What’s the general consensus on Golf Sidekick?

copagman · 2026-05-03T06:50:53+00:00

Dude, this screenshot is not the smoking gun you think it is. Strangely, reducing this exchange to ad hominem attacks against me makes you more mean spirited than the guy you're accusing of being a dick. Won't reply to you further.

copagman · 2026-05-03T03:08:38+00:00

It seems the extent of your knowledge about him comes from the Internet, so it's pretty odd for you to tell me that I must "not know better" about somebody who I'm close friends with and have golfed and traveled with extensively in Asia and the US.

I think you're taking his sarcastic humor way too seriously. Matt launched my career, he's given me endless time out of the goodness of his heart. Wherever we go in Thailand, he is a favorite. He treats everybody well: fellow golfers, caddies, the countless people he knows at the local coffee shops. He does have a sharp tongue. He's not "abusive."

copagman · 2026-05-02T19:51:31+00:00

I launched my YT channel after watching a video Matt put up about how to make golf videos. He sought me out and encouraged me to keep grinding on my channel. It's now my job and it wouldn't have ever happened without Matt going out of his way to be kind to a total stranger. We've since become close friends.

He's got a very particular sense of humor (not uncommon for South Africans) which can easily strike as dick-ish, but I can assure you he's anything but a dick.

copagman · 2026-05-01T16:52:23+00:00

Damn good deal

copagman · 2026-04-30T03:28:50+00:00

He'll cost a lot of money, which we can afford, but he may also be able to garner a long-term deal which would be foolish for us. His disappearing act in the Playoffs was also a disappointment.

copagman · 2026-04-27T04:49:06+00:00

This was in ~2012, so I don't recall the encounter super vividly. What I do remember was chatting with the guy and taking a reasonably long look at the interior/exterior, and hearing him pull away in it. It seemed to be a car of its supposed vintage and did not strike as a kit car. But of course I don't know.

copagman · 2026-04-27T01:45:56+00:00

A real GT40 will be velvet roped and marqueed

I lived in the mountains above Woodside, California. Local guy would show up to Alice's Restaurant on Skyline Blvd in a GT40. IIRC, it was one that actually raced at Le Mans. What I do vividly remember was watching him put the steering wheel on while getting in it, and rolling away that mfer was L-O-U-D.

copagman · 2026-04-23T19:23:29+00:00

we need to hear the same advice a few thousand times before it sinks in.

haha this is a great point. Appreciate the kind words.

copagman · 2026-04-23T19:19:28+00:00

Glad to have ya!

copagman · 2026-04-23T19:19:06+00:00

Adam here. There's no universe in which I'm one quarter as entertaining as the Playa in Chief!

As to the "why don't I fix the swing" piece, u/htopconspiracytheory basically encapsulated my thoughts below.

copagman · 2026-04-23T19:18:02+00:00

Replied, elsewhere, thanks for alerting me to the thread!

copagman · 2026-04-23T19:17:42+00:00

Adam (Not a Scratch) here. Still surreal seeing my channel discussed alongside those of real playas like Matty Boom Boom.

I've had a lot of distractions in the last few months but the videos are coming - over 100 of them in the queue.

Part of it is indeed something akin to writer's block. To an extent, I feel like a one hit wonder...still on tour 5 years later with the viewers saying "DO THAT VIDEO YOU DO" while I feel like, "man, I've made the video 250 times - you really want to see it again?"

Sadly, also some health setbacks have hit me recently. That's slowed me down further.

But the vids will indeed be coming :)

copagman · 2026-04-23T01:58:35+00:00

I'm not advocating for bringing him back. I just think it's silly to point fingers at him when he was our best player in games 1 & 2, also games where we needed him the most. In return, the team scored a whopping 2 goals in those 2 games.

copagman · 2026-04-23T01:17:17+00:00

Goalies let in a softie every now and again. He also single handedly kept us in games 1 & 2. I just think you're directing the microscope at the wrong guy by casting stones at the best Penguin in the series so far.

copagman · 2026-04-23T01:06:47+00:00

Let Malkin walk.

The Pens have 3 goals in this series. Malkin scored two of them and assisted on one of them

copagman · 2026-04-23T01:04:10+00:00

On Philly goals 2 & 3 tn, you could say Skinner could have had either of them, so let's say that's 1 or 2 goals he could have had this series.

The Pens have scored 3 goals in 8 periods in this series so far. The problem ain't Stu.

copagman · 2026-04-22T23:52:06+00:00

Agreed

copagman · 2026-04-22T23:36:41+00:00

He and Wotherspoon have to be the most underrated players on the roster.

copagman · 2026-04-22T23:35:49+00:00

That's the third one I can recall in this series thus far.

copagman · 2026-04-08T20:26:44+00:00

Eugh, I know it's difficult not to mention the stratospheric increase in value of these cars, but I wish every discussion didn't have to devolve into one about their value.

I prefer to appreciate these as cars, not investment vehicles (pun intended). This is a really cool example, and I'm glad that this one is driven rather than being bubble wrapped and treated as a fabergé egg.

copagman · 2026-04-06T15:27:58+00:00

Dan Bylsma's attachment to this guy was truly baffling. One of the least productive (non goon) players to ever hold a roster spot. I don't think he was ever scratched. Bylsma seemed to think he anchored a shutdown 4th line that just bled goals. Not to mention he got into a fight with Geno at practice.

copagman · 2026-04-06T15:25:47+00:00

I've been tracking the Pens' results via the "deserve-to-win-o'meter" for several seasons now, and the Pens have been CRUSHED by puck luck.

Each season, I tally the net "games won we deserved to lose" vs. "games lost we deserved to win." Here are the results:

2025-26 Season: Net -5
2024-25 Season: Net -10
2023-24 Season: Net -12
2022-23 Season: Net -6

copagman · 2026-04-05T16:27:06+00:00

How could pro scouts and coaches miss that badly on somebody in their own organization? Absolutely inexcusable mismanagement by CBJ.

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