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I am a 18 year old sports fan living in sunny Burbank, California. I also have my own sports website(http://www.socalsportshub.com/).More By The Beast
Voted Most Attractive User of ArmchairGM in 2007
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Meet the Users: JuTMSY4
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This is the 21st edition of the popular Meet the Users series, where The Beast will be interviewing a particular ArmchairGM user. The goal for the series is to allow all users to know each other better. The 21st edition goes to JuTMSY4.
1. How did you learn about ArmchairGM?
Well, about two years ago I was at work, bored out of my mind and looking for some Phillies Info and I checked ESPN. Naturally, after getting bored with their info I went over to the message boards to read what was going on. I became a pretty frequent commenter and then I read a spam message from, what I assumed was Dan. Turns out it wasn’t him, but it definitely was an AGMer. I joined up, posted a poor article and history was made. So now another site got to feel the wrath of my comments. The nice thing is, you can strike up a discussion about anything sports-related on this site.
2. The Eagles just signed Asante Samuel and appear to be interested in Randy Moss. What do you make of this activity? Can the Iggles make a run at the Super Bowl in '08?
The Philadelphia Eagles are making, what looks like, the right moves to put themselves in place for next season. If you look at each Eagles game individually, they played like a 10-6 game, but they had a few bad breaks (look at the Packers game). It’s the NFL , it happens.
Samuel represents a move to keep two solid corners on the field and was really a plan to make Lito Sheppard a bargaining chip. That chip will be used to acquire a receiver, most likely Larry Fitzgerald. Apparently, Eagles insiders are suggesting this deal is just being held up by Arizona’s desires in the trade (Sheppard, a first round pick and something else) and they already have Fitz’s contract worked out.
Moss was the backup plan, which is now gone. The way I see it, they’re set to either give McNabb one last shot or let him walk/trade him next year. Of course I think this team is good enough with some extra pieces, but otherwise, they’re just another mediocre NFL team. But McNabb’s got one more run left in him. Otherwise, looks like he could be headed west.
3. Carlos Beltran recently said that the Mets are the team to beat in the NL East. So who will win the East: the Mets or Phillies?
I completely understand Beltran’s comments until he mentioned Jimmy Rollins. J-Roll never called out Carlos, so why does Beltran have to? If it riles up your team, that’s fine, but if you gotta call out someone, I think it’s weak. I mean, just listen to Pedro or Johan Santana, those guys have it right, but Beltran, perhaps one of the most overpaid players in the league, should be prepared to put up. Besides, Jimmy says the Phillies will win 100 games. And I’m tempted to believe him.
4. You have lived in or near Philadelphia and Boston. Which group of sports fans do you find more annoying?
Can I really tell you Philadelphia fans are more annoying? Boston fans, per capita, have some of the most uninformed fans in the country. It also comes with the territory of being good/popular. In 2004, I remember seeing Eagles fans with the same issues, and the Yankees have this perennially. But there’s a big difference. Even before the 2004 Red Sox Boston never quite had the woe is me mentality that Philadelphia has. Even when they were down 0-3 to the Yankees, I remember hearing Boston fans tell me, it ain’t over and it wasn’t. On the contrary, Philly fans always think, what’s it gonna be this time. I mean, go back to your interview with Christof and observe. So yeah, if you hate people who have feelings of entitlement, then Boston fans are the most annoying.
5. You are known for your Who is the Best Commenter feature. Who do you feel is the best commenter in ArmchairGM history?
Eh? Ever? Well, besides me, I guess there’s a few, but I have a general rule: Those who comment the most tend to be complete blowhards and talk too much (often without thinking), and I’m definitely one of them.
BigPPup, Tmil42 (sometimes the numbers don’t lie!), AfraidofEdHochuli, Oh No Romo, LastRow, DrPatriot, TayTay24, The Pip, Falcon02520 and I am a CPCP to name a few.
But the best? Well
Heh, Pean
