RJ in Lafayette said

Andrus's post prompted me to take a closer look at this thread to see what I was missing out on.

Though I am not privy to private messages that might be sent, I have not seen any bias by the moderators against or in favor of Loomis or current management. Some hypotheticals posed are not helpful--if Bill Belichick were 60 years old, should we hire him. A belief that without major front-office changes, the Saints will have greater difficulty signing the coach they want does not strike me as fanciful but as a legitimate topic for discussion.

I have no formal role with governing discourse on these forums, but all posters can play a role in maintaining the high level of discussion we see on SSF. As members of the forum, we can defuse discussions that seem to be spinning out of control by what we say and especially by how we say it. Here are three suggestions for posting, which I at least try to follow:

First, if you would not say what you are typing to someone's face, say, if you were having a beer in the Superdome with him, you probably need to revisit what you are writing before you hit Send.

Second, try to address the substance of what you disagree with, rather than the poster whose opinion you disagree with.

Third, sometimes a response to a prior post is warranted. But sometimes it is not. If you have articulated fully your opinion on the topic, there is really no need to have the last word. If I have posted a certain number of times on a thread, I find additional posts look defensive and can be counterproductive. You can find threads where I posted several times, but at some point, I hopefully conclude I have said fully what I want to say and move on.

Again, I am not a moderator, and no one named me SSF's style czar, but I believe some of my suggestions have some merit.

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