How secure is Bagent as the backup?

Shoot JABF.... I wasn't looking or intending for you to apologize. That wasn't my point at all. You have nothing to apologize for. We are all old enough to have strong opinions and be comfortable in our own skin (although I have a lot more skin lately than I want).  None of us should apologize for who we are. Well... ok, maybe a few of us and I may be one of them, but where was I.... 

I'm just kind of perplexed at the strong reaction on anything negative. I am just not getting it, but honestly, maybe it's me that's the problem.

LOL, well thanks... I was worried a bit.  That second point about strong reaction to anything negative is a good question.  There are a couple of reasons.  I'll admit they may not be good ones though    but here goes.  I have no problem with negative posts because I post some myself.  Especially when the team craps the bed during the season I can (and have been) extremely negative.  But currently the team seems to be building something special and good - beyond what I have experienced in over 60 years of following the Bears.  I do get triggered when I read unsubstantiated stuff that dumps on players or coaches.  Some of the stuff is clearly negative clickbait.  It is a buzz-kill.  Right now if I want to experience the negative buzz-kill stuff I can hop over to the news and politics and get a belly full (I actually avoid that political stuff like the plague).  If I think something is BS regarding something said about players or coaches I call it BS if it is unsubstantiated.  We really don't censure anything here unless we get an occasional troll visit.  But yeah, I will comment like any other poster... if I don't agree with something I'll say that.

The other thing I'll share here is that it has been an especially rough year (going back to last year) for me personally.  I won't go into it because everyone here probably has stuff they are dealing with.  But I think the last blow for me was losing my mom a few months ago... I'm the last one left alive in my immediate family now.  I was especially close to my mom and it did (and still is) hitting me pretty hard.  I come here to this messageboard now to enjoy something positive - at a time where there is more positive Bears stuff to celebrate than at any other time in my lifetime.  I'm fine with people questioning Bears moves.  But this really is a time to stop and smell the roses a bit.  And if I don't agree with something I'll usually wade in and say so.  I've always done that on any messageboard I've ever been on.  I try to do it in good taste and not flame the poster, but I will question the part of posts I don't agree with.  

If this messageboard would become a bit too negative (it never has come close to that) I'd be okay with that but I would not come here.  Why would I want to?  I come here for enjoyment and shooting the shit with people who also love the Bears.  Yes, we bitch and moan once the seasons tank... but we are not there yet.  LOL, it's still mid-May.  Now in November I may be out on the ledge again.  But not now 

Thanks for being a great poster here.  You've always been valued here by me, and I know by the others.  Thanks also for being patient with me over the years.  I appreciate it.

- Dave

Yea.... losing your mom is tough. Went through it myself. A few of us have. It never goes away, but it becomes easier. That's not to be flippant.... it just somehow does. But it takes time.

LOL, I think we can walk away from this one. There really is no right or wrong. Just different perspectives, and it's good that everyone can put theirs forward. This has always been a board where that is possible and that's what makes it great.

I think you can leave Butkus and David out of this one. They are too busy discussing the right way to perform a new type of kick return we have not seen yet. 

I think the only way to declare the winner on their debate is to count the hair left in their head to see whom has most.