I think there's a way to criticize without being a tool

Mar 26, 2017
10:11:29pm

Harrison0Yfan All-American

Saying that in your opinion "x isn't very good at y" isn't necessarily wrong. I think name calling or criticizing generally without giving specifics that could be constructive would be more hurtful.

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Have you ever talked bad about a BYU athlete, then met them in person?

Machiavelli

3/26/17 9:52pm

Congratulations on your current state of being

JOPE

3/26/17 9:55pm

They are just 18-24 yr old kids. Fans need to remember what they were like when

jholling

3/27/17 11:24am

Was this Emery's Sister?

trom2foot3

3/26/17 9:55pm

Yes. Sometimes I make fun of Ben Criddle here, but when I met him in real life

LaVellIfIKnow

3/26/17 9:57pm

Lol..please tell me this story is true

Machiavelli

3/26/17 10:00pm

Criddle is a good dude, I had a Spanish poetry class(Laraway) with him.

Rockytop

3/26/17 10:19pm

Dupe account or were you just deflecting to poor Riboflavin?

DumpsterFire

3/26/17 10:21pm

I made fun of Harvey Langi during an intramural basketball game.

maxpowers

3/26/17 9:58pm

I talked to Cory Cook about criticizing Ben Cook.

Crush4

3/26/17 10:00pm

Cory doesn't happen to be in his late 50's and live in California does he?

OneUpper

3/26/17 10:17pm

I think there's a way to criticize without being a tool

Harrison0Yfan

3/26/17 10:11pm

Wish CB would follow the same approach to criticizing other CBers. Sad!

DumpsterFire

3/26/17 10:22pm

Agreed. Holds true for criticism as a general rule

Harrison0Yfan

3/26/17 10:28pm

When you figure it out, let us know.

Cougarpolis

3/27/17 8:02am

Bret Engemann

I Am The Walrus

3/26/17 10:30pm

Where was your sig picture taken? It looks amazing

trom2foot3

3/26/17 10:31pm

Waterton Lakes, Canada

I Am The Walrus

3/26/17 10:33pm

And the cool building is the Prince of Wales hotel

SingleStrapBackpack

3/27/17 10:48am

My wife says "Fui Vakapuna" when she gets mad

1-Wing RCAF

3/26/17 10:43pm

If you criticize someone personally without meeting them then you are

Cougarfan777

3/26/17 11:12pm

Sort of. During Jimmer's senior year my BIL and I had...

Cougar Insider

3/27/17 4:58am

It is usually the other way around. I assume they are all great until I personally get to know them/interact with them.

indocoug

3/27/17 5:42am

I had a good opinion of Brian Santiago until I met him

OliverGranger

3/27/17 10:27am

I ended up in the same classes, wards, teams, and even rooming with some BYU athletes.

indocoug

3/27/17 10:33am

It's almost like athletes are, like, real people and stuff.

OneUpper

3/27/17 10:41am

Never said they weren't. Just underscoring that I wait to form any negative opinions about them until after I know them.

indocoug

3/27/17 10:44am

This happened to me with Jason Chaffetz

chilango

3/27/17 10:32am

Remember when Romney had his boys out meeting people at the Las Vegas bowl.

Robert Baratheon

3/27/17 10:51am

Yes, when he was dating our daughter. The day came when I had to meet him in

bluedad

3/27/17 6:03am

Nope, never have. They all do far better than I ever could.

Marking Time

3/27/17 6:17am

Must resist virtue signaling....

DJROSS

3/27/17 6:20am

I'm not a big fan of publicly criticizing college kids for their on-field

chilango

3/27/17 6:26am

I criticized Todd Christensen once

bluegato

3/27/17 8:20am

he was a high councilman assigned to my student ward for a while – GREAT man

SingleStrapBackpack

3/27/17 10:52am

Not really. But I did meet a former BYU athlete who transferred away from BYU and his wife HATED the things that were

The Underminer

3/27/17 8:29am

Well, Mrs. Olsen should suck it up.

OneUpper

3/27/17 8:49am

that guy shouldn't have jumped up on the bench and stared down the crowd

Big Daddy D

3/27/17 9:08am

He transferred away in the early 2000's.

The Underminer

3/27/17 9:21am

I was talking crap about Bosco as an OC to a buddy before a home game recently

doctorthunderpants

3/27/17 9:51am

It happened a few times for me. A story.

Archaea

3/27/17 10:50am

Were you critical of them because of poor play or because of something they did

Gerald-DeGroot

3/27/17 11:06am

I was surprised by the arrogance some have.

TheWookie

3/27/17 11:36am

Just to clarify: I'm not saying BYU athletes are intrinsically good people

Machiavelli

3/27/17 12:42pm

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