This thread is a trainwreck, look away.

[RipEmUpShox]

If you knew Rip, you wouldn't be surprised with the delivery. And remember, this is the same poster that flipped off the cameras in STL every time it tried to take a shot of our student section. That and multiple F bombs had students all around him quite annoyed. So presenting this info in this way should surprise nobody.

And Gal wasn't booed like you say. Others have pointed out why he was frustrating to fans, but we all saw the potential in him. You're still bitter because nobody liked you wearing the flag as a cape. How long has it been? Get over it.

It sounds to me like you are the bitter one here. 1. I don't have any clue what you are talking about with me flipping off cameras. Are you sure I wasn't doing the shocker.

2. YES GAL was booed sometimes off of the court. I remember one game in particular where the clock ran out before he got a shot off. (THE SAME THING HAPPENED THIS YEAR WHERE CARL HALL ENDED UP TAKING A 3, and the response was totally different)

3. Don't worry The Stasi administration that WSU has our Student Section just how you like it, before this team made a final four run, it was a joke, I remember the game at Intrust this year, besides a few old timers from way back when I was there, most of the Students sat for most of the game. EVEN while we made a nice comeback to win an important non-con game.

4. This status is not about me, and I am not bitter, I am glad for Gal, and remember talking to him personally about his dream to play in the NCAA.

5. BETWEEN ME AND YOU SUBGOD... I think its extremely cowardly and hypocritical that we went to the same church for 10 years, and you never have said a word to my face about what you think. You hide behind your keyboard all you like. A real man would say something to my face, furthermore a real man wouldn't be carrying such bitter indignation towards someone 7 years later without once saying it to his face. It is absolutely Cowardly to talk trash on here when you stood in the same building by me Worshiping God who tells us to Love our Enemies and Love one another, and that Love Keeps no record of wrongs. I remember vividly sitting in Pastor Mike's office and talking about that period of my life with shame, and how far-gone I was from the Lord, I appreciated very much how he believed in me after that time. And I will say it publicly here because I think its childish that you would hold on so tightly to something so long ago and be utterly incapable to say anything to my face or forgive me.

5. As a libertarian I don't think you would appreciate the Stasi style way that the student section at WSU is stymied. I went to a game earlier this year where we were playing an exhibition there was about 20 security guards surrounding the student section, its discouraging to the students to be treated as criminals without ever committing a crime(and un-american) and thats probably a big part of why the student section isnt rowdy like it used to be. And rowdy is the way it should be, thats the WheatShocker way.

6. If no one here can remember the gal bashers... Thats crazy because I can remembered them well, not by name but people who even if gal scored 14 points with 8 assists, would trash him. Talk about a kid who now 25 has so much resilience to have worked so hard after WSU was a bust to fulfill his dream.

[Dave Stalwart]

This thread is over. Can I go ahead and ask for a moderator at this point or should I just take it in myself to stop checking it

I'd like to have a real Gal Mekel NBA thread.

[RipEmUpShox]

And maybe Gal didn't have issues with it, but that doesn't mean that everyone else should be absolutely fine with it. Most people don't look favorably upon using a countries flag like you did. At least most Americans. Perhaps it's viewed differently elsewhere in the world.

Really because I watched The US beat Honduras in Utah recently and The American Outlaw fans that attended seemed to have a large number of fans wearing an american flag the same way I wore the Israel flag.

[KochHead22]

This thread is over. Can I go ahead and ask for a moderator at this point or should I just take it in myself to stop checking it

I'd like to have a real Gal Mekel NBA thread.

But it's just gettin good!

[wu_shizzle]

You guys can hate all you want, my identity isnt made up by what people on a message board think of me.

Yet you title a thread "To the Gal haters" as a way to justify yourself.

You chose not to include this news in the Gal thread, but create a new one that is more about yourself than Gal.

I think if you are honest with yourself, you care greatly what anonymous people on message boards think of you.

[RipEmUpShox]

Yet you title a thread "To the Gal haters" as a way to justify yourself.

You chose not to include this news in the Gal thread, but create a new one that is more about yourself than Gal.

I think if you are honest with yourself, you care greatly what anonymous people on message boards think of you.

No matter the topic sticking breaking huge news about the first Shocker to go to the NBA in god knows how long, on page 16 of that thread isnt something i would ever do.

As for bringing up the gal haters, which were in number and exp. on here. I remember Gal missing a 3 during a road game at the buzzer to win it and people were calling for his head on here. I wish some people would just own it and eat crow instead of deny it, but what can you expect...

As for me being boldly proud of that Israel Flag (see the American Outlaws USMNT fans example) I will continue to be. But im more proud for Gal. I was a 21 year old kid back then, im nearly 30 now. I wouldnt wear that cape again because im too old for that stuff, and im a completely different person, i just thought itd be fun to poke the gal haters on here. And indeed it has been.

[SubGod22]

1. I'm glad you were able to forget it. I was with a handful of other students sitting behind you and we were ashamed to have you sitting in the section behaving like that.

2. You've gone from making it sound like Gal was booed a lot to now saying there were instances. Hell, a lot of players have been booed for instances when they play like crap or even stupidly. It's not hate, it's frustration.

3. I can't comment on how the police the section. Haven't been a part of it for some time.

4. This status became about you when you tried to make it sound as if everyone hated Gal and you were the only one to see his potential. The thread title says it all.

5. Did we really go to the same church for 10 years? I know I'd seen you there a few times and I know we have a mutual friend. Personally, I never had much desire to interact with you the few times I did see you at the same service. Our mutual friend understood where I was coming from as well. I don't hate you man, but even he'd admit that you seem to be quick to speak/react without thinking about it and that you rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Coming on here and starting a post attacking the majority of posters didn't surprise me based on what I've seen and heard from the past. I'd hoped that your missions work may have helped in that regard. I'm glad Pastor Mike was able to help you some. He's a great man and one I look up to. I'm not holding onto anything. That doesn't mean I don't remember things. I don't know why I'd have anything to be bitter about with you. So I have no clue where that's coming from. But when you attack the rest of us, you should probably be prepared to hear something back. Now, maybe you didn't mean to attack the fan base, but you probably should have thought a little more about your first post and title to this thread. And I hold no ill will towards you and don't know why I would.

5b. I have no idea how they police things. I, unfortunately, don't get to go to many games anymore for financial reasons and I haven't heard many stories about what goes on there.

6. I don't remember anyone being harder on Gal than anyone else really. Look, if someone has a bad game, people are going to vent here. Hell, if someone has a good game but does something boneheaded, it'll be heard about on here. I'm thinking you fell in love with Gal so much that maybe you took those types of things more personally and that's why you seem to remember there being "hate" on here for him. Just a guess. Or maybe the rest of us have lost our minds and you're the only one who remembers it accurately. I have no clue. But I honestly don't remember things being that bad for him.

[ShockerFever]

Yet you title a thread "To the Gal haters" as a way to justify yourself.

You chose not to include this news in the Gal thread, but create a new one that is more about yourself than Gal.

I think if you are honest with yourself, you care greatly what anonymous people on message boards think of you.

That's EXACTLY what I've gotten out of this. Why couldn't he have just made a thread about Gal going to the NBA? Why does it seem like his whole mantra is to call out "Gal haters"? First off, has anyone ever come out and said they hate Gal Mekel? I don't think you'll find even a "I dislike Gal" post.

This poster is acting the same way he did 6 years ago. The intent of the thread certainly is beyond sad. The hypocrisy of the poster trying to justify this thread is even more sad.

[WstateU]

Is this one of those things that; once it is seen, cannot be unseen?

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[fastbow]

Rip, weren't you effectively banned from campus after some girl filed a restraining order against you? Heard a rumor to that effect back when I was a student, and I always wondered about its truth.

I think you've got our reaction to Gal wrong though. I remember a lot more groans than boos...

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHk4vu8xEQc

[Rlh04d]

Funny, when I asked Gal about it, he seemed to have no problem with it.

You guys can hate all you want, my identity isnt made up by what people on a message board think of me.

Whether he as an individual or not has a problem with it is irrelevant. It is ALWAYS disrespectful to wear the flag of a sovereign nation as clothing.

I'm sure Kid Rock and the dozens of idiot country singers that have used the American flag as clothing did it out of nothing but good intentions, but it didn't make them any less douchy or disrespectful for doing it.

I don't know if Gal didn't have a problem with it or he just didn't want to make waves in a foreign country while he was adjusting. Regardless, it's disrespectful to a country of 8 million people, and likely Jewish people around the world.

There's a reason you don't let the American flag touch the ground.

[ShockerPhi]

Oh my goodness, just shut it down

[_kai_]

How about we talk about Gal in the NBA in the new thread.