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Originally Posted by strombad
Oh brother, get over yourself. You come in, state an opinion that is obviously going to inspire reaction one way or another with the direct intent of doing so, use advanced stats to make your point (which pretty much every respectable hockey mind takes note of as 'part of the puzzle' but certainly not something that you link to if you're trying to prove a point) and then get upset when people adamantly disagree and tell them they should "educated themselves".
Your manner was not respectful, nor was your evidence relevant. You told people they should educate themselves before responding to you (which comes off as arrogant and condescending) and you used advanced stats, which are hardly relevant.
Show respect, and you'll get respect. Complaining that people aren't responding the way you want and being overly dramatic isn't showing respect to the community, nor is quoting your "friend" who happened to say something negative about the community.
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I told them to educate themselves on my opinion. As in to simply try to understand my opinion before slamming me. That's all I meant.
Advanced stats not relevant? They certainly are discussion worthy. I didn't see say it was the be all end all. I simply used it to reinforce an opinion. Doesn't mean I'm right, just saying that opinion has some validity and it is worthy of consideration. Most refused to do that. If the evidence was so irrelevant than it should be quite easy to refute them. Only one guy even tried and everyone else simply decided to call me a troll. The one guy who tried "thanked" my post, he obviously didn't think I was being over the top in the discussion.