You sure can't tell by his posts. Where was his sense of justice in the last two weeks.
That's a limited sample on one issue where he disagrees. It takes a hell of a lot more than that to become a troll.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.You sure can't tell by his posts. Where was his sense of justice in the last two weeks.
What's really sad is outside our group grope here, folks I talk to on the net are still big time into "Pats have a history of cheating" and "Then why were the Colts balls unaffected by the cold?".
They consider either statement a discussion ender and don't listen to long explanations.
It is what it is.
Embrace the H8
Not to offend you, but I have read enough of his posts on other topics to come to my opinion. We shall have to agree to disagree.That's a limited sample on one issue where he disagrees. It takes a hell of a lot more than that to become a troll.
I still think that the league will never investigate this. I don't think they want to find out that there is a conspiracy by the Colts and possibly Ravens to set up the Pats or Brady. I think they want this whole thing to go away not inflame it even more by showing there was a clear conspiracy to set up another team.
The Wells investigation may be classified as an "independent" investigation, but Wells and his company makes millions off of contracts with the NFL every year. So their findings will come up with whatever Goodell wants them to come up with. We saw with the Meuller investigation on how the league handled the Ray Rice situation, their independent investigators report what they want (all the damning stuff in that report were stuff Goodell already copped to).
I don't know if these allegations are true. But if the latest reports of the only ball significantly deflated beyond a few ticks or 1 PSI was the one that Jackson intercepted, then there is something fishy going on. I don't know how 11 balls are within 1 PSI or so of one another and there is one ball that is upwards to 2 PSI less than several of the balls and that ball happens to be the one intercepted by the Colts.
I just don't think the league wants this to go anywhere. I think they want the Wells' report to say the Pats' balls were deflated, there is no evidence of tampering, and the science is inconclusive and then give the Pats a nominal fine to give the impression to the haters that they know the Pats cheated, but they cannot prove it. It is bad outcome for the league, but it is their best of their possible outcomes.
That's a limited sample on one issue where he disagrees. It takes a hell of a lot more than that to become a troll.
Thanks for the backup, Ivan. I actually did the majority of my posting on this board before the reset in '04. At that time I was probably >10,000 posts. As the years have gone by it's gotten harder and harder to visit this place because of the unbelievably irrational posters here. Still a great spot for Pats news and I always come here to get the pulse of Pats Nation, but every time I get into a thread it ends this way. A bunch of irrational yahoos go on the attack because they can't handle the fact that the the Pats might be fallible in some way. The victim mentality is pretty tough to swallow, too.
Can't lie, though. I do get a laugh out of the people who are completely and utterly hypocritical on an issue, yet can't even see it when it's right in front of their face. You know, like crying to the heavens that the media is unfairly accusing the Pats for deflating balls, then immediately turning around and doing the same to the Colts. I mean, that's pure comedy.
Agreed. "...irrational yahoos..." - dead giveaway, just like "honk", "fanboy" and "footie-pajama wearer.". We all get it, we're a lesser species...We have proven ourselves unworthy
Schefter's final lines state the conundrum that would be invoked: "It does seem unlikely that the Colts would be conniving enough to deflate a football, then turn it in to the NFL and blame the Patriots. It doesn’t make sense that only one football was so under-inflated, though."
Read more at: http://nesn.com/2015/02/adam-schefter-there-are-people-who-believe-colts-deflated-patriots-football/
Agreed. "...irrational yahoos..." - dead giveaway, just like "honk", "fanboy" and "footie-pajama wearer.". We all get it, we're a lesser species...
Not a problem JD, however in all honesty I'm one of those taking n potshots at the Colts but it is for the comedy of it. Imo the Colts brought a two week sh.tstorm onto the Patriots and it was for one of the most absurd charges I have ever heard of. Not one person I know has ever even considered ball pressure before the Colts made it into the most crucial factor in any game, and the charges they leveled at the Patriots were ridiculous, so imo payback is a b.TCH and they deserve any ridicule we can heap on them.
The only thing I take seriously about this is that Ted Wells should treat the charge against the Colts as seriously as he does the one against the Patriots as both are completely ridiculous.
Good to see you posting though, take care
Well, not me. I don't want Irsay or Grigson to go ANYWHERE. I like them right where they are. Those two QB-centric fools know about as much about team-building as Daniel Snyder.What else can I say? Read the thread, the same people calling for the media's head on the front end are calling for Irsay and Grigson jobs on the backend. It's ridiculous. How do you take someone like that seriously? I'm all for giving the other team a little crap, but when it gets into rants and histrionics it's just not fun anymore.
You're preaching to the converted. I think they did it. But, unfortunately, there's a difference between "they very well could have deflated it intentionally" and "conclusive proof has been found that they deflated it intentionally."If the reports are true that they suspected under inflated balls from our first game they very well could have deflated it intentionally having a good idea that we were already under the limit.
We have proven ourselves unworthy
Yup.My opinion doesn't mean much. Use your own conscience as your guide, young Jedi.
I agree, the original deflategate fiasco was one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen. The Brady press conference was simply insanity, but at the same time, I don't think it was anything malicious or intentional by the media. They have a formula they stick to and they follow it for every story. It wasn't because it was Tom Brady, or the Patriots, it's because it has become the media's job to make a controversy out of every little things that crops up so they can fill the 24-hr news cycle. Don't report on stories, create them.
Politico media and sports media are on about the same level when it comes to this stuff. They've resorted to making things up just to fill the time they are forced to fill, and it comes at a severe detriment to the general populace. It's really despicable, but the reporters on the front lines are just fighting for a job. 90% of them wouldn't have made it in the news industry 20 years ago, there just wasn't a need to make everything into a story. The ones controlling the cycle are those truly to blame.
You can start by carefully reading people's responses with a genuine intent of understanding their point of view. When you assume a counter argument is false, without actually considering the opposing point of view, what is the point of taking part in the discussion?How do you take someone like that seriously?