I came here intending to give a balanced view to Chiefs fans of Alex's genuine strengths and weaknesses. I'm hard on him because I feel strongly that only exceptional QBs are worth having, and that GMs MUST always relentlessly pursue that course of action, and anything less is failure. But I'm not a Chiefs fan or their GM. I mostly came here to try to give my balanced view on Alex.
By now there is nothing about him you don't already know, so my work there was done, even if it was never needed.
I also came here due to my history with Snoopy, Alex Smith Fan, Maverick Ace. I felt he was going to blow smoke up your butts and made myself an unneeded and unwanted crusader in that regard. I knew there would be a core of guys here playing up all Alex's strengths while downplaying his weaknesses. Made it my business to balance that out. Like I said, probably not needed.
Either way, Snoopy is a lot more reasonable these days and frankly, a whole lot less irritating as well. I'll give him huge Kudos for vastly improving his bedside manner since coming here. So my useless work there is done too.
Mostly I've stayed because it is a "fun" forum. While I don't care for how crude and vulgar you guys can get with the constant insults, I do appreciate the loose, freewheeling, unrestrictive atmosphere.
I love the 49ers forum I'm on for its information and the fact we all have the 49ers in common but it gets really stifling with its strict rated "G" tone and penchant for strictly enforced rules. It is an "official" NFL board and that requires rated G posting. At its worst, it can feel oppressive.
This place definitely is never stifling.
Other than that "Go Kaepernick!"
