JohnSBG wrote: » you sure have a lot of energy for typing!
wonderfullife wrote: » You ain't seen nothing yet. 3,000 words on the State of Irish MMA (including predictions of Invicta success for Sinead K):https://boltossmma.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/state-of-irish-mma/ With pictures How's your energy for hand-writing? I'm in the hospital saturday for an endoscopy so i'm thinking about a ninja visit to the gym today/tomorrow to get your signature on my copy of your book :pac:
harney wrote: » You should do the gym visit before the hospital visit with your camera. If you scold him enough on his Facebook shaming then ask for the autograph, you just might get the endoscopy for free.* :eek: * I'm not sure how easy it'll be getting your camera back
wonderfullife wrote: » Well, that and i think he spreads himself too thin and needs a full time Co-Head Coach. Too many quality fighters at SBG. I'd like to see an official co-Head Coach like Paddy or Roddy. Kav-Rod could be the new Jackson-Wink.
Tazzimus wrote: » Roddy and Paddy are busy enough being head coaches in Charlestown and Tallaght I'd imagine, not a bad idea though. One event I was at, he must have been in and out for 80% of the fights.
dashoonage wrote: » Are you going to 205 wonderfulife? lads look at this for ****ehttp://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/conor-m Nocgregor/report-conor-mcgregor-considered-bernabeu-fight/ someone said ufc spain....mcgregor met the Ronaldo...therefore...mcgregor is headlining a card in Madrid. wtf lads.
JohnSBG wrote: » The conspiracy theories give me too much entertainment to squash, keep em coming 😅
Outlaw Pete wrote: » Conor body double conspiracy
Tinie wrote: » I dont know what to believe anymore.
Dtp1979 wrote: » I Believe this is all tuning to ****
wonderfullife wrote: » haha. I've praised John many times on this thread for what he has achieved and his perseverance in making a go of his gyms when it was easier many times to jack it in and do some engineering stuff. He certainly didn't get into all this for fame or fortune - there was neither to be had when he started in 2000 - and i couldn't see myself keeping at it training in a school-hall in Crumlin part-time or in the equivalent of a porta-cabin in Harolds Cross. As any regular on this page knows, i'm most certainly not a fan of that 'Mental Message' segment on his FB and it's the only real criticism i have of him. Well, that and i think he spreads himself too thin and needs a full time Co-Head Coach. Too many quality fighters at SBG. I'd like to see an official co-Head Coach like Paddy or Roddy. Kav-Rod could be the new Jackson-Wink. Maybe i let my own personal struggle with depression and anxiety skew my opinions on this topic but i do have strong feelings on it. Izabel Laxamana - the 13 year old girl who had her hair cut by her father in punishment. Completely ridiculous punishment to inflict on a teenage girl, in my opinion. Worse, the video was circulated on FB. She got out the car and jumped off a bridge. Online humiliation is becoming one of the most common suicide triggers in the culture we live in; a culture where it is seemingly normal to a) troll people and b) humiliate and online shame people. It's really saddening. Recently on social media i saw someone make a post along the lines of this: "Best advice i can give ppl is to know how to write a competent email to try secure job interviews". After quickly deciding that was roughly 80 characters, i decided to reply: "people". Seemed a harmless enough sarcastic reply but i do regret it. Was fairly pointless. I'm sure they knew how to spell "people". This person had tens of thousands of followers and tweeted back "fcuk yourself". I then had roughly 10 tweets/PMs threatening me, 50 tweets calling me names and others advising me over PM to do the world a favour and jump into a river. I don't think John or people in positions like his contemplate how powerful social media is. They can certainly control their own tweets/posts but they 100% can't control what their followers decide to do. And what i particularly dislike about that segment is he screenshots Private Messages, which by design are meant to be private. There's no malice behind the segment at all but it could lead to serious issues. Anyway it'll be Groundhog Day if i keep writing. We're coming into Movember now. Young men remain the highest risk of suicide in this country and globally. I would encourage everybody here, including myself, to bear that in mind when using social media. This isn't about political correctness or walking on eggshells. I'd just like everyone to count to 10 next time they want to publicly rip someone on FB or Twitter and ask themselves 'what is this achieving for me?'. If the answer is "sh1ts and giggles" then please don't do it. Now, where was i.... oh yeah that autograph!
Call Me Jimmy wrote: » I assume if you're any way known ye get that, why doesn't conor have that problem then? Or kanye? The problem is 1. that you read them, 2. that you take a word of it seriously enough to care
Call Me Jimmy wrote: » You've mentioned specific things said a couple of times and you post them is all. If ye get a laugh out of it then grand
JohnSBG wrote: » Ok youve brought this up enough so I'll ask. If i read your criticisms, without seeing what was posted, id imagine some jock making fun of some really dark sad messages from people in need of desperate help. Ive received many of them. Ive never made any public but have done what i can. But my question is which of the messages i have posted would you have most grievance to? I'm pretty careful what i make public but also recognise im far from perfect so always willing to try and improve. As for your incident of getting some mean messages. I get messages asking for pics of my fiancée, telling me my fag brother is going to hell, my girl only with me for money and that she cheats on me, my only worth is coaching conor, my coaching is ****, threats on me and my family....thats the daily stuff, oftentimes it's much darker. Gotta take the good with the bad eh?
EuskalHerria wrote: » It finally happened. It's gone 180 degrees and nobody notices how surreal it is to have John commenting here anymore. Dragged into petty arguments now, next week who knows. John get yourself on the Boards fight Pick 'em league: http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057543480/1 (Extra points for Alvarez, if you want to hedge your bets)
