I have felt like the place was better when there were no sub forums at all. I've made this argument before. It meant that the dc people (who are often moderate about their sports views) would come in and add some perspective to the football threads. And the football people would likewise participate in the dc style threads; bringing moderate opinions to those discussions. The place was more civil. People argued all the time And still got into pissing matches, but you knew everybody because you got a chance to get their opinion about lots of subjects.
Now that the board is segregated, you pretty much only get extremists in every discussion. Superlatives get thrown around like parade candy, and it's just not as much fun.
That said, the team is doing better and I'm right back here again... So maybe I'm suffering from a little sample bias.
