Jamaaliver wrote:reazun wrote:Brad kinda seems to talk down to fans in my opinion, like he is the all knowing basketball encyclopedia and authority on all things Hawks. I agree with him often, but yeah...its kinda annoying. His articles are good, his podcast is okay. He annoys me on twitter sometimes.
I've never followed him on twitter. Is that where most of the condescension is prevalent?
I have noticed he feels the need to defend himself against a lot of criticism on the podcast for being too much of a skeptic.
He's a drastic improvement on Kris Willis, the previous site runner who would openly attack commenters who disagreed with him (and block them from the site.)
I havent followed him long and i have just noticed one or two comments that rubbed me the wrong way.....hes not overly condescending its just slight sometimes in my opinion. He will just say stuff like. " well, I heard this and so and so..and alot of fans are saying this but thats ridiculous..but you know..they are fans," as if saying " you can expect that from them"
Another instance he tweeted his annoyance at fans comparing taking Jaren Jackson Jr. to Marvin Williams...Of course they are completely different players and they are not alike …but you can at least acknowledge why some fans are leery, both having almost identical stats and both playing 22 minutes a game. Yes, there are many factors and its not the same situation b/c they are totally different players. but I think people are just saying that Marvin was high risk b/c he played low minutes but was awesome when he was on the court. So is Jaren Jackson Jr…that is an adequate observation. Doesn’t really deserve the sarcasm imo. I have a feeling he wasn’t a Hawks fan during the Marvin pick and he doesn’t get the emotional turmoil of picking someone that high when they only played about 20 min per game. He also said a few other things that made me question that he was even following the Hawks in 05 when we picked Marvin..talking about how good of a player Marvin is in the NBA…Marvin was touted as our supposedly future franchise player. Was he an NBA bust..not really…was he a Hawks bust..yes..you would know that if you were a Hawks fan then. It doesn’t seem like he was a Hawks fan then…maybe he was..but it seems he wasn’t and it makes his sarcasm (and slight condescension) more annoying b/c he is talking down to people who actually lived through more of what happened. not a big deal. just rubs me the wrong way some
