>FWIW I am getting the same impression of cards being dealt out of the middle of the deck.
>
>Spoken like a true gambling man (oh, wait....I'm confusing you with the guys from "The Deer Hunter")....
>
>There are no cards from the middle of the deck - I felt from day one that John shouldn't have been banned, and I'm petitioning to change it. As I've subsequently learned that Michel allegedly would have lost a large amount of money (a conclusion I find questionable), the fact that most who have responded want him back is additionally interesting.


The "most" there is kind of what I was referring to. The only specific count I have seen you post said there had been only one No vote. There had been more than that. And that's not mentioning those who basically said "OK, I guess" or those who have chosen not to vote, as Dale and others have pointed out. A dozen or so of us saying we would like to see John given another chance is not exactly a ringing endorsement from a forum with this many members.

Do you have an accurate vote count? And have you ever answered the question whether John wants to come back? You have seemed uncharacteristically coy about that one.

My vote hasn't changed but I have to say this isn't a welcoming committee we are witnessing.

Enough about that. Ready for the game? I am looking forward to it and am off to the TV now.