Texans Bull Blog Commentary [Split Thread]

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by dalemurphy

I honestly don't get the offense. I feel like I have added to the discussion and simply don't understand how starting a new thread that board members would have interest in is inappropriate. Then again, I'm certainly not an expert on etiquette. Since I'm clearly offending board regulars, I will refrain from starting new threads and will link fewer of our articles onto this message board.

dale it is a fine line, and I guess you have to cross it sometimes in order for us to find that line. Have you been a pain, not at all.

IMO ITB.com has been a smaller more intimate group. We tend to be more knowledgeable then the average fan on the official site. TT.com has some great posters and I learn a ton there, but they have to many guys who are being deliberate trolls. So far this site has avoided that type of poster.

I'm not sure I know the best way for you to handle this. I don't want to see you leave this site, I mainly want to see you reengage here as a valued participant, not just a promoter.

I tried to be a little more clear about this, not sure that I was.

[Fonz the Boss]

Geez guys!!! I have been logging on almost everyday since training camp started and i see no more than 4 to 5 new posts per day. At least Dale was still one of the few active members posting good info here. If it wasn't for his links I probably would have never found out about the Texans Bull Blog. Dale, i hope you dont stop posting here man.

[NBT]

I will second the motion. For me your posts have been mostly very informative, especially your observations vis a vis training camp workouts. Keep it up!

[Foo'ball Fool]

I very rarely post here -- I don't even log-in normally -- but I peruse this sight often. As was mentioned above, this is a smaller, but much more football-savvy group, minus most of the trolls that live at some of the other sites. I gain a great amount of in-sight looking at ITB. Yes, there are often disagreements, but they are normally healthy. DM, you are one of those whose opinions here I respect. I have enjoyed your write-ups, pix, and videos from camp and the game last Saturday night. In the past, you did not post often, but, when you did, I often agreed with your take on things. However, since camp started this season, it appears to me that you post much more than you ever did, and almost all posts link to your site. I don't really mind the links, but it does look like you are pushing people towards your site. That said, I hope you continue at this website. I believe that most here, including those commenting above, respect your opinions. I certainly do.

[dalemurphy]

Originally Posted by Foo'ball Fool

I very rarely post here -- I don't even log-in normally -- but I peruse this sight often. As was mentioned above, this is a smaller, but much more football-savvy group, minus most of the trolls that live at some of the other sites. I gain a great amount of in-sight looking at ITB. Yes, there are often disagreements, but they are normally healthy. DM, you are one of those whose opinions here I respect. I have enjoyed your write-ups, pix, and videos from camp and the game last Saturday night. In the past, you did not post often, but, when you did, I often agreed with your take on things. However, since camp started this season, it appears to me that you post much more than you ever did, and almost all posts link to your site. I don't really mind the links, but it does look like you are pushing people towards your site. That said, I hope you continue at this website. I believe that most here, including those commenting above, respect your opinions. I certainly do.

I appreciate that. Certainly, I have been posting more lately. I'm devoting much more of my time towards writing and studying the Texans this year than I have in the past. So, I have more to say. Also, I am definitely attempting to introduce people to our site. We started this thing only three weeks ago and have been making a push for fans that really appreciate the game and the Texans to read our material. What I did not understand is that would be offensive to some people. Since we are not a message board and since I was contributing to this message board, I didn't see any conflict of interest. In addition, out of the respect we have for this site, we included inthebullseye.com as a permanent link on our site. So, it seems to me that the more people visit our site, then the better that is for this site as well.

However, now that it has been expressed to me that posting links is offensive to some of the regulars on here, I will refrain from doing so... even if I don't understand the offensiveness of it.

[edo783]

I know I find it very irritating when Texan Chick seems to always be trying to drive traffic to her blog and while Dale doesn't do it anywhere near as often, it is still an irritant. Just seems ...... unseemly. Like you are trying to get traffic moved to your blog.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by edo783

I know I find it very irritating when Texan Chick seems to always be trying to drive traffic to her blog and while Dale doesn't do it anywhere near as often, it is still an irritant. Just seems ...... unseemly. Like you are trying to get traffic moved to your blog.

You're definitely right about TC, that gal is very entrepreneurial when it comes to hustling her website.
Doesn't she have a law degree ? That's a lot of time and effort and probably money to go all the way thru law school then end up not using it and instead doing a football-blog.