The Never Ending Thread

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Tony is my Hero No seriously though, it's tough for me to have NASCAR debates with you guys. And this may come across as condescending but it's not meant to be at all, it's just that the fact is you guys don't get (I assume) the same day to day access to that world that I do. So it's not a "level playing field" for lack of a better word.

I enjoy the debates though, I just have to reminded myself of the differences sometimes

Seriously though, Hamlin isn't all he's cracked up to be.

While I absolutely agree with you, you are too close to the situation to look at it objectively. You would make a comment like, well that's not tony, he's a good guy. OK, we're sure you know him, but we just watched what he did on the race track, which is pretty much all we care about.
Look at Barry Bonds fans...come on, he is dirt...he is scum on dirt, and he still has millions of fans...why? Cause he does a lot of stuff on the field (even if it is pharmacudically enduced). We don't care about who they are off the field in most cases...I know I don't. You let that sway yourself to being a fan. I don't want to know my teams or people I follow, cause the more you know, the more they can let you down. I just want to be a distant fan. I don't mean to sound negative, because you have the ability to know these people outside of their medium, and that's a great thing, but that makes you closer than the average bear.
Hamlin is having a great season though...or do you mean personally?