No. I dont understand. I acknowledge all opinions opposite to mine. Especially when they prove right or are right for a game or a few games. No one can say I haven't come here and said "I was wrong".i have plenty of times. I don't think anyone is stupid for thinking something different than me. Swiftwin? Not stupid. You? Not stupid? Ice-Tray? Not stupid. Simply different. I'm here to read your opinions.
You do seem to get posters in categories and only remember posts by those posters that fit your idea of them.
And people that call me. Out for being glass half empty. Uhh yeah. When it comes to sports. Damn right I am lmao. My sports teams have beaten me into submission.
It's not about being wrong or right, seriously I don't care about that (unless it's facts). I never said that someone was stupid for his opinions on a hockey board. Maybe people who don't like me will try to paint it that way, but it's never personal, it remains opinions about the game that we love. Intelligence is way too complex to be able to determine if someone is smart or not based on posts here, or trying to determine how a person is. Although, you can certainly feel the "hockey savvy". Like Bert for example, I often disagree with him (or totally agree) but you know the guy knows what he is talking about. Fuhr was like that too, however he was more of a "board agitator" like he even called himself, so he was posting a bit "on purpose" to push agendas.
In short, FormentonTheFuture was mocked and brought to the edge of frustration (I guess?) because he was overly positive and sometimes to the sense of derision (I called him out sometimes too, like for his opinions on Mantha and Wings for example)
I'm just saying that you do exactly the opposite, so at the other extreme of the spectrum with negativity. I've seen some posts where I was like "finally a bit of sunshine", so I guess there's hope
Are you posting like that because you're too emotional and the team piss you off? My opinion is just to take it easy, it's just a game after all and they're the ones making millions. We are only observers and IMO, it's better to stay even-keel with it (never too high, never too low). Once you do that, frustration diminishes and you end up being a bit more "relax" on players, etc.
I never said it was not ok to call out a bad play (like I did for Condon the other night for example, and several times because that play was one of the worst I have ever seen) but being "on the case" of a player becomes bias and scapegoating which IMO is not "healthy" for both the fan and the player. Imagine what Carey Price has been going through this year. Many people in Montreal have really been "on his case" and it doesn't help anything, at all. I say let's not make the same mistakes (like we did with Spezza for example)
I am not putting anybody in categories, but you read comments and you know when someone is really pushing the negativity (or positivity like FTF did) to an extreme where it doesn't make much sense anymore. I'm far from being the only one to have noticed that (you're not the only one doing it), but I am really not afraid to talk about it and even get more hate towards me, like l'aveuglette just did in the post below. People will always hate when they get the wrong message or perception. There is a few posters that really never understood my message, which is in summary : even when we are frustrated, we should always try to be fair and respectful to the players, coaches, GMs, etc. But maybe they're right and I am really evil!
I don't mind you at all (because you stay respectful) and never put you on ignore, I'm just letting you know
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Sorry, but what am I suppose to say then?
"People harping on Boro, Burrows or Oduya really figured out all the teams problems!"
lol think about it.
Saying that you don't understand something about hockey is NOT an insult.
Anyway, did you think that my original comment was necessarily directed at you, or even for this game? There has been other games, other GDTs, other threads and many comments about those goats.
Like I have always said : if the hat fits, put it. If you don't feel it's directed at you, then don't. Problem solved.
No no no, Xspirit is the original "call-out other posters as not knowing hockey" guy. Give him his due man.