ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[SleepingHero]

I don't think that's fair at all.

There are lots of fans like me that love the team as much as ever but who are prone to burnout caused by a small subset of toxic people (not just here -- Mavs Reddit and Twitter are also pretty rough at times) who filibuster discussions with persistent negativity and ultimately suck the joy out of talking about basketball. It's not a matter of differing opinions (we've all had robust debate for years) but about whether the discussions are a net positive to your enjoyment of your favorite pasttime. And at some point it's just no longer worth it.

Basketball is supposed to be fun.  IMHO, the Mavs community as a whole needs to figure out how to let go of the cynicism and re-embrace the joy of the game in order to bring more people into the conversation rather than drive them away.

Post of the year. 

I don't understand why this community has become so catty with one another. Sure people would argue back in the old forums, but people would move on quite quickly and never take things personally at least from my view.

The pervasive negative narratives that the vocal minority is spouting across Mavs internet universe is taking over almost every online Mav forum I know of. It basically starts in toxic Twitter threads and spreads from there,  It's frustrating cause I see everyone being driven away slowly but surely. 

It hurts. I love the contributions of everyone here. The creative roster moves and cap management ideas that Dan and FGump write are some of my favorite reads. I miss the post game conversations where everyone would discuss their thoughts on the most recent game. I miss Kamms use of stats to try and bring a different POV to what we're seeing on the court. I love Dougie's memes. 

I don't understand why everyone is taking everything so personal. I hope we can move forward and get back to just loving the Mavs and discussing the fact we have an interesting group with 2 all star starters and get to a point where we can make jokes again. 

Anyways, thank you for sticking up and highlighting some of the cool things we got going on.