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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 27, 2004 19:35:52 GMT -5
Okay, gotta run.
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Post by pineapple on Oct 27, 2004 19:48:05 GMT -5
[quote author= [glow=red,2,300] simplycurious[/i][/b][/color][/glow] link=board=chitchat&thread=1098922894&start=24#1 date=1098921065]Ok, if you want something amusing. Read through this entire thread and then read the one about a VT get-together. Go ahead, I'll wait.... Time ellapes as [glow=red,2,300]simplycurious[/i][/b][/color][/glow] carries on the delusion that people will actually do what was asked of them and then return to read more[/sub] ...ok, now wasn't that rather amusing!? I'm not sure that a get-together would/could even happen now; not under the present circumstances -- how sad! [/quote] I think the differences of opinion, the desentions, the criticisms being made here are all healthy for this board. At least all are putting their feelings on the table for others to consider and respect- unlike last year towards the end of the season when things went ugly. So far my reading of the exchanges between IdahoBoy® and GatorVball, for example, are putdowns that can be easily cast aside should a get together take place, say in Waianae, Kalihi, Waimanalo or even Papakolea. Seriously, this board would be booorrringgg without people like IdahoBoy® and GatorVball. I would bet that if a gathering took place for the purpose of having fun, it would be fun, regardless of which team won the championship.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Oct 27, 2004 20:14:26 GMT -5
Inferiority complex? If anyone has it, it's you. Hawaii is the best ever, they never lose, no one is better. It was a fluke, right? Last time I checked, Florida led the all time series with Hawaii. No fluke about any of those wins. Actually 1998 was a fluke. The Wahine should have finished off the Gators but the Gators got lucky with some "Homecourt calls", enabling them to steal the victory. Can't say much about last year, aside from Florida just played better down the stretch and was better than Hawai'i in that match. Btw, a 2 to 3 series record is really nothing to open the Champagne bottle for.
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Post by GatorVball on Oct 27, 2004 20:38:01 GMT -5
[quote author=BiK link=board=chitchat&thread=1098922894&start=32#2 date=1098926066]
Actually 1998 was a fluke. The Wahine should have finished off the Gators but the Gators got lucky with some "Homecourt calls", enabling them to steal the victory. Can't say much about last year, aside from Florida just played better down the stretch and were better than Hawai'i in that match.
Btw, a 2 to 3 series record is really nothing to open the Champagne bottle for.[/quote]
No, 3-2 series record is nothing to open the champagne bottle for, but it is a series lead for Florida and yet another reason why myself or other FLorida fans don't have an inferiority complex when it comes to Hawaii.
Wow, you are almost as bad as your buddy. 1998 was not a fluke. It wasn't a fluke when UF won at Hawaii and it wasn't a fluke when they won in Gainesville. Where you even at the match? Questionable calls? Whatever. Maybe your homer announcer said that, but there weren't any that changed the game in UF's favor. I don't think winning 15-10, 15-4 and 15-7 in the final 3 games is a fluke. What did happen in that match was Florida wore down Hawaii. Hawaii was dead by the middle of game 3. Their girls were gassed and had nothing left in the tank. Florida's superior conditioning, something they pride themselves on, was the difference. Geez, do you people ever give the opposing team credit for beating Hawaii? And you wonder why some can't stand you. You guys do a great disservice to the many fine Hawaii fans that do post on this board.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Oct 27, 2004 20:46:24 GMT -5
And you wonder why some can't stand you. You guys do a great disservice to the many fine Hawaii fans that do post on this board. Wonder? I couldn't care less whether or not people can't stand me. I can't stand half the people on this board including your whiny butt. I'm not here to win any popularity contest so save those types of comments to people that actually care. As far as the many fine Hawai'i fans on the board like 808 and roy to name to name a few, they know I don't speak for them.
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Post by islandgirl on Oct 27, 2004 20:57:54 GMT -5
I B, you are too much. You know, I appreciate your knowledge of volleyball and some of your posts. What I don't appreciate is how self-important you think you are and how everyone else are the ones with the problem. This is obviously a reference to a "non-meaningful" post of mine which stated that you don't speak for the Wahine faithful. It apparently offended you. Your question illustrates the difference between you and me. I would never presume to speak for the Hawai`i masses. Only a pompous dweeb would presume to do that. All I know is that for over twenty years of being an avid Wahine fan (hanging out with many other fans and the booster club and going to the games), I have never heard fans be anything but humble about the Wahine team and gracious towards other teams. I don't know every fan but as the games demonstrate, the crowd is knowledgable about the game, likes to see good volleyball -- even if it is from the other team, and very proud of the Wahine. The majority I talk to don't know or care about this board either. Maybe we hang out in different circles but I haven't heard anyone trying to spin a loss from a year ago or take potshots at other teams for the heck of it. And are you seriously going to act all innocent and deny that you didn't deliberately try to bait/drag the Florida fans again recently into your Florida/Hawaii debate. I guess that was for your entertainment value cause it certainly wasn't for the Florida fan's entertainment value. I also notice that when you do that other posters start taking cheap potshots at the Hawaii program and fans and it can be irritating. Oh, and sorry I don't pass your "meaningful contribution" test. I realize you see yourself as the standard. I must just be one of those "nameless, silent worthless... faces in the crowd." We can all only strive to be as meaningful and informative as you. (Oh, and my insults are really just to make others think about how they are contributing to this forum and solely for entertainment value also. ) I just don't feel the need to sit on this board everyday and worry about my post count or the fact that I may not be contributing meaningfully enough for you (surprisingly enough) when I do post. Different strokes, I guess. Oh well, you can certainly take care of any "useless" posters. Must be nice to be able to ban everyone who disagrees with you and to make your best friends "deputies".
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Post by roofed! on Oct 27, 2004 21:11:10 GMT -5
I B, you are too much. You know, I appreciate your knowledge of volleyball and some of your posts. What I don't appreciate is how self-important you think you are and how everyone else are the ones with the problem. This is obviously a reference to a "non-meaningful" post of mine which stated that you don't speak for the Wahine faithful. It apparently offended you. Your question illustrates the difference between you and me. I would never presume to speak for the Hawai`i masses. Only a pompous dweeb would presume to do that. Island Girl, don't worry. IdahoBoy can never speak for the Hawai'ian masses because he is not a Hawai'ian. Nada...not even a single drop! He is just a redneck transplant who takes his arrogant and "I-am-so big" bully behavior when he crossed the ocean.
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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Oct 27, 2004 21:37:51 GMT -5
This entire thread is the epitome of dorkwadness.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 27, 2004 21:39:05 GMT -5
This entire thread is the epitome of dorkwadness. We had to wait for you to participate to make it official though.
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Post by FloridaPerson on Oct 27, 2004 22:37:12 GMT -5
This thread got much better after the first few posts.
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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Oct 27, 2004 23:01:24 GMT -5
[quote author=IdahoBoy®® link=board=chitchat&thread=1098922894&start=38#2 date=1098931145]
We had to wait for you to participate to make it official though. [/quote]
Here, have some self-esteem pills. Maybe it'll help with your "posting useless crap about myself because I sit around and wonder what everyone thinks of me" problem.
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Post by gooseberry on Oct 28, 2004 1:25:55 GMT -5
Idahopoboy, you durn have some'n missin' up in that there head of yor'n. Is yer heart so dang empty ya need us folks to fill it with love and affekshen? Poor sap. Yer a durn fool. That there is the reason why I hates yer'n guts.
Come to think of it, I reckon the boy's head is so mashed potatoes, why, I'd bet a mule and a bucket he likes all this here attenshen, even the bad 'uns. It prolly made his durn day to know us here kind folks are thinkin' and postin' bout hisseff. Poor pathetic boy.
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Post by rayb_14 on Oct 28, 2004 12:20:59 GMT -5
[quote author=IdahoBoy®® link=board=chitchat&thread=1098922894&start=0#0 date=1098907895]I've been under the gun lately on various topics, so I just spent about 10 minutes looking through my last 200 posts made on this forum. The reason is to try to find why people would turn their resent towards the programs I follow because of what I post.
What I found was about 125 posts commenting on volleyball across the nation, stats, ranking systems, strengths of schedules, play-by-plays and all of those were without bias one-way or another in regards to Hawaii or Idaho.
Another 45 or so posts were quick comments to Ruffda, Gorf, and a few others responding to jabs taken at me or supporting a joke made for them.
20 or so more were stupid "Yay" or "LOL" responses.
Less than 10 had anything to do with any school rivalries.
I work hard trying to keep information flowing here and keep things interesting, but commonly I get ganged up on by people with no sense of humor and no sense of self-pride or guts to stand up for what they think.
I try to make comments to make people think and participate, or in some cases for entertainment. Why are you here if you don't want to think about volleyball or the latest news and results? Most of the replies to information and news I post are bitter remarks from some potential truth harbored from past posts. Some of them are funny remarks which are entertaining (albeit at my expense, dammit Ruffda).
For the record. I am not affiliated with the programs at Hawaii or Idaho in any way except that I am one of the biggest fans of both programs. My enthusiasm for a program is my own opinion which I'm eager to share.
However, if my work is not appreciated or causing others to fall away from these programs, maybe I should go back to being like many of my critics and be a nameless, silent, worthless-except-for-my-admission-price face in the crowd.
If you are "hating" Hawaii or Idaho on my behalf perhaps you should re-examine what it was that I did that makes you "hate" the programs I love?
I respect your opinions, I don't have to agree with them. I am entitled to my opinions and no, you don't have to agree with them, either. Even if I am right.
Yes, I am slightly arrogant, it's a family trait. [/quote]
i hadn't been to a pity party in a long time, thanks for the laughs.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 28, 2004 12:34:43 GMT -5
To quote the master dork, SonofBarcelona Boob: "Volleyball is a small community; everybody knows somebody." Okay, I paraphrased. But it's true. IdahoBoor likes to brag about his connections and the thing is, I think so many others have more connections. Well, I won't say who I know but my Palm Pilot has the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of hundreds of dorky volleyball players and coaches around the country. Although these days, I try to stay invisible in the real world.
Like at the Hawaii-SJSU match, I've talked to Charlie Wade, Craig Choate, Alicia Arnott, Kanoe Kamana'o, Stephanie Pascucci, Cayley Thurlby, Kari Gregory, Melody Eckmier, Jessica Sudduth, Susie Boogaard, Eckmier's parents, Pakalani Bello, Scott Robbs, Gary Mano, etc. iin the past, but last night, I did NOT talk to them at all, preferring instead to enjoy the match in my own little corner of the gym. Every match I attend whether here or at Hawaii or the Midwest or at Nebraska, I know at least 20 people. But I stay put.
IdahoBoor on the other hand, his insecurities always get the better of him...
*sigh*
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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Oct 28, 2004 12:45:09 GMT -5
To quote the master dork, SonofBarcelona Boob: "Volleyball is a small community; everybody knows somebody." Okay, I paraphrased. But it's true. IdahoBoor likes to brag about his connections and the thing is, I think so many others have more connections. Well, I won't say who I know but my Palm Pilot has the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of hundreds of dorky volleyball players and coaches around the country. Although these days, I try to stay invisible in the real world. Like at the Hawaii-SJSU match, I've talked to Charlie Wade, Craig Choate, Alicia Arnott, Kanoe Kamana'o, Stephanie Pascucci, Cayley Thurlby, Kari Gregory, Melody Eckmier, Jessica Sudduth, Susie Boogaard, Eckmier's parents, Pakalani Bello, Scott Robbs, Gary Mano, etc. iin the past, but last night, I did NOT talk to them at all, preferring instead to enjoy the match in my own little corner of the gym. Every match I attend whether here or at Hawaii or the Midwest or at Nebraska, I know at least 20 people. But I stay put. IdahoBoor on the other hand, his insecurities always get the better of him... *sigh* Ya right, Mr. Paranoia-afraid-of-being-outed-on-the-board actually went up and introduced himself to members of the volleyball community as Wolfgang, dorkwad of Rolldork fame? I don't think so.
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