Pat Coleman: Anti-Ithaca, Anti-Freedom, Anti-American
Over the past year I have had the distinct honor and priviledge to be a contributing author to the Division III football.com message board (www.d3football.com). Within the site is a board specifically for the conference to which Ithaca College belongs. It is there I would mix it up with other kids from rival schools as well as talk with other Ithaca alumni who were on the board. It was a place for trash talk, a place for predictions, a place for the die hard fan to make the week leading up to the big game a little more interesting. But, like all good things, it has come to an end for me. A dark presence has taken control of the message board, a tyrant of sorts that seeks ultimate control over words and information. A no doubt Stalinist, who has a hard time coming to grips with the fall of the Soviet Union and Iraq. A man named, Pat Coleman.
Pat Coleman is the Chief architect of D3football.com and he often weighs in on the particular issue being discussed on the message board. He is more a giver of stats than opinion as he attempts to remain neutral when it comes to board discussion. But is he neutral? I use to think so. Then Mr. Coleman got quite defensive when people on the board accused him of being "Ithaca bias". That's when the dark side of Coleman was revealed to us.
Shortly after that time he began removing posts of mine from the message board, saying they were vulgar and irrelevant. My first amendment right had been stripped. Another "Jim Crow" stood before me trying to take away what was rightfully mine. The same kind of man that would call for the extermination of particular ethnic group. To have my hard earned creativity pulled from public view by this vicious being was hard to endure. I began to play ball, to be more "civil", I drank from the other drinking fountain, I sat in the back of the bus. Then, the unthinkable happened.
A member of the RPI student body wrote a post referring to the blizzard game Ithaca and RPI played 2 years ago. In the post, this student had the nerve to say something to the effect of "there was a lot of snowballing going on at the game, and we all know how those Ithaca guys enjoy 'snowballing'". For those who aren't familiar with the term "snowballing", allow me to present you with a dictionary's definition: "a human sexual practice in which one person takes into his or her mouth the semen of another person, and then 'swaps' it back and forth with another person through kissing or spitting." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowballing_(sexual_practice) I was appalled, I thought maybe Pat Coleman hadn't seen the post yet and that's why it was still up. Then, hour after hour went by and the post remained. One of posts of mine that was removed was because I said the #'s in a particular St. John Fisher fan's username symbolized the jersey #'s of the guys on the team he had "enjoyed". I felt this comment by the RPI fan was, at the very least, just as bad. Mr. Coleman disagreed. He claimed to not know why the "snowballing" was offensive. When someone presented him with the definition, he said, that's not the definition I have. Pat Coleman was turning a blind eye to this anti-Ithaca sentiment. Much like many German citizens ignored what was happening to people in their country that were being rounded up and taken away on trains. I was outraged.
I wrote a lengthy post calling out Pat Coleman for his refusal to address the post. It was after that rant that I was forever banished from the entire d3football.com post board. Never again would I be allowed the freedom of expression on the fan forum, the Emperor had exiled me. Why? That is the question. What is Pat Coleman hiding? What skeletons are in the closet? What insecurities lead him to such ruthless enforcement? Well, let's dig deep into the person that is Patrick Coleman.
Patrick Coleman, a good Irish-catholic name if you ever heard one. (see pat: http://www.d3football.com/about.php) That's probably why the man has always had a devotion to Catholism. As a young man, we have to believe that Pat moved through the ranks of Catholic schooling, developing a sound sense of morality that would carry him through life. It is from such an education we can probably attribute Pat's desire to keep his message board "clean". I have no doubts that, if he had the ability, there would be many times he would have taken a ruler to my hand. (Think scene in "The Blues Brothers" where Jake and Elwood misbehave in the presence of the nun)
When time to pick a college, it was a no brainer. Pat would not dare enroll in a University that was state funded or non-religious private school, oh no, that would leave him exposed to the sinful side of society, the evil that is found in bars, clubs, and frat houses. There was only one place for Pat, THE Catholic University.
Pat was a proud member of the Class of 1994. What did he major in do you ask? Well, as an employee of Sports Weekly, and creator of D3hoops.com and D3football.com , it's obvious isn't it? Or is it? Pat left Catholic with a degree in "Spanish for International Service". Not quite what you would think from a "sports expert". What does someone do with Pat's degree? Well, I would guess it's a "churched up" way of saying that Pat was ready to be a missionary. Ready to spread the gospel to people in Central and South America! Hope aboard Brother Pat's traveling salvation show! Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies, let EVERYONE know! (thanks Neil Diamond) So naturally, Pat found his way from that into the Sports Information department of Catholic. Apparently the mission fields were not Pat's true calling.
Pat Coleman is an original. He knew if he went off to spread God's word in 3rd world countries he would be just another member of Christ's army. There's thousands of people spreading the gospel, why do something so many people are already doing. Pat wanted to do something no one else was doing, he wanted to make a name for himself by taking on a field where he could be revolutionary. Pursue miracles of medicine? Nope. Design architecture that will change how we scape the world? Nope. Discover a cheap, clean alternative to gasoline? Not a chance. Pat wanted to do something that would put him on the map, something that would reserve his place in the great scrolls as one of the most influential people in America's history. It was so clear to him, maybe an angel from on high came down to him..... Pat Coleman was going to bring division III athletics to the internet.
Soon on the world wide web appeared D3hoops.com as did d3football.com. In the years that would follow these two sites would grow by leaps and bounds. As time passed more and more users logged on to see what was happening with their respected teams and competitors. Pat was a success. He had done what no one else had. While stupid companies like "ESPN", "FOX", and "CBS" focused on division IA, Pat dug deeper. He defied the media conglomerates and approached his sites with a "little engine that could" philosophy. By this time Pat is "Operations Chief" at Sports Weekly and though that may have been his day job, his babies were the online sites. Soon Pat would find himself being interviewed on such programs as ESPNews and with such exciting opportunities came the harsh realization that his appearance was better suited for radio.
You see, that's what always hurt. Pat didn't want to be known as a nerdy, do-good, catholic boy. He may have been terrorized by non-catholic athletes as a child. Kids who didn't have to hold themselves to the "no birth control" standard that he did. Pat wanted to show the world that people like him CAN be cool, hip, and happening. It just didn't take and as the popularity of his site grew, Pat developed an iron fist when it came to schools that didn't have religious ties. Schools like Ithaca College that have won 3 Nat'l Championships without a single hail mary, on or off the field. He took up arms against the bigger, more successful schools in hopes of protecting smaller schools like Catholic, Marymount (for whom he also worked), and St. John Fisher.
And that brings us up to date, with my banishment. You see friends, Pat Coleman never went to the mission fields, he never took a perfectly happy Hispanic person and forced his religion on him. But, he found his crusade. A crusade not against sin, but something just as evil and imposing... bigger, more successful, non-catholic, Division III institutions. More specifically, the students and alumni that represent those schools on HIS message board, HIS creation, HIS baby. That is why I was banished, that is why more like me will continue to be banished. Pat Coleman, like so many in our government, cannot separate church and state. Each week more civil liberties are stripped from the posters of D3football.com and with it, their voice to protest. Luckily there's another amendment. The right to bear arms. The right to have another outlet in which to write and strike down this tyrant. A single hope, that readers and posters will gaze away from the fear that grips their message board and look at this document of truth and enlightenment. I may not be able to rally troops on the message board, but my message itself is strong and resolute. I will not back down, I will not hide, I will not be afraid of a man who casts stones and lives in a glass house. Pat Coleman, your mask has been removed, I've pulled back the curtain and shown the world that Oz is not some large intimidating force, but a 35 year old man in glasses who lives in Washington DC with 3 kids and a wife named Cate. I am a victim of Pat's pursuit of being someone he could never be, I make that sacrifice for my fellow bombers. Pat Coleman's attack will be his ultimate defeat. Pat Coleman and Cortland University are now looked at with equal disregard. The battle has begun.......
ÂThis is obviously a labor of love. I think that Division III athletics are college sports at its best and it needs more attention. And at D3Football.com, that is what we try to do.  Pat Coleman, Publisher/Editor, D3Football.com
.......... sure you do Pat, suuuuuure you do.... you don't fool us anymore....
Don't like what you hear about Pat Coleman, voice you concerns at his Sports Weekly contact # of 703-854-5313
Pat Coleman is the Chief architect of D3football.com and he often weighs in on the particular issue being discussed on the message board. He is more a giver of stats than opinion as he attempts to remain neutral when it comes to board discussion. But is he neutral? I use to think so. Then Mr. Coleman got quite defensive when people on the board accused him of being "Ithaca bias". That's when the dark side of Coleman was revealed to us.
Shortly after that time he began removing posts of mine from the message board, saying they were vulgar and irrelevant. My first amendment right had been stripped. Another "Jim Crow" stood before me trying to take away what was rightfully mine. The same kind of man that would call for the extermination of particular ethnic group. To have my hard earned creativity pulled from public view by this vicious being was hard to endure. I began to play ball, to be more "civil", I drank from the other drinking fountain, I sat in the back of the bus. Then, the unthinkable happened.
A member of the RPI student body wrote a post referring to the blizzard game Ithaca and RPI played 2 years ago. In the post, this student had the nerve to say something to the effect of "there was a lot of snowballing going on at the game, and we all know how those Ithaca guys enjoy 'snowballing'". For those who aren't familiar with the term "snowballing", allow me to present you with a dictionary's definition: "a human sexual practice in which one person takes into his or her mouth the semen of another person, and then 'swaps' it back and forth with another person through kissing or spitting." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowballing_(sexual_practice) I was appalled, I thought maybe Pat Coleman hadn't seen the post yet and that's why it was still up. Then, hour after hour went by and the post remained. One of posts of mine that was removed was because I said the #'s in a particular St. John Fisher fan's username symbolized the jersey #'s of the guys on the team he had "enjoyed". I felt this comment by the RPI fan was, at the very least, just as bad. Mr. Coleman disagreed. He claimed to not know why the "snowballing" was offensive. When someone presented him with the definition, he said, that's not the definition I have. Pat Coleman was turning a blind eye to this anti-Ithaca sentiment. Much like many German citizens ignored what was happening to people in their country that were being rounded up and taken away on trains. I was outraged.
I wrote a lengthy post calling out Pat Coleman for his refusal to address the post. It was after that rant that I was forever banished from the entire d3football.com post board. Never again would I be allowed the freedom of expression on the fan forum, the Emperor had exiled me. Why? That is the question. What is Pat Coleman hiding? What skeletons are in the closet? What insecurities lead him to such ruthless enforcement? Well, let's dig deep into the person that is Patrick Coleman.
Patrick Coleman, a good Irish-catholic name if you ever heard one. (see pat: http://www.d3football.com/about.php) That's probably why the man has always had a devotion to Catholism. As a young man, we have to believe that Pat moved through the ranks of Catholic schooling, developing a sound sense of morality that would carry him through life. It is from such an education we can probably attribute Pat's desire to keep his message board "clean". I have no doubts that, if he had the ability, there would be many times he would have taken a ruler to my hand. (Think scene in "The Blues Brothers" where Jake and Elwood misbehave in the presence of the nun)
When time to pick a college, it was a no brainer. Pat would not dare enroll in a University that was state funded or non-religious private school, oh no, that would leave him exposed to the sinful side of society, the evil that is found in bars, clubs, and frat houses. There was only one place for Pat, THE Catholic University.
Pat was a proud member of the Class of 1994. What did he major in do you ask? Well, as an employee of Sports Weekly, and creator of D3hoops.com and D3football.com , it's obvious isn't it? Or is it? Pat left Catholic with a degree in "Spanish for International Service". Not quite what you would think from a "sports expert". What does someone do with Pat's degree? Well, I would guess it's a "churched up" way of saying that Pat was ready to be a missionary. Ready to spread the gospel to people in Central and South America! Hope aboard Brother Pat's traveling salvation show! Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies, let EVERYONE know! (thanks Neil Diamond) So naturally, Pat found his way from that into the Sports Information department of Catholic. Apparently the mission fields were not Pat's true calling.
Pat Coleman is an original. He knew if he went off to spread God's word in 3rd world countries he would be just another member of Christ's army. There's thousands of people spreading the gospel, why do something so many people are already doing. Pat wanted to do something no one else was doing, he wanted to make a name for himself by taking on a field where he could be revolutionary. Pursue miracles of medicine? Nope. Design architecture that will change how we scape the world? Nope. Discover a cheap, clean alternative to gasoline? Not a chance. Pat wanted to do something that would put him on the map, something that would reserve his place in the great scrolls as one of the most influential people in America's history. It was so clear to him, maybe an angel from on high came down to him..... Pat Coleman was going to bring division III athletics to the internet.
Soon on the world wide web appeared D3hoops.com as did d3football.com. In the years that would follow these two sites would grow by leaps and bounds. As time passed more and more users logged on to see what was happening with their respected teams and competitors. Pat was a success. He had done what no one else had. While stupid companies like "ESPN", "FOX", and "CBS" focused on division IA, Pat dug deeper. He defied the media conglomerates and approached his sites with a "little engine that could" philosophy. By this time Pat is "Operations Chief" at Sports Weekly and though that may have been his day job, his babies were the online sites. Soon Pat would find himself being interviewed on such programs as ESPNews and with such exciting opportunities came the harsh realization that his appearance was better suited for radio.
You see, that's what always hurt. Pat didn't want to be known as a nerdy, do-good, catholic boy. He may have been terrorized by non-catholic athletes as a child. Kids who didn't have to hold themselves to the "no birth control" standard that he did. Pat wanted to show the world that people like him CAN be cool, hip, and happening. It just didn't take and as the popularity of his site grew, Pat developed an iron fist when it came to schools that didn't have religious ties. Schools like Ithaca College that have won 3 Nat'l Championships without a single hail mary, on or off the field. He took up arms against the bigger, more successful schools in hopes of protecting smaller schools like Catholic, Marymount (for whom he also worked), and St. John Fisher.
And that brings us up to date, with my banishment. You see friends, Pat Coleman never went to the mission fields, he never took a perfectly happy Hispanic person and forced his religion on him. But, he found his crusade. A crusade not against sin, but something just as evil and imposing... bigger, more successful, non-catholic, Division III institutions. More specifically, the students and alumni that represent those schools on HIS message board, HIS creation, HIS baby. That is why I was banished, that is why more like me will continue to be banished. Pat Coleman, like so many in our government, cannot separate church and state. Each week more civil liberties are stripped from the posters of D3football.com and with it, their voice to protest. Luckily there's another amendment. The right to bear arms. The right to have another outlet in which to write and strike down this tyrant. A single hope, that readers and posters will gaze away from the fear that grips their message board and look at this document of truth and enlightenment. I may not be able to rally troops on the message board, but my message itself is strong and resolute. I will not back down, I will not hide, I will not be afraid of a man who casts stones and lives in a glass house. Pat Coleman, your mask has been removed, I've pulled back the curtain and shown the world that Oz is not some large intimidating force, but a 35 year old man in glasses who lives in Washington DC with 3 kids and a wife named Cate. I am a victim of Pat's pursuit of being someone he could never be, I make that sacrifice for my fellow bombers. Pat Coleman's attack will be his ultimate defeat. Pat Coleman and Cortland University are now looked at with equal disregard. The battle has begun.......
ÂThis is obviously a labor of love. I think that Division III athletics are college sports at its best and it needs more attention. And at D3Football.com, that is what we try to do.  Pat Coleman, Publisher/Editor, D3Football.com
.......... sure you do Pat, suuuuuure you do.... you don't fool us anymore....
Don't like what you hear about Pat Coleman, voice you concerns at his Sports Weekly contact # of 703-854-5313
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