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 Originally Posted by Inquartata Holy Epee Dude,
You haven't joined the church, have you? Man, I'll get on the phone to the deprogrammers right away--just don't give them any money, or start buying epees or anything, ok?
(If you really want to know my thoughts on growing US fencing, I think I have always been consistent in saying that consistent high-level results need two things:
1) financial resources for elite fencers, to enable them to have a decent standard of living while they continue to train at a professional level after college.
2) Professional coaching standards (see Veeco's and Gladius's comments in the coaching qualities thread).
Last edited by sabreur; 07-21-2006 at 05:46 PM.
Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Why is that? Is it because rather than supporting a slightly broader definition of "elite", ie one which you all might be in or think you might be able to enter one day, this supports a superelite within the elite? Those in the rarified altitudes of top subsidization prefer the term: "Uber-Elites," or oooh-eeee for short.  "Sometimes we, as coaches, get into that dictator mode where you just tell and you don't listen and you don't try to understand them." Tom Izzo, Mich. St.
"Fraud is the creation of trust. And then: its betrayal."
William Black, Ph.D.
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Sooeeee! (Ok, maybe not that)
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Originally Posted by Inquartata
Whither consistency, people? 
To quote someone else in another thread:
Pot. Kettle. Black. That's it, I'm done with the discussion forums on F.net. It's had its uses, but the ideologues, ranters, and "experts" have drowned too many of the conversations. I'm changing my password to something random and never logging in again.
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Originally Posted by sabreur You haven't joined the church, have you? Man, I'll get on the phone to the deprogrammers right away--just don't give them any money, or start buying epees or anything, ok? Are you under the weather, that you are unable to recognize sarcasm all of a sudden?  Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Originally Posted by oso97 To quote someone else in another thread:
Pot. Kettle. Black. Gotta work on your vocabulary, man. Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Originally Posted by oso97 To quote someone else in another thread:
Pot. Kettle. Black. To quote myself:
Originally Posted by Poulet Takes. One. To. Know. One.
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