someone tell Captain Obvious his job is still safe, 'cuz apparently, this is the only guy who didn't get this was a humorous attempt at some levity to diffuse the risk of this thread going from snarky to nasty.
I will resist the temptation to make this all about me.
You have a confusion, including but not limited to, my actual passionate advocacy of my positions/proposals, and your slander of a vainglorious ego.
My positions are what they are.
If and when you can prove I'm wrong, I'll be happy to own up to that.
Unless and until then, I stand by what I say.
You and the handful of extreme critics who won't concede water is wet can stand down.
And this does not address your own continued misrepresentations, which being repetitive, suggest they are intentional. You recently said I said Nieves was the fastest Ranger, or something to that effect. I never said that. I am on record with Kreider was the fastest, with obviously elite speed, and Nieves had superior speed [along with other factors], making him an ideal complement for Kreider.
Why don't you do us all a favor and make sure you have the facts right before you start throwing mud. That is a courtesy everyone on this board should extend at all times, to extent one insists on mud throwing.
And while what I say may not be immediately recognized, in the long run, much of it is true, and the herd that goes against is ultimately wrong. The example here is Stepan. It was obvious we had to deal him when we did, and we were fortunate AZ overpaid us. What was not immediately seen at first glance and what was lost in the shrift is the fact it was correct to call to trade him earlier on, when we would have gotten more for basically the same production asset at less salary cost.
Time and truth will see who is right.
In the meantime, maybe you can dial down the pernicious snips you insist upon.
Facts....really? You are the last guy who should be talking about anyone else's facts, when don't use them yourself.
Your theories are usually completely devoid of them and are obviously based more on whims and desire to be right than actual facts.
Bern's there is no "US". It is just you that people here have openly criticized and laughed at. Spare them the ridiculous proposals that are not well thought out, lack any valuation of players and team needs. That isn't intelligent.
Your ego.....implying that your theory is akin to being water is wet, is exactly what I mean. You are the only person who thinks this way. You have the extremist opinion here. Boo Nieves is barely a 4C, nothing more....THAT is water being wet, THAT is factual. Your notion otherwise is not intelligent, it is not based on fact. Your ego and need to be "right" prevents you from using common sense to see that your theory is bunk.
You can stand by your positions that is fine but you act as if they are correct. They can only be substantiated by actually coming to fruition but only you can't see that they won't. Until they do, you aren't correct. Because they don't, and won't, it only substantiates that your theories are wrong or nothing more than day dreams.
Regarding Boo's speed, there are literally 100's of posts and dozens of threads where you took the position that he was the the logical choice to play with Kreider because he could keep up with him, so lets not play semantics. Is Kreider faster than Boo? it doesn't matter.........many people have already called you out citing that Nieves may be a fast skater but he lacks the actual skill to be a 1C. So, this is really a non issue. So the notion that he would be a logical 1C is what is being misrepresented here by you. Again the overwhelming "No's" to what you said there are deafening. Nobody agrees with you. It is not a small contingent of extreme critics.....it is virtually EVERYONE.
Please stop with Stepan. We are talking trades and proposals. You continue to hang your hat as being correct on something from 4 or 5 years ago as if you were the only person who said this is silly. It really was a ground ball. You've been wrong about pretty much everything prior and since that. If a broken clock is right twice a day, that is 100% more accuracy than you've had.
I personally do not like to get personal with anyone, but your passive aggressive insults dictate how people respond to you. If you could reign in that ego and lose the passive aggressive style, you might be taken a bit more seriously. I might not "snip" at you all that much then. Until then I still look at you as the village idiot.
