Brian C. has made some dumb moves but ...

[elindholm]

Actually, I already have that option, come to think of it. It's called the ignore button.

Exactly. The only problem comes when other posters quote BC867's posts, because then I end up seeing them after all.

If we could all agree to stop quoting his posts, then those of us who wanted to ignore them would have that option.

 

[Joe Mama]

Actually, I already have that option, come to think of it. It's called the ignore button.

Exactly. The only problem comes when other posters quote BC867's posts, because then I end up seeing them after all.

If we could all agree to stop quoting his posts, then those of us who wanted to ignore them would have that option.

Actually I've been meaning to talk about quoting posts for some time. Could we please stop quoting long posts? If there are specific points in that post that one wants to talk about please edit it to only quote those specific points. I don't know about the rest of you, but I get tired of paging down through one of George's essays three or four times in a thread because people just keep pushing the quote button.

Thanks,
Joe Mama

 

[George O'Brien]

Actually I've been meaning to talk about quoting posts for some time. Could we please stop quoting long posts? If there are specific points in that post that one wants to talk about please edit it to only quote those specific points. I don't know about the rest of you, but I get tired of paging down through one of George's essays three or four times in a thread because people just keep pushing the quote button.

Thanks,
Joe Mama

Good point. I usually erase everything except the item I want to respond to. I find someone quoting a long piece (yes, I know I do a few long item ), because it is so time consuming to figure out exactly what the response is toward.

BTW, the point of this thread was that BC was stupid in signing Q because the Clippes would match. Except they didn't.

 

[BC867]

merit of your thought? you blame the 4 time nba executive of the year and the only executive/owner in the hall of fame for what? ... the simple fact is that your thoughts have no merit and as such do not even deserve this little acknowledgement.

Wow, scotsman. You sure get personal.

I responded to someone else's post, by adding my opinion.

I've come to the conclusion that the coaches of the Colangeli teams are just yes men who end up the fall guys from the mistakes that the Colangeli make so often.

I don't "hate" Jerry. But, as a Suns fan for over 30 years, I'm frustrated by his basketball (as opposed to business) leadership. And I'm apparently not the only one.

You want to attack me for that, and for supporting a post that I agree with, fine.

You want to refer to your own opinion as "simple fact", fine.

In all the years I've been posting on the ASFN boards, I've never attacked another poster.

I will continue to give my opinion once in awhile, especially, if it's in support of someone else's. Even if you try to censor it with insults.

Now, let's get back to basketball.

 

[scotsman13]

Wow, scotsman. You sure get personal.

BC i am sorry if this came across as a personal attack. the point of my post was that people who know basketball, you know the ones that get paid for it, that spend their life working in the field of basketball feel that Jerry has done a great job as a basketball mind and GM.

there is a saying i have that goes something like this "all customers are stupid, and we are all customers. if we knew what we were talking about then we would do it for a living." summed up no matter how many message boards that we read or basketball pages we read, we will never get close to the level of knowledge of someone who does this for a living. so trust the pros on what they say. the people in the know have said that Jerry is an outstanding GM and owner.

as much as many of us many not like their chooses of coaches it is hard to question the choose when you look at it from the point that for 35+ year only 4 teams have won more games then we have.

also remember larry brown didnt start out as a great coach he grow into one. who remembers what team he started out with in the nba? the clippers. he coached the manning, harper team, a team that only made the playoffs once.

 

[BC867]

BC i am sorry if this came across as a personal attack. the point of my post was that people who know basketball, you know the ones that get paid for it, that spend their life working in the field of basketball feel that Jerry has done a great job as a basketball mind and GM.

Thanks, scotsman. I appreciate that. And I respect your opinion about the positives that Jerry has brought to the Valley.

 

[Errntknght]

scotsman, "summed up no matter how many message boards that we read or basketball pages we read, we will never get close to the level of knowledge of someone who does this for a living. so trust the pros on what they say. the people in the know have said that Jerry is an outstanding GM and owner."

The trouble is that we do not get to talk to the guys who do it for a living. All we hear from them is what they tell the media, and they say it knowing what they say will be subject to all sorts of scrutiny and may well be misquoted or editted in such a way that what they meant is well disguised. If some people are content with that information that's great for them but I disagree with the idea that we should all be happy with it. Personally, I take everything I hear through the media with a grain of salt and much prefer to infer from watching basketball games and from discussions with other observers of the games, what it going on behind the scenes. It's not perfect but it's far more interesting and in my experience you get pretty close that way.
I don't dispute the fact that Jerry is held in fairly high regard around the NBA but does that mean that every aspect of his GMship and ownership is universally lauded by all those in the know? I'd be surprised if there were not quite divergent opinions, human nature being what it is.

"as much as many of us many not like their chooses of coaches it is hard to question the choose when you look at it from the point that for 35+ year only 4 teams have won more games then we have."

If you listen to those in the know they say quite clearly that the Suns have not had good coaches - when they speak with their teams money - as they never rush to hire coaches when their tenure is done here. All you have to do is watch the games and you'll see that ex-Suns coaches do not show up at all frequently coaching other teams.

Yeah, I know the Suns have quite a good record in regular season games but from watching them play in playoffs all these years I conclude that the Suns don't do well in the games that mean the most.