haveandare
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That's the point, it's impossible to skip. If you had kept it in the Glass thread, I'd just skip that thread. But Glass hate is in every thread and people obviously get off on it, getting some sort of sick pleasure from hating him because it's like waking up a barking dog for someone to mention the name Glass. Suddenly a dozen people start yelling the same thing over and over again in the same thread. You literally have the same person posting the same thing within a few hours in the same thread.
The only way I know that I didn't want to read a post is if I already read it. I can't avoid it. Every Pre-Game, GDT, Post-Game, transaction, stats, etc thread is in large part about Glass. Apparently there is nothing else to talk about when it comes to hockey.
It's NOTHING like it.
For one, it's mostly been kept in the Talbot and Lundqvist thread, spilling out elsewhere only on a limited basis. Here, it's in every freakin' thread.
Two, when it comes to Lundqvist/Talbot, it was a long discussion for only a few days, but otherwise just a post here and a post there. With Glass, we have pages upon pages upon pages of the same exact statement that Glass is the worst hockey player ever and AV is blind.
Three, with Talbot/Lundqvist, it was only for a short time while Lundqvist was out. With Glass, a few people went nuts in July and it simply has not stopped since. Every day, it's the same statement repeated at least a few dozen times: Glass is the worst hockey player ever and AV is blind.
No, with Glass it's unprecedented. The only thing that even resembles it is McIlrath hate, but even that is far, far more limited.
I really get what you're saying here, but the problem is that talking about Glass in multiple threads is in fact relevant because the decision making on playing him effects an awful lot of things about this team.
Tonight, they can clinch the division. MSL is back. Glass is playing, Sheppard is scratched. Is it annoying to hear about how terrible of a call that is? Maybe. Is it relevant to tonight's game though? Absolutely.
In a thread about the playoffs, again, this team got gutted by an effective NJD fourth line in their second best postseason in years. They also struggled against an effective OTT fourth line. This year, the NYI fourth line has given them headaches. We know the power of rolling four good lines, and we're looking at starting the playoffs with three effective lines. We know how important players like Moore are, and we know that he plays worse with Glass than he plays shorthanded. Again, annoying to hear about? Sure. Relevant? You bet.
As annoying is it may be to hear about it, as someone who writes about it fairly often, it's just as annoying to me to see the team constantly handicap itself. We all spend a lot of time and energy following this team and investing in their successes and failures. We all want them to win. We all know that the window is open now, and it's not going to be open forever. Seeing this poor decision made again and again frustrates me as much as anything about a sport that I'm a fan of can possible frustrate me. Venting about it and hearing that others are also frustrated by it takes the edge off a little bit. It's a sport, and we should all keep it in perspective, but as much as it can matter, this fact about this team matters.