Correct. It was an overreaction to what was said

May 6, 2017
9:19:53am

donnerstag All-American

And JP escalated the comments into a proverbial brawl by insulting the entire board. If he had used the same civil tone as the original posters to correct the misinformation, he would have gotten a much better response

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Some of the comments to JP's post is probably what drives me away from CB

RaggaeCoug

5/5/17 1:02pm

So you're saying that only new posters do stuff like this?

coug10278

5/5/17 1:07pm

The worst were people that haven't been her more than 6-7 years.

RaggaeCoug

5/5/17 1:12pm

The board has changed a TON the last 4-5 yrs

nashty

5/5/17 9:11pm

It really has. Feels like a generational shift in just 5 years.

Dr MoBYU

5/6/17 8:55am

Two words: social media

cougarnerd

5/5/17 1:09pm

Agree with this 90% - only disagreement is that it is primarily new posters.

BYUfan92

5/5/17 1:14pm

IMO, it started with newer posters, but everybody has joined in. When I first started reading CB,

Gentleman Stan

5/5/17 1:40pm

So two people say something not positive and JP goes on a huge rant calling out

Broda

5/5/17 1:16pm

Didnt make him look bad to me, he invited anyone to come down and see. He showed

BYUfan92

5/5/17 1:21pm

If someone had bashed on him and how he does things then I would see why he got

Broda

5/5/17 1:33pm

I think one of the posts wasn't accurate or flattering. It made it seem like what he does is

No touching

5/5/17 1:40pm

I don't really know the issues involved either way, so from somewhat of an

TheLoneCougar

5/5/17 1:23pm

Yup. The whole thing is stupid and sad. Why the yewt would you ever publicly or

Gerald-DeGroot

5/5/17 1:33pm

Criddle responds to people that have a problem with him and ESPN 960

Zilog

5/5/17 3:33pm

Yeah. I'm a huge JP fan but this does not make him look good.

Gerald-DeGroot

5/5/17 3:58pm

The one (and only) feature I like about the 12angryutes site is that if

ManicBlue

5/5/17 1:39pm

The thumbs down idea is pretty interesting to me....

BYUfan92

5/5/17 1:57pm

That's a great idea....

wilsdad

5/5/17 4:11pm

I'm sure all 32k users of this site are exactly the same

Frank Castiglione

5/5/17 2:22pm

Come on. That was completely unnecessary.

crazY

5/5/17 2:23pm

So was the OP. But it is what it is.

Frank Castiglione

5/5/17 2:24pm

The OP has a great point. Your point was to mock and belittle.

crazY

5/5/17 2:50pm

Hope you feel better.....

RaggaeCoug

5/5/17 2:55pm

Typically only people who self-identify with the post will respond angrily.

ManicBlue

5/5/17 3:03pm

The OP starts "some" the response references "all"

dratax

5/5/17 2:56pm

You're proving his point.

Dr MoBYU

5/6/17 8:57am

Facebook/social media affect

JuanitaCougar

5/5/17 2:54pm

The posters on this board have become a very easily trolled mob.

Gotnotact

5/5/17 3:54pm

It's almost like those Amazon customers commenting on sugar-free Haribo

Big Wally D

5/5/17 5:22pm

Im not really feeling strongly one way or the other, but could someone enlighten

Harrison0Yfan

5/5/17 6:22pm

Never do you see a business owner respond to a bad review with profanity

Cougarfan777

5/6/17 1:13am

Correct. It was an overreaction to what was said

donnerstag

5/6/17 9:19am

This is my impression as well.

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