02-11-2019, 07:59 PM
(02-11-2019, 07:27 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Fred-Posting 101
Step 1: Make a random claim that is easily proven wrong by anyone with a tiny bit of research, but present it like gospel.
ie. "Marvin Jones and George Iloka were compensatory picks."
Step 2: When someone points out with facts that you were wrong with said tiny bit of research, ignore it like it never happened and focus on an entirely different argument that was nowhere near your original argument, using extremes are best. Also ignore the points the other person made if they are inconvenient.
ie. "Would you prefer paying Stacy Andrews all of the monies? If you keep X players, you have to get rid of other players. If you do this, you won't get *insert best player here*."
Step 3: When the other side realizes they are being Fred-Posted, they lose interest in pointing out things like... the original point made wasn't that the Bengals should sign ALL of their free agents regardless of the price, but that they shouldn't avoid adding talented players in FA because of trying to Smeagol comp picks... congrats, you have Fred-Posted your way out of embarassment and into ending the conversation.
Step 4: Prepare another easily proven false argument to do it all again.
Leonard posting 101...….Ignore all points made and result to personal attacks.
When discussing the issue of comp picks it is not as simplistic as "turning players like Reggie Nelson, Kevin Zeitler, and Andrew Whitworth into preseason legends like Ryan Glasgow, Paul Dawson, and Marcus Hardison a year later."
1. You have to look at the total amount the team spent. You can't just say "sign more expensive free agents" without explaining how you can fit them under the cap.
2. You have to look at the total effect of the comp picks. Like I said, we may never have drafted Geno if we had not used our third round comp pick on a CB.
Please explain how these two issues are "easily proven false". I admit I made a mistake about Iloka and Jones, but that does not make everything else I said wrong.
