Welcome to the 10th Annual Finheaven awards

[Wildbill3]

Excellent post Bill and you are very deserving of the award.

I propose we make the man of the Year like a kind of hall of fame. Once you have won it you are not eligible to compete again for 5 years. Bump and myself agreed to not compete again and I think that should be the model going forward. This way each year we can honor our top members like John for all they do.

Brother BigBry is surely smile down on us for making this so special.

I think winning it once is enough really.

 

[phins_4_ever]

Congrats to the the winners, and a special thanks to our hardworking staff to bring this together this year.

I'm not sure where else to put this, might as well include this here (if you guys can think of a more appropriate place to post this please move it) but Winning the BigBry man of the year award means a lot to me.

First it says something about the quality of the membership I was nominated with, we have some of the greatest members on the interwebs, and I've formed a lifelong friendship with many of these guys. Second, to win it over john, (who was more deserving in my humble opinion) meant that in the the end john actually gave it to me. because if we had gone extra innings, i'm sure it was his. A bit more about john and I, you see a long time ago finheaven had a great crew of people, and eventually those great people had a bit of a falling out. In that falling out, john and I found ourselves on opposite sides of the fence, along with many long time members. Over time, it was john who extended multiple olive branches to multiple dolphins fansites. He's a real hero in this regard. It took me a bit longer to finally accept those branches, but john and I had a few more things in common. One , we both tried our hardest to take the high road in those difficult times. John admittedly succeeded more often than I did. And two John and I share a brotherhood that can't be broken by time, or distance. We're both Jarheads and Simper Fedilus isn't just a catchphrase, it's a way of life. So to win this over such a quality guy, all I can say is, it's his next year.

Finally a shoutout to the man this award is named after... rest in piece Bigbry, you cantankerous big hearted bastard.

Great post.
Now get your ass down to a game next year. :laugh

As I said in another thread great many thanks to Fishy and Nick for a job well done. Well organized.

And one more thing:
The Thread of the Year award is my first ever award on FH. But that is probably more a result of nobody liking me unless I do make burgers and beers (how about a Burger award). :laugh

While I am the recipient of this award I was just the thread starter. This award is really an appreciation of all the posters in that thread who participated, provided us with useful information and helped us get through Hurricane Irma.
So my thanks goes out to all those posters. This award is yours as well.

 

[fishfanmiami]

By the way guys our rookie of the year RayR is 71 years old. How cool is that :thumbsup

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

Congrats to the the winners, and a special thanks to our hardworking staff to bring this together this year.

I'm not sure where else to put this, might as well include this here (if you guys can think of a more appropriate place to post this please move it) but Winning the BigBry man of the year award means a lot to me.

First it says something about the quality of the membership I was nominated with, we have some of the greatest members on the interwebs, and I've formed a lifelong friendship with many of these guys. Second, to win it over john, (who was more deserving in my humble opinion) meant that in the the end john actually gave it to me. because if we had gone extra innings, i'm sure it was his. A bit more about john and I, you see a long time ago finheaven had a great crew of people, and eventually those great people had a bit of a falling out. In that falling out, john and I found ourselves on opposite sides of the fence, along with many long time members. Over time, it was john who extended multiple olive branches to multiple dolphins fansites. He's a real hero in this regard. It took me a bit longer to finally accept those branches, but john and I had a few more things in common. One , we both tried our hardest to take the high road in those difficult times. John admittedly succeeded more often than I did. And two John and I share a brotherhood that can't be broken by time, or distance. We're both Jarheads and Simper Fedilus isn't just a catchphrase, it's a way of life. So to win this over such a quality guy, all I can say is, it's his next year.

Finally a shoutout to the man this award is named after... rest in piece Bigbry, you cantankerous big hearted bastard.

Thanks Brother Bill. I just saw this tonight. Thanks for the kind words. Congrats again!

 

[Stoobz]

A huge Conga Rats to all the winners! Very deserving 8)