I've seen posts on this subject on at least 4 recent threads. I thought it might be time to be honest and also open about the Phrase negativity and negative posting.
My definition of those two phrases are as follows.
I consider negativity or negative posting as badmouthing or degrading a person. Calling a person names and questioning their intelligence. telling a person to stop posting or to take the Summer off from posting. Trying to bully a person. When you don't agree with a person's viewpoint or opinion, you attack the person, rather than that person's post. You find fault with the person, rather than that person's ideas. To me , calling a person an idiot or douchebag is a negative post. you respond to a small fact rather than the point of the post. or you become an instant English professor and correct their gramma..er !
We have many people who post on this board that are former players, coaches and current players and scouts. Many of those coaches and former players often see a recruit play and can provide a more accurate evaluation / description of their talent level, and also their strengths and weaknesses. And unfortunately, sometimes those evaluations can be critical and negative in nature. However, there are many recruiting services and draft evaluation services and pro scouts who are paid very good money to make those evaluations whether good or bad.
I don't consider a post that provides an evaluation / assessment of a player to be a negative post. Not all assessments are going to be positive. but the majority of them are meant to be constructive. My son received one of those evaluations. Like thousands of others, he played AAU basketball and went to Coach K and Coach Weber's camps in the hopes of being noticed. He had a lot of good qualities, but he also had a lot of bad qualities. He was 6'4 and played center and had no outside game. and his ball handling ability wasn't great. He still received offers from Division 2 schools. He chose a DIv 1 offer in track instead and has become somewhat successful..
I surf the internet a lot. I read a lot of evaluations and speculative scouting reports on players. You can go to NBA Draftnet and many other sites and read comprehensive scouting reports made on high school players. That is why I do not consider speculative or assessment posts posted here as negative posts. I consider them as free scouting reports. Rather than paying for the information from professional scouts at ESPN Insider etc, I read the free posts at sites like this, knowing there is always somebody who will post the insider info.
and then there are old and forgetful people who get their facts wrong. they don't do it on purpose. A friendly reminder or correction is appreciated.
These are my opinions. if you bash somebody or bully them, I consider you a negative poster. And there are a lot of posters on the internet that fall into that category, including a few on this board. but if you provide speculative posts, or player assessments which may point out a weakness, I don't consider that post or poster being negative. I consider that poster to be intelligent and informative. I don't consider my posts as negative. I admit I'm often wrong.
that's where I'm coming from .. Agree ? Disagree? I welcome your opinions.
My definition of those two phrases are as follows.
I consider negativity or negative posting as badmouthing or degrading a person. Calling a person names and questioning their intelligence. telling a person to stop posting or to take the Summer off from posting. Trying to bully a person. When you don't agree with a person's viewpoint or opinion, you attack the person, rather than that person's post. You find fault with the person, rather than that person's ideas. To me , calling a person an idiot or douchebag is a negative post. you respond to a small fact rather than the point of the post. or you become an instant English professor and correct their gramma..er !
We have many people who post on this board that are former players, coaches and current players and scouts. Many of those coaches and former players often see a recruit play and can provide a more accurate evaluation / description of their talent level, and also their strengths and weaknesses. And unfortunately, sometimes those evaluations can be critical and negative in nature. However, there are many recruiting services and draft evaluation services and pro scouts who are paid very good money to make those evaluations whether good or bad.
I don't consider a post that provides an evaluation / assessment of a player to be a negative post. Not all assessments are going to be positive. but the majority of them are meant to be constructive. My son received one of those evaluations. Like thousands of others, he played AAU basketball and went to Coach K and Coach Weber's camps in the hopes of being noticed. He had a lot of good qualities, but he also had a lot of bad qualities. He was 6'4 and played center and had no outside game. and his ball handling ability wasn't great. He still received offers from Division 2 schools. He chose a DIv 1 offer in track instead and has become somewhat successful..
I surf the internet a lot. I read a lot of evaluations and speculative scouting reports on players. You can go to NBA Draftnet and many other sites and read comprehensive scouting reports made on high school players. That is why I do not consider speculative or assessment posts posted here as negative posts. I consider them as free scouting reports. Rather than paying for the information from professional scouts at ESPN Insider etc, I read the free posts at sites like this, knowing there is always somebody who will post the insider info.
and then there are old and forgetful people who get their facts wrong. they don't do it on purpose. A friendly reminder or correction is appreciated.
These are my opinions. if you bash somebody or bully them, I consider you a negative poster. And there are a lot of posters on the internet that fall into that category, including a few on this board. but if you provide speculative posts, or player assessments which may point out a weakness, I don't consider that post or poster being negative. I consider that poster to be intelligent and informative. I don't consider my posts as negative. I admit I'm often wrong.
that's where I'm coming from .. Agree ? Disagree? I welcome your opinions.
