broncopoke
New member
First of all congrats and thank you to whomever cowboyed up and created this site, as we've all been missing a social connection within our fanbase since OP bit the dust. I want to proactively address the big issue with OP, which was always Gundy. Anyone who said anything bad about Gundy would get a one-week ban or worse. In fact I'm not even sure that OP really crashed and didn't just ban everyone with how that season ended.
I frankly don't see how you can even have an OSU discussion board without allowing people to speak their mind about Gundy, even if that changes over time, and even if that's negative. It's the elephant in the room. Before I support this site with a donation I want to know whether people can speak their mind, or if we're doomed to try and police the elephant in the room at all times.
It's a double-edged sword because you want to give people an outlet, but at the same time we don't want to embarrass the entire OSU community. I strongly believe you have to let people speak their mind, and people have to be respectful (the Gundy lovers especially struggle with that) and police themselves in terms of eventually moving on from a topic. That's my two cents at least, and what I hope to support. I think certain factions of our fanbase prefer the head in the sand approach and just being grateful that we even field a team or whatever. I'm not here for that.
Edit: I'd like to ask that people not use this thread to debate Gundy, but rather keep it to the rules regarding bringing him up.
I frankly don't see how you can even have an OSU discussion board without allowing people to speak their mind about Gundy, even if that changes over time, and even if that's negative. It's the elephant in the room. Before I support this site with a donation I want to know whether people can speak their mind, or if we're doomed to try and police the elephant in the room at all times.
It's a double-edged sword because you want to give people an outlet, but at the same time we don't want to embarrass the entire OSU community. I strongly believe you have to let people speak their mind, and people have to be respectful (the Gundy lovers especially struggle with that) and police themselves in terms of eventually moving on from a topic. That's my two cents at least, and what I hope to support. I think certain factions of our fanbase prefer the head in the sand approach and just being grateful that we even field a team or whatever. I'm not here for that.
Edit: I'd like to ask that people not use this thread to debate Gundy, but rather keep it to the rules regarding bringing him up.