the anti-Whitlock

[greenie]

I don't think Stupid is that poster's real name.

 

[21]

It strikes me that almost everyone who DOES use their real name is a high-profile entity. Take from that what you wish; I know what I take from it.

I think there are just as many--probably more--'high-profile' entities who do not use their real names.

To re-paraphrase DDown's excellent paraphrase of my theory....This is, after all, an anonymous message board. To denigrate it for not being more than that is just strange. It's like ripping Target for not selling Armani suits. You knew what it was when you walked in the door.

With absolutely no disrespect to anyone who posts under his or her own name, I have great great love for the major stars in the biz who choose to not use their real names here, not for their own protection, but because it would be too easy. It takes a cool ego to know you could slam dunk on a thread by sheer force of your name and reputation, but instead allow others to call you a 6th grade asswipe. THAT is the beauty of this joint.

And yet...I also think whitlock is one of the greatest additions to this site in a long long time. The man puts it out there and stirs it up and actually talks about the business, which is a helluva lot more than you can say about plenty of the folks here who rip him for whatever reason. But I do wish he'd stop looking for the Porsche engine under the hood of this very serviceable Ford. It's just not here.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

wouldn't an anti-whitlock be a 5-0 redhead girl?

 

[Tom Petty]

IMHO you are 100 percent wrong pallister. anonymity guarantees conversations will be as close to honest as possible, not hinder it.

whitlock comes here to further his shtick and continue on with his self appointed roll (pun intended) as being the policeman of sports journalists. you on the other hand, appear to live inside this little bubble of higher moral ground than the rest of us.

the rest of us, well, i guess all i can do is speak for myself, am tired of representing my paper at the end of the day. when i'm at work, i represent my paper. when i'm at the grocery store picking up dinner for the little heartbreakers, people approach me as tom petty sports editor, and once again i'm representing my paper.

if i go to my daughter's soccer game, yeah, the paper. in fact, i have a hard time watching her games because people usually want to talk sports, and not the one being played in front of us. if i were to get a dui, guess what, it would go in my paper, and the papers that intersect our coverage zone as 'TImes SE drunk as hell while driving' and then the name tom petty would probably appear in the subhead.

i represent my paper most of my waking life and i have to act the part, and that gets a little tiresome after awhile. and, if i had to post under my real name here, guess what? yeah, more representing of the paper and no true dialog.

at some point and time, it's comforting to know i can speak (write) without an audience judging the se of the times ... much like speaking in front of influential children 24 hours a day.

for the rest of us, it's nice to say what we really are thinking about our business and those who compose a chunk of it with honestly ... without representing anyone but ourselves.

using your real name is no badge of courage, instead, it only red flags me that you're not being totally forthcoming.

That, too, was one helluva post. Nicely played.

It strikes me that almost everyone who DOES use their real name is a high-profile entity. Take from that what you wish; I know what I take from it.

if i may inject: one of the folks i respect most in this biz is dave kindred. without being a dick -- honestly -- i've been reading the guy since i've been a young man and have enjoyed the hell out of him for many years.
dave has some great things to say here, but, at the same time, i have to believe he'd dazzle with much more indepth insight if he used a handle instead.

 

[sportschick]

wouldn't an anti-whitlock be a 5-0 redhead girl?

So if I dyed my hair, I'd be the anti-Whitlock? That's wrong on sooooooooooooo many levels.

 

[Clever username]

It strikes me that almost everyone who DOES use their real name is a high-profile entity. Take from that what you wish; I know what I take from it.

I think there are just as many--probably more--'high-profile' entities who do not use their real names.

To re-paraphrase DDown's excellent paraphrase of my theory....This is, after all, an anonymous message board. To denigrate it for not being more than that is just strange. It's like ripping Target for not selling Armani suits. You knew what it was when you walked in the door.

With absolutely no disrespect to anyone who posts under his or her own name, I have great great love for the major stars in the biz who choose to not use their real names here, not for their own protection, but because it would be too easy. It takes a cool ego to know you could slam dunk on a thread by sheer force of your name and reputation, but instead allow others to call you a 6th grade asswipe. THAT is the beauty of this joint.

And yet...I also think whitlock is one of the greatest additions to this site in a long long time. The man puts it out there and stirs it up and actually talks about the business, which is a helluva lot more than you can say about plenty of the folks here who rip him for whatever reason. But I do wish he'd stop looking for the Porsche engine under the hood of this very serviceable Ford. It's just not here.

So should I not create a fake account with the username of Scoop_Jackson just so I can fuck with everybody?

 

[shotglass]

No. Clever username is ... clever.

And 21 ... if that IS your real name ... great post.

 

[Dave Kindred]

Thanks, Tom Petty, sort of....but who knows, maybe I'm also on the board as a wicked bad speller, a teevee p.a., and/or a dyspeptic copy editor.

 

[21]

Thanks, Tom Petty, sort of....but who knows, maybe I'm also on the board as a wicked bad speller

That is so hot.