So ~ in your view ~ I cannot admire the man, yet still find him flawed, and capable of the occasional idiotic move??
That, my friend, is nonsense.
The "In Bill We Trust" club is populated by folks who ~ rather than judge Coach Bill as a mortal ~ simply declare "In Bill We Trust" whenever an insanely stupid move confounds their view of the guy. They abdicate their own judgment, willfully choosing to believe that any given move ~ no matter how clearly and egregiously stupid ~ could not possibly be so.
I choose to live in the real world: Coach Bill is the greatest in all the land, but he does occasionally perform the most unspeakably stupid acts.
Everyone knows it.
Yet so many ~ like you, evidently ~ are incapable of reconciling the brilliant man with the stupid act.
Apparently, you see him as some immortal, perfect being.
I suffer no such delusions.
So, yes: I do not subscribe to the unfathomably vapid notion that Coach Bill is incapable of stupid acts. And I further reserve the right to call him on them, and express my intense displeasure.
But that does in no way mean that I do not greatly admire the man.
And if that concept is beyond your capacities ~ as is clearly the case ~ then that is your failing, not mine.
This is awful. I appreciate that you like to use big words and unique typing styles. That does not wash away that you had an absolute meltdown last night, and I think most of the intelligent people here know why: they didn't take your guys. That's it, right?
I complimented you on your acumen with regards to following the prospects, and I genuinely like most of what you write. But to describe acts as "insanely stupid" and "lunatic" without actually knowing the results of those moves is foolishness. I know that your style is over the top, and you are emotionally attached to the players that you covet. That is fine, it's one of the reasons I enjoy reading your posts. But to attack the intelligence and acumen of people who disagree with your take is foolishness. Are we not entitled to our opinion? When you say you no longer belong to the In Belichick We Trust Club, which means that you believed in what he did until this weekend, what you are essentially saying is that you know better than someone who you acknowledge to be the "best in the land, bar none." THAT IS NOT TRUE. I know you are upset, that is fine. Voice your opinions like an adult. Do not call people names. When people call you names, do not respond in turn. I called you no names, nor degraded or twisted your viewpoint. You say "in your view ~ I cannot admire the man, yet still find him flawed, and capable of the occasional idiotic move??" These are idiotic moves
in your opinion. He did not draft a punter in the top ten. He did not pass on selections. To describe a move as "clearly and egregiously stupid" would mean that it would have to be clear to all the level of egregious stupidity involved in the move. How is it clear that taking players who many of us feel can contribute to our favorite team is egregiously stupid? That's clear? Get over yourself man. I like what you contribute, but you are making yourself seem petty, vindictive, and overcompetitive. To say that everyone who agrees with you is stupid, or that I am abdicating my own judgment (as if you would know that I am doing so, that you would know what my judgments are and have past been) is as arrogant as arrogant can be. Take a step back. You called this draft an "atrocity" and said, "THIS is the sort of thing that compelled me to turn in my keys to the In Bill We Trust club." This is the height of arrogance from someone who has not proven himself to know what the people in the front office in Foxboro know.
You, who enjoy saying things like "with all due respect to brother (insert handle here)", who take time to be cheerful and joyous in your posts, react like a spoiled child who did not get what he wanted for his birthday, and you call people names and insult people's intelligence. You put words into people's mouths--I find him an immortal, perfect being? Where did I say that? Saying things are beyond my capacities? You insult the members of the In Bill We Trust Club while acknowledging that you were a member not more than 48 hours before your rant. To hell with that. There's no room for that in intelligent discourse. How can you insult us for not living in the real world while you make up your own names for positions? Can you not see your hypocrisy? Cool it my man, you are not the cosmos.
It is not without precedent for you to get way caught up in excitement, only to backtrack and admit that you got ahead of yourself. For evidence, see the following:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...-right-guard-project-super-beast-up-side.html In which you backtrack on what you have said only moments later. I will ask you to stop insulting your fellow members of this board, who tolerate a good deal of things from many posters but will not tolerate being insulted for having a viewpoint that does not mesh with yours. To say things are "clear" is to have a body of evidence attached to an opinion, and we do not yet have the benefit of hindsight to apply this. You have called Belichick a lunatic and declared that you no longer trust him. I can only hope you were drunk when you posted this (I have a sneaking suspicion), otherwise you are coming very close to declaring yourself a superior football mind to he. I assure you, you are not.
I have and will continue to disagree with decisions Belichick has made during his tenure. I do not wear rose-colored glasses. I attempt to figure out why a pick was made, rather than attempt to predict which picks will be made and then run around kicking over other people's sandcastles when the predictions I made do not come to fruition. Or, far worse, insulting people for actually trying to understand what our esteemed front office is attempting to do. The sky is not falling, Off The Grid. The only thing that is falling is your lofty perch as a poster of esteem with every time that you insult, degrade, or name call someone who does not feel like we just pissed in our own cheerios. I ask you to stand down. Your indignation is anything but becoming.
