(08-21-2020, 03:14 PM)NOLA Wrote: (08-20-2020, 02:48 PM)The_Jonas Wrote: (08-19-2020, 04:46 PM)NOLA Wrote: (08-19-2020, 04:43 PM)Chi-town_Chief Wrote: (08-19-2020, 04:39 PM)NOLA Wrote: It's a real bummer, man. It doesn't feel the same without him around, and hasn't for awhile without him posting regularly before he passed.
That and this place always dies down in the offseason. Especially with one as odd as this.
But there is a certain personality that is now missing. Really miss his posts.
Yeah, I mean he hadn't been around much during the regular season last year either, but I know a lot of you guys were still seeing him in person.
I just took for granted he would always be here homering it up.
I'm glad he got to see kc hoist a trophy. I cant do much more than wish his family the best, and salute that legacy. He was such a sweetheart of a guy. This wasnt what I expected when I dropped in for a visit.
Yeah, it was a real shock for me one morning when I logged in, but I got the sense that some of the others who knew him better and saw him more routinely were aware he was in poor health.
In many ways I was, but it still floored me. He had more trouble the past couple winters going to games than years past, but especially this year. He got put on his ass in December, hospitalized by something he was later convinced was Covid (who knows).
I knew he was doing poorly a couple weeks before, I hadn't really gotten any update until it was too late. It's not like they would let anyone visit him, but it still feels like I should have made a call or two.
I already had a couple previews of my life without John Wilson when he missed a few games this year, but I by no means expected this. I was thinking it was more likely he'd quit going to games and I might watch an away game or two at his place to get together with the gang. Going to tailgates without him was already a surreal experience for me.