dac – Brian has taken some personal shots at me out of the blue, and I’ve responded in kind. He’s done it in his role as a poster rather than in the role of a moderator. That’s all. His comments haven’t been about my breaking posting rules. Just baseball/Cardinals things in his opinion he disagrees with me about. Other posters have noticed it, and commented about it. I know him personally and don’t take offense with it at all.
And when there’s a problem on the Cards, like the outfield issue, I do tend to continue to refer to it. Other posters at times do the same thing without being called out for it.
Why is that, dac?
Because when you debate things you tend to make straw man arguments and misrepresent people’s points, which is frustrating for people to deal with. You also move the goal posts a lot rather than refute a persons point. I made an argument about pitcher wins being a flawed stat, which you said nothing about, then made a comment about analytics being what’s wrong. I pointed out the most successful organizations in baseball also seem to be the best at using analytics, again you said nothing to that point, then made a comment insinuating that I don’t have the intelligence to understand the human element. Frankly, doing this over and over is frustrating. I wish you would just say what you really feel, which seems to be that you think the statistics you grew up with and your understanding of the game are enough, even if every front office in baseball would disagree with you.
To your point about TLR, he was a great manager of people, singularly focused on what it took to be successful day in and day out. But he was notoriously a terrible front office executive and did not last long in that role despite his reputation. It’s no surprise he is back at managing, as that is what he is good at. FYI, his organization famously prioritizes analytics and the front office has much more to do with the success or failure of a team than any manager does, especially a manager in his first season with that group of players.