MySpace Blog from 10-4-06

I'm done with message boards

Recently, some things went down over in the LHSports boards and I need to take a brief moment to address it. Apparently someone saw one of my previous blogs here on the MySpace page that was reposted on the Trojan Nation blogspot site. To make a long story short, people started posting about what I said here and I got involved in some lengthy back and forth posts.
I want to make something perfectly clear: I am NOT backing down from my original statements about Guru and the comments that he made that upset me. This is not an apology. Whoever the Guru is, (and apparently his ego is hurt since I don't), he has legions of fans that follow him and his picks blindly and feel he can do/say no wrong.

I don't care who you are, if you can't take a little criticism, you shouldn't be making posts, picks, etc. One person called him out and he decides to quit doing LHAC picks and is now doing WestPAC picks. What happens when a Windber or Portage fan gets upset with something he wrote? Is he going to move on to the Heritage Conference?

What I am sorry that I got involved in was the back and forth on that board. Really, I should have just let the post go with a grain of salt and ignored it. I felt the need to defend what I said. Furthermore after a few days of posting, the Guru never responded to the comments that really set me and some others off. He got a pass when it came to saying the Trojans were going to go on a downward spiral because LaRod was gone. He got a pass when it came to saying the Trojans were an "undiscplined Flood City team". He got a pass when he made the remark that Brezovic's Mom must be keeping sack stats.

But I probably shouldn't have jumped in the message board and got caught up in it. I will write more about this Monday for MMR, but from now on, the only message board I'm going to particpate at all in is going to be the one for Trojan Nation. I shouldn't be jumping into different message boards and debating people. It's time consuming and takes focus away from the website, which in turn, takes focus away from the kids.

In other site news, I'm looking to start a new feature as well as add something to an existing one. I am working on a "Coaches Corner" piece that I will put up each week either on Wednesday or Thursday. I'll pose five questions to Coach Arcurio and post them with his response. I'm also making an addition to the Thursday Helmets and Sweats. H&S has become a weekly preview of what's to come outside of the JHS game in the LHAC, District 6-AAA and the City League teams that are AAA. Starting this week, before we dive into that, I'm going to give a quick rundown of the LHAC leaders in statistical categories. We'll do this for the rest of the regular season in a similar fashion that we have started updating the Nation on Geroy, LaRod and all the other former Trojans on Tuesdays.

Don't forget, this Friday's game will be broadcast tape delayed on PCN on Saturday as part of their Game of the Week coverage. Nation, pack the stands this weekend, make extra noise and come out and support the team in it's quest to improve to 6-0. I want all the Penny Jug Divas to put an extra roll of pennies in your jug! I want more cowbell (I've got a fever, and the only prescription...!!!) Airhorns are not allowed, I think, but bring 'em anyway. Blow 'em until they make an announcement to stop. The guys on the team work hard enough, they don't need 15 yards penalities from the crowd!

And most of all, let's really take it to the Huskies. They're having a down year and I'd love to just shove it down their throat. I'd love to get back at them for that loss last year. I'd love for the Trojans to return the favor and shut them out this year. Just like we did two years ago... in a game that was also at Trojan Stadium. In a game that was also on PCN's Game of the Week.