OK, ENOUGH with this nonsense. This used to be a place for intelligent conversation, badinage between friends and a decent community full of knowledgeable football fans coming together for a common goal - the Dolphins. Yes of course you would get the odd thread from left field, but over the past 6 months, the intelligence level in posting has gone from the sublime and is now firmly entrenched in the ridiculous.
First of all, the place has been filled with new posters, which is great and something Andrew and George would advocate strongly. But at the risk of losing the long time veteran posters, I implore you to THINK about what you are writing.
Don't write in text speak. This is a website not a cellphone. If you think someone sucks, then the word is SUCKS not SUX. Speak properly for God's sake. That said, writing "Sucks" about someone spells out exactly what's wrong with your post.
As for the quality of what's contained in these posts, it's utterly laughable. I'll come onto the college game and the posting there in a minute, but the NFL posts are so substandard as to be utterly ridiculous. If I read another "RONNIE BROWN IS A BUST" post, I will leave this forum and never return. Most of you have ABSOLUTELY no idea about football. Brown is 2 GAMES into his career, trying to run behind one of the most stagnant offensive lines I have seen in 20 years of watching football. He missed the majority of training camp. He isn't a player that will adapt as quickly to the league as Carnell Williams. Williams is a sandlot runner for want of a better phrase. He has the back-yard moves that will bring instant success. Which we've seen. He also is playing behind a solid OL. You don't judge whether people are busts till the end of year 2. I remember less than a decade ago that it was year 3 - take a look at Eric Moulds who struggled tremendously his first 2 seasons and then burst into being one of the games finest midway through year 3.
To log in today and read a post that said that Brown could be cut after this season is utterly ridiculous. I mean embarrassingly pathetic. I pray that the person posting it was being ironic, but somehow I think not.
Saban is an idiot, Gus Sux, blah blah blah……NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Judging anyone on 2 games is foolhardy. If you have a criticism, form an argument. Use some brainpower and wordpower. You know…….stuff you learned at high school or college.
The same applies with college football. The majority of you seem to either hear names bandied about in the media or catch the odd highlight on College Gameday and suddenly annoint them either as a #1 pick or utterly useless, without EVER seeing the guy play. It's so stupid. Take the raft of "Leinart Sucks" posts last week. Juvenile in extremis.
Ruining this excellent website would, I thought, have taken a hell of a lot. But at the moment, this is what's happening.
THINK before you post garbage or I will campaign in the strongest possible terms to have you kicked out and if that doesn't happen, then you will lose the majority of great posters that have helped build this place.
Shape up for God's sake.
Boomer.
First of all, the place has been filled with new posters, which is great and something Andrew and George would advocate strongly. But at the risk of losing the long time veteran posters, I implore you to THINK about what you are writing.
Don't write in text speak. This is a website not a cellphone. If you think someone sucks, then the word is SUCKS not SUX. Speak properly for God's sake. That said, writing "Sucks" about someone spells out exactly what's wrong with your post.
As for the quality of what's contained in these posts, it's utterly laughable. I'll come onto the college game and the posting there in a minute, but the NFL posts are so substandard as to be utterly ridiculous. If I read another "RONNIE BROWN IS A BUST" post, I will leave this forum and never return. Most of you have ABSOLUTELY no idea about football. Brown is 2 GAMES into his career, trying to run behind one of the most stagnant offensive lines I have seen in 20 years of watching football. He missed the majority of training camp. He isn't a player that will adapt as quickly to the league as Carnell Williams. Williams is a sandlot runner for want of a better phrase. He has the back-yard moves that will bring instant success. Which we've seen. He also is playing behind a solid OL. You don't judge whether people are busts till the end of year 2. I remember less than a decade ago that it was year 3 - take a look at Eric Moulds who struggled tremendously his first 2 seasons and then burst into being one of the games finest midway through year 3.
To log in today and read a post that said that Brown could be cut after this season is utterly ridiculous. I mean embarrassingly pathetic. I pray that the person posting it was being ironic, but somehow I think not.
Saban is an idiot, Gus Sux, blah blah blah……NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Judging anyone on 2 games is foolhardy. If you have a criticism, form an argument. Use some brainpower and wordpower. You know…….stuff you learned at high school or college.
The same applies with college football. The majority of you seem to either hear names bandied about in the media or catch the odd highlight on College Gameday and suddenly annoint them either as a #1 pick or utterly useless, without EVER seeing the guy play. It's so stupid. Take the raft of "Leinart Sucks" posts last week. Juvenile in extremis.
Ruining this excellent website would, I thought, have taken a hell of a lot. But at the moment, this is what's happening.
THINK before you post garbage or I will campaign in the strongest possible terms to have you kicked out and if that doesn't happen, then you will lose the majority of great posters that have helped build this place.
Shape up for God's sake.
Boomer.
