No, I got his professional/hockey referrals all right. But having experienced hockey doesn't a writer makes you, you know?
It went overboard when the writer lashed out at a fan here just because he was a moderator voicing casually his opinion. There was no reason to be so rude to Overlords, and he adopted a passive-aggressive tone for most of his posts here.
There is. No question about it; I love HockeyFuture's prospect database. They are at their strongest when they assess team's current prospect pools.
But this article wasn't that. This article was merely a rehash of last season + a summary of one of their prospect page, which they pulled out of a hat (and don't give me: "oh, but it was following a draft simulation", yhea, like draft simulations ever get close to reality past the 4 first picks). There was substantial to learn from it; just a page made to bait hits from forum members.
Hell, Thicke himself acknowledge that the formal is pre-set by the site's editor. Whether the fault should be attributed to him or the format (I think it's the latter, since Thicke has demonstrated very good argumentative skills) doesn't change the fact that it's a
useless article.
1) No. Well, I doubt political writings is any form of opposition to Hockey Future.
2) Neither. I occasionally criticize other posters, but I prefer to prop up those who write good posts. And I rarely take the time to bash on sportswriters (or wannabes). It's just that this one happened because I thought criticism of the article was fair, and the passive/aggressive lash out was definitely out of place.
I may think Thicke's opinion of Subban is very wrong, but I'm not criticizing him about that. I am criticizing the form he used to write about feedbacks he received, I am criticizing the format he used to write his bloody useless article.
Am I? Do you think Overlord deserved a "shut up, you are a moderator and should not speak ill of Hockey News's article"? Do you feel it was necessary to have a last season recap in the article?
I did read whole of your post, and that still does not answer my question. You know not anyone can just pick up a keyboard and start writing? Why claim you have no "desire to become a sportswriter" as a form of defense, when you are clearly writing some sports article using your past credentials? At least, I suspect you aren't just banging up stuff randomly with your keyboard.
Also, I still can't go past the reaction you gave for the feedback you got. Which was:
SHUT UP. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO VOICE AN OPINION AGAINST US.
You acted pettily and defensive from the get-go. Poor behavior following a poor article.
But hey, it's all good. I can say the most aggressive things to you and come out all right because I insert this smiley at the end!!
Right?
RIGHT?!