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[DanSchwartzgan]

 I am old enough to have been critical of fish when he started DB.com by spamming the older sites.

I got past that and participated through a couple of the later itenerations, beginning with The End of the Rings(the thing).

I too had issues with Mike stemming from the LMF site.  I wrote up the exact way the "Damp Chip" played out six months before it became the over-hyped nicknamed "exclusive" it became on the Fish site.  DLord even participated in the conversation in which I posted the idea.  He and I patched things up a long time ago.  I was able to relate to his explanation.  As someone who puts out a lot of ideas, I can't always recall if/when I've read something that contributed to my "idea".  I think I've posted things a half dozen times this off-season to have Omahen come behind me and say that was his idea 2 weeks ago.  My beef with Fish was the over-promotion.  I think he got better at that over time.

Flash forward to my eventually joining the DB.com board.  Fish and I got along just fine on and off the board.  I can attest that when he says something with authority, it comes on good authority.  You have to read carefully to know when it is good authority and when it isn't.  I also know that he really wanted to make something work between SI and the old DB.com format.  SI wasn't buying it and the opportunity was too great for him to pass up.  This is a diversion for us, but it is how he makes his living.  No need to beat the guy up for trying to improve his situation.  Page views are the life blood for the kind of sites he runs and from what I've seen, he's doing quite well.  Thankfully, this site is doing quite well also.  I say live and let live.