[Cali Panthers Fan]

Just to add to what Jiri and other's were saying about not keeping score, I think it's especially important in this case where there was little to no actual facts about the negotiation. That led to a LOT of speculation, and whenever you do that, there are bound to be some more extreme opinions that are going to be wrong. Most of the time there were reasons to back up those thoughts, sometimes not. In the absence of hard facts, you need to allow for a range of thoughts on the same subject.

The only issue I had with this whole thing was the general tone and mood of posts. People were very quick to argue and mock other people's opinions. Some were like a dog on a bone when it came to certain points, and wouldn't even acknowledge other people's opinions. That's where you get a lot of contentiousness from, and it's easy to fix if you just ignore those who aren't willing to have a reasonable conversation.