(05-18-2023, 03:42 PM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: Because it quite clearly wasn't meant as a Balke diss. All I was saying was that this fits the Balke profile. I really feel like i'm speaking to my 90 year old grandfather trying to explain slang.


This is no different than if ETN broke off a 90 yard touchdown run and the commentators said "that was a nasty run by ETN"


A select group of posters on this board just argue for the sake of arguing, like do y'all have that much free time on your hands? Retirement that boring?

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I'm sorry, are any of these posts of consequence?  (For the record, I'm not dissing anyone's posts since I've posted more than most for longer than most over the years.)

Is anyone getting paid for posting here-especially by the team?

Has it been proven that a post on this board actually influenced the team making some sort of personnel or coaching decision?  As much as my ego would like credit for a good Jaguars decision I've advocated over the years, it's doubtful anyone even remotely associated with the Jaguars somehow scours this board in search of nuggets of wisdom from fans to somehow relay back to the Jaguars brass to use in their decision making.  Over the years, the occasional player has posted here for [BLEEP] and giggles, but the net effect was still the same:  this board is wholly inconsequential in terms of the impact it has on teams and their decision making.  So everyone who posts is, at the end of the day, does so for argument's sake...to exchange thoughts and ideas.

Does that, in itself, invalidate the opinions, arguments pro and con, etc? 

No, not if thee board is beheld in its proper context-a forum by which to offer opinions, convey news, etc.

That said, know that if you offer takes that stray from the dominant paradigm and are not persuasive enough to change or even significantly influence that dominant paradigm, if you offer takes that use words incorrectly, have factual errors, engage in personal attack, etc., you open yourself to all kinds of criticism.

Dismissively stereotyping those who disagree with your takes is not helpful if all you want to do is talk football.

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