The 2017 state of the board discussion thread

ThreatMatrix

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I fcvckin hate that guy.
 

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I've been on the west coast, SF & Lake Tahoe (snowboarding, drinking, gambling, etc) the last 9 days. Will someone please Cliff Note's this thread from me? :D
 

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I've been on the west coast, SF & Lake Tahoe (snowboarding, drinking, gambling, etc) the last 9 days. Will someone please Cliff Note's this thread from me? :D

A snowflake asked Ox to delete his account because of the negative posts.

Yada, yada, yada

The end
 

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I've been on the west coast, SF & Lake Tahoe (snowboarding, drinking, gambling, etc) the last 9 days. Will someone please Cliff Note's this thread from me? :D

Page 10 has a recap I did
 

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I've been on the west coast, SF & Lake Tahoe (snowboarding, drinking, gambling, etc) the last 9 days. Will someone please Cliff Note's this thread from me? :D
Ox needed affirmation that he's doing it right so he solicited feedback but ignores anything that might force him to rethink his life's goals.
 

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Ox has done a great job with the design of the board. It's easy to read, navigate, upload pictures etc. The avatars help in getting to know the posters.

There is a good cast of characters and some smart cookies on both the sports and political boards. I am surprised by some of the accomplishments of some of the posters.

After you get to know about some of the people on the board it starts to make the board more interesting. That can be a plus and a minus. It becomes sort of like a roadside bar where it might make it a little hard for a newbie to come in and sit down without feeling a little out of place. I don't really know about that though.

I used to think I was a pretty good football fan because I could name all the starting players on the team. Then I read posts on here by former players and coaches, guys who break down every play, and watch the entire game on replay, and I realized I don't know shyt. I really enjoy watching college football, but I don't enjoy seeing some of the attitudes some of the modern players have compared to how players comported themselves in the past. I even go back and watch a lot of historical film that is now out there on the internet of games even way back before my time. Just interesting stuff. It's especially interesting to watch old film of a game you might have attended or listened to on the radio.

I don't mind the negativity because I know some of it comes from passionate fans who want to win. I am a pumper. That's partly by nature and partly by age. But I can recognize when a certain player or coach can't cut it, and I don't mind saying so. As you get older, the outcome of a football game just doesn't matter to me as much in the larger scheme of what are the really important things in life.

I don't engage in a lot of the back and forth banter because I am, after all, past a certain age and don't want to embarrass myself.
 

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Ox needed affirmation that he's doing it right so he solicited feedback but ignores anything that might force him to rethink his life's goals.
I find it hard to believe this post is even remotely serious.

The opinions are far and away in one direction. Those in the tiny minority are giving me a really hard time for not changing things to suit their style. How exactly would that be a smart move on my part? Would that tiny minority enjoy the mass exodus if I starting doing thing the Swamp Gas way?

I'm not ignoring anyone, I appreciate all the input. This thread had nothing to do with offseason clicks. I'd like to have one of these two or three times a year to let people get things off their chest.
 

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If Ox would stop being so positive about Butters and his staff, and start complaining for real change it would better. And all the mods but Ray are giant douchecanoes (there are laws of talking bad about transgenders so not allowed to make fun of Ray).
 

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The opinions are far and away in one direction. Those in the tiny minority are giving me a really hard time for not changing things to suit their style. How exactly would that be a smart move on my part? Would that tiny minority enjoy the mass exodus if I starting doing thing the Swamp Gas way?

I'm not ignoring anyone, I appreciate all the input. This thread had nothing to do with offseason clicks. I'd like to have one of these two or three times a year to let people get things off their chest.

You want reality? You want to take actions that will improve the board? Hear us, do something about it.

Your facilities suck. Yeah, you bled your booster club to afford upgrades like a saloon where there is NO ALCOHOL, and your sports facilities are barely on par with other programs. Hell, your recruiting board is either blank or filled with kids from years ago. Where is your planning for the future? You are still playing catch up, you'll never land those 4* and 5* posters because you settle for low to no talent posters and allow them not only starting positions but let them run most of the high profile plays that others watch and groan. THAT is the face of your program....negators. Folks will claim that is our fanbase, but maybe that's just the people that stay tuned because that's what runs rampant.

You have no special teams. You have two phases to your game, PF and Sports. That's it. And on each side of that ball, you have groups that run 2 plays over and over ad nauseum. A real Head Ball Coach would have benched those that can't be team players, and likely would have kicked some of those pansy ass pumpers off the squad altogether if they can't put some meanness in their game. The PF side of things has a lot of energy, a pretty clear definition of who it is with a few players throwing contrarian comments to keep things 'balanced' :rolleyes: but they are just decoys that nobody takes seriously.

If you want to take this program to the next level, put a bar into the saloon and allow (require?) drinking and posting. That alone will draw more funding, more participation, and more diverse (incoherent rambling) input from a broader spectrum of people. Have bouncers and an ID check if you feel you need to keep up pretenses, but for GODS sake, get us some alcohol. Kick the top 5 posters out of the Sports section. Negator or pumper, doesn't matter - lock them out of practice for a few weeks so they know what it's like to not be the best retard in the romper room; and more importantly let the other voices get heard that are constantly shouted down. CREATE the void from those that dominate with nothing new, and see what fills it. Couldn't be any worse. And when your team captains are let back in, they have to conform or get benched again. Also, issue badges that say "I'm a level xx fan of program yy". You always want people to say what program they are a fan of, and members question one another's allegiance...make it publicly visible and re-instate the 'Gator Fan Level' system from years ago so we can e-dck size against one another more clearly. Lastly, Take the PF and apply language filter - I don't mean to **** out certain words, I mean have whole threads appearing in Russian so we can understand from their perspective how much they actually helped/hurt our political system, and perhaps we can find the right way to work with them to get who we want as President instead of who they think we should have. Make threads about ISIS appear in arabic for similar reasons - help us understand from their perspective, help them feel it is a safer place to spout their anti-Ameicanisms...heck, make threads in Swedish if that makes them feel more at home.

Bottom line, other than getting the site off the ground, you've left it to the inmates to paint the place, bring their own furniture (and piss on it), and generally add walls randomly then create windows and throw bricks through them. You've chosen not to decide, and you still have made a choice (/Rush :headbang:). Own it. This multi-personality mess is a reflection of it's creator. Good morning, dad. Koo-koo-ka-choo.
 
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You want reality? You want to take actions that will improve the board? Hear us, do something about it.

Your facilities suck. Yeah, you bled your booster club to afford upgrades like a saloon where there is NO ALCOHOL, and your sports facilities are barely on par with other programs. Hell, your recruiting board is either blank or filled with kids from years ago. Where is your planning for the future? You are still playing catch up, you'll never land those 4* and 5* posters because you settle for low to no talent posters and allow them not only starting positions but let them run most of the high profile plays that others watch and groan. THAT is the face of your program....negators. Folks will claim that is our fanbase, but maybe that's just the people that stay tuned because that's what runs rampant.

You have no special teams. You have two phases to your game, PF and Sports. That's it. And on each side of that ball, you have groups that run 2 plays over and over ad nauseum. A real Head Ball Coach would have benched those that can't be team players, and likely would have kicked some of those pansy ass pumpers off the squad altogether if they can't put some meanness in their game. The PF side of things has a lot of energy, a pretty clear definition of who it is with a few players throwing contrarian comments to keep things 'balanced' :rolleyes: but they are just decoys that nobody takes seriously.

If you want to take this program to the next level, put a bar into the saloon and allow (require?) drinking and posting. That alone will draw more funding, more participation, and more diverse (incoherent rambling) input from a broader spectrum of people. Have bouncers and an ID check if you feel you need to keep up pretenses, but for GODS sake, get us some alcohol. Kick the top 5 posters out of the Sports section. Negator or pumper, doesn't matter - lock them out of practice for a few weeks so they know what it's like to not be the best retard in the romper room; and more importantly let the other voices get heard that are constantly shouted down. CREATE the void from those that dominate with nothing new, and see what fills it. Couldn't be any worse. And when your team captains are let back in, they have to conform or get benched again. Also, issue badges that say "I'm a level xx fan of program yy". You always want people to say what program they are a fan of, and members question one another's allegiance...make it publicly visible and re-instate the 'Gator Fan Level' system from years ago so we can e-dck size against one another more clearly. Lastly, Take the PF and apply language filter - I don't mean to **** out certain words, I mean have whole threads appearing in Russian so we can understand from their perspective how much they actually helped/hurt our political system, and perhaps we can find the right way to work with them to get who we want as President instead of who they think we should have. Make threads about ISIS appear in arabic for similar reasons - help us understand from their perspective, help them feel it is a safer place to spout their anti-Ameicanisms...heck, make threads in Swedish if that makes them feel more at home.

Bottom line, other than getting the site off the ground, you've left it to the inmates to paint the place, bring their own furniture (and piss on it), and generally add walls randomly then create windows and throw bricks through them. You've chosen not to decide, and you still have made a choice (/Rush :headbang:). Own it. This multi-personality mess is a reflection of it's creator. Good morning, dad. Koo-koo-ka-chew.

There is some truth here but actually developing a board such as this takes a lot of hard work. It can pay off I read a blog that makes its owner 500K per year, it is a financial based one for doctors so that might explain a lot of its profitability.
 

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In all seriousness, I want every single member to put their two cents in this thread. Give us your opinion.
I would be on the board more if my work didn't block this site...i don't really have much else to say. Some posters are cool, some suck ass...same as every board
 

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