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<blockquote data-quote="John" data-source="post: 17212" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I'm speaking for myself and myself only. I'm sure @[USER=2]Eric[/USER] will have his own perspective that he can share here if he wishes. One thing I'll remind everyone of first is that in Eric's first post <a href="http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/welcome-to-the-new-site.400/" target="_blank">here</a>, he made a point about the site being open to suggestions. We haven't really gotten much feedback from you guys regarding what you want this site to become. The mods have discussed this internally and have some "what we want to be" ideas, we just haven't been able to execute on them yet.</p><p></p><p>With that said...a couple of things:</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Negativity</u></strong></p><p>I don't mind the negativity. It's going to be part of an open community like this for every loss, especially after a loss to a rival. I think for the most part, we all have been good with keeping our emotions at bay and keeping things civil and I really appreciate that. I don't like the idea of censoring either. So open to suggestions here because announcing that you may only post rational/analytical/knowledgeable/etc. posts will get nowhere fast.</p><p></p><p>One thing that I've noticed from this past season about the negativity is that they are the loudest and most prevalent after a loss (not surprisingly). So what typically happens is someone will post what I will describe as a "negative" thread then make some points that no one can prove or disprove. Then it eventually becomes a futile back and forth about who is right and who is wrong and this can go on and on because no one wants to be "proven" wrong publicly. I've thought about this some before and eventually accepted that negativity will always be a part of an online community of passionate fans but I would love to be proven wrong here. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Analysis</u></strong></p><p>Yesterday, I've been too busy trying to keep the board clean that I haven't had much time to think about what happened with the game. I also prefer the posts that do breakdowns of games, analyzing what we think went wrong, throwing out ideas about what can be improved and how regardless of the fact that what we discuss here will most likely never be translated onto the field. All the talk about firing coaches and trashing players because they missed plays, doesn't really interest me all that much.</p><p></p><p>I'm really looking forward to the post-game analysis by @[USER=639]Boomergump[/USER] but we've had some done by other members already (<a href="http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/post-game-thread.1237/#post-17157" target="_blank">ATL1</a>, <a href="http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/post-game-thread.1237/#post-17173" target="_blank">gtg936g</a>, <a href="http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/uga-gt-game-thread.1226/page-11#post-17147" target="_blank">Leonard</a>, etc.) Speaking of which... @Longestdays I really liked the scrimmage videos you used to post pre-season. What happened to those? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>If anyone wants to (has the time, resource, etc) to do something like <a href="http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/1350650.html" target="_blank">this that the UNC site posts</a> for free after every game, please get in touch with me and Eric and we will make it happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John, post: 17212, member: 1"] I'm speaking for myself and myself only. I'm sure @[USER=2]Eric[/USER] will have his own perspective that he can share here if he wishes. One thing I'll remind everyone of first is that in Eric's first post [URL='http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/welcome-to-the-new-site.400/']here[/URL], he made a point about the site being open to suggestions. We haven't really gotten much feedback from you guys regarding what you want this site to become. The mods have discussed this internally and have some "what we want to be" ideas, we just haven't been able to execute on them yet. With that said...a couple of things: [B][U]Negativity[/U][/B] I don't mind the negativity. It's going to be part of an open community like this for every loss, especially after a loss to a rival. I think for the most part, we all have been good with keeping our emotions at bay and keeping things civil and I really appreciate that. I don't like the idea of censoring either. So open to suggestions here because announcing that you may only post rational/analytical/knowledgeable/etc. posts will get nowhere fast. One thing that I've noticed from this past season about the negativity is that they are the loudest and most prevalent after a loss (not surprisingly). So what typically happens is someone will post what I will describe as a "negative" thread then make some points that no one can prove or disprove. Then it eventually becomes a futile back and forth about who is right and who is wrong and this can go on and on because no one wants to be "proven" wrong publicly. I've thought about this some before and eventually accepted that negativity will always be a part of an online community of passionate fans but I would love to be proven wrong here. :) [B][U]Analysis[/U][/B] Yesterday, I've been too busy trying to keep the board clean that I haven't had much time to think about what happened with the game. I also prefer the posts that do breakdowns of games, analyzing what we think went wrong, throwing out ideas about what can be improved and how regardless of the fact that what we discuss here will most likely never be translated onto the field. All the talk about firing coaches and trashing players because they missed plays, doesn't really interest me all that much. I'm really looking forward to the post-game analysis by @[USER=639]Boomergump[/USER] but we've had some done by other members already ([URL='http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/post-game-thread.1237/#post-17157']ATL1[/URL], [URL='http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/post-game-thread.1237/#post-17173']gtg936g[/URL], [URL='http://gtswarm.com/community/threads/uga-gt-game-thread.1226/page-11#post-17147']Leonard[/URL], etc.) Speaking of which... @Longestdays I really liked the scrimmage videos you used to post pre-season. What happened to those? ;) If anyone wants to (has the time, resource, etc) to do something like [URL='http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/1350650.html']this that the UNC site posts[/URL] for free after every game, please get in touch with me and Eric and we will make it happen. [/QUOTE]
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