Anyone who has read pretty much any of my posts know that I LOVE comments. I obviously like the good ones better than the bad, but I got one just now that I thought I’d make a quick comment on. You can read the comment here. So to Max Wilson, this one’s for you.

First and foremost, I don’t seriously think Sean has any regrets about coming to Virginia over Kansas. I also have no doubt that the thought has at least crossed his mind, however briefly. If you’ve read any of my other random babblings this year, you’ll know that I have the utmost respect for him and, like I said in my original post, a man crush indeed. So, I’m not going to bother saying anything else about this, haha.

Second, it is completely conceivable that the sports writer went to Burns for the story. Assuming the story that he published was not a twist of words (an assumption I make based on the lack of response or follow-up from Burns, Leitao, or anyone involved with Virginia athletics), to me it doesn’t matter if Burns went to Reid or Reid went to Burns. Any athlete, especially in either football or basketball, speaking to a media person knows that the appropriate response there is “no comment,” unless you want the story published. A comment like “I don’t know if I’m going to stick with it” sends a lot of different messages about the program and the team. Yes, one of those messages could be “Oh man next year’s recruits are so awesome, I know I’m not even going to get final-five-seconds PT!!” — in which case, SWEET. Let’s all rejoice in that one! But to me, it sends questions about team dynamics, and I wonder if his mentality might also be shared with other teammates. I sure hope not.

You’ll also have to accept my apologies for not collecting information, conducting my own interviews, and “jumping to obtuse conclusions about what others have written.” Let me assure you - if I had access to Burns, Singletary, Leitao, Littlepage, or anyone else, really, I would be all over it. Unfortunately, I am but a peon at the University. However, I did once send a Facebook message to Sean wishing him a happy birthday. He even replied! So, maybe I have more clout than I think I do, but I think we both know better than that, haha.

OK, just two more points to make and I’ll be on my way. First, you say that “Like most bloggers,” I don’t do my research before I write. I don’t purport to be a “blogger.” I purport to be someone who keeps a journal. I don’t expect anyone in the world to come to my site to get their daily fix on UVA sports or really anything I write about in the world. I say things like “YAY we won!” I hope that’s not the type of news people want. The only thing that I could possibly be considered a “blogger” for is the law school, as I have a good sense of what’s going on in here and don’t post things until I’ve checked it a couple times. So, thank you for considering that the content that I put up here is blogworthy. I don’t hold myself as “high” a standard as a good blogger may. Ha. I just said that bloggers hold themselves to a high standard. I hope you know what I mean.  I am a babbler.  Not a blogger.
Second, you said that you think I delete comments that don’t agree with my opinions, though apparently I am easily critical of others. I take some offense to your thinking that I am easily critical of others. I’m not. If you were to know me in real life (and who knows, maybe you do and you’re writing under a pseudonym), you’d know that I’m more self-critical than anything else. But, I found a silver lining to this insult. You apparently think I get comments! Haha. No, alas. I get comments from some of my good friends. And a few random people. But people generally don’t read my site to get belligerent with me. They read it because they seem to have run out of internet. Although, once (on my old site, before I made this layout) I made a crack about med students using the law school library and a med student said that if he were ever to see my *** *** on his surgery table, he’d refuse to help me. He also said something about bringing blenders to the law library and plugging them in all around me just to piss me off. I have to admit, I deleted those comments. Haha. But yeah, I won’t delete your comment unless it’s unproductive and just violently angry. You don’t seem to hate me / want me to bleed to death on a surgery table, so your comments get to stay. It’s a low standard, really.

Anyway, thanks for the response!

And I hope everyone sees how excited I get when I get comments. Keep them coming.

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