There needs to be less fawning over certain posters and more understanding that when someone on RWO says something like 'he needs to go back to the Academy' it doesn't mean they are 'off him', it means they are just frustrated that his potential is not being delivered upon.....which it wasn't. Frustration can elicit negativity.
Some comments are 'heat of the moment' and to read too much into them to come to the conclusions you do is a folly....and then to act like a font who knew all along while implying that others didn't IS just skiting. RWO is a forum where ideas and thoughts are discussed, not a site for games of 'one-upmanship'.....but I can't stop you if this is your 'thing'.
The only reason TB acknowledges that he is sometimes wrong is because he comes out with occasional extreme statements and predictions (maybe also in the heat of the moment) that are just plain wrong. Most others aren't so extreme or at times brutal in their assessments and as such, have less or nothing to have to 'backtrack' on.
I think we all saw in Blakey unfulfilled potential and that can be extremely frustrating and expressing this frustration is reasonable. It is not 'giving up on' him as you imply. I would suggest that no one has to "jump back on" the bandwagon because no one really actually jumped off it in the first place. They simply expressed frustration.
Personally, I have always been on the Blakey train despite frustration with his progress....and I totally agree with your final sentence.
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