357-419Or.... you could understand my actual point and follow that. What I said was that it is mature to state your beliefs and back it up with stats and observations. It becomes sad and childish when you have to say something like, "Gentry is clueless".
Do you see/understand the difference? A mature message board would have people saying like, "It frustrates me that we do X and Z when Y and S clearly work so much better as evidenced by this, that, and the other"
Do you see how that could still elicit great conversation and debate? Saying things like Gentry is clueless brings nothing more to the debate. It is both impossible to prove and pointless in the larger scheme.
I know the counter. I have read it for YEARS. "Dude, this is a message board. It's not a place to be serious or take everything so literally." To which I scoff. Any time you converse/share ideas, you should be trying to inform or attempt to be informed. This hiding behind the, "Don't take it so seriously" is just code for people who want to be lazy and immature in their thoughts. So yes, converse, debate, disagree, learn. But just leave out the hyperbole and the unprovable statements (Gentry is clueless) that add NOTHING to the conversation.
http://www.espn.com/nba/coaches/_/id/1499
Do you feel better now?