It's the same 5 people hijacking again and again and again and they won't stop or let it drop. Posts like this Boomer--though well intended--will have little effect in my opinion--though it's still worth trying.
Like Boomer I don't mind the coaching debate but it ruins the board when it seeps into every single thread. I sometimes participate in coaching change threads, and have at times been on different sides of the fence. However it always happens that it infects every single thread and it ruins what could be awesome football discussions.
There is one way to stop the agenda-driven hijacking, and that is to ignore the offending poster. If enough people ignore these offenders (1) it will teach them to fly straight, (2) the threads won't be hijacked because the trolls can't get traction, and (3) personal enjoyment of the board goes way up. It does require something of a critical mass though.
For example on the Rivals insider board I once posted about something that happened after a UVA game. We finally got a stop and were getting ready to get the ball back, go up two scores and put the game away. I said please don't come after this punt and please just make sure you catch it Jamal. Get the ball back safely and our offense is on autopilot....the game is ours! Punt is snapped, we come after it, and we rough the kicker. 1st down UVA, UVA goes down and scores. Now ultimately we come away with the win at the end but it was frustrating because we were clearly the better team but keep screwing up chances to go up two scores.
The punt block call drives me insane. I make a post discussing what I think is a bad call to put on the punt block. Because every thread at this time is polarized into a 'for keeping staff' vs 'for firing staff' thread, a bunch of "for keeping staff" jump me. Meanwhile I am actually for keeping the staff! I just want to have an intelligent football discussion about the pro's and con's of one strategic decision, understand how it happened, and whether people think Walkowski be able to put on the block without telling CPJ. I'm guessing if CPJ would have preferred a return or punt-safe at that point in the game.
Ended up leaving that board shortly after because no matter what one tries everything is about keep or fire coach. Even the moderator at BBuzzoff who is anti-(insert name of GT coach) has to come on his board and tells people not to hijack threads.
I'm finding ignore is the real solution and one doesn't miss anything because one can still participate in the keep vs fire threads. I only have 4 fonts on ignore and it changes the board entirely and for the better for me....though others do not ignore those trolls and are still accessories to hijacking which still decreases the value of the board for real football discussions. Great though if you like pissing contests.
