06-07-2015, 03:04 PM
(06-07-2015, 12:05 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I just wanted to throw my 2 cents on Denny real quick, as I've had some pretty strong opinions that I've been unable to share for quite some time.
Let's all be honest here, he contributed absolutely nothing to the boards, in terms of actual football discussion. Zilch. Nada. I can't recall a single time that he even wrote more than a few sentences. (Translation: He took no time to explain himself or add any substance to his posts) He never said much of anything when it came to actual football talk. I never remember him commenting on this player vs that player, this team vs that team, this strategy vs that strategy, etc.
At the end of the day we're here (were there) to talk football. Period. Throw out the homer vs hater bs, throw out the disagreements, the rep points, the sigs, the bets... Throw it all out. Everyone is ultimately here (was there) for the same thing. To talk about Bengals football and the NFL. Some contribute more than others, and that's ok. Denny didn't contribute at all. He added nothing to the actual discussion. If anything, I think he took joy in inciting others, all the while taking about 10 seconds to write his regurgitated nonsense over and over.
As far as being a mod, a few things: He went out of his way to ding certain types of posters more than others. He was once gave me an infraction for calling someone in an article a moron. Not another a poster. A personal in an article. Some idiot was giving the Bengals grief for not taking Carlos Hyde in one of those Hobson's mailbag things. I called that guy an idiot and Denny dinged for it. Even after I told him this person wasn't a poster, he warned me and said he'd let it slide just this once. Meanwhile, I was called much worse almost daily and he was nowhere to be found. (tl;dr: Denny singed out negative posters)
Lastly, I thought he represented the team horribly. Even if he's not a paid employee he did represent the team. When people voice their concerns and you reply "See ya" "Or good riddance" or whatever, that's not a good look. You won't see the social media person for Fritos tell someone they don't want their business if they comment they don't like their new BBQ flavor or whatever. Denny did that constantly. It came across and childish to me. When someone takes the time to try to explain why their upset about whatever, and you reply the way he often did, it reminded me of a child's "na na na boo boo" response. The least he could do was explain himself in return. He never, I mean absolutely never, did.
Just my opinion but I thought he made them look bad. I think he seemed petty, antagonistic, I think he trolled people, and frankly, I think he was dumb as shit.
Yeah, i got along with him cause i was more on the homer side but i get everything you say here Wes.
He never could talk football, just couldn't.
