My Take

[SBU72]

Not to be rude, you could look at the Syracuse Roster and quickly recognize the initials of the players. Good write-up Tomcat.

I took no offense and more or less expected such a response. Even in a more snarky ways! You did it very nicely. HOWEVER, no matter how many times I look over the roster, associating initials with particular players still takes way to much thought. And will until I see the team several times. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I was a materials chemist in a major corporation and was considered a subject matter expert but I made every effort to avoid acronyms when doing presentations. Yeah it took a few extra keystrokes but it was appreciated by my audience. That was all I was asking. (and by the way SWC full last names in his report.)

 

[sutomcat]

I will try but I don't have a lot of free time on my hands. I hope you can forgive me if I continue to use abbreviations to get through the keying as quickly as possible.

As the newbies get nicknames, I will try and use those (they tend to be very short) as they become known.

As a little nugget, when I sat courtside, I believe I heard some of the players call Bourama Sidibe "Dib". I think that has already been established as his nickname.

So for those keeping track at home, Dib = BS = Bourama Sidibe.

 

[Cheriehoop]

I took no offense and more or less expected such a response. Even in a more snarky ways! You did it very nicely. HOWEVER, no matter how many times I look over the roster, associating initials with particular players still takes way to much thought. And will until I see the team several times. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I was a materials chemist in a major corporation and was considered a subject matter expert but I made every effort to avoid acronyms when doing presentations. Yeah it took a few extra keystrokes but it was appreciated by my audience. That was all I was asking. (and by the way SWC full last names in his report.)

If posts are critiqued and supposed to be presented like work presentations, I think most everyone would be in trouble on these boards, I sure know I would be. I assume your screen name is an acronym Being on the slow side, I finally realized the football board always references the head coaches with HCDB , HCSS etc while the bb board refers to Jim Boeheim as just JB not HCJB - it’s an intriguing , inconsistent , thinking man’s (woman’s) board here.

 

[realorange]

Acronym on steroids is figuring out what medical ailment is being discussed on any of the prescription med ads on TV. Just don't get me started on what I think of the lawyer boiler plate on any of them.

 

[SBU72]

I will try but I don't have a lot of free time on my hands. I hope you can forgive me if I continue to use abbreviations to get through the keying as quickly as possible.

As the newbies get nicknames, I will try and use those (they tend to be very short) as they become known.

As a little nugget, when I sat courtside, I believe I heard some of the players call Bourama Sidibe "Dib". I think that has already been established as his nickname.

So for those keeping track at home, Dib = BS = Bourama Sidibe.

Tom, you do a super job on your reviews, and my observation is/was a very minor detail and was only made to make it easier for me and a few others. By the time we finish this discussion, it won't matter . Sorry if I caused a problem.

 

[SBU72]

Acronym on steroids is figuring out what medical ailment is being discussed on any of the prescription med ads on TV. Just don't get me started on what I think of the lawyer boiler plate on any of them.

The ads read disclaimers so fast, how can anybody really follow them The one I like best is "if you are allergic to "whatever" do not take it". I want to know how you know you are allergic to it without taking it?