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Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #45 on: January 18, 2019, 08:56:38 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #46 on: January 18, 2019, 09:02:04 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #47 on: January 18, 2019, 09:14:01 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Okay I thought there was an incident in today's team.

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #48 on: January 18, 2019, 09:24:30 PM »

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Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #49 on: January 18, 2019, 09:32:57 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Okay I thought there was an incident in today's team.

No people are contrasting "the good old days" with today's players who "are too sensitive", but the proof is somehow that the old school guys would just whale on each other when they got upset. I'm saying that seems like a much more sensitive reaction than what the modern players do.

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #50 on: January 18, 2019, 09:46:36 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Okay I thought there was an incident in today's team.

No people are contrasting "the good old days" with today's players who "are too sensitive", but the proof is somehow that the old school guys would just whale on each other when they got upset. I'm saying that seems like a much more sensitive reaction than what the modern players do.

Completely agree.

Also, I more think the people who are too sensitive are the fans, not the players.
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Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #51 on: January 18, 2019, 09:52:19 PM »

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yes he is right .....everybody gets butt hurt over every drop of spilled milk .

Or the media is all over every tiny little disagreement cos they gotta write something that nobody has picked up on.
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Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #52 on: January 18, 2019, 10:05:09 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Okay I thought there was an incident in today's team.

No people are contrasting "the good old days" with today's players who "are too sensitive", but the proof is somehow that the old school guys would just whale on each other when they got upset. I'm saying that seems like a much more sensitive reaction than what the modern players do.

This is an interesting take, suggesting that whooping up on someone who you have perceived to have been offended by is more 'sensitive' than simply crying about it to others.

Seems to me both are reactions rooted in some form of 'sensitivity'.  But if I had to choose a more effective option, yeah, I'm beating my enemy over the head with a stick rather than crying to my mom about it.

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #53 on: January 18, 2019, 10:08:04 PM »

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yes he is right .....everybody gets butt hurt over every drop of spilled milk .

Or the media is all over every tiny little disagreement cos they gotta write something that nobody has picked up on.

This. And this is what Ainge is basically saying (wont be the first time he made this point as well)

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #54 on: January 18, 2019, 10:12:24 PM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Okay I thought there was an incident in today's team.

No people are contrasting "the good old days" with today's players who "are too sensitive", but the proof is somehow that the old school guys would just whale on each other when they got upset. I'm saying that seems like a much more sensitive reaction than what the modern players do.

This is an interesting take, suggesting that whooping up on someone who you have perceived to have been offended by is more 'sensitive' than simply crying about it to others.

Seems to me both are reactions rooted in some form of 'sensitivity'.  But if I had to choose a more effective option, yeah, I'm beating my enemy over the head with a stick rather than crying to my mom about it.

But those aren't the 2 responses that are being discussed. No player has cried to their mother over anything.
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Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #55 on: January 19, 2019, 12:57:49 AM »

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Not to harp on this but I keep thinking about it and it's halftime so...

How is "this guy got under my skin so I'm gonna make veiled gripes about him to the press" a more 'sensitive' reaction than "this guy got under my skin so I'm going to literally try to strangle him"? It just feels like the guys who got upset and started swinging were being waaaaaaay more sensitive than the guys who got upset and started taking vague verbal shots in interviews.

wait, who strangled who and when?

Dr J tried to choke Larry Bird because Bird was dominating him and kept telling him to retire. There's a pic of it if you scroll up a bit.

...I suppose Sprewell works too though.

Okay I thought there was an incident in today's team.

No people are contrasting "the good old days" with today's players who "are too sensitive", but the proof is somehow that the old school guys would just whale on each other when they got upset. I'm saying that seems like a much more sensitive reaction than what the modern players do.

This is an interesting take, suggesting that whooping up on someone who you have perceived to have been offended by is more 'sensitive' than simply crying about it to others.

Seems to me both are reactions rooted in some form of 'sensitivity'.  But if I had to choose a more effective option, yeah, I'm beating my enemy over the head with a stick rather than crying to my mom about it.

But those aren't the 2 responses that are being discussed. No player has cried to their mother over anything.

That we know of  ;D

Who knows if someone has said "Mommy, KG was mean to me"

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #56 on: January 19, 2019, 06:12:49 AM »

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I’m offended for some reason ;D

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #57 on: January 19, 2019, 06:37:59 AM »

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Larry Bird was often a jerk with teammates, and had that famous postgame statement after the blowout loss to the Lakers in the finals: “we played like a bunch of women tonight “. The team responded with McHale's famous clothesline of Rambis in a win. In today’s media, and PC environment, Bird would have gotten crucified for that statement.

KG was also a bully, and made Glen Davis cry during a game.

Michael Jordan was a legendary bully in practice, tearing weaker teammates to pieces. The only one who reportedly ever stood up to him was Robert Parish late in his career. The Chief threatened to karate chop Jordan when MJ started bullying him in practice, and Jordan backed down because he knew Parish could wup his ass.

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Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #58 on: January 19, 2019, 06:39:50 AM »

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yes he is right .....everybody gets butt hurt over every drop of spilled milk .

Or the media is all over every tiny little disagreement cos they gotta write something that nobody has picked up on.

This. And this is what Ainge is basically saying (wont be the first time he made this point as well)

Yeah this was not Ainge critiquing the players, it was Ainge taking shots at the media/fans.

Re: Danny Ainge: “Quit being sensitive”
« Reply #59 on: January 19, 2019, 08:08:43 AM »

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Larry Bird was often a jerk with teammates, and had that famous postgame statement after the blowout loss to the Lakers in the finals: “we played like a bunch of women tonight “. The team responded with McHale's famous clothesline of Rambis in a win. In today’s media, and PC environment, Bird would have gotten crucified for that statement.

KG was also a bully, and made Glen Davis cry during a game.

Michael Jordan was a legendary bully in practice, tearing weaker teammates to pieces. The only one who reportedly ever stood up to him was Robert Parish late in his career. The Chief threatened to karate chop Jordan when MJ started bullying him in practice, and Jordan backed down because he knew Parish could wup his ass.

Great players demand excellence from their teammates, and most often they don’t do it kindly
Jordan knew not to mess with Bill Cartwright also.  Cartwright gave it back to him once and Jordan never messed with him again.