Red Mosquito

Simple Torture wrote:

stip wrote:as much as I hate bitchy threads like this, I'd be reluctant to include anything said/done in the heat of the moment during a live show. Over the course of 30+ years where every single live utterance is archived forever you're going to have a moment when you are not your best self. That there are so few is remarkable, and those strike me as something different than actions taken with sober and deliberate intent (though even then in many of these cases we don't know the full story).

I'm sure I have a reputation for being an apologist, but a lot of this is my work/professional life bleeding into this thread. I spend a huge chunk of every day addressing faculty complaints about administration that have only the most superficial understanding of the nuances and data behind decisions and policies that govern what we do, and student complaints about faculty choices that are often informed by a rush to judgement. Plus my academic background in political science is more of the same. The same rush to judgement and moral posturing without a full understanding of the complexity behind why choices are made.

And so I always suspect the actual rationale behind some of the things we complain about have a lot more behind them. Enough that I am generally comfortable giving the benefit of the doubt until we actually know more (which we usually don't).

None of this—and I mean NONE OF THIS—excuses the late-era change to the Corduroy bridge.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Jorge wrote:I think I remember reading that

Don't take my word for it

I regularly have your RM posts notarized so

wease wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

stip wrote:as much as I hate bitchy threads like this, I'd be reluctant to include anything said/done in the heat of the moment during a live show. Over the course of 30+ years where every single live utterance is archived forever you're going to have a moment when you are not your best self. That there are so few is remarkable, and those strike me as something different than actions taken with sober and deliberate intent (though even then in many of these cases we don't know the full story).

I'm sure I have a reputation for being an apologist, but a lot of this is my work/professional life bleeding into this thread. I spend a huge chunk of every day addressing faculty complaints about administration that have only the most superficial understanding of the nuances and data behind decisions and policies that govern what we do, and student complaints about faculty choices that are often informed by a rush to judgement. Plus my academic background in political science is more of the same. The same rush to judgement and moral posturing without a full understanding of the complexity behind why choices are made.

And so I always suspect the actual rationale behind some of the things we complain about have a lot more behind them. Enough that I am generally comfortable giving the benefit of the doubt until we actually know more (which we usually don't).

None of this—and I mean NONE OF THIS—excuses the late-era change to the Corduroy bridge.

Hear, hear!

Chris_H_2 wrote:dolls

tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah excluding Dave from HOF ranks fairly high

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah excluding Dave from HOF ranks fairly high

I change my vote

LetMeSleep wrote:

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah excluding Dave from HOF ranks fairly high

I change my vote

TBF I think this was out of their hands.