[Hulk01]

Sure, L is Longwinded.  We battled a lot but I never was even tempted to block his posts.  I left the Bootleg when my subscription lapsed because there were threads on which two-thirds of the posts were guys I had blocked.  It didn't feel healthy to expose myself to the thinking, and thinking is too high a praise for too many of the posts there.

LW shared the opinions of many of the blocked guys.  But LW actually offered evidence.  There was ample proof that he was watching the games and knew some of things to look for. 

T is Teejers.  I kept reading him but after several years I could have written the posts for him.  Teejers likely will die of worry; he never lacks for lack of confidence. 

Everyone else was random.  There is a cadre there who rant about Shaw's smugness but I cannot name any of the members, although LW may belong to that one, too.

The Bootboard is infected with the idea that the problem is always the coaching.  The exception is Longwinded, who believes that the problem is everything.  I tend to look more at the players, particularly the defenders (notably, over the years, Bo McNally and Ed Reynolds).  In that vein quickly, I campaigned from the beginning to put Lyons at safety, saying that he would be a Duck killer there.  He in great north-south but struggles east-west; he is not a hip flipper. But he could be a first three round draft choice at safety after next fall.  The two scouts I know think he's in a class with Reynolds and Richards, but they have Carter in a class almost alone.

I was tempted to do a Terry thread but feared that it would be viewed as a jab.  Terry brings the data as well as anyone, as most of you know.  I also have great respect for Steve Durrett, who would have gained admittance to Stanford even if they got down to 1% yields.  That man's brain hums.

But most of all, the board is bad-mannered.  You just want to bitch slap some guys over there.  Not for me. 

[Hulk01]

Sure, L is Longwinded.  We battled a lot but I never was even tempted to block his posts.  I left the Bootleg when my subscription lapsed because there were threads on which two-thirds of the posts were guys I had blocked.  It didn't feel healthy to expose myself to the thinking, and thinking is too high a praise for too many of the posts there.

LW shared the opinions of many of the blocked guys.  But LW actually offered evidence.  There was ample proof that he was watching the games and knew some of things to look for. 

T is Teejers.  I kept reading him but after several years I could have written the posts for him.  Teejers likely will die of worry; he never lacks for lack of confidence. 

Everyone else was random.  There is a cadre there who rant about Shaw's smugness but I cannot name any of the members, although LW may belong to that one, too.

The Bootboard is infected with the idea that the problem is always the coaching.  The exception is Longwinded, who believes that the problem is everything.  I tend to look more at the players, particularly the defenders (notably, over the years, Bo McNally and Ed Reynolds).  In that vein quickly, I campaigned from the beginning to put Lyons at safety, saying that he would be a Duck killer there.  He in great north-south but struggles east-west; he is not a hip flipper. But he could be a first three round draft choice at safety after next fall.  The two scouts I know think he's in a class with Reynolds and Richards, but they have Carter in a class almost alone.

I was tempted to do a Terry thread but feared that it would be viewed as a jab.  Terry brings the data as well as anyone, as most of you know.  I also have great respect for Steve Durrett, who would have gained admittance to Stanford even if they got down to 1% yields.  That man's brain hums.

But most of all, the board is bad-mannered.  You just want to bitch slap some guys over there.  Not for me.