Article:Meet the Users: Yakob878

1. How did you learn about AGM?

Funny you should ask that question. I remember reading over all the articles and that is always the question that opens, it is always open with something like this. “I was writing articles on some other blog and was recruited here by Dan. I actually herd about the site from my friend, you might remember himfrom his first and only one of two articles, one that hit Deadspin the article was [|this]. He actually was my recruiter to this site. The article was heavily viewed if I remember. It was only his 1 st on the site too. I can’t imagine what he could have developed into if he kept writing. Too bad for all those rips he received on Dead spin and a few anons on this site. That is why he told me he gave up on writing majorley. So not to get too much off topic that is how I learned about Armchairgm.com.

2. After a close call in the first round against the Hawks, are you concerned about the C's?

As, most users know i'm a pessimist. so yes i always am worried that my team is going to lose. But, The Celtics should be fine in my opinion. The hawks were probabley one of the tougher matchups the c's could have drawn. A young athletic team that will go down fighting with nothing to lose. Guys like Horford and Smith with Johnson leading the way that can be scary combination. You also have to think this the c's probabley struggled becasue of inexperience as a group in the playoffs. not indivuals but as a team. there first series togather in the playoffs was the same as most first things a lot of kinks can be worked out. They got out of that series and should look for nothing but the best from the cavs and who ever elsse might or might not come there way in the nba playoffs. Lebron is a great playuer and great players do bounce back so his performance in the early games in round two might seem low. But, HE WILL GET HOT. So, the c's have to keep playing tough defense and they will be alright.

3. As a Boston sports fan, who would you rather have the ball in the clutch: Tom Brady or Larry Bird?


 * 1) If I had to choose between either one of them, my answer would have to be Tom Brady. Now this answer has a little controversy behind it in my point of view. One reason is that of my age a few weeks from turning 16, I have only had seen one of the two compete in competion. Not, that I am stupid and have never herd of Larry Bird I have. I know right well what he and the other members of the Original Big 3 accomplished in the 80’s giving the Celts their last championship in 86. Another is the opportunities that arise in any basketball game versus in a football game. In basketball, teams get many more possessions and occur more frequently than those that happen in football. In football, a team can hold the ball for almost an entire quarter, but in basketball in a team has possession for longer than a minute. The last reason I would pick Brady is because of the great respect I have for the NFL game and all who play it. Not, that I don’t respect the NBA, but I have a true passion and love for playing football, not so much but still do enjoy playing basketball. Tom Brady is a prime example of what I want to some day be. A “Nobody” who will never make it in the NFL, the person who never gives up on their dream and seizes the opportunities when they occur. I was actually in attendance for the game Drew Bledsoe was injured by Mo Lewis and Brady saw his first action in the 2001 season. Also, Brady has already acquired the three championships, and I’m not going to even say anything about last season. Bird has three in his career. Brady is at the peak of his career and I am sure of it will achieve at least one more ring in his playing days. So, I pick Brady over Bird even if the reasons are not too great its all I can think of because the two are just to great.

4. You seem to have a lot of Vince Lombardi quotes on your user page. Is he the greatest coach in NFL and sports history? Are his ideas still applicable in the modern age of sports?


 * 1) Knew this one was coming. Vince Lombardi’s speech entitles “What it takes to be number 1” is my motivation in life. I believe Mr. Lombardi is the greatest NFL coach of all time, until some one dethrones him. I say NFL because no two professional sports leagues are the same in my opinion and basketball and football or any other combination just don’t compare all are completely different games and should never be compared about two coaches in opposite coaches who is better in my opinion. Now his career post season win loss record was 9-1, he won the first two super bowls along with 4 other nfl championships in the 60’s. Now we all know that I am a huge New England Patriots Fan. So, I think this man will ultimately become the greatest coach of all time in the NFL, having a championship trophy named after him. To some he is the hooded demon, to other the defensive guru. Now please do me a favor and don’t turn this entire discussion into SPYGATE! Debate OK!!!! Now to the speech, I have a few parts that I feel every one needs to live by. One is “There is no room for second place” You see in the sports and real world if you are always pessimistic as I usually am you do not think many things are possible. So you settle for certain things. However, if you don’t settle you will find you have achieved much more than you could have ever imagined in the beginning. Another is this “You have to play from the ground up – from the soles of his feet right up to their heads, every inch of the body has to be put into it.” Say ing in order to achieve glory and success in what ever you do you will never achieve your full potential if your entire mind and every inch of your body is dedicated to the same goal. The last one and quote I believe in the most is this “But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour-his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear – is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and he has exhausted on the field of battle-victorious.” This is something I believe in a great deal if I am playing a sport especially football or it could be anything in my life and I see people taking short cuts or complaining, not giving it all I get really angry in the fact that they in some sense don’t care and nothing happens to them because of it.

5. You're known by most users for saying, Ya I agree." Where did this come from? Was it just random or did it originate from anything?


 * 1) Three words, a phase most people have said in some sense before. They agree, I way I made my self known on this site last summer when I joined was posting this simple quote “Ya I agree”. I was a kid at home in the summer time bored out of his head who loved sports and wanted to get a hobby. So I spent a lot of time on this site. I started reading articles and like I’m sure some other users here are when they first came to the site started scoping it out from a far. I did and anted to get more involved in the community so I decided to comment more using the famous quote. The reason was that I am a very cautious person at new things I do and try. I rarely take on new tasks will a great sense of confidence. That is who I am, I did not want to whore points or anything like that, I just wanted to be accepted by the community and not hated for my beliefs on sports so I then I choose the neutral path of saying something no one would be mad at. A few user called me on it and I realized people just cared you back up what u say with facts users will respect you for who you are for the most part. One user in particular I would like to thank helped me out of this is Insane, who I hope is going to come back this summer and become active. So, I did and after the am glad I did it has given me more confidence to give it my all in new things I then went on to the wikifying scandal one at a time that prompted many fan boxes. I think 10 months in to my time at this site I have finally found the correct way to do things comments and edit, not caring about points but for the site as a whole to succeed.


 * - One thing I don’t know if another user has gone through this but I think I went through around 6 phases of my AGM life, wondering if any other user has done something like that. Phases meaning way u spent your time on the site.