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Originally Posted by BBall_Junkie
The forum rules specifically state that this is not a place to for personal attacks on officials which and I felt SDS posts was doing just that.
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Perhaps. But in the couple years I've been reading or posting, I've certainly seen umpires critized
by name, and not one thing was done about it.
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Debate all you want about how great/poor a call was, philosophy, who you think you uses good/poor mechanics etc, etc, etc. However, personal attacks on forum members or other officiating brethren are not welcome here. That is for the fanboy sites. That is my point. I think you have noticed that threads get locked and deleted when things get personal.
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I will also backoff and say that I poorly stated what I was trying to say with, "openly criticize our own especially by name ". My point was that if you want to say someone is a horrible and bash away on an Umpire, Official, Referee, etc, and conduct personal attacks... this is not the place.
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Here's where I have to disagree with you. The reason you nailed SDS's post wasn't because it was a personal attack on a referee. The reason was because you know and like Ed. "Ed H is a known acquaintance of the owners of the site" is how the post started. Don't know about Tim_C or anyone else, but as soon as I read that post, about 15 minutes ago, the first thought I had was "well, we apparently can say people make bad/horrible calls, as long as none of the moderator's is a friend of the guy."
I guess my only question, then, is: can you provide a list of umpires/referees/other officials that you guys know and like, so we know who we have to lay off of?
For the record, I thought Ed H blew that call, too. I don't think that makes him a crappy human being, but it was a crappy call. For what that's worth.