Mgoblog (Brian) Twitter rant
Looks like bowling didn't go too well
I'm just done with people who are mad at me for reacting how I do to Michigan football. If you don't like it, I don't care
For years I let people talk shit to me because I felt some sort of duty to them because they'd been around a while.
That was a mistake. If you are surprised that I am emotional and moody at this point you are too stupid to care about.
I have taken epic tons of shit for being in a bad mental spot this year; and somehow I managed to feel bad about that.
No more. I'm done taking shit from internet anons because I'm not happy about losing to OSU 9 of 10 years.
I don't owe you a damn thing. Read it or don't.
most people are not reacting like that, but shitheads are louder. this is going to have an effect on MGoBlog.
Your point total is irrelevant to my decisions. If you're making our lives shitty, you're gone
This whole season has been 50% nightmare team, 50% nightmare community. I can fix half of that.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
if someone is negative and wants to vent, that's their purpose of going on the blog.
No.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
i suppose if someone wants to vent, their purpose may be to troll or spread grinch-like bahumbugness or just be a dbag.
but, just to clarify, why just no? i didn't mean purpose by saying it's their "right." i just mean't their purpose.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
Venting is cool. We all do it. But one person's catharsis is another person's annoying trolling. The venter may not be doing so maliciously, but it makes the blog worse.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
by Brian's comments then.
i interpreted his comments to mean that, as a reasonably emotional person, he (and this is where maybe i'm confused--but i take it to mean the board as well) should be able to vent without caring about other people being upset with whatever comes out.
am i like a million miles off?
December 1st, 2013 at 9:40 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:14 PM ^
It's his blog.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:20 PM ^
You must see the unsatisfying nature of that reasoning .I'm not saying that any of us has the "right" to anything here, but it's inherently unpalatable to many whenever a person wants to enforce rules that he doesn't personally follow.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:27 PM ^
Is that he's done putting up with people who disagree with what he posts as being too negative, whiny, moody, etc., and who manifest that disagreement in a generally crappy manner. You'll notice that despite their schematic disagreements, Space Coyote is still around, as are a few people who have echoed SC's arguments. Meanwhile, those who respond with, "F*** YOU, you don't know shit about football, you're just a blogger" are vanishing daily.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:37 PM ^
I have no problem with that at all, though I question whether he'd be better in the long run with letting it go. My respectful and friendly message to Brian is this: A hell of a lot of us want to know what you think about Michigan sports. We wouldn't read what you post if we didn't. That doesn't mean we always agree with you, but we always respect you...Short version: You don't need to defend yourself, old bean.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
It's more about not wanting to have to defend himself after every post, but also not wanting to provide the forum to the people from whom he doesn't want to defend himself. Just a guess.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
From a business perspective - their clicks pay just as much as those from Mr. Positive.
I think one needs to seperate their personal feelngs from their business dealings.
The guy running the hardware store doesn't care whether you act like jerk, as long as it isn't driving away other customers. All he cares about is whether you're money is good.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:47 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:23 PM ^
a noah's ark-like day of reckoning coming.
i hope i make it on the ship. i'll be the female sloth bear.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^
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November 30th, 2013 at 11:32 PM ^
Venting is fine. Without it, the Michigan Blogosphere wouldn't have existed for broad swaths of this year.
What ISN'T fine is people attacking Brian, the other staff, the mods, other posters, or the Queen of England because they're pissed and looking for a target. Plenty of people on here get testy after losses (/raises hand), but some get vindictive and mean and trolly and fighty when they do so, and that's not cool.
As for the "it's cool as long as you're on Brian's side" thing, I've personally banned numerous people for going too far in arguing with others EVEN when they were arguing Brian's 'side' of something.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:57 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
I suppose one could vent on Facebook or Twitter, but where, except a U-M fan site, is someone going to get an audience of like-minded individuals? I don't know about you, but my list of FB friends include quite a number of MSU and OSU grads. Venting on FB is inviting the opposite of sympathy.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:00 PM ^
But there's a difference between venting and whatever has been going on here lately. You can't deny the venting used to be a lot less repetitive and more informed.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 12:06 AM ^
I couldnt agree more. There hasn't been a lot to feel good about this season and I counted today as a win. There is no telling what next year holds but for my own personal fandom, I am more than optomistic.
December 1st, 2013 at 1:41 AM ^
I agree with you. I'm having trouble being that upset about today. Our guys played well enough to win and would not be pushed around when everyone said that it was going to be a blowout. We should focus on all this and on the fact that our QB played on one leg and had probably had one of the best games for a QB in the history of the Game. Focus on all that.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:34 PM ^
and some people prefer not to dwell on "moral victories."
November 30th, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^
Misery is your right. We didn't defeat the British at the Alamo so some pansy on the internet could tell you to be happy about your football team.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:51 PM ^
when it just said that misery is my right :-/
November 30th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
It's important to have historical context. The great minds - Socrates, Decartes, Sid Vicious - understood this.
December 1st, 2013 at 10:43 AM ^
Napoleon hadn't wasted his reserves fighting the Russians, he'd have beaten us that day.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
Did they win! That's the problem, going 1-10 during the last 11 years. We may have a chance in 2015 at home.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:42 PM ^
What do Lloyd Carr teams have to do with now?
November 30th, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
Thiiiiiis is my biggest issue with the 1-10 argument. You can't blame this regime for the failures of the last or the ones before that. Yeah it sucks overall but it has nothing to do with how we should judge the coaches. You have to compartmentalize your disappointment in this situation and let the coaches have their fresh start, which has now yielded a 1-2 record including one completely unexpected game for the ages with a very young team. Hoke is transitioning the team in year 3 rather than year 1, and you can't punish him for that based on what the previous regimes did. He's 1-2 not 1-10.
December 1st, 2013 at 9:59 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:38 PM ^
How could one watch today's game and then concede the 2014 Game??? On any given Saturday . . . .
December 1st, 2013 at 1:44 AM ^
Agreed. Yes, Hoke is 1-2, however, all losses are not created equal. He could easily be 3-0. We almost beat them last year without our RB or QB. We will be fine. Stay positive. I remember when they were 2-10 against us.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:28 PM ^
I'm new (posting) to the forum, but have tried to keep it as positive as possible. I vented a little on Dave Brandon after a few drinks at the conclusion of the Iowa game, but I definitely agree we should all try to keep it positive in here. Now that I am taking time to post instead of just lurk, I am going to try to make a positive impact on conversations and try to stay out of the weeds.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
Predicts 39-0.
Surprised when anons talk shit!
November 30th, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^
LOL...you took that seriously? That was the epitomy of tongue in cheek with the way this season as gone.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
LOL
Hey, whats the Arizona game score?
November 30th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 1:06 AM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 6:49 AM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 9:32 AM ^
The game was quite close in the all-important yards metric, though.
December 1st, 2013 at 10:01 AM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 10:04 AM ^
Knocking the wisdom of running him into a stacked line on short yardage plays, which Rodriguez used to do.
(Note: Borges also did this in The Game 2012, which caused me to throw a fucking hat at the TV, scream "IT'S FUCKING RODRIGUEZ FUCKFUCKSHIT" or some such like a lunatic, and throw my Gorgeous Al Borges t-shirt into the trash.)