Comments for BBS's article entitled "why you are going to hate me" or something like that.

i liked the article, so w.e 8-)

He did have one factual mistake but oh well. Anyway there are some things I don’t really care for about his postsbut its the way he is though he has started changing and not all in right way it seems.

and I truly do respect his opinions, because after all…as head of this blog he should have opinions. The only thing I disagree with is him not giving the same respect to people that have differing opinions. It seems that sometimes he thinks his opinion is the only right one…and that no one else know what they are talking about. When the arrogance starts to happen (like it did in the Thomas article), then a lot of my respect and tolerance goes out the window.

I don’t have a problem with him being the opinionated person that he is…and I love this blog so I’m very thankful to him for starting it. But at least he could try to be more respectful of some people that don’t agree with him, instead of just acting like his opinion is the only one that matters.

You can slam, who you want, BUT take a deep breath and think about it. An ankle sprain, a broken bone in your foot, a shoulder sprain means, that Thomas’ knee inevitably will blow up? Those injuries do not raise the chances of a knee injury. Also, he got through 26 games and 36 months without an injury. This is logical, reasonable argument.

Who is injury prone? For example Hayden, who had 3-4 hamstring injuries in a 10-12 month period.

Also, I think most media scouts are stupid and can’t possibly have first hand information about hundreds of prospects.

because in his mind he is a martyr, a sensible and well meaning harbinger of truth. We all are simple minded fools who just don’t understand the greater picture of the Colts place in the NFL. We are all simpletons who root for the Colts no matter what. Our players are the greatest no matter what everyone else says. We do not understand that people are flawed. However, BBS, the Moses of our time, is leading us through the desert of ignorance and to the promised land that only his all seeing eyes can reveal. BBS is never wrong and those who believe he is are just idiots who are homers and don’t understand reality. Luckily he understands the reason we have less than admirable feelings for him is because sometimes he says bad things about the Colts, even though most of them are unfounded, and the Colts organization hates him because he’s a shining beacon of truth and not because his raving lunacy is something posters don’t want to identify with let alone a professional organization. Frankly our great savior is the face of this blog no matter what and therefore we are identified as a collective by his lunatic rants about his personal greatness. THAT is why we have an issue with him. He is the Tom Masse of Colts Nation.

BBS says:

“As you all know, I was not happy with the Thomas pick, and the reason I wasn’t happy was because many people at the NFL Draft were shaking their heads at it. However, those same people did not have the stones to write anything bad about the selection even though they knew it was bad. One reason they didn’t is because they knew they’d get the reaction I’ve gotten. Again, it’s work for me to write stuff that points out an obviously bad decision by Bill Polian, but it’s my job.”

Deshawn Zombie says:

“This doesn’t mean Thomas was a bad pick. Does anyone remember Brandon Burlsworth? He was the Colts 3rd round pick a decade ago. The young man was killed shortly after the draft. That wasn’t a bad pick. It was a tragedy. This is obviously not to that level, but it is still tragic. Unfortunately for Thomas and the Colts, it means we may never get the chance to judge if it was a bad pick or not.”

Notice the difference?

One of these bloggers is a Colts fan, who’s still willing to wait. One is a self-righteous antagonist who jumps to conclusions and whose main concern is still proving that he’s right, despite all the negative reactions he’s gotten. You’ve gotta hand it to him, he sticks to his guns. But I want my Colts fan blog run by a Colts fan. That doesn’t mean don’t question things that need questioning, but being a fan is about giving your team the benefit of the doubt. In this case, taking sound research and turning it into a solid, Colts-centric point.

For example: Thomas’s injuries in college were unrelated, and none were related to his knee/leg. He’d started for two straight years. He had great measurables and fit the bill for what the team was looking for. I guess we’ll find out if he’s a good pick in a couple years. But I love my team, and I at least HOPE it’s a good pick. There’s no research to indicate it won’t be.

Instead, we get: Polian is fallible, Polian is fallible! I told you, I told you! Thomas is injury prone, Thomas is injury prone! I’m the only one with the balls to call ’em like I see ’em! (crickets when it comes to analysis about this story other than, pretty much, that)

(as a side note, one of the reasons we like Polian’s drafts so much is because he could give a skinny turd what people like BBS and all the other draft pundits think; he’ll take guys where he wants, and they’ll work out or they won’t, and he’ll never let it effect his future drafts…if only BBS was around to spit this crazy nonsense when Polian reached on Freeney).

My primary opinion is one of disappointment. I liked this place a lot more 18 months ago. I come here now for news, shake, mgrex, lovinblue, fanposts, and comments. Which, truth be told, is about 85% of the site.

I skim BBS stuff and, like many political articles I come across, if I suspect it’ll piss me off, I just pass it by. Life is too short to yell at a computer screen.

Which, of course, explains this post and your 18 volume work excoriating BBS.

You’re entertaining – for the endless self-contradictions if nothing else.

Individual departments crak the top 10 in the nation quite often too!

I meant to ask others for a long time but forgot… thanks!