i know you are frustrated with all of this, johnner, and i dont mean to prolong it, but when you said above that you just wont help anyone out int he future, I hope that was specific to this type of situation, because elite coaches helping out newbies is one of the great things about HD. I hope you will ocntinue to help newdudes in general, just not in these types of recruiting situations.
(actually, now that i think about it, hasnt scwartzy been around longer than God?)
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(yeah, 234 seasons. he's been around a while. which is another point here , schwartzy obviously knew what he was doing. some might disagree with his strategy, but i think he knew exactly what he was doing. he was taking a big risk, and he had to know that. but there is nothing in the rules about making questionable choices or taking big risks)
(as it turned out, i was the stupid one. had i thought about the possibility that the john's battle with schwartzy was actually an all-out war, i would have gone after one of the foreigners that i liked so much (that john probably signed for a pittance). .... and that... i think ...is the real danger. if a bigfish school is able to scare off each of the little fish school's one at a time ... well intentioned or not, then they increase their power dramatically in any battles that do come up)
sorry to ramble.