is that you ARE using mistakes by PLAYERS as evidence of poor coaching. How can you not follow the logic?

Premise 1 = Players with good coaching do not make mistakes.
Premise 2 = These players made mistakes.
Conclusion = Therefore, these players do not have good coaching.

That is exactly your flow of reasoning, and there is no putting of words into your mouth. I am arguing with your first premise – it is false.

… these kids make mistakes because they are kids. They make as ridiculously few mistakes as they do BECAUSE of their coaching, rather than in spite of it.

Calling you on your inability to grasp syllogistic reasoning is not hate. Disagreeing with you, yes. Maybe even inappropriate mockery – that bad is on me.

Have some confidence man. I don’t hate you. I don’t even hate your idea. But in the realm of free and spirited debate, I do think it is appropriate to use all my powers of rhetoric (re: my Louisville Slugger vs. Senior Chief’s obsidian scalpel) to disagree with you to the end of making us (in my view only – I don’t expect anyone to agree with me) an even better fan base.

My larger issue is with our culture of hyper-criticism. Rather than say, “boy, that player really screwed up, his coaches stink,” or “wow Senator Blinkenstein you really screwed up that vote last week – you’re a terrible senator”, why can’t we focus on and celebrate what the coaching staff did great at?

All my years coaching and refereeing young people (both boys and girls) as a volunteer has taught me that the adults in the US are largely unreasonable in their expectations of sports performance (and I extend my observation to life in general). I had a fellow coach last year tell one of his players to break an opponent’s arm because he didn’t like the way she (a 10-year-old girl) was playing defense. I wish that kind of thing were really all that isolated and I was being guilty of my habit of hyperbole. We (myself included) need to quit calling for people to be fired. We need to quit yelling at each other about our relative failings as coaches or school board members or teachers or Presidents. And celebrate what we’ve done right.

I am sorry I mocked you in my earlier post – that hit a nerve and I ought not have done that.

Pretty sure this horse is now flatlined. DNR order is in place.

I don’t look at it as being half full or half empty. At my age, I’m just glad to have something in the glass.

you dont call people “Bad Names”. You call them “Nicer Names”. Snarly? What am I, a dog? A violent person? Also, you say Im capable of spraying “Venom”? Go look threw my comments. And read how people describe me as being someone not in the “right mind” or “lost touch” and having “hallucinogenic dreams” because I say we could go independent if we had the money. I give out statistics and facts to plead my case. But the more I do the bigger idiot or insane person I am. Yea, they don’t call me those exact words or call me what I call them. But in a way, they’re doing just as bad. It happens on hear all the time. USAFBronco just gave an example of that. If i dont agree with the regulars of the OBNUG community, i get singled out for saying something you think is a sin. When its my opinion. And i even back it up with stats or facts. Ive been wrong sometimes, but ive also admitted me being wrong right after i was, and never forced it. You guys sit here and tell me to calm cool down when your the ones bringing the heat to me. you can ask all my friends, and trust me, I have lots of them. They’ll tell you I’m too nice. That it bugs them. But they will also tell you that I will defend myself at all costs. And trust me, That is the only thing I’m doing.

And about that drink? I would have loved to. But for some reason. I feel like I’ll always be the angry one regardless what I do to show otherwise. Which is wired, cause when I show up at the bar to meet my friends, I’m the one they’re most excited to see, cause I’m fun and always drama free. Go figure huh?

You change the subject to make yourself look better and make me look like the bad guy.

To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak."
—Congreve, The Mourning Bride.

Common misconception about the spelling and, therefore, the meaning. I’ve got a lot of burrs under my saddle, such as:

“Podium,” when they mean “lectern.” (You STAND on a podium. The root of the word is “pod,” or “foot.” You stand BEHIND a lectern to deliver your speech. Lecterns are often mounted on podiums-podia?-which is probably where the confusion arose. Even professional journalists of national stature screw this one up.)

“Prodigal,” when they mean “wandering.” (A prodigal is a wastrel.)

“Motley,” when they mean “ragged” or “unkempt.” (Motley means “colorful.”)
Et cetera.

That’s another: “Ect.” when they mean “Etc.”

Please do drop by. Your root beer will definitely be cool if it’s on the rocks. ;-)

(I may join you by pacing myself with the suds. Don’t want any Nuggies getting behind the wheel with 0.8!)