Omar in-game interview

[MFS62]

="Yancy Street Gang"] As for the question you're posing, the answer may be "both." It's possible that he's inarticulate and brilliant.

You're right. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
And I therefore announce that I will now refer to Omar as our "Rain Man GM". Or, just "Rain Man".

Later

[Guest iramets]

Actually, I think Omar's a great judge of horseflesh, a very good wheeler-dealer, and a comically bad articulator of his thinking process. As I've said, I don't really mind that they want to keep private things quiet, and share as little as possible with the press and with the public. Go for it, I say, but puh-leeze can we have some plausible bullshit, or at least some succinct bullshit? Five minutes of listening to him phumpher yesterday and I thought my head would explode.

[soupcan]

Wow. Two pages on this!

I thought I was going to log on this morning and start a new thread with 'Omar's Great Job in the Booth Yesterday'.

I thought it was excellent. I agree with Bret/Ira/Sal that the 'youknowhati'msayin'?' drives me up the fucking wall but is it really that much worse than Steve Phillips ''there'snoquestionaboutit'? I think not.

Anyhoo I noticed Omar's rambling answers but attributed that more to the fact that being in a broadcast booth during a game a knowledgable person is aware that you have to talk to use up time. I think that Keith and Gary were looking for long-winded answers and I liked hearing the whole thought process. A 'yes' or a 'no' would've been really annoying.

From what Omar said you got a real feel for what goes into these decisions and exactly whose opinion is listened to when making those choices.

I especially like the whole 'Wright batting second' discussion and loved, loved, loved when Omar asked Mex what he thought.

I found those two half-innings very enjoyable AND informative.

[Vic Sage]

i didn't hear the interview, but i've often thought that Omar must be smarter than he sounds, otherwise he wouldn't be able to feed himself. As a horse-trader and deal maker, he's had some moments, good and bad.

and the fact that we've had 2 pages on this is due almost entirely to the fact that Ira's point wasn't being responded to... only his perceived personality, subjecting him to pointless ad hominem attacks.

geez, folks. He's talking about Omar, not your mama.

So lets all relax, and address the very valid opinion that Omar sounds like a moron, and listening him is mind-numbing. Some of you liked the interview... great. Do we think that sounding like a moron MAKES you a moron? There is definitely evidence that Omar might have an idiot savante thing going on. Or is this whole "articulateness" a coded form of racism? Or is such an accusation Biden-esque in its inaccuracy?

see, there ARE things to discuss on this subject, without being dismissive, accusatory or insulting.

[Centerfield]

Vic Sage wrote: there ARE things to discuss on this subject, without being dismissive, accusatory or insulting.

What's the fun in that you goat-fucking ass prancer?

[Guest Kid Carsey]

C'mon Vic, he wasn't pointlessly attacked.

[nymr83]

]What's the fun in that you goat-fucking ass prancer?

yeah! get your tongue out of bret's butt!

]So lets all relax, and address the very valid opinion that Omar sounds like a moron, and listening him is mind-numbing.

i addressed that in my first post on the topic, but mr. disruption apparently thought otherwise

[Vic Sage]

Kid Carsey wrote: C'mon Vic, he wasn't pointlessly attacked.

he was attacked... by you, then by Cooby, then by 83. Whether the attacks were pointless or not i'll let others judge.

But instead of dealing with the brunt of his opinion (which can be simply paraphrased as "that interview killed me because Omar said nothing and sounded like an idiot while saying it"), it quickly became about Ira's "agenda", and focus shifted to his minor (and unfortunate) aside about whether Omar is or is not TRYING to sound like an idiot on purpose. It became "there he goes again", which is a way of dismissing him without dealing with his point. And then, of course, `83 went and called him idiot.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that people AREN'T out to get you, ya know. And when you gang up on him, that just reinforces his persecution complex. If you want a kinder, gentler Ira/Bret, then stop crapping on him.

[Vic Sage]

Centerfield wrote: ="Vic Sage"]there ARE things to discuss on this subject, without being dismissive, accusatory or insulting. What's the fun in that you goat-fucking ass prancer?

I only invited you to that party in reliance on your honor to respect our little group's confidentialily. One's private peccadillos are not internet fodder. You, sir, should prepare yourself, as i now plan to release clips from those videos on YouTube.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

I may have misunderstood the first thing in this thread that I quoted from
Ira. I read it as >>>I'm annoyed, Omar ain't doin' his job, but he probably
is<<< which is a nonsensical statement.

Telling someone they have blinders on later on in thread is no worse than
you telling me I'm an orange and blue pajama wearing Mets fan.

Cooby made me laugh after that.

After that, I told him I disagree with him. Oh, the horror. And he IS chief um-
pire/MetMavenesque. No attack, fact.

The Schuerholz post ... hate IS dumb.

Finishing up, he does deal from the bottom of the deck sometimes in his ar-
guments. I didn't attack him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Goodd idea to lay off the ad hominems, provoked or otherwise.

Shitstorms come on in a hurry, and rain dow in buckets.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Goat-fucking ass prancer.

Love it.

[Vic Sage]

that's on the video, too, Mr. Shot.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

I confess I chuckled to myself offline twice about g-fap during a busy day
at the office.