Been said before and it still holds true. There are different groups of posters on this message board. One group (a handful), demands that posters keep all things OU sacred, which in their mind means that no one is permitted to be critical of a coach or player unless THEY feel like doing it themselves. And they justify doing so because THEY understand the game of football more than other members of the board. They use words like asshole, dumb ass, douche bag, stupid, and idiot to describe those that are in the other, smaller group. That particular small group "dares" to challenge the first group, and they pick at the sore because they know that eventually those in group one will crack and go to using phrases like or similar to "eat shit", "you don't know the first thing about football", "feel your own dick", "fellate yourself", "you obviously are ignorant or utterly stupid". Then group one does exactly what group two does. They challenge group two, e.g., "bring it on", which group two comes back with "are you drunk", knowing that the sore is now wide open. So as in the thread about the Baylor QB, a simple post "we have a long history of making inexperienced QB's look like AA" turns into a 4 page thread that shouldn't have be allowed to go beyond page 1. Yet another group, which IMO is the larger group stays away from threads like this when it gets so filthy and rude. Members of that group seem to know when to stop trying to make their point and just go on without becoming so upset about what someone else feels about the subject. I haven't posted in over a week because I didn't feel like I could add to any thread, but I have been following the board and have "liked" posts written by members of all groups. I'm not defending any poster in group 1 or 2, and I am on record as saying that I don't think Bob Stoops will win another national championship at OU. But I also feel and have posted that I can't think of another coach that OU could bring to Norman that would be better than Coach Stoops. If there is one out there that is better and OU could hire, I don't know who he is. I've asked the board and haven't gotten any name that I would want more than Bob. I guess some would say that I am just riding the fence. I don't see it that way. Its my opinion, and everyone is entitled to their opinion without being demonized, ridiculed, and made to feel that they need to just forget about the Sooner Message Board. That is too bad....and sucks. It doesn't have to be that way.
