Mgoblog (Brian) Twitter rant

Submitted by winterblue75 on

Looks like bowling didn't go too well

 

mgoblog @mgoblog 26m

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

mgoblog @mgoblog 26m

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.

mgoblog @mgoblog 25m

That was a mistake. If you are surprised that I am emotional and moody at this point you are too stupid to care about.

mgoblog @mgoblog 25m

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.

mgoblog @mgoblog 24m

No more. I'm done taking shit from internet anons because I'm not happy about losing to OSU 9 of 10 years.

mgoblog @mgoblog 24m

I don't owe you a damn thing. Read it or don't.

mgoblog @mgoblog 3m

most people are not reacting like that, but shitheads are louder. this is going to have an effect on MGoBlog.

mgoblog @mgoblog 2m

Your point total is irrelevant to my decisions. If you're making our lives shitty, you're gone

mgoblog @mgoblog 2m

This whole season has been 50% nightmare team, 50% nightmare community. I can fix half of that.

M-Wolverine

December 1st, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^

Is someone writing five paragraphs complaining about some post being negged in a system that hasn't existed for months and comparing it to the downfall of humanity. Pointing out how self-obsessed and stupid it is to worry about points that don't matter is all that's left when a response like that would have just had a -34 to show how to nt tke it all so damn seriously. Take a look at your recent posts...I see a lot of snark in there; maybe you see yourself being an asshole. There are no real "value added" posts, because hardly anyone knows anything around here. It's for fun. Your knowledgable 2% chance to keep it close wasn't close. Doesn't mean you shouldn't have contributed it. Just means it wasn't really adding anything more than any other post.

steve sharik

December 2nd, 2013 at 12:25 AM ^

...do I not find it surprising that your tagline is what it is?  chitownblue2, one of the biggest jerks here.  Good riddance.  And by the way, how was my 2% chance not close?  Just because it happened doesn't mean that it retroactively increases the chances.  I guess Saturday was one of the two out of 100.  If you weren't shocked by the performance Saturday, you haven't been paying attention, or you don't know squat about football (or both).

OMG Shirtless

December 3rd, 2013 at 8:45 AM ^

"So I could ban you. This is the kind of post that detracts from the site, and is even more damaging long term, because the seemingly innocuous nature of it hides its true assholish nature.

In fact, letting it go enables and encourages snarky sarcasm, from where it is a slippery slope to mlive."

 

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mgoblog-brian-twitter-rant#comment-2306409

 

[EDIT: Since this argument is still going, I figured I'd put this back]]

M-Wolverine

December 2nd, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^

"Questioning your incomparable football knowledge." As your reaction like there are some "value added" posters that deserve special treatment. Somehow the site survived your two year break sans your insights. I mean, how can you not be right when you say "Manball has nothing to do with scheme" then post a thread of all the teams that don't run MANBALL in the top 25 offenses?  With your "2%" you said to keep it that close the defense would play well (it didn't), we'd need to be +3 TO margin with no turnovers (not even close), less than 25 yards in penalties (more), no bad punts or kicks (had one put at the 35), and Ohio will score 50 and we'll punt 8 times.  It was so ridiculous in its excess I wonder if you've ever watched a Michigan and Ohio State game before. Because for a guy who acts like he knows a lot about football, you don't really show any more knowledge than the poster off the street you object to; same hyperbole and slanted viewpoints.

steve sharik

December 3rd, 2013 at 3:10 AM ^

...onto other people's statements.

  1. chitownblue2 was a jerk to every poster he disagreed with, ergo he was banned.  He was the type of jerk that would always say how stupid people were for their ideas, yet never initiate any of his own for judgment.  That's why I think he's a jerk.
  2. So, you think you have just as good football knowledge and aren't prone to hyperbole and slant, yet you believed Saturday would be close b/c of games in 1969, 1993, 1995, and 1996?  Do you conveniently forget 1968, 1991, 2008, and 2010?  Those were M-OSU blowout games that followed the script.  According to what you wrote ("It was so ridiculous in its excess I wonder if you've ever watched a Michigan and Ohio State game before.") you believe this doesn't exist.
  3. As for being "so ridiculous in its excess" in regards to Ohio scoring 50, they scored 42 and we had 600 yards of offense, almost as many as our previous four games combined.  So, Ohio scored about what I expected (although it was a lot easier than I expected; should've thought more about the Indiana game), and if we had played near the same level offensively against teams with defenses inferior defenses to Ohio's (Neb, NW, Iowa)--and thus have <200 yards--would Ohio have scored at least 8 more points?
  4. Who do you respect as having a lot of football knowledge, and what did they predict for Michigan-Ohio Saturday?
  5. For a guy who went to a lot of trouble to go back and look up my posts, I don't think you read it correctly.  I didn't put M's chance of victory at 2%, I put the chance the OL would correct the major flaws from weeks 1-11 in week 12 at 2%.
  6. I tried to distinguish true manball from what many believe is the only way to MANBALL.  In addition to context, I thought the all-caps would help.

M-Wolverine

December 3rd, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^

1. Same could be said of you, but you're still here. 2. I never said I wasn't prone to hyperbole or slant. I just think your arrogance over your "value added" posts when you're just as prone makes you part of the unwashed masses, not anything special. (And 1991 predictable? Vs. 8-2 #18 OSU? What?) 3. So you found the one prediction you were any way close on...ten a bunch of "ifs." 4. Predictions are like assholes, everyone has one. I don't really care what people predict as long as they don't act like theirs has any more moral imperative because of their "knowledge." I just know any list of people whose football knowledge I "respect'," you're not really high on it. 5. It took extensive research to click the mouse twice and see you being just as disagreeable as OMGShirtless. 6. Except your definition and your list are completely contrary to each other, and slanted.

steve sharik

December 1st, 2013 at 7:33 PM ^

Let me explain. It's not that Brian has been a dick to posters and now he's getting what he's given out. Rather, it's that this behavior towards value adding posters (e.g. Space Coyote) has gone largely--though not completely--unchecked. Now that this behavior is directed towards Brian, it is a "problem." In my opinion, had this type of poster-on-poster disrespect not been allowed from the get-go, the site wouldn't be at the crossroads at which it finds itself today. Moreover, I believe that Brian hasn't shown enough gratitude nor protected the volunteer posters who have clearly added value to his site. In this regard is where the Bill James analogy fails.

ixcuincle

December 1st, 2013 at 9:31 PM ^

I noticed the rant going on my timeline last night. Brian is a good man and this is a good site. I appreciate his passion and love for the game. I didn't think it was wrong at all for him to be pissed off or emotional following another loss to Ohio. He was well within his right to complain about haters. 

This is a great site and the people in charge of this site are great people.