No, I do not view myself as a hero or white knight defending the downtrodden and oppressed Richts of the world. The mere thought that you view Mark Richt as downtrodden and oppressed would come to a shock to him and anyone else that knows a grain of salt about Mark and his life. Not only is he a multimillionaire, more importantly he is a devout man of God, a tremendous family man and lives his life to serve others. Simply put, you are uninformed and confused (I don’t mean that as an insult).
For you to claim that how I see myself differs from how others see me suggests you have insights into how I view myself, which of course you have no idea, thus you are just making things up to fit a narrative you are trying to sell. Facts can be reasonably important when attempting to make a point.
You then go on to once again failingly try to make a point that if someone is a public figure then someone like me should not defend him, unless I am a family member. Why doesn’t that philosophy apply to those who have attacked the man and his family? Are you starting to see a pattern here? My exchanges with other posters have nothing to do with Mark being a public figure. If one was to adopt your approach it would mean that the only people that private citizens can voice an opinion about has to be another private citizen.
You claim; “these are comments on a message board…nothing more.” And “are not going to negatively impact the program”. Well, if that’s true why does the message board HERD take various levels of credit for the firings of Coker, Shannon, Golden and forcing Coach Richt into retirement? For one to think recruits, their family members, friends and coaches don’t read message boards relating to the teams their sons/brothers/friends/players are considering signing with is at best misguided and naïve.
But here’s where you throw up on your brown shoes while wearing a black tuxedo. You believe my “attacks” concerning other posters are “really unjustified” and I see myself as a “martyr”. I have been vilified for making even the most benign positive statement about Mark Richt, his family, players, other coaches and UM administrators. Much to my surprise I have learned that I am *** by other CIS posters who have on countless occasions labeled me as a "***aloon", along with other such descriptions/, which are apparently medical/psychological terms. I have been called so many names that I have been forced to rely on the Urban Dictionary to try and understand what in the **** I am being called, and even the Urban Dictionary sent me a note suggesting my questions were disgusting due to the subject matter. As for me attempting to be a martyr…in that area I can assure you that my martyr goals and aspirations are several inches higher that a college football message board.
After the HERD's initial hysteria and attacks on Manny Diaz's due to his appointment as UM's head football coach the hate has temporarily simmered down. But, the first bump in the road will see the HERD back to their ole tricks. Again, CIS management would be well served to get their arms around this insane hate fest as they too will find themselves to be a distant memory as other Hurricane message boards have because people tire of reading the daily nonsense that has in the past been found on this message board.