us are delusional, but that's okay because of the passion we all share for our team. All of have an opinion. It apparently takes a bigger person than you to accept that and not act like yours is superior to everyone else's.
Qualified when you said Ty Rattie - Ty Rattie - was our best skating prospect. Bull. We watch the Blues games. A lot of us watch the Blues prospects. A lot of us know more about hockey than you and me, but the difference is that I shut up and learn. You never did and never tried.
And you are
so welcoming yourself, saying that nobody who cared to cover the sport gave a shit about the Blues. That just proves that you didn't give a shit about your job. Paid? Certainly. Anyone can take a paycheck to write shit, but it takes a
real writer to actually research shit, learn shit, do shit properly. You are the furthest thing from a real writer because of your bitching and whining and childish behavior, and I feel sorry for the players you're going to supposedly coach.
Oh, and Binnington had a solid, solid run, but if we don't have O'Reilly, it doesn't matter what Binnington does. If we don't have the defense of Parayko and Bouwmeester, it doesn't matter what Binnington does - as has been proven by the defense this year. He was an okay prospect (he was in the ECHL for a reason), and a good reason why we won. But he's not
the main reason we won.
But yeah, thanks for your condescending, passive-aggressiveness, and childish behavior. You won't be missed by us, that's for damn sure.