To the OP -- since you've been a fan for 28 years I know you well remember the days before blogs, the days before the internet. You probably remember the days before Sports Radio and you remember the long off-seasons with no news at all.
The age of high-speed communication is upon us and we are all adjusting to the reality that is also the age of high-speed miscommunication and speculation. To be able to talk/read C's year round is a great gift despite the redundancies and unfounded rumors. It is frustrating not to get solid news but the oft-senseless banter is better that the nothing we'd otherwise get. the only time I get turned off is when the negativity dominates. Isn't it great (or perhaps pathetic
) that despite the C's mediocrity folks are generating hopeful discussion around Dan Gaduric and Ronnie Turiaf?
And previous posters are right on -- when there is real news, this is the best and fastest C's resource around.