Staff Change

[IAMKING]

I have my conspiracy theories

[elcowboi]

Originally Posted by Hostile

Two times in the past I have tried to step down from the staff and I got talked into staying. Once we even had a Roast and I enjoyed that very much. Yesterday however my resignation was finally accepted. I am stepping down today.

There will be a lot of speculation about this because I am a lightning rod of discussion, not just here but other places. There will be all kinds of theories posited and the huge majority of them will be wrong. I'm not angry at anyone on the Staff. No one has driven me away from this. I just feel after 10 years that I have done enough and I want to be a regular Joe poster again.

[View Full Quote]This Staff is the greatest bunch of people I have ever worked with. Not just the current Moderators, but Pops and some of the others who put in their time and stepped down for various reasons. I love and respect them all. I have been behind the scenes here for a long time. Please listen to me when I say these people care about you. You may think some of them hate you. It isn't at all true. I am going to miss being a part of their forums and the behind the scenes discussions and ribbing that goes on. I could thank them here one by one, but I am going to refrain from doing that so I can keep this short.

I especially want to thank Reality for the trust he has put in me. I wish you all could get to know him on a personal level as I have. What he provides us here is simply put the greatest fan forum in the world. We don't have the internal issues that other forums do. I don't want to go into why they will never be as successful as this forum is, but they never will be. I do want to say Reality deserves a lot of the credit for why those internal issues do not happen here. He believes I am making a mistake. Maybe I am, but my heart is at peace with this. I left open the door to one day help the Staff again down the road if they need me.

I'm not going anywhere. I will remain a member here and I intend to keep posting. I just won't be doing the job here. If I have a regret in stepping down it is that the threads I was handling in the History Zone and the Calendar items might become outdated. Hopefully someone on the Staff will allow me to PM them the things that needed updating and they keep going. I won't miss having to police the forum. The only bans I ever enjoyed were Spammers and Redskins or Eagles trolls.

I'm really looking forward to using the Ignore feature. Conversely a bunch of people will finally be able to put me on Ignore. Now and then someone announces when they have someone on Ignore. I don't intend to do that. It serves no purpose. But I am going to heed my own advice and use it.

Thanks for all you do in making this place the best Internet fan forum in the world. Go Cowboys.

Aren't you the creator of this site? I wish you the best.

[The30YardSlant]

Thanks for putting in all the time and effort into a largely thankless job that I know you caught a ton of grief for, and thanks for putting up with me over the years

[Cowboy Junkie]

Thanks Hostile. You have helped me many times over the years

[M'Kevon]

Originally Posted by jswalker1981

Any truth to the rumor that you are stepping down to pursue your longtime dream of being an NFL kicker?

Alright! A volunteer to be first on Hos' ignore list.


Seriously, thanks for the work. I'm sure a lot of joy and pain went into the job.

[dez_for_prez]

Originally Posted by Hostile

If I have a regret in stepping down it is that the threads I was handling in the History Zone and the Calendar items might become outdated. Hopefully someone on the Staff will allow me to PM them the things that needed updating and they keep going.

I'm sure this won't be a problem, or at least I hope not.

[WoodysGirl]

Originally Posted by elcowboi

Aren't you the creator of this site? I wish you the best.

Reality is the site owner.

[Dodger]

Can't say I blame you. I've been a mod on another Cowboys forum, and it wasn't all it's cracked up to be. I'd much rather be just joe poster like you're wanting to be. Less headaches. But I won't forget to thank you for helping me a few times with a few requests and answering all of my silly questions. I appreciate all you've done here.

So, with that.....welcome to club Joe Poster!

[BraveHeartFan]

Thank you for all the effort Hos.

Thank you for being willing to do a very thankless job that only caused you to have to deal with more and more BS because people knew you couldn't put them on ignore as an Admin.

Hope you do stick around and continue to post on a regular basis and that now that you won't be an admin your time can be even more enjoyable because you'll have the use of that fantastic ignore function.

[Boyzmamacita]

Hos, you have a way of making female posters feel really welcome on a mostly male board, so I'm glad you'll be sticking around. The Zone wouldn't be the same without you.

[rcaldw]

Thank you Hos. I appreciate all you've done. Thanks to Reality and all those who continue to serve on staff. It is a great forum.

[Dodger12]

Sorry to see you step down Hos. You're a huge part of why this place is a great Cowboys forum. Maybe Reality can let you keep your "color" or an honorary title in recognition of your contributions to the site over the past 10 years.

I'm sure there's a back story to all this and I saw it coming for a few months now. In any event, I wish you well...............

[Vintage]

Tigers recent win. Upcoming major. I think I can read between the lines here.

[Bigdog]

Hos,

Thank you for all that you have done that makes this board great. Enjoy your free time as we know you will be watching a lot of soccer now. Just kidding.

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by Hostile

I'm really looking forward to using the Ignore feature. Conversely a bunch of people will finally be able to put me on Ignore. Now and then someone announces when they have someone on Ignore. I don't intend to do that. It serves no purpose. But I am going to heed my own advice and use it.

So can we put you on ignore yet, or what?

No, seriously, I've never put anyone on ignore, not even Clove, because I figure if I don't like something they've said or think it ignorant, I don't have to respond to it.

For the most part, you and I have agreed when it comes to the Cowboys and, although I haven't always agreed with you in how you responded to some who disagree with you, I have a lot of respect for your many contributions to this board.

Hope you enjoy just being one of us "little guys."