Trolls on team board

Some of this will pass in a couple of weeks after the coordinator decisions wear on. I have been negative about the OC hire, but I won't bring it up anymore. I am over my initial disappointment. There are a couple of posters who will remind us of their long-standing displeasure with the coordinators with every bad play-call in the fall. And there will be old threads bumped calling out anyone who wasn't "sunshine pumping" when the new-hires prove their value. It is the nature of things. All of the talk and media speculation of possible candidates... men CNS may have had on slight interest in - if any - creates tension/disappointment when "our candidate" isn't chosen.

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There seems to be a lot of trolling on this board lately. Maybe I have a perception problem, because I don't use mega-threads?

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There's 3 or 4 obvious trolls at least. This site has used the Finebaum method of "totally real callers" to drive up outrage/participation, and therefore revenue, for years. But, it used to be limited to the Rant. Looks like it's on the team boards too now.

How can you be disappointed with the OC hire when they guy is yet to call one play for Bama?? I bet in 2008 you were "negative" about a not so splashy hire named Kirby Smart as the DC. Did you want Saban to make a more "splashy" hire and go out and get someone like Dan Mullen? Take a look at some of the best teams under Saban at Alabama, what were they known for? A downhill rushing attack with grit that took the will of opposing teams late in the game, with QBs that were considered "game managers." If you watched the same Alabama team I have the last couple years we need to do everything we can to keep the defense off the field as much as possible. If you look at the teams with these high powered spread/ pass heavy offenses most of them have bad defenses bc it's hard to be on the field so long. Saban has made some moves this offseason that has reminded me of the old Nick, I am all for it!

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There seems to be a lot of trolling on this board lately.

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If people just stopped engaging them, they'd likely stop trolling (or even if they didn't, their threads would disappear quite quickly off the first page).

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If people just stopped engaging them, they'd likely stop trolling (or even if they didn't, their threads would disappear quite quickly off the first page).

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I agree, but Imo, the problem seems to be a severe lack of maturity shown by 6-8 of the regulars on the board. The juvenile mind is always looking for approval and acceptance, so if there is no response to their rant, they'll usually abandon it, and hunt for a like-minded one to get on board with!

Maybe I’m one of the people you labeled a troll, whatever that means. I’m not really sure. I’ve been lurking here, reading posts, for years and I post every so often, usually in game threads, but not that often. I rarely read and never post on the rant.

I’ve made it obvious I am in the camp that thinks Saban could have done much much better with both of these hires, especially with the DC. I honestly do not believe these hires are upgrades and are lateral moves at best. And I find all this talk of “I’m beginning to like these hires” or “we will have to just wait and see how they do” or “how can you be upset they haven’t called a play for Alabama” talk ridiculous. Obviously they both have a history of work you can look at with your own eyes that tells you what they are capable of. When you have to start making excuses like they did that with less talent, but with our players they can get us back to where we need to be, it just tells me my opinion is probably accurate.

I guess I thought this was a place where I could at least express my opinion and viewpoint, and at least be able to discuss my take on these hires, no matter if it was in opposition to the majority of people on here, and I thought that based on how I’ve observed the board over the years. Perhaps I wasn’t paying close enough attention.

Because now it appears that certain posters want to weed out anyone who has opinions that are in opposition to theirs. I’ve read multiple comments where people say it makes the board unbearable to have to read these comments, even though I’m not really sure how reading something you don’t agree with can be that unbearable. And now in this thread it’s become, just don’t respond to them and they will go away.

Is that what the team boards are supposed to be? A hive mind of sunshine pumpers that have positive reactions to a statement from a talking head, or an old QB on a radio show, or the new hires girlfriend posting a picture of a hat? Maybe expressing a different opinion than the majority makes me a troll, I don’t know, maybe I don’t get to decide that. Either way I’ll follow the lead of Pastor Mike and I’ll stop talking about how much of a mistake these hires are and how much I hope I’m proven wrong.

It’s not just looking for acceptance. There are 6-8 regulars who have a juvenile need to gain self-esteem from someone else’s exploits.

I get that we all naturally gravitate to support our representatives - that is, the guys or girls who represent our school, city or country in various events whether athletic or academic. We all love our guys and root for them to win, and we are a little bummed when they lose. However, a well adjusted adult realizes that their true value and self esteem lies in their own accomplishments not someone else’s. And they don’t take irrational views or have mercurial opinions, eg., wanting to see the true GOAT “move on”because we haven’t won the championship in two years or believing that being a former player qualifies them to do a better job of coaching or hiring staff than a guy who’s won 7 freaking championships.

But, alas places with a degree of anonymity bring out these types.

Do people who view themselves as a well adjusted adults that have come to the realization their true value and self esteem lies in their own accomplishments think it is appropriate to call other people juvenile? Doesn’t that kind of name calling negate the self appointed title of well adjusted adult?

That’s what I really don’t get here, if you disagree with what someone writes that’s one thing, but to call them names to bolster your disagreement seems cheap.

And to be clear this applies to a fairly significant number of posters and not any one individual.

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especially with the DC. I honestly do not believe these hires are upgrades and are lateral moves at best.

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How is Kevin Steele on the same level of Pete Golding?




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If you think Saban could have / should have done much better with the hires, share specifics. WWASD?

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So I’ve got one person telling me to stop posting and another asking me what I would do.

A more proven younger DC it would have been Pruitt for me, Saban is smart enough to navigate the NCAA crap. He could have hired Steele too and made them co-DCs and put it in Pruitt’s contract if the show cause comes then he is demoted to an analyst at reduced pay.

In any case I think the DC hire became significantly more important once Rees was hired. If Pruitt had happened, maybe the Rees hiring would be ok. But without a solid DC that can keep opponents to lower scores I don’t think the style offense Rees will run is going to be high scoring and able to keep up with higher tempo teams that can score at will.

And please do not try and sell anyone on Steele being same level as someone like Pruitt or Kirby, he is not on that level.

Hope this answers you question.