I'm trying out a new, more tactful approach.
Please no, it ain't you, and I wager you cannot refrain from relapsing into the hat we have come to love/hate/respect/revile (those reading pick their emotion).
I know I come to this thread after most of the posters have most likely moved on to the next hot topic, but I will throw out my two cents worth, (wonder how long before someone uses that against me?)
I don't agree with hat all the time, but I enjoy his posts damned near all the time. Without him I dare say I would not stay on VN. It has become so dumbed down as evidenced quite well in this thread.
I admit to bias, I have met hat, communicated outside of VN, and I know him to be a stand up guy. I'll not provide details, but he went out of his way in my behalf unsolicited. I apologize hat if this is out of line.
If you state your honest opinion, as hat does, and your opinion is based on facts and inside knowledge of the UT program as his is, you are not a NegaVol. You are simply an InformedVol, not allowing your love of UT to cloud your judgment. Oh in case anyone has any thoughts of him being Small Mike, absolutely not.
To accuse me of not being a UT fan because I feel this way is ludicrous.