Gerald Bordeaux replaced

[ronny mulkey]

Originally Posted by Welpe

If I wanted to read that tripe, I'd read it on the link itself. (Written as a member, not a mod.)

Some of you moderators are beginning to be annoying. Get over yourself(ves).
(written as a concerned member)

[Welpe]

Hence why I added the statement I did. I don't care from a moderator point of view that he added those, I just personally didn't care to see it on an officiating forum.

As always, feel free to address concerns regarding moderating to Brad.

[maroonx]

Theres no transparency when it comes to people saying a particular ref is awlful. We dont see their ratings on how they go there. We nitpick at the missed/no calls, and then trash them on the board. It makes no sense to me. People just want to trash other people and not be honest.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ronny mulkey

Some of you moderators are beginning to be annoying. Get over yourself(ves).
(written as a concerned member)

Thank you for being a fan/member of the Official Forum.

[ronny mulkey]

Originally Posted by Rich

Thank you for being a fan/member of the Official Forum.

And, thank you for being such a great moderator. This is a good example of the shit that I'm talking about.

[Adam]

So have you communicated your concerns, or do you just want to issue vague complaints to the internet?

[icallfouls]

Originally Posted by ronny mulkey

And, thank you for being such a great moderator. This is a good example of the shit that I'm talking about.

Be careful or your posts will start being deleted....just had my first ejection and I didn't even use profanity. Hardly worthy of the delete, maybe a TF. These mods are going over board

[Adam]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

Be careful or your posts will start being deleted....just had my first ejection and I didn't even use profanity. Hardly worthy of the delete, maybe a TF. These mods are going over board

Ok, you wanted us to take everything private. We discussed it and agreed with your assessment, so I removed all the public references to the issue. Doing so, I deleted several posts from the mods (including my own) and a couple from the owner (Brad). Please feel free to contact me privately with any concerns, you'll likely get more information that way.

We're trying to strike a balance of doing everything above board, yet keeping private stuff in private.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

Be careful or your posts will start being deleted....just had my first ejection and I didn't even use profanity. Hardly worthy of the delete, maybe a TF. These mods are going over board

We don't need everything thread turned into something about the mods. Keep to the subject. If you want to complain, you have my email.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ronny mulkey

Some of you moderators are beginning to be annoying. Get over yourself(ves).
(written as a concerned member)

Serious question in a not-so-serious thread:
Are you making a joke, or a serious point?

[Multiple Sports]

This wouldn't have even been a story on ESPN, if it wasn't for the Ed Rush situation.....

SEC just chose to go another way.....

[icallfouls]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

This wouldn't have even been a story on ESPN, if it wasn't for the Ed Rush situation.....

SEC just chose to go another way.....

On an unrelated note...The SEC just hired Ed Rush and Tim Donaughy as travel secretary and committee on increased scoring

[tomegun]

The reason behind Boudreax's firing is much worse - a common polarizing subject - than the Ed Rush situation.

I would like to add that the comments about moderator/member were made because most of us know the moderators are officials and members also. I have never thought, "Oh, Joe Blow made that comment as a moderator". Now, I'm not on here enough to read things that would suggest there is more to it than that so...

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I would like to add that the comments about moderator/member were made because most of us know the moderators are officials and members also. I have never thought, "Oh, Joe Blow made that comment as a moderator". Now, I'm not on here enough to read things that would suggest there is more to it than that so...

Point taken. I just didn't want it to be construed as anything other than my personal opinion.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by tomegun

The reason behind Boudreax's firing is much worse - a common polarizing subject - than the Ed Rush situation.

I would like to add that the comments about moderator/member were made because most of us know the moderators are officials and members also. I have never thought, "Oh, Joe Blow made that comment as a moderator". Now, I'm not on here enough to read things that would suggest there is more to it than that so...

Sure... and the majority of the time that makes sense.

But I'm sure you can also see the reason he wrote that. "If I wanted to read that tripe, I'd read it on the link itself. (Written as a member, not a mod.) "

If he said that without a disclaimer, someone might think he meant it as a mod, and infer that users are not supposed to post comments from sites ... or some such. He wanted to be overly clear that this particular post was personal opinion, and not moderator-driven.

I tread the same line sometimes... most of the time I'm here simply as a member. But I've deleted posts I've made when I read them back and they take on a different tone than I intended if someone read them as if coming from a moderator.