12-30-2009, 06:01 PM
<!--quoteo(post=73419:date=Dec 30 2009, 03:42 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Dec 30 2009, 03:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=73416:date=Dec 30 2009, 03:31 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 30 2009, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=73413:date=Dec 30 2009, 03:23 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Dec 30 2009, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=73384:date=Dec 30 2009, 11:58 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Dec 30 2009, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->In the end, Hendry doesn't suck. He was infinitely better than KB will ever admit but not nearly as good as BT or scarey think he is.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yeah, see. THIS is why sometimes after reading this board, I want to kill myself.
Tom, quick, do me a favor and show me a time when I said anything remotely resembling "Jim Hendry is a GREAT GM!" (at least in the last 3 or 4 years). <b>I have continuously (and apparently pointlessly) referred to him as average to below average.</b> But on this board, when you take that controversial stand that "hey, maybe Hendry doesn't ass rape newly born puppies", that is the exact SAME thing as saying you LOVE him.
Countering KB's absurd disdain for Hendry is not the same thing as saying Hendry is great.
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Bt, do you realize how ironic that is? In the exact same post where you insist that people are wrongly stigmatizing you, you wrongly stigmatize me!
I agree with the part of your post that I boldened. (although I lean slightly more toward slightly below average instead of average. And even that is only because of his colossal payroll advantage. Otherwise, I'd say he's close to average. So, is it wrong to say that with an <i>above</i>-average GM, we might be closer to winning a World Series?)
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Dude, you can sit there and type that you think Hendry is an average Gm until your fingers fall off. Most of the rest of your posts say completely the opposite.
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Oh, I'm totally aware that we categorize board members according to extreme examples of their views. That's cool. I'm the "hate Hendry guy." According to the board, I want to squeeze his skull in a vise, and BT and Scarey want to lick his scrotum for 14 straight hours.
A rational person would concede that the truth is somewhere in between. But being rational means you can't categorize and stigmatize people. And that kind of thing would never fly on a sports forum.
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KB, you have SAID Hendry is "the worst GM in the majors" on at least one occasion. I've seen you post it on ESPN comments. You have categorized his failure to sign Furcal as inexcusable. You have mocked virtually every supposed bad move he has made as "typical Hendry". When anyone posts some imaginary scenario that Hendry would "probably" screw up, you immediately tell them how spot on they are.
I have no doubt that you may not personally hate the human being that is Jim Hendry. You may not wish violence upon him. But to suggest that you hate him in his capacity of GM is not an exaggeration of your posts, but I would say, a pretty accurate reading of your posts.
Tom, quick, do me a favor and show me a time when I said anything remotely resembling "Jim Hendry is a GREAT GM!" (at least in the last 3 or 4 years). <b>I have continuously (and apparently pointlessly) referred to him as average to below average.</b> But on this board, when you take that controversial stand that "hey, maybe Hendry doesn't ass rape newly born puppies", that is the exact SAME thing as saying you LOVE him.
Countering KB's absurd disdain for Hendry is not the same thing as saying Hendry is great.
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Bt, do you realize how ironic that is? In the exact same post where you insist that people are wrongly stigmatizing you, you wrongly stigmatize me!
I agree with the part of your post that I boldened. (although I lean slightly more toward slightly below average instead of average. And even that is only because of his colossal payroll advantage. Otherwise, I'd say he's close to average. So, is it wrong to say that with an <i>above</i>-average GM, we might be closer to winning a World Series?)
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Dude, you can sit there and type that you think Hendry is an average Gm until your fingers fall off. Most of the rest of your posts say completely the opposite.
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Oh, I'm totally aware that we categorize board members according to extreme examples of their views. That's cool. I'm the "hate Hendry guy." According to the board, I want to squeeze his skull in a vise, and BT and Scarey want to lick his scrotum for 14 straight hours.
A rational person would concede that the truth is somewhere in between. But being rational means you can't categorize and stigmatize people. And that kind of thing would never fly on a sports forum.
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KB, you have SAID Hendry is "the worst GM in the majors" on at least one occasion. I've seen you post it on ESPN comments. You have categorized his failure to sign Furcal as inexcusable. You have mocked virtually every supposed bad move he has made as "typical Hendry". When anyone posts some imaginary scenario that Hendry would "probably" screw up, you immediately tell them how spot on they are.
I have no doubt that you may not personally hate the human being that is Jim Hendry. You may not wish violence upon him. But to suggest that you hate him in his capacity of GM is not an exaggeration of your posts, but I would say, a pretty accurate reading of your posts.
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