@H-Town G-Fan
That's quite a damning and harsh attack on my character. I will confess it angered me, and I was ready to post my usual angry reply. Only this old dog is learning new tricks. I took some time to consider what you said and why you said it. So first I went back to read what you wrote:
I have a few thoughts on your comments:
1) I believe that everyone here agrees that Jones' "marginal" or "somewhat" improvement will not prevent him from continuing to be the dead man walking.
2) I asked you for clarification on that comment, but you declined.
Still, it was the part in bold that really struck me. As far as I can tell and remember, no one suggested that Jones would have an "MVP-caliber season", not even close. In fact that seems so far removed from what people were saying, that it reminded me of something I read recently.
I don't dismiss the possibility I could have missed that quote; perhaps @Trench or one of the other people who liked your post could help you find it.
That's quite a damning and harsh attack on my character. I will confess it angered me, and I was ready to post my usual angry reply. Only this old dog is learning new tricks. I took some time to consider what you said and why you said it. So first I went back to read what you wrote:
QuoteI don't consider Jones magically playing like an MVP-caliber candidate to be realistic. It's possible he replicates 2022--maybe even marginally exceeds it
I have a few thoughts on your comments:
1) I believe that everyone here agrees that Jones' "marginal" or "somewhat" improvement will not prevent him from continuing to be the dead man walking.
2) I asked you for clarification on that comment, but you declined.
Still, it was the part in bold that really struck me. As far as I can tell and remember, no one suggested that Jones would have an "MVP-caliber season", not even close. In fact that seems so far removed from what people were saying, that it reminded me of something I read recently.
QuoteWhat a wildly disingenuous and self-serving statement.
I would say this is beneath you, but putting those who disagree with you into an illogical, inaccurate, and indeed ridiculous box to make your own opinions seem correct by extension is not a new tactic. And even this very thread shows how your self-statedly "proper" assessment is out of line with reality.
I don't dismiss the possibility I could have missed that quote; perhaps @Trench or one of the other people who liked your post could help you find it.