Jack Burton
Pro Tank Since 13
Exactly!Don't be so dramatic we'll win games.
Why is so body negative
The Tank Thread is right there..
Exactly!Don't be so dramatic we'll win games.
No chip. I just give people the same energy they’re giving.You really have a chip on your shoulder, eh?
Appreciating the difference between the 2014-2017 era when our management team stepped on every rake within a 20 mile radius, and the period since when we have accrued Petey, Hughes, Miller, Schmidt, Hoglander, Rathbone, Podkolzin, Pearson (for Gudbranson) and seeing that there is a core and something to build hope around is not the same as 'accepting mediocrity'.
We are in a league of 31 (soon to be 32) teams. Yes, we spent 3 years there being truly awful and basically without direction. We now have a strong young core, and our window opens in earnest the year after next when we lose a lot of dead weight contracts.
I'm not asking fans to be as positive as they were in 2011 when we were winning President's trophies. I'm asking for a little bit of nuance. Maybe acknowledging that everything isn't awful and that there are reasons for hope.I wonder if it has anything to do with relentless losing and managerial incompetence????????
Just look at the record.....Benning has been a dismal failure. There is no need for nuance.I'm not asking fans to be as positive as they were in 2011 when we were winning President's trophies. I'm asking for a little bit of nuance. Maybe acknowledging that everything isn't awful and that there are reasons for hope.
Within that spectrum, you can still rant all you want about all of the awful contracts, etc.
But teenagers on this board think they are better hockey evaluators than Green and Benning combined. They frequently use post-hoc analysis and step away from their bad takes of the past, while drawing really uncharitable conclusions and then becoming irate about scenarios that they have made up in their head.
Ah yes, the ol' "I lack personal accountability thing."No chip. I just give people the same energy they’re giving.
stay strong POM. It's a highly unusual set of circumstances right now. It will settle down and the group will be better for itI'm usually not..but these are very unusual circumstances.
Not sure if you realize how “holier than thou” this post (the post not the poster) comes across.Ah yes, the ol' "I lack personal accountability thing."
When I'm a jerk it isn't my fault. It's the fault of whoever upset me.
People really tend to grow and improve when they refuse to take personal accountability for the way they treat other people.
Coping hard as if you didn’t walk in here w moral superiority and implications that everyone here was inferior because of their beliefs on a hockey teamAh yes, the ol' "I lack personal accountability thing."
When I'm a jerk it isn't my fault. It's the fault of whoever upset me.
People really tend to grow and improve when they refuse to take personal accountability for the way they treat other people.
To be honest, while it's difficult to watch, I would argue that our record from here on out is basically immaterial.stay strong POM. It's a highly unusual set of circumstances right now. It will settle down and the group will be better for it
Ya.stay strong POM. It's a highly unusual set of circumstances right now. It will settle down and the group will be better for it
He's sarcastically saying I'm obviously 150 IQ etc. I said it seems like he has a chip on his shoulder. He then says that it's my fault he responded that way. I don't think I was necessarily off base.Not sure if you realize how “holier than thou” this post (the post not the poster) comes across.
This says it all. You're hoping that I'm offended and upset. It seems like you would be happier if my day was ruined by this. It's a negative energy.Not sure how someone can come in acting superior and then play victim as if they didn’t initiate lmao
Someone’s hurt.
Yup, that’s definitely it.This says it all. You're hoping that I'm offended and upset. It seems like you would be happier if my day was ruined by this. It's a negative energy.
I realize I'm upsetting the applecart of constant negativity by suggesting that maybe there's room for something other than doom and gloom on these boards, but constant, myopic, polarizing negativity gets tiresome.
Fair enough. I agree with him. You’re pulling the holier then thou card because your account is 20 years old. Then playing dumb why you think it got worse when the team got worse.He's sarcastically saying I'm obviously 150 IQ etc. I said it seems like he has a chip on his shoulder. He then says that it's my fault he responded that way. I don't think I was necessarily off base.
I'm not playing dumb with respect to the morale here getting worse. It's all about proportionality though.Fair enough. I agree with him. You’re pulling the holier then thou card because your account is 20 years old. Then playing dumb why you think it got worse when the team got worse.
I think the board moderation contributes to the state of things here but I appreciate it’s harder than it seems like it should be.
I haven’t read those terms in months.I'm not playing dumb with respect to the morale here getting worse. It's all about proportionality though.
I have seen a plethora of posts that call anyone who dares defend a single move by the current regime a 'Benning Bro". I have also seen posts that equate "Benning Bros" with Trump supporters.
It's just a bunch of reductive, ad hominem stuff and it absolutely kills discussion unless it follows the party line to a T.