No Thread On Mauro and Graves Situation??

Don’t think anybody cares tbh.

Graves, knowing that Mauro lives with a more severe than not bipolar diagnosis, as a coworker, chose to hurl sleights against his person at a time when Mauro had publicly stated that he was in the midst of a struggle with his mood/emotions.

Graves is a dick.
Worth discussing, but not exactly earth shattering news.

I struggle with him a lot because, overall, I feel like he's mostly good at what he does, and when he's on, he can be quite entertaining. Unfortunately, he kind of falls into that weird realm of performers whose work I really enjoy with a slight level of discomfort, knowing that the person behind that work (in an industry where there's still even the slightest blur to that line) is completely insufferable.

Two announcers who aren't good fighting over who's less good.
Graves tweet was pretty innocent, he didn't name Mauro by name and wasn't overly harsh.

Graves had no reason to post it, Mauro should not be on twitter.

I mostly agree with this. If Graves was harsh, or made the comment about anything else, then maybe I'd have more sympathy for Mauro. But if you're going to delete twitter and go home over a critical tweet then you probably shouldn't be on twitter. It'd be nice if no one bothered him but there's no guarantee of that.

As someone who lives with and works with mental illness it's unrealistic of me to expect everyone to always keep that in mind in regards to everything. Mauro should probably work on some strategies to better deal with negativity.

Graves should stay off twitter too, and he's not in any position to criticize anyone elses work when he also stinks at it.

On one hand, you can't realistically always know what's going to set someone off if their head isn't in the right place, but on the other, if you go out of your way to antagonize someone in a way that you know will set them off, then you're being a dick.

Perhaps being an entertainer may not be the best job for someone who has proven that they have problems with letting people get into their head. I can't believe that anything Graves has said is any more vicious than that which some "fans" could say. I mean seriously, we've all seen how downright vile some people can be on the internet.

Or, maybe it's just better if Mauro stays off Twitter if that's the real issue. Reading about yourself can suck if you're not prepared for it.

After all is said and done, maybe Graves just doesn't like Mauro and goes out of his way to needle him. Do we know that Mauro hasn't been an ass to Graves while at work? It could be that the two don't click. I know I've had antagonistic relationships with co-workers before.

yeah, while no actions of his have been overly egregious, his personality is just really easy to dislike. which is why I can’t criticize too much of his commentary, he nails that know it all role - which is impressive for our current commentary state.

Mauro is one of the best announcers in the biz IMO but if he seriously cant handle criticism on social media then dude seriously needs to stop getting on social media. Its not rocket science. I hate that he has problems but he also has to take some responsibility for them as well. Removing himself from social media is the same as an alcoholic not going to a bar. if you know you have a problem, dont put yourself in a situation to agitate it.