This is for any newbies reading this newsgroup.
What follows is old-hat to those who posted here during the years that Brian Anthony also posted. But just to clear some things up, Brian was a prolific poster who made an incredible number of handicapping picks. He kept meticulous records of his picks and he was very good at it. As handicappers go--at least those with the balls to post their picks in a public forum for others to review--Brian was without peer in my experience.
A poster named Gary Collard also posted picks around the same time. Collard is a very poor handicapper with a losing record, but carries on as if he is
a good handicapper. It is a little bit creepy the way he does it, seemingly with no awareness or shame about what he does. Brian (and others) caught Gary Collard lying and cheating about his picks and nailed him on it. Collard's usual MO was to label his picks as something different, then he would make a pick, and if it lost he would then claim that it didn't count; if it won he would count it. On other occasions he would just outright lie. Because Brian exposed Collard's lies repeatedly, Collard developed an almost pathological hatred for Brian. This is evidenced in Collard's replies to Brian when Brian posted here, but is most clearly underscored in Collard's bile since Brian stopped posting. Collard's personality type is that of a comletely self-absorbed, almost sociopathic personality. He ignores his own failings, seems to have no comprehension of his own shortcomings, and has a super-inflated conception of his own opinions. He is the worst kind of hypocrite---one who seems to be unaware of his own hypocrisy, yet continues to engage in it. So, for the new readers, when Gary Collard makes a comment about Brian Anthony, it will most likely be negative. The reason for it
will be that Collard dislikes Brian Anthony because Brian Anthony exposed Collard as a liar and a cheat. Collard is extremely bitter about it.
Jason or James Catron, who lies even about his own name, is more straightforward. He makes no pretense about being rational or about liking Brian. They disliked each other from the beginning, probably because they are both spirited personalities. Catron's criticisms of Brian are different than Collard's. Whereas Collard just makes shit up with abandon because he was shamed by Brian, Catron just hurls insults because that's just the way
he is. There is no pretension with Catron and his motives are pure at least to the extent that admits not liking Brian and just likes to flame.
More complex is Atlanta Ranger. Ranger was usually a rational poster, but for some reason has seen fit to hurl insults and criticisms of Brian Anthony after Brian quit posting. It's difficult to divine the reasons why. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and just chalk it up to a lapse of good judgment and common sense, and maybe a lapse of maturity which happen to us all from time to time.
I posted here for years, as did HC, and we disagreed with Brian Anthony on several things (I disagreed with him quite forcefully on a playoff system
for college football), but our exchanges were civil and constructive because if you approached Brian that way he reciprocated.
Several months ago, Brian Anthony stopped posting for reasons unknown. My sense is that something profoundly debilitating happened to the man since I doubt he would just stop posting of his own volition. But I don't know, nor to my knowledge has anyone been able to verify why Brian stopped posting.
I *do* know that Collard, Catron, and Ranger seem to have racked up some posts that take post shots at Brian for no clear reasons that I can understand other than what I have articulated above (Collard is a pathologicaly liar with no self-awareness and is bitter about being exposed by Brian as a cheater and a fraud; Catron is just an obnoxious asshole who regularly had flame wars with Brian and just doesn't like him personally;
and Ranger, who is usually reasonable, just had a fit of immaturity and bad judgment).
So, when anyone new here reads flames against Brian Anthony by Gary Collard, James/Jason Catron, or Atlanta Ranger, now you know why.
On Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 7:29:31 PM UTC-4, James L. Hankins wrote:
This is for any newbies reading this newsgroup.
What follows is old-hat to those who posted here during the years that Brian >> Anthony also posted. But just to clear some things up, Brian was a prolific >> poster who made an incredible number of handicapping picks. He kept
meticulous records of his picks and he was very good at it. As handicappers >> go--at least those with the balls to post their picks in a public forum for >> others to review--Brian was without peer in my experience.
A poster named Gary Collard also posted picks around the same time. Collard >> is a very poor handicapper with a losing record, but carries on as if he is >> a good handicapper. It is a little bit creepy the way he does it, seemingly >> with no awareness or shame about what he does. Brian (and others) caught
Gary Collard lying and cheating about his picks and nailed him on it.
Collard's usual MO was to label his picks as something different, then he
would make a pick, and if it lost he would then claim that it didn't count; >> if it won he would count it. On other occasions he would just outright lie. >> Because Brian exposed Collard's lies repeatedly, Collard developed an almost >> pathological hatred for Brian. This is evidenced in Collard's replies to
Brian when Brian posted here, but is most clearly underscored in Collard's >> bile since Brian stopped posting. Collard's personality type is that of a >> comletely self-absorbed, almost sociopathic personality. He ignores his own >> failings, seems to have no comprehension of his own shortcomings, and has a >> super-inflated conception of his own opinions. He is the worst kind of
hypocrite---one who seems to be unaware of his own hypocrisy, yet continues >> to engage in it. So, for the new readers, when Gary Collard makes a comment >> about Brian Anthony, it will most likely be negative. The reason for it
will be that Collard dislikes Brian Anthony because Brian Anthony exposed
Collard as a liar and a cheat. Collard is extremely bitter about it.
Jason or James Catron, who lies even about his own name, is more
straightforward. He makes no pretense about being rational or about liking >> Brian. They disliked each other from the beginning, probably because they >> are both spirited personalities. Catron's criticisms of Brian are different >> than Collard's. Whereas Collard just makes shit up with abandon because he >> was shamed by Brian, Catron just hurls insults because that's just the way >> he is. There is no pretension with Catron and his motives are pure at least >> to the extent that admits not liking Brian and just likes to flame.
More complex is Atlanta Ranger. Ranger was usually a rational poster, but >> for some reason has seen fit to hurl insults and criticisms of Brian Anthony >> after Brian quit posting. It's difficult to divine the reasons why. I will >> give him the benefit of the doubt and just chalk it up to a lapse of good
judgment and common sense, and maybe a lapse of maturity which happen to us >> all from time to time.
I posted here for years, as did HC, and we disagreed with Brian Anthony on >> several things (I disagreed with him quite forcefully on a playoff system
for college football), but our exchanges were civil and constructive because >> if you approached Brian that way he reciprocated.
Several months ago, Brian Anthony stopped posting for reasons unknown. My >> sense is that something profoundly debilitating happened to the man since I >> doubt he would just stop posting of his own volition. But I don't know, nor >> to my knowledge has anyone been able to verify why Brian stopped posting.
I *do* know that Collard, Catron, and Ranger seem to have racked up some
posts that take post shots at Brian for no clear reasons that I can
understand other than what I have articulated above (Collard is a
pathologicaly liar with no self-awareness and is bitter about being exposed >> by Brian as a cheater and a fraud; Catron is just an obnoxious asshole who >> regularly had flame wars with Brian and just doesn't like him personally;
and Ranger, who is usually reasonable, just had a fit of immaturity and bad >> judgment).
So, when anyone new here reads flames against Brian Anthony by Gary Collard, >> James/Jason Catron, or Atlanta Ranger, now you know why.
What you got going today Brian A? Florida has you written all over it.
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