Re: Minnesota Gophers Offseason Thread 2014 - Quick, Reload!
I guess I probably shouldn't expect a guy whose only source of information is scouring the web for articles to be embarrassed as passing that off as "evidence"... no matter how questionable the source of that material might be.
Nice spin...but not at all surprised that you make things up. I never stated at any time that it was "evidence". Go back and read my recent post.
I've pretty much spelled out some of what was said already in various posts. I can absolutely tell you that no other prospect was ever singled out as having anything to do with what Rau was going to do. It was all about what Kyle felt about his own development, the pros and cons of staying/leaving, etc. He knows he has to compete with a lot of different players to make it. The general feeling was he was likely to return (family history, individual history, etc) but the process had to work it's way out.
This is both comical and contradictory.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what Kyle Rau "was going to do", what matters is whether Florida wanted to sign him or not at this time. There was very little pursuit by Florida to sign Rau. Why? I contend because they had already signed Grimaldi in early May, a higher draft pick and a player of similar small stature (undoubtedly the Cats don't need another smaller player at this time) who plays with the same intensity and passion...only better. Not difficult to understand and not the kind of post on a college hockey discussion board that should invoke criticism to this degree. Unless of course your moniker is Hammy and your EGO is in need of a hug again.
It was all about what Kyle felt about his own development, the pros and cons of staying/leaving, etc. He knows he has to compete with a lot of different players to make it.
Given your own words quoted above,
THEN PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION: Why would Grimaldi's signing be "irrelevant" in Rau's decision making process IF he knows he has to complete with others? How dumb can you be and still breathe? Of course it's relevant!! But the best you can come up with is a generalized statement about Rau's decision making process cloaked in your typical lameass, condescending attitude. The fact is you don't have any
SPECIFIC information that confirms your statement:
"Grimaldi's signing is irrelevant to Rau's decision", AND you're too proud and stubborn to admit you're wrong.
Grimaldi's signing is irrelevant to Rau's decision. If Grimaldi was any kind of a key factor, Rau already would have made his decision and the school would have announced it. He'll decide after their prospect camp.
Secondly, IMO your statement above is not correct for two reasons: 1) Rau stated emphatically he wanted to wait and assess his options, and would not make any announcement regardless of the circumstances until after camp, and 2) So you're expecting us to believe that if Grimaldi was "any kind of key factor" (whatever that means), Kyle Rau would just "throw in the towel" not even compete? No. And you are the person that claims to know what he's thinking? That doesn't sound like Rau at all.
And here lies the problem I have with you Hammy. As I stated last season, you hide behind your so-called "sources" and then at times conveniently embellish information on this site while demeaning other posters to stroke your overly inflated EGO. IIRC I called you out a couple seasons ago after you claimed information originated from your "source", when in fact you lifted it from a media source (which I found and quoted here on this site). Another Gopher poster (who will remain anonymous) here was there, read it and commented on the discussion and my response. But you conveniently disappeared without a response.
By the way, my source of information is... ManOfSteel7. A superhero that anonymously works in the U hockey office under a more human moniker.
Haha... So monikers are always an indication of a person's character and credibility? Hmmm...let's see... "Hammy" = "a ham": an actor or performer who overacts. Someone who wants to be the center of attention.
(To others here, I apologize for some of this. I don't care to highjack threads with this type of stuff. I'll refrain from more and you can get back to discussing the team)
OMG...what a load of BS. You've been seething with revenge since last season and you know it (but will probably deny it) when I told you you were out of line for severely overreacting and threatening me with violence over a post comment I made regarding your poor use of stats. IIRC you ran away to GPL for most of the remainder of the season.
