Nestor Deserves a Lot of Credit

I think I read almost every word that gets posted here (as I am sure many others do) and this post has been a long time coming.
Let me simply add my own personal thank you.

N keeps BN humming right along. Quality here is perhaps the best amongst the various blogs and the community here is awsome. Other blogs have a different style, for instance the Cal site is like a cross between BN and /b/. That can be amusing too. (If you don’t know what I mean by that, I advise you not to look it up if you are sensitive to depravity of all kinds).

Anyhow, it takes time to do this and I appreciate N’s and the rest of the staff’s time, as well as other contributors who know an awful amount more about football than I do.

really is very good here and the focus on facts and reasoned arguments has made me a much better fan in my other sports as well…no other site in my experience has this level of sophistication from the community that is led from the BN frontpagers…

I always love reading BruinsNation. No other site compares to all of the wonderful information I get from reading BN. I couldn’t imagine all the hard work that everyone puts in to make this such a great blog. I especially love all of the ‘feel good’ posts about UCLA players/events…I haven’t really ever seen articles like that in MSM, except if it is in reference to that OTHER team. I wish the Trojan Times would at least take a peak at what is written here, and acknowledge there is another sports program in Los Angeles.

Thank you to all of the moderators! You guys rock!

Congratulations to Nestor and everybody else who make this site great.

I wil definitely add my name to the list of thank you’s, but I have a couple of questions:

Does Nestor’s boss know about BN and all of the time Nestor devotes to it?

Is Nestor just one man? Personally, I think there are two or three guys posting under that name.

Seriously though, thanks for all the great work here. We all look forward to reading this site every day.

I only have to remember those dark, dark days of Steve Lavin, when there was no organized voice of the true Bruin conscience, and a 13-year old like me was desperately trying to stir the rich donors sitting around him into some “movement” of horror and rage, just to get a hope, any hope, that something would be done.

It didn’t work. The horror continued as long as it possibly could.

With BN real Bruin fans will never feel so scared and lonesome again.

Thanks Nestor!

throughout the day and consequently don’t post very often as I have a hard time providing any content that I find up to standards from my phone. That said, however, I do feel intimately involved with the life of this blog and I have happily borne witness to its remarkable growth over the last two years. As a recent UCLA grad — and soon to be ex-pat — I hold BN responsible for keeping me connected to my alma mater and reigniting a passion for all things Bruin that I quite frankly lost during my last year in Westwood. For that I remain eternally thankful Nestor.

Your work with this blog is truly about so much more than just athletics – it is a hang-out for UCLA grads in which we can share our experiences and common history; a rare collection of persons whose opinions and perspectives are actually worthwhile. I cannot explain adequately how wonderful it is to have found such a forum and how much it really means to me on a personal level to remain connected to my alma mater. So from me to you, cheers Nestor.

This is THE site for news on the Bruins and thoughtful conversation about our beloved university. Even though I have rarely posted over the last year (something about work, travel and family taking more time than I have), I relish the pleasure of picking up my blackberry in the morning and reading what’s on Bruinsnation with my first cup of coffee, or when I head out to lunch. The content this week has been incredible and has extended the euphoria of a pleasantly surprising win in Knoxville while I am on a brutal business trip.

And Nestor and the gang help make it so. Like 66, I sometimes check out some of the other sites around the country and there isn’t one I’ve seen that comes even close to Bruins Nation that has the passion and class that this site has. Yet another reason why I thank my lucky stars I’m a Bruin.

The professionalism is very evident in the production, variety and content. In this regard I thank NESTOR for his efforts!

Another BRUIN site that had a lot of BROtherly love for the ‘not soon enough’ departed Karl Dorrell accused me of being an irrational BN’er in my criticism of O’l Karl. I didn’t know what the blazes they were talking about, so I went looking for BN and Hence my discovery of "BRUIN NATION.

My one and only disdain for this site stems from the removal of factual respectful posts that have a different POV from “editorializing” that goes on here. When BN injects “Liberal” bias in its content, It should allow respectful dissent. BN does not!

Other than this …BN is terrific!

Thank goodness!

 :-)

I really like the Greek surnames of the top brass at BN!
My mother was orphaned at an early age. She was adopted by Greeks in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
Sophy Derdavenus was her adopted name and what fond memories I have of Yaya and papou! (Grandma and Grandpa!)
And AH..the wonderful smells of exquiste greek cooking.
Over the years we had many greeks visit. In the late 60’s we had Helen Katzanzakis grace our household. (Her husband Nikos wrote "Zorba the Greek!) To this day I treasure the Cookbook she gave us. Many wonderful recipes.

Anywho…it’s a nice touch.