[NU Sports] (no subject)

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Hey Bob, don't let Jeff scare you....

He's just a big puddy tat

Except on the field <g>

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
AIM Handle: CoachRoy74

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:00 AM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] (no subject)
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
> Welcome to the list.
> 
> I hope this won't be your last post.
> 
> I appreciate your opinion, but let me expand on it a little bit.
> 
> First, this would be a pretty dull place if the only ones who were 
> allowed to post were those who met your defnition (no offense 
> intended 
> to ex-players or ex-coaches).  It would be an online version of 
> Pleasantville, where everyone was the same and thought the same.
> 
> Fortunately it's not like that.  We have Mike Nolan and all 
> of the other 
> list posters to thank for the fact that we can have diversity 
> of opinion 
> without it all collapsing into distasteful rants and the sort of 
> personal attacks like the one you directed at me.  If this level of 
> opinion is still too much for you, I suggest you start your own 
> Pleasantville list and you can apply whatever rules  you 
> would like to 
> that list.
> 
> Second, there is the temptation in your message to engage in a little 
> chest bumping with regard to the experience I bring to the 
> board.  You 
> don't know me.  You don't know anything about my years of playing and 
> coaching.  You don't know anything about the number of kids from our 
> little corner of Michigan that have attended NU.  You just happen to 
> disagree with what I may have said and assumed everything else.  
> Fortunately, you don't have to pass a loyalty test to post on this 
> board.  The only test for posters is their ability to carry 
> on a civil 
> discussion.  I'm grateful for that.
> 
> Finally, since you are a relatively new poster, you may not 
> realize that 
> there is a lot of history on this list too.  I leaned pretty 
> hard on Roy 
> this past week for public remarks that I thought were out of 
> character 
> for him.  I felt I had some leeway to do that because he and I have 
> corresponded for so many years and continue to carry on a private 
> correspondence exploring some private aspects of some of our public 
> exchanges.  We don't always agree on things, but still respect each 
> other.  Similarly, Stephen and I have come a welcome mutual 
> understanding with regard to the opportunities this next year 
> present to 
> test some difference of opinion that we have about coaching changes. 
> 
> You see it is possible to disagree with someone strongly and still 
> respect them as a person and their right to hold opinions which may 
> differ from yours.  This list is one of the places where we 
> attempt to 
> put those ideals into practice.
> 
> Again welcome,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Rossiter wrote:
> 
> >Jeff:
> >
> >My first post.  Indeed, parents (and potential players) do 
> read and get 
> >impressions from what posters say and infer.
> >
> >I have a problem (as should you as a graduate) with people 
> who have not 
> >participated in the athletic process (playing at NU as a scholarship 
> >athlete) with negative comments regarding the whole athletic 
> process.  
> >Either buy your tickets and support the program(s) or go on the rant 
> >board and offer your comments---judgments---but ease off on 
> the second 
> >guessing when you do not have the expertise/experience to come to 
> >reasonable conclusions.
> >
> >
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