Rushing Yards

[scooper]

Sorry Guff and Scoop, but you can't let Waldo off so easily by tacitly acknowledging that his point that.....

"He shouldn't even be trusted........in pass plays after his failure to run out what would have been a TD pass against USC."​

is a correct one. It is NOT !

I remember having this discussion on this board very distinctly because it was my very first post on IrishEnvy as the FNG. It was about Brady's ability to throw the touch passes on short square outs, crossing and dump-off patterns. The discussion evolved (devolved?) into whether that missed 3rd and short opportunity was Brady's fault or Asaph's.

I viewed quite quickly from this discussion who knew football and who did not.
(I can hear Waldo and his ilk now...."How dare you judge me, you don't know me !")
I will be so bold this morning to proclaim that anyone who thinks that that pass did not get completed because of Asaph, does not know football.

As for Waldo's tendency, trend, want to immediately attach the worst possible motivation or negative instinct to anyone's action is a topic best left for another day. Perhaps when he's lying down.

The post I almost submitted was much more venomous than what I ultimately wrote. I decided to play nice and give him the benefit of the doubt. For now, I'll stick with that strategy.

 

[irishnd31]

Tauwlk amongst ya'selves. Discuss and then call 555-4444, we'll talk. No big whoop.
It's Cauwfee Talk.

Alum, yer like butta.

I'm a little verklempt....talk amongst yourselves

 

[ralphwaldoemerson]

Wow, you guys are pathetic. Attack me or my points all you want with your nonsense logic (such as the Tim Brown, Quinn, and Zibby comments; what you all seem to not understand is that those players are/were much more highly regarded, and their mistakes were made doing things that they specialize in doing, and will more than make up for in doing them successfully countless other times; whereas with Schwapp, he was little regarded as anything beyond a blocker, and failed miserably the few times he was given an opportunity to do anything beyond what he was brought in to do), but at the end of the day, I'll be right. This kid will not get over 100 yards this season, nor should he. Deal with it.

 

[NDAlumSon]

The post I almost submitted was much more venomous than what I ultimately wrote. I decided to play nice and give him the benefit of the doubt. For now, I'll stick with that strategy.

And now.......?

 

[NDAlumSon]

Alum, yer like butta.
I'm a little verklempt....talk amongst yourselves

I'll give you a topic. Rhode Island is neither a road or an island. Discuss.

 

[rontdtarchala]

You see thats why I love this board...ya'll are just to funny...
Go Irish!!!!

 

[scooper]

And now.......?

Ignore list. Problem solved. I would suggest doing the same. Life's too short for feeding the trolls.

 

[scooper]

Ignore list. Problem solved. I would suggest doing the same. Life's too short for feeding the trolls.

Crap. Do we have an ignore function here?

 

[scooper]

Crap. Do we have an ignore function here?

I've answered my own question. There is. Some opinions just aren't worth accidentally reading. Such as those who attack an Irish player for one freshman mistake. Luckily, I won't read any more of that crap. Criticizing a mistake is OK, but writing a kid off for on instance, I just don't like.

 

[BGIF]

Wow, you guys are pathetic.

An ad hominem response, what a surprise. If your not disparaging a writer (Prister - spineless), or a poster (Oglaigh - racist), your disparaging a player (Asaph - shouldn't be trusted). And that point goes to your arguments. Your body of work. It's your m.o. Little or no substance; just invectives.

Attack me or my points all you want with your nonsense logic (such as the Tim Brown, Quinn, and Zibby comments;

Nonsense logic? Actually waldo that's your forte (Prister, Oglaigh, Asaph). Excuse me for choosing so apt a description for your ridiculous post.

what you all seem to not understand is that those players are/were much more highly regarded, and their mistakes were made doing things that they specialize in doing, and will more than make up for in doing them successfully countless other times; whereas with Schwapp, he was little regarded as anything beyond a blocker, and failed miserably the few times he was given an opportunity to do anything beyond what he was brought in to do

"... what you all seem to not understand ..."???

Doctor. You have testified that the following symptoms exist in Lieutenant-Commander Queeg's behavior. Rigidity of personality, feelings of persecution, unreasonable suspicion, a mania for perfection, and a neurotic certainty that he is always in the right. Doctor isn't there one psychiatric term for this illness?

but at the end of the day, I'll be right.

Sure you will. Particularly, if you take all your meds before sitting down at the keyboard.

This kid will not get over 100 yards this season, nor should he.

Some posters think he'll gain more; some less. But that's a dodge, isn't it waldo? That wasn't the issue in your post or the responder's post, was it? Never trusting Asaph because he made a split second error in judgement once and because he didn't catch an uncatchable pass was your premise.

Tim Brown, Quinn, Zibby, and Smardzija go to the heart of that statement. They are all germaine examples of skilled, talented athletes making an error. All, All-American caliber athletes (Brown as a HS AA at the time). Brown is apt as he was a freshman. Without Quinn hitting that defender square in the numbers with that pass, ND beats MSU in regulation. No O.T. The OSU game would have had a different result if Zibby, an All-American, and Shark also an AA, executed. One made the same mistake he made quite a few times during the season with similar disastrous results. The glue handed individual suddenly developed hands of stone. Charlie Weis didn't pull them or banish them, did he? He didn't stop trusting in his players. By your statement his judgement must be flawed as well as he put that inexperienced freshman in that situation (over upperclassmen) and he called the plays. And then, he compounded it by continuing to play that player for the rest of the season - as a Starter. What was he thinking?

those players are/were much more highly regarded, and their mistakes were made doing things that they specialize in doing, and will more than make up for in doing them successfully countless other times; whereas with Schwapp, he was little regarded as anything beyond a blocker, and failed miserably the few times he was given an opportunity to do anything beyond what he was brought in to do

So your logic here is: highly regarded, specialized players are entitled to make mistakes because they were successful in the past yet inexperienced people with little regard are expected to excel because they have no experience. Obviously you're not a parent as your kids would never learn to walk - among other things.

Deal with it.

We did.

In both theads about your attacks on Prister, in the thread where you attacked Oglaigh, and here.

As was noted in post #110 of the "articulate" thread

http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10366&page=11

Q.E.D.


I notice you didn't return to the "articulate" thread. Still eating your words?

Excuse me now waldo. I've got to run. Have to see if a ticket to Coventry is available.

 

[NDAlumSon]

"... what you all seem to not understand ..."???

Priceless.

 

[scooper]

BGIF, excellent post. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, I won't be reading his reply. It's nice in Coventry these days.

 

[irishfan]

Prediction: 125-175

I think that he will see probably 3-5 carries a game, and it would be more that that, but i think that Luke Schmidt will be used in many short yardage situations as he is more of a running fullback than a receiving one. I think Schmidt will get 50-75 yards and 5 tds.

 

[tommy]

can you feal the love in the air

 

[Vince Young]

Ignore listing Ralphie... you know, that's not a bad idea. I was already getting annoyed with his posts even before the Articulate thread, and that thread pretty much cemented my negative opinion of him.

To anyone else who wants to do the same, here's how: Click on Ralphie's name, and a drop down menu will appear. Click on "View Public Profile." On the profile page, you'll see a blue bar with two links. The link you're looking for is on the right side, directly above the "Contact Info" section.

And just for fun, I'll post a link here that SHOULD let you add Ralphie to your Ignore list directly, without having to mess with anything else. I'll test it myself to see if it works. (Edit after the fact: yep, the link works! So it should work for everyone, as long as you're logged-in.)

Click here to make all your Ralphie troubles go away!

 

[Dannyboy Ayers]

An ad hominem response, what a surprise. If your not disparaging a writer (Prister - spineless), or a poster (Oglaigh - racist), your disparaging a player (Asaph - shouldn't be trusted). And that point goes to your arguments. Your body of work. It's your m.o. Little or no substance; just invectives.



Nonsense logic? Actually waldo that's your forte (Prister, Oglaigh, Asaph). Excuse me for choosing so apt a description for your ridiculous post.



"... what you all seem to not understand ..."???






Sure you will. Particularly, if you take all your meds before sitting down at the keyboard.




Some posters think he'll gain more; some less. But that's a dodge, isn't it waldo? That wasn't the issue in your post or the responder's post, was it? Never trusting Asaph because he made a split second error in judgement once and because he didn't catch an uncatchable pass was your premise.

Tim Brown, Quinn, Zibby, and Smardzija go to the heart of that statement. They are all germaine examples of skilled, talented athletes making an error. All, All-American caliber athletes (Brown as a HS AA at the time). Brown is apt as he was a freshman. Without Quinn hitting that defender square in the numbers with that pass, ND beats MSU in regulation. No O.T. The OSU game would have had a different result if Zibby, an All-American, and Shark also an AA, executed. One made the same mistake he made quite a few times during the season with similar disastrous results. The glue handed individual suddenly developed hands of stone. Charlie Weis didn't pull them or banish them, did he? He didn't stop trusting in his players. By your statement his judgement must be flawed as well as he put that inexperienced freshman in that situation (over upperclassmen) and he called the plays. And then, he compounded it by continuing to play that player for the rest of the season - as a Starter. What was he thinking?



So your logic here is: highly regarded, specialized players are entitled to make mistakes because they were successful in the past yet inexperienced people with little regard are expected to excel because they have no experience. Obviously you're not a parent as your kids would never learn to walk - among other things.



We did.

In both theads about your attacks on Prister, in the thread where you attacked Oglaigh, and here.

As was noted in post #110 of the "articulate" thread

http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10366&page=11

Q.E.D.


I notice you didn't return to the "articulate" thread. Still eating your words?

Excuse me now waldo. I've got to run. Have to see if a ticket to Coventry is available.

six pack of beer: $5

pizza from my favorite place: $20

getting the carpets cleaned after spitting up my beer and pizza: $100

seeing ralphie shut up and go away: $priceless

for everything else there is an ignore list!!

 

[Dannyboy Ayers]

i think he will get 85 yards plus or minus 7 yards i also think he will have 300 in receiving and have 6 total touchdowns. how ya like dem apples?

 

[BGIF]

six pack of beer: $5

pizza from my favorite place: $20

getting the carpets cleaned after spitting up my beer and pizza: $100

seeing ralphie shut up and go away: $priceless

for everything else there is an ignore list!!

We can hope. Well phrased. Rep points

 

[Dannyboy Ayers]

thank you BGIF and some coming back at you for your fine points.

 

[nayers]

Ralphie your takes suck, your name sucks, and you suck in general. Just leave and take your useless bullcrap with you.

 

[Dannyboy Ayers]

Ralphie your takes suck, your name sucks, and you suck in general. Just leave and take your useless bullcrap with you.

thank you little brother for saying all that we wanted to. rep points for you. and remember that i did it all for the nuckie.