02-15-2022, 09:07 PMSeymourSnatches Wrote: I think that it is unfair to make assumptions about Lee before he gets in the position. For most candidates that applied for the position, you could have probably brought up any type of potential history that could look bad. What's the point of bagging on someone who took a position and hasn't even started making decisions yet? There's a line between your personal interactions and your "official" SHL interactions with Lee. You can share your negative opinions but doing it on their hiring post? I mean I feel like we should be better than that. We have a perfectly good Thunderdome for this and you decide to air your grievances in the hiring post. 
 
My interactions have been nothing but great with Lee. Could it be because I was on the Stampede? Maybe. Ever since joining the SHL, I had been having fun watching my player grow and get better. But then I fell into a rut where I felt disconnected from the league, wondering why I continue to do PTs, Training, AC, etc. At that point, I was willing to drop the SHL because I was no longer enjoying it. Without any hesitation, Lee went into my DMs on Discord and was supportive and provided kind words to me about the situation. He listened and gave potential solutions to getting out of the rut. After the conversation, I decided to take one of the options Lee mentioned and since then my enjoyment in the SHL went back to normal.
 
If you take anything away from that story, I want it to be that Lee was willing to listen and try to work on a solution. I think he will continue this when he takes on the role of Commissioner. I hope that Lee will be a good hire for the league, but I will wait to see how he does in the position before making any conclusions.
 
But that’s just my experience and my opinion on the situation. But the toxicity within these kinds of posts from members of the SHL community is getting tiring.

What you're describing is what I've heard from almost everyone in Buffalo over the last few years, that Finn is that great and supportive guy, and I believe those accounts. But the problem is that for everyone not on Buffalo, he is not that at all and for me that discrepancy is the core issue. Like, there are people who you don't get along with because they have an abrasive personality or some other traits about them that you don't like. Merica is a classic example of that for a lot of people and I'm sure there's someone like that for almost all of us, maybe some of you think like that about me as well. But the key point here is that that's just how those people are, it's genuine, it's because of their personality or because of what they believe in that they rub you the wrong way.

That's not how I've seen Finn behave over the last few years at all. What I've see there is someone who by all accounts has shown that he can be a great person to certain people, but who actively chooses to be a dick to everyone else or at the very least shows very little interest in those who aren't of use to him. That's what bothers me the most here, this concious every day decision to be a dick by someone who is very capable of being better than that. I don't see why I should put my trust into someone who, for years, has shown that he just genuinely enjoys being a dick and toying with people.