Ande's Blog is the longest running and arguably the most popular thread on the forum and should be returned to the General Swimming-Related Discussions. It is more than just a blog in that it has been highly interactive, generating a lot of discussion and addressing a wide range of swimming-related topics.
sorry to hear that, however, most of us (as seen from the results of the poll) would rather discuss swimming, than personalities...
Give me a break! Ande's blog was very SR. What is not SR are the recent plethora of People Magazine threads relating to, for example, Lochte's sexuality or Phelps's supposed dalliances with strippers or his other girlfriends. If those are tolerated as SR, Ande's thread certainly should be.
And would you excise all personality from the forum? Plenty of the SR threads have banter and trash talk and other things that add color. Just because something is SR does not mean it has to be deadly dull or devoid of personality(ies).
The poll seems flawed in any event. First, it would have been more accurate to include a choice of moving the blog to the workout thread. I believe that is one thing Ande suggested as an option. As SwimmieAvsFan, Vive and I previously noted, the blog is not that much different than JMiller's Fast & Fun thread and could be modified somewhat. Many of the reader comments asked questions about the workouts and/or how he proposed to train for meets. Second, it appears that a lot of inactive forum members may have voted. Not sure who they are ... And, if people are opposed to the blog, they don't have to click on it. Viewership for the blog was extremely high, which is at odds with the poll results.
Don't agree with George's "Dear Abbey" comment either, and his own posts are littered with NSR swimming commentary or other random detail.
sorry to hear that, however, most of us (as seen from the results of the poll) would rather discuss swimming, than personalities...
Give me a break! Ande's blog was very SR. What is not SR are the recent plethora of People Magazine threads relating to, for example, Lochte's sexuality or Phelps's supposed dalliances with strippers or his other girlfriends. If those are tolerated as SR, Ande's thread certainly should be.
And would you excise all personality from the forum? Plenty of the SR threads have banter and trash talk and other things that add color. Just because something is SR does not mean it has to be deadly dull or devoid of personality(ies).
The poll seems flawed in any event. First, it would have been more accurate to include a choice of moving the blog to the workout thread. I believe that is one thing Ande suggested as an option. As SwimmieAvsFan, Vive and I previously noted, the blog is not that much different than JMiller's Fast & Fun thread and could be modified somewhat. Many of the reader comments asked questions about the workouts and/or how he proposed to train for meets. Second, it appears that a lot of inactive forum members may have voted. Not sure who they are ... And, if people are opposed to the blog, they don't have to click on it. Viewership for the blog was extremely high, which is at odds with the poll results.
Don't agree with George's "Dear Abbey" comment either, and his own posts are littered with NSR swimming commentary or other random detail.
