zackmills

yeah true... well anyways go skins!!!

Well at least it seems like the majority of people agree, can't please everyone I guess.

To be honest, I have mixed feelings about ZackMills.

Most of his posts were not constructive criticisms and so I understand the decision to ban him. People like denim monger degrade the quality of the site by sounding like children.

However, I am afraid that banning someone who speaks out against Gibbs or certain decisions the Redskins' front office has made sets a dangerous precedent. Discouraging honest disagreements as to what Gibbs, or anybody else in the Redskins organization, is doing may also degrade the quality of the site by making it a forum for monologues, not dialogues.

I for one am nervous about my own views (which often cut against the grain). Do I have to be careful when evaluating a player or a player personnel decision?

Overall, I understand the decision but with the caveat that I hope that posters are RARELY banned.

I am angry that I was never notified of why this occurred. You as a mod should have some say, or is this just a dictatorship?

partially true... i mean i hadn't read much of what he posted, but from what i saw he was somewhat unfounded but by no means offense ("matty is a douche" for example) to anyone on the board. i'm not certain of that, nor will i go back and read, but everything i read was just his opinion. now it seemed to me that he was simply just frustrated from being a fan of two crappy teams. i found him moderately entertaining and i don't think you should ban someone just 'cos you don't agree with them unfounded as it is... gotta learn to ignore like someone said. thankfully the 'skins are not a 100% likeness to some of the people on this board (whining @&$$!3$)... else we'd really be screwed... but like i said b4 i'm sure if he deserved it and that was the general consensus... you guys know what you're doin.....

I was never disrespectful to ANYONE on the board.

I totally agree with the decision to ban him. Like Matty says, the decision was not based on his lack of respect for Gibbs, it was based on the fact that he refused to show any respect towards anyone else on the forum or the opinions that they presented to him.

Personally, I had put him on my 'ignore list' a week or two ago, but I was really frustrated by the fact that I continued to have to read his blather anyway because so many folks were quoting his posts in their replies to him.

In the future, let's try to avoid letting guys like this get under our skin and take over the forum by simply ignoring them. Follow the best credo regarding trolls like ZackMills, and that is "if you ignore them they will go away."

How can I show respect to members of the board when they don't respect me. I am sure that I was flamed more by members than I flamed members

I was not treating fairly. The mod banned me without notice or warning. I would have been okay with a 7 day ban, but just banning my IP address without notification was not the right thing to do.

You were given enough warnings. Go and smoke something.