[NU Sports] (no subject)

[peg wolfe]

I love a good rhubarb!  ;o)

- sundevilpeg, AKA peg wolfe, currently up in arms about Cal getting jobbed 
by the evil BCS Cabal

>From: "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
>To: "'Jeff Beamsley'" <jeffb at hilgraeve.com>, <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
>Subject: RE: [NU Sports] (no subject)
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:37:50 -0500
>
>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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> > -----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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