I'm putting a end to all the nonsense!

[Admin]

I'm putting a end to all the nonsense!

From day one when I started "Ohio Fastpitch Connection" back in 1994, almost 20 years ago and then added the Forum in 1996.

My mission then and 20 years later has been the same.

The forum was created in 1996 as a informative internet site to share and learn from ongoing discussion on everything in the game of Girls Fastpitch Softball.

We understand, and I agree that we want people to be able to complain about real problem's or your bad experience with tournaments, tryouts, umpires, coaches, vendors and other problems etc. That you run into!

But at the same time we want you to offer up solution for your complaint(s).

It does known good to complain, just to complain only.

Occasionally in the Girls Softball World, not often but some times we have to inform others. About things that have happen that everyone should be made aware of. And when this happens you should only report or post this information with solid proof or when it happened to multiple people teams or organizations.

Examples #1: if you attend a tournament and you felt the umpires were really bad.

You could post in the forum that you had a bad experience with the umpires at "xyz' tournament. And you could ask other members on the forum if they ran into the same problems?

Examples #2: you went to tryouts for team BBB and they left you hanging. With out any notice or call.

The above example is just fine the way you read it.

My point, I'm trying yo make, its OK to post complaints inside the forum. I believe in freedom of speech, I believe you have the right to write down your complaints and post them on TheSoftballZone forum.

But I don't believe you have the rights to attack other or write post inside the forum that can't be back by proof just because your running a smear campaign against a coach, teams, player, sanctioning body, organization or other because you have TheSoftballZone forum as your platform to pull it off.


TheSoftballZone forum should be a place to learn and share information not a play ground.

Part of #TeamTSZ is all about making this forum a positive place to become a student of the game.

My mission has never changed along the way. And I hope the user new and old understand.

Thanks

 

[coachjwb]

Ricky ... that may be a record for most thumbs up ... of course that means you have our support!

 

[okiedad1961]

I'm one of many still affected by the nonsense,by the said but not proven crowd. Ricky thanks for the direction your taking the forum.

 

[Admin]

Yes, Mr Walton's I think we have a major clue.

I'm glad for the support, it means allot when you can clearing see that what the members want.

 

[joboo1drew]

Ricky,
It is a shame that the majority of the posts now are a personal attack against each other than actually of passing on some wisdom as forums should be.

 

[BulldawgsDirector]

I have never been personally attacked, been on here since '05 (enter attack here, lol) but I have read enough of other people's crap recently that I rarely ever go on the General Discussion or Rants page.

 

[Coach Tony]

Ricky: as someone who has been on here in one way or another since 2004, I can say I really am saddened by the way this forum has degraded over the last few years. I applaud your efforts to try to reign in the silliness on here.

I must say I think you and other OFCers are taking great steps in improving the site by branching out into other media (TSZ podcast/radio show). It isn't a stretch to think of an OFC YouTube channel and other multimedia adventures in the very near future (Coach Jeff get on that!). These efforts I believe will ultimately save OFC from the idiocy that sometimes permeates this forum. Keep moving in the right direction and hopefully you can leave the clowns in the rear view mirror.

 

[WWolff]

Ricky it only seems to be 4 or 5 members and several of them appear to have daughters in the same organization. I might be paranoid but seems like a smear campaign by some against someone I know very well.

 

[Bell-n-Rose]

Get rid of the bad apples! I enjoy the site and would hate for several to ruin it for everyone!

 

[mike_dyer]

I might be paranoid

If you think I'm out to get you in any way shape or form or that people have meetings to discuss how to "smear" you there is no might to it.

I'm that e-vil guy who showed up early and offered to rake a field so your games could start on time. That's how wicked I am.

 

[Lester]

I too have been here since 2007 and was severely addicted up until the 'crash' put me on detox.... and coming back it does have a flair of I'm after you in many areas or just a tone of something different (not worth trying to explain for you've covered it). Maybe it will be rebound. As I learned as a kid watching GI Joe, knowing is half the battle. Thanks to the OFC Forum managers for all you for that huge paycheck you get each Friday ;-0

 

[Lenski65]

If you think I'm out to get you in any way shape or form or that people have meetings to discuss how to "smear" you there is no might to it.

I'm that e-vil guy who showed up early and offered to rake a field so your games could start on time. That's how wicked I am.

I'm curious, why do you think you are one of these people? No usernames were mentioned. What have you done to think you are one of these people?

 

[bh2424gh]

Don't we all understand that when it comes to our children our perceptions are warped and we are not capable of objectionable thought? Then we take these great thoughts of wisdom and place them on a public forum.
Parents of which I am one will continue to amaze me/us with their preponderance of the evidence which creates the great transition of someone who we/they thought was the best thing since sliced bread the previous year and suddenly becomes satan spawn the next. We should all listen to Coach Herman Edwards more "People stop hitting send, you can't get it back".

 

[BulldawgsDirector]

If all of your posts have a confrontational tone or sarcasm, which isn't hard to go back and click on the user name and read the posts, then you probably are one of the guilty, just sayin.

DON'T PRESS SEND!