[MV72018]

My post evidently hit a nerve, because it engendered two posts so defensive it would have made Shaw blush.  It seems that nobody enjoys being criticized, whether you are a Power 5 football coach or an anonymous poster on a message board (nb, I include myself here).  Now imagine having to do that in front of TV cameras every week.  If you want to get worked up about the loss, go ahead, but for the life of me I don’t understand why anyone would care about a press conference.  If it bothers you so much, maybe, change the channel?

BC

A praiseworthy trait in lawyers, politicians, and sports board posters is the disposition to characterize an interlocutor's or adversary's views accurately, rather than resorting to exaggerating them in order to more easily criticize or knock them down.

[MV72018]

My post evidently hit a nerve, because it engendered two posts so defensive it would have made Shaw blush.  It seems that nobody enjoys being criticized, whether you are a Power 5 football coach or an anonymous poster on a message board (nb, I include myself here).  Now imagine having to do that in front of TV cameras every week.  If you want to get worked up about the loss, go ahead, but for the life of me I don’t understand why anyone would care about a press conference.  If it bothers you so much, maybe, change the channel?

BC

A praiseworthy trait in lawyers, politicians, and sports board posters is the disposition to characterize an interlocutor's or adversary's views accurately, rather than resorting to exaggerating them in order to more easily criticize or knock them down.