FB: Midwest Conference

[blu thru n thru]

Well Pat, trust me. You stopped it... 

[The Roop]

You never have enough time to cover all the games but you always seem to be able cover all the posts.
Precisely what have blu and I done wrong ?? Discussing article 38, paragraph 12, sub bullet 4811 isn't always that entertaining for most. So we post things that people outside the loop might be interested in.

I'll speak for blu and everyone on this. We love the board. If it's clean leave it alone. And yes. it will go away.

Beloit didn't hire me but I don't take it out on the rest of the conference. Granted the first time was a joke application but I thought I had the next one locked up. Guess I was wrong.

Good evening Sir.

[Moncolfan]

Didn't I warn you guys about irrelevant bantering on this site! Guess it was my only prediction that came through this year.  Can't figure out what prediction was more brash though- was it Monmouth winning the conference or that Texas was headed for the Pizza bowl.(Is it Papa John's or Little Caesars) Regardless neither team lived up to the hype and I thought they were both shoo-ins but alas they both underachieved. I am a glutton for punishment so here is how I see next year unfolding; MC and the Horns live up to the hype with MC returning to the D3 playoffs and UT heads to the most prestigious bowl since the days of the weedeater bowl an appearance in the Beef 'o' Brady Bowl.

[The Roop]

I'm thinking the Pioneer League would take Texas and Monmouth. It's a joke already so how much more harm can be done right ??

Texas St. would then move up to take the Horns spot in the Big whatever it becomes. SLIAC of division 1A if you ask me.

[Pat Coleman]

I'll speak for blu and everyone on this. We love the board. If it's clean leave it alone. And yes. it will go away.

You don't speak for everyone on this. This is from my email today, for example:

"Subject: Thank you
For putting an end to blu thru n thru hurting my eyes."

[The Roop]

I've looked back a couple pages and I'm still not seeing blu's crime. Granted he rarely makes sense but I've heard that said about myself.

If I ran to you every time I didn't like somebody's opinion the server would crash. Come on people. Lighten up.

Now before people get the wrong idea, again, Pat and I are not feuding. We're debating.

[doolittledog]

I don't see where anyone has violated TOS.  The MWC board has been one of the quietest boards on this site.  To see it open up and get a lot of conversation might be a bit different for some, and some might not like all the talk. 

I, for one, have loved following the conversation on here this past season.  It's been a lot of fun on here.   

[The Roop]

I've narrowed it to 3 suspects and contacted the State Department so their passports have been revoked. A cousin of mine worked on Bush 41s staff so I know people. Don't throw at the batters head if you are going to bat yourself.

[Moncolfan]

I'm guessing Blu crossed the line with either his Thanksgiving comment or picking IC to win conference. Had to be one or the other.

[The Roop]

Hi cousin Jane Doe, put a 4th one on the list.

[SNCOLDAD]

OK Guys. I will throw my OLD 2 cents into the fray. And then go back to my day job.  

I do not see that anyone was banned from the site.
I do not see that anyone was accused of violating the TOS for the site.
I do not see that anything was said that hurts anyone.

I do see 2 guys searching for a little conversation off topic.
I do see where this might be bothersome to some people. Mainly those that receive an email anytime there is a new post on this forum.
That, I am sure includes Pat as a moderator to make sure that things are not going off the deep end.
I also get an email each time as I am sure do a number of others.

I moderate another web site once in a while and that site had a group that went off on topics of anything rather than what the site was intended. It created a stir and a number of people felt the site had lost its direction and intent. So email notification was stopped by those people. Now you do not get feedback or input from them on a regular basis which is a loss to that website board.

Maybe, just MAYBE, if there is enough interest, Pat can create a separate forum that is for totally off topic discussions but that any of us can join in if we feel the urge. That way if we want notification of posts from that forum or not, we can make the choice.

I personally find it funny the way you 2 go back and forth, and yes, the MWC forum is not the most active. But then again I wonder how active a certain other forum would be without the Johnnie Fans?

I would ask that anyone out there wondering what blu or Roop might have done wrong relax. As far as I know they are not banned from the site (as Roop has shown) and that they are welcome to continue posting. I think that it may have finally gotten to the point where a couple of topics had been beaten into the ground far enough for Pat to ASK them to ease up.

This is extremely difficult to write and not talk as things can be misinterpreted so I hope I have explained what I think may be the point to this whole escapade.  

[blu thru n thru]

Let me clear this up as I exit the board.  To the best of my knowledge, I wasn't banned.  I don't respond well to being publicly admonished, nor the receipt that my contributions didn't make sense, or weren't positive additions.  I thought I was bringing something fun, keeping it light, stirring up some dialog, and promoting my team.  Apparently, I was wrong.  If I was "hurting someone's eyes" as Pat chose to publicize (adding insult to the injury of his publicly scolding), then my efforts on this site were not being received as, nor bringing the results, intended.  Thus, they will stop. The board can return to what it was.  I guess I just misinterpreted what it was all about.  But Pat, in the future, you may want to handle things more discretely.  That was pretty jacked up...

[The Roop]

Nice. Somebody has just run off a poster. I'm sure glad the board is that much better now.

[Pat Coleman]

Sorry -- if you're that sensitive then perhaps a public forum isn't for you. No, nobody was banned, no TOS was violated, just a simple request from the moderator to let the running joke die.

If BNT couldn't participate without that request, well, not much I can say about it.

Thanks, SNCOLDAD, for pointing out some very common-sense reasoning. Moncolfan, as I said already:

The running joke was funny for a while, but really ... enough is enough. I thought maybe it would die on its own but since it didn't, I had to put a stop to the silliness.

[Just Bill]

I thought blu thru n thru was fun to have around and livened up an otherwise ho-hum message board.  But really, if he's that sensitive, that he has to take his ball and go home, then so be it.  I guess Texans aren't as tough as they say.