merc, he does not buy anyone's picks. He has been around here with different names for a long time. He gets kicked off and them reappears. Plus, and I hate even getting in the gutter with it but he is a pathological liar. He says nothing when things are well, but when bad runs appear, well so does he. He gets his kicks out of stuff like this. The notion I don't update the triple record is absurd. That has been updated after every one and always has been. The guy just lies. And when you post a record he does not want to believe it. His agenda is simply to cause what he perceives as trouble for people. I called him on it and he like a spoiled child he does not like getting reprimanded. We walk a fine line here. We try to interact with folks and being accessible. When people like this appear we are encouraged to just ignore them. That is tough sometimes when your integrity is being called into question. And then if we choose to engage and set things right we are then accused of being thin skinned or not professional. We are accused of either hiding, or being thin skinned. Kind of a no win situation. The only reason he has reappeared is because he knows the last couple of weeks with the subscriber plays have been rough. He knows this so he sees what he perceives as an opening. Whenever things are going very well he simply vanishes. Always has and always will.
What is most troubling when you cut right to it is that there are people in their lives so miserable and empty they stoop to trolling and stalking. It's kind of sick when you truly stop to think about it. But, that is what it is in this business. When I first started as a pro at Pregame now going on eleven years ago I was at the home office visiting with Marco and he tried to prepare me for individuals exactly like this guy. Marco had been around the business a good many years and told me it was inevitable. He was spot on.
I try hard to be helpful, friendly and courteous to everyone I meet on the forum. I've made a great deal of good friends here. Tolerating these types just goes with the territory. We all live with it and deal with it the best way we can. Each pro in his own way I suppose. Like I said, it is basically damned if you do and damned if you don't when it comes to responding.
He knows it has been a bad stretch so he feels like he is calling me out. To him this is the prime time to get active. To accuse me of being dishonest about updating the Triple mark does piss me off. That is totally absurd. The guy contributes nothing to anything. He never has a positive thing to say about anything or anyone. The christian in me says forgive. I try. That might sound silly to some but that is about as honest as I can possibly be. It's hard sometimes. But I am a positive person, I raised positive kids. I tend to look at the glass half full in life. We all have our crosses to bear.
Now, even as I am in the midst of a tailspin here are some current numbers.
NBA Hoops to Date FULL season. 35-34, -.08 unit.
College Hoops to Date FULL season. 32-44 -25.70 units. Triples 5-4, Rabid Dogs 3-2.
Triple Star record All Time 554-397 +301 Units
Rabid Dog Record All Time 336-151 +281 Units
As most people who have hung around this forum many years know, the vast majority of my featured releases are usually either a triple or rabid dog release.
Anyway, there it is guys. The good, bad and ugly. I decided I did want to address it. No, I am not being thin skinned. Like I said, we have a line to walk in how we choose to respond. This time I chose to. Most of the particularly hateful things he has said have been deleted by Pregame. The things like telling people how ugly I am and some other pro's here. THAT is the maturity level we are contending with here.
Good luck tonight guys. Sorry this took so long but had a lot to say. Best of luck moving forward.
Steve (Spartan)