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Originally Posted by nmills  Haha smart guy. Ok I didn't write a 4 paragraph article for you to pay to read, but in my one short paragraph I thought I expressed some of the same thoughts.
One day I hope to be able to express myself like Flug's, that guy's a utter genius. Were lucky to have someone with his knowledge and captive writing style. I don't know what he does for a living but he should be writing article's for Sports Illustrated. He's my hero, I come here just to hear you two go back and forth. Your not to bad yourself, I just don't agree with most of your opinion's. Carry on now, I'll take notes. |
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really nice of you to say that on my behalf - much appreciated Mills! Don't sell yourself short you hammered out your point very well in about 8 paragraphs less than I would have needed. Advantage: you.
FWIW, I'm really just an average blowhard that considers the Browns and this board an enjoyable hobby. The reason this board is a hobby is because there's so many passionate fans that care enough to understand the depths of their favorite team - that I'm always learning from the daily exchanges here. That main purpose for me being here is because I don't know any more than the next fan and I DO lose debates like everyone else. Everybody in here has taught me something about this team that I didn't know at 1 time or another. That's pretty freakin cool! There's alot of you folks that need to give yourselves more credit. I mean that.
As a former player and coach from the stone ages, I'm wired to explore where to improve performance on the field. It's a highly competitive sport where I got an absolute thrill looking at film. "How did that squid assault my ass on that 1 play?" I was too high out of stance. There's a sensible explanation for everything you see, which is good because it's usually coachable/correctable. You can always SEE things on film so I'm not big researching paraphrases of media guys when they're telling me Steinbach isn't worth it every year. I watch film and see what I have to in order to understand why Mack and Thomas find him irreplaceable. Ironically, all 3 of them were good enough for Pro Bowl consideration in 2010 (2 were alternates - but that doesn't suck).
Shep and I have totally different taste in QBs and sometimes it gets higher intensity than it needs to be. We've been together in cyberspace since 1999 so when we're bumping chests it's like 2 siblings in the back seat of a long car ride. He offers alot of goodies to most of the discussions; and it can get entertaining watching him get creative to defend Alex Smith or Joey Harrington. I've been on some message boards that would have died without the Passion of the Shep during certain slow periods. I'm learning to have some fun with his quirky QB criteria. We're gonna start finding appropriate music to meet that hot criteria.
Anyway, sometimes the biggest compliment another fan can pay you is that he/she finds you interesting and significant enough to debate. Most people show alot of respect toward others in here. Even in disagreements I see some say "this is a good point but this is where I disagree." Sometimes there's some warranted golden rule and there's usually comical sarcasm.
Do you know when we as fans are most vulnerable to being wrong? When we get emotionally attached to a player we think offers everything we need from the right BIG school program. And we tend to really like guys that either played high school ball nearby or they come out of a favorite college conference or program. I thought guys like Andy Katzenmoyer, Big Daddy Wilkenson, Archie Griffen, Tom Cousineau, and Troy Smith were gonna be can't miss superstars. Knowing we needed a RB at the time - I loved me some William Green. I also bought all the Tim Couch Kool Aid as the pick of the litter. I think we've all done this more than we would have liked to because emotional commitments exceed willingness to see everything in certain comparisons. The HOMER element keeps me happy I have a day job and loving football as an escape from the real world realities.
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05-21-2011
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