jcru wrote:I appreciate it, RR. Now, of course, like an ameoba, I probably just absorbed your account as well. Anyone who dares even talk to me who isn't a moderator is accused of being me, these days.
Strange times indeed.
I know certain people hated the old Projo boards because they couldn't control the narrative at all times. I'm talking about Iggy and the like, sure, but who I am really talking about is whoever Iggy's source is. They want one narrative, one direction, at all times. What you just witnessed tonight, is actively controlling the narrative. I've never seen URI, for instance, officially denounce a rumor like they did tonight on the official website. That's Big.
It is definitely unusual to take the step that URI did tonight, especially for sleepy URI that always seems sort of oblivious to the larger conversation - at least traditionally.
I view that as evidence of how they view Pitino and what they think about the idea of being associated with him, rather than a conspiracy/coverup. Nobody is telling me to think that, but that is my impression of how these guys think based on their track records and my interactions with them.
It isn't personal that people here have given you a hard time - nobody even knows you. At least not well enough to target you specifically. You came in here making wild allegations that everyone but you is shilling for athletic department and is involved in some sort of propaganda effort - obviously people are going to think that you're a crazy person and also defend themselves. Not only is that untrue, it's so far off base from reality that it's actually hilarious. But it also makes you look clueless and foolish.
Again, that is not a personal attack - I'm not saying you're a clueless and foolish person. But I am saying that what you've been saying here is. There may be a Cox family member here among us - this is an anonymous message board, so anythings possible - but with one or two possible exceptions people here aren't "in the bag" for a coaching candidate because they have some personal stake in that person getting the job, or because they were secretly told that he was going to get the job and they've been tasked to go sell it in the community. Posters here are just fans, but they're fans that follow this team every single day and have a good sense of where things are at and what people are responsible for what. And so when the vast majority of those fans support a particular candidate, it might be worth considering that they came to that opinion honestly based on their knowledge of the situation rather than it being the result of some coordinated PR effort.
