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Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

"I can't wait to hear something from PosterX when he/she sees that **insert a given incident or current event that will have probably upset or disappointed PosterX here**"

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"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

"I'm going to take a moment to point and / laugh at PosterX / GroupOfPeopleY who thought / believed *insert though/belief here*"

"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

In general, if a comment goes from purely on topic to something 'ad hominem' (personal jabs, personal shots, attacks, flames, however you want to call it, towards a person, or a group of people, or a given city/state/country of people), those are most likely going to be found intolerable.

We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

A slip up every once and a while is pretty normal, but, again, when it becomes repetitive or excessive, something will be done. Something occasional is probably going to be let go (within reason), but when it starts to become habitual or otherwise a pattern, odds are very good that we will step in.

There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

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Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

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  • #16
    Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

    Originally posted by Since86
    I think you guys are seriously underestimating the difference between JO running up and down than DH......

    You can run on a treadmill all day and be in perfect running shape, then step on to a basketball court and be winded in the first two minutes. Running obviously helps, but it can only get you so far.

    That's why you hear players refer to shape, and game shape. Practice doesn't get you into game shape either, due to the pace. It actually takes time. Your body doesn't adapt in 2 games.
    True! When you're in game shape you are basically ready to run intervalls every second of the game, when your in shape you are ready to run in a constant manner. BIG difference!

    Still he should be in game shape if he wants to play. Game shape can be practiced by playing games in practice and intervall running.

    Regards,

    Mourning
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    • #17
      Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

      Why is Foster given forever and a day to get into game shape then?

      I think some of you guys have a weird obsession with faulting Harrison. He's still a young player, inconsistency is to be expected. Given time though, it should smooth out. Some of his previous problems already are.
      You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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      • #18
        Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

        Harrison wasn't all that bad. He had some really powerful moves inside. He got into foul trouble and got benched, but we really needed Foster's speed anyway. Foster was great on the boards last night. Harrison just needs some conditioning and some court time.
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        • #19
          Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

          Originally posted by SoupIsGood
          Why is Foster given forever and a day to get into game shape then?

          I think some of you guys have a weird obsession with faulting Harrison. He's still a young player, inconsistency is to be expected. Given time though, it should smooth out. Some of his previous problems already are.

          Hey Pot... meet the Kettle.

          I find it ironic that a person obsessed with finding nothing but good with Harrison could fault somebody who is supposedly obsessed with finding fault with him.

          For the record, I just think this is a thread with people giving their 2 cents.
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          motivated and going. Thirty percent is to see if I can get into the opponent’s head.”
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          • #20
            Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

            Is Harrison ready? No.

            However he has what can't be taught--size. He has soft hands, a good touch and a certain kind of agressiveness but needs to get smarter. In other words he is a good prospect.

            If the Pacers were contending I wouldn't care if he was benched however we aren't. He is the only prospect we have at getting a true center and at this point we need to give him time to develop into a starting center or a player who doesn't work out.

            I'm not one who believes that a team must have a true center but if we can develop one already on our own roster I'm all for it.
            "They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.

            "'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."

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            • #21
              Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

              Originally posted by Unclebuck
              I hate criticizing Harrison, I really do, but he seems like he can play maybe 6 good minutes in a game. He was pretty good in the first quarter, but after that the coaches had no choice they had to bench him in the second half. After he gave up that offensive rebound on the missed free throw he was hanked and not brought back in.

              DH has some talent, but he has such a long way to go and he he just has so many mental lapses. I have zero confidence in him, he makes me exteremely nervous and if I were the coach, no way could I play him in the fourth quarter of a close game.

              Here is where we agree & disagree all at the same time.

              I think many people missunderstand my stance on David Harrison.

              I do NOT believe that right now he is ready to lead us to the promised land, I don't even really believe he is ready to be the starter. When J.O. comes back I want to stick with Cro & J.O.

              But what you see as a problem, I see as progress.

              First let's remember one thing, David was the last pick in the first round of a fairly shallow draft. So, IMO, anything you get from him is a bonus.

              Right now 12-15 min. a game is about all he can give you & to be honest that is all he should get unless he is playing out of his mind.

              I've never wanted him to be a 40 min. a game player I'm just saying put him in the rotation, let him make some mistakes or God forbid do something good & let's go with that.

              I do not want to come back 3-4 years from now going, well one of these days David will get his chance.

              Everybody is slobbering all overthemlves about Ike, & I like him too, but what nobody is considering is that to begin the game David Harrison owned him.

              That's right he owned him. When David went up there was nothing that Ike could do, when David went for a board he got it. Ike was eclipsed.

              Now everything you guys are saying is true, once he lost his wind he was pretty much useless. So you don't see me griping at Carlisle for taking him out in the second half.

              But as was said earlier, there is shape & then there is game shape. David is not in game shape yet. He will get there though.

              I just want him to continue to get some consistant min.

              IMO, he's already proven he can do good things. Just as he can do bad things.

              Fred Jones didn't have the most productive second season as a player yet we didn't have people wanting to jettison him out the door at the first sign of a problem.

              Does he need work? Yes, of course he does.

              But he already is ahead of several players who were drafted higher than him over the years as a big man.

              On offense he is already a presence. On defense he will come around.

              Like I've said over & over I want the Pacers to bring in a big man coach to work with him & I could never say who I wanted but after seeing the past coach's for G.S. last night it struck me.

              Why not Dave Cowens?

              Remember, last pick in the first round.


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              • #22
                Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

                Not the first time I've said this, but it won't be the last, David is a perfect example of why there is a developmental league. If the Celtics can send Green down, why not David? If we can get a decent big for Artest, then nothing should stand in the way. He needs to get more minutes without hurting us.

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                • #23
                  Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

                  Originally posted by SycamoreKen
                  Not the first time I've said this, but it won't be the last, David is a perfect example of why there is a developmental league. If the Celtics can send Green down, why not David? If we can get a decent big for Artest, then nothing should stand in the way. He needs to get more minutes without hurting us.
                  Good idea.
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                  • #24
                    Re: Interesting eyewitness thread of the Warrior game on the Indystar board.

                    Originally posted by SoupIsGood
                    Why is Foster given forever and a day to get into game shape then?
                    Well, actually I'm not very pleased with how Rick handled Foster coming back. When I saw him play a few games ago I really felt that he should have been at best getting something like 10-12 minutes off the bench and at worst should have been kept on the IL a little longer because it didn't look like he was feeling and running ok at that time at all and that had nothing to do with conditioning and all the more with how he still looked hurt .

                    Regards,

                    Mourning
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