Most of the time they do. I joined in the conversation and happened to agree with HOPEful that there was some commonality in the discussion with regard to asking about the college recruiting in general in comparing football with their basketball program (which he did later clarified). IMO, that was a legit discussion (the comparison). I also mentioned that at times the board does "stray from topic." However, as the discussion then evolved more into basketball, I did say then that we would look for GS's answers (i.e. his assessment) over on the MBB board, which he never did. He went on to talk about NP's recruiting in general, which he said he didn't mind, and which, however, included some further comments about basketball. We could argue this "ad nauseam" or into the pedantic as you noted.
So you are now saying that I or anyone else cannot "interject" in a discussion (or at least questioning it)? And there certainly are and have been numerous conversations that have veered into the pedantic. So I'm glad you ended this one. Sheesh. We'll move on.