The_Hater has sadly passed away. RIP.

azcatz11 · Post #141 » by **azcatz11** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:55 pm

How did the announcers know about him? That's pretty cool. I'm sure it meant a lot to his family also.

RoyceDa59 · Post #142 » by **RoyceDa59** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:05 am

Damn. Feel like RealGM is a family and that we lost one of our brothers.

RIP the_hater

AussieCeltic · Post #143 » by **AussieCeltic** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:37 am

Damn just saw this thread. RIP to one of the best on here.

Post #144 » by **Schad** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:20 am

azcatz11 wrote:How did the announcers know about him? That's pretty cool. I'm sure it meant a lot to his family also.

There are a couple people on the Raptors forum with connections to the production team, so they passed along a request.

Yoshun · Post #145 » by **Yoshun** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:54 am

RIP The_Hater

BoatsNZones · Post #146 » by **BoatsNZones** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 3:32 am

Schad wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:How did the announcers know about him? That's pretty cool. I'm sure it meant a lot to his family also.

There are a couple people on the Raptors forum with connections to the production team, so they passed along a request.

Man, that's really nice.

PistolPeteJR · Post #147 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 3:53 am

I pray for comfort for his family.

Gus McCrae · Post #148 » by **Gus McCrae** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:49 am

My condolences, I always liked his posts

Post #149 » by **Prez** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:42 am

RIP, horrible to hear. Can’t say I interacted with him much on here but always felt he was an insightful poster.

Post #150 » by **DayofMourning** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:47 pm

Fella is probably hanging out with mags right now.

BigShaq34 · Post #151 » by **BigShaq34** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 7:28 pm

rest easy, my deepest condolences to his family and friends

NirvanaFC · Post #152 » by **NirvanaFC** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:21 pm

RIP man, so glad we won the championship in time for him
Can someone link his profile or posts?

DaPessimist · Post #153 » by **DaPessimist** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:12 am

RIP homie. See you on the other side.

K3nny Pow3rs · Post #154 » by **K3nny Pow3rs** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:54 am

jamaalstar21 wrote:Just received this terrible news.

The_Hater, who's made 85,319 posts on this site, had been battling cancer for well over 2 years and passed away 2 days ago.

He was without a doubt one of my favorite people to talk ball with on the website. I know many people feel the same way. His opinions could be pretty off-kilter and would make me think about a player or team in a way I hadn't previously. At the same time he was super level-headed. He respected the game, and the RealGM community. Just a big contributor around here and I know lots of us are going to miss his presence. I already missed his presence, having not seen him post much in the last couple of weeks for reasons we now understand.

Rest in peace, The_Hater.

(This is a thread to pay our respects, so please be respectful.)

(Thanks to Yuri Valentin for passing on this news to the GB mods.)

That is very well written, well done.
Could not have done better myself, as Uncle Paulie used to say to Rocky.

nju · Post #155 » by **nju** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:28 am

RIP. Sad… have been reading his post for 17 yrs.

pr0wler · Post #156 » by **pr0wler** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:02 am

Always respected his opinions and insight on this board. He legit made realGM a better place. Sad to see him go. RIP

pr0wler · Post #157 » by **pr0wler** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:10 am

SkyHookFTW wrote:I always liked his posts, even in disagreement. He will be missed. R.I.P. Hater. You now have front row seats to all games.

Exactly. I tended to have a lot of similar viewpoints as him for the most part, but even when we didn't, he always had a solid perspective that was well respected.

Post #158 » by **Slava** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:17 pm

May he rest in peace.

wolfv · Post #159 » by **wolfv** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:38 pm

Man, such sad news. He was a great poster for many years. Quite a big loss for realgm. RIP Hater

Pharmcat · Post #160 » by **Pharmcat** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:10 am