Again, stop saying I called Tomlin brilliant when I NEVER ******* said it in my life here or in private.
No, you didn't. But you were clearly making a statement that cast Tomlin's drafting in a positive light. Yes, "brilliant" is an exaggeration of that, but I don't see how it's any worse than your psychoanalysis bullshit. You say I claim to be "all-knowing" and spewing bullshit "to give himself a giggle." So, no, I don't feel badly about tweaking your ridiculously pro-Tomlin evaluation of his drafting. I know you're no Tomlin nut-hugger, but you told us all that Gilbert is solid, that Sean Spence and Mike Adams are too young and fresh to be evaluated, that Wheaton is looking like a solid #2, etc. You used the performance of guys like Lewis/Wallace/Sanders on their NEW TEAMS - guys the FO chose to let walk - as proof that Tomlin drafts OK. With all due respect, how could anyone read all of that and not assume you're puffing up Tomlin's drafts a little?
If you would stop expounding other people's thoughts maybe you wouldn't piss people off so damn much. You can disagree with what I said, that's your prerogative and in the end you may even end up being right. I'm not an apologist for Tomlin, or any other member of the organization past or present. I watch and study plenty of football, it doesn't mean **** in the grand scheme of things though.
I could not care less whom I "piss off" on an internet message board, nor who thinks I'm pompous or a meeeeeanie. You'll notice I absolutely never "attack" someone who isn't already attacking someone - and I hope you realize the comment I made about you was friendly ribbing with a fellow Steeler fan with whom I've shot the **** for several years now.
I don't claim to be some ******* football oracle, nor do I claim to know the game on some otherworldly level. I didn't play after HS and college intramurals and I've never coached adults. What sucks is that most of this board nowadays thinks using logic and reasoning to explain your side of an issue is pompous and ******. Form an argument that goes beyond "Some of these guys may be good, someday, maybe! But who knows?!" and boom, you're a pompous douche and you've got five nut-huggers following you from thread to threat to ****-talk. Point out that Albert Haynesworth was actually never a true NT and you're a douchefuck who needs to have e-stones thrown at him.
This board has not always been that way. When someone comes out with **** like "Tomlin is awesome, and anyone who disagrees is a TRAITOR and a fake fan!!" yes, I call them out. And when someone is dead-flat-the-****-out wrong about something, I point it out. And when one side of a discussion offers NO analysis, NO reasoning, and uses Bill Cowher's 1994 drafts to prove that Tomlin is awesome before quickly exiting the thread.. yeah, I consider them a less-than-knowledgeable fan. Take this Tomlin debate, for example. You know good and well that logical arguments from Tomlin cheerleaders are few and far between. They usually go nowhere for a few posts, then someone mentions Bill Cowher, then the discussion ends. So I point it out. I ask for people to be accountable for opinions they cry and scream and kick their feet about. Excuse me for such boorish, assholish behavior.
I've met plenty of friends here over the years, and had some healthy disagreements with many of them over the team when I was being too negative. Difference is they never thought I was condescending.
Yes, I know. As I said, this board isn't what it once was. It used to
encourage long, detailed discussion, even if - GASP!! - one side actually felt they were right. Or felt that this Steeler or that Steeler isn't very good at football. Now, that type of discussion creates a thousand ****-flinging cheerleader monkeys who can't discuss anything in a logical manner. The only acceptable stance on any issue nowadays is, "I dunno! But we won the Super Bowl six years ago, so how can we criticize the Rooneys?!?"
Maybe you aren't trying to be either since you can't infer tone from the typed word. I see what I see, that's what I go with.
Then I'd suggest you (and others) turn down your Offend-o-Meter. It's the internet, and these are not personal attacks. I'm not ripping into anyone's dying children or calling anyone's mother a *****. I'd say about the most personal I've ever gotten is calling out one fuckstick over his opinion that sometimes women need an old-fashioned beatdown to calm them.
Besides, if I were truly an ultra-pompous windbag who thinks he's better than everyone, why would I post here (or anywhere) for 10+ years? Why would I have friendly acquaintances on here that I've known for years?
I can disagree with you without saying you think Cowher was the best coach ever, you know, since you didn't actually say it? I made an effort, it just wasn't good enough. I can live with that.
No, but you can certainly give a detailed psychoanalysis and tell me how awesome I think I am.
