Please advise me what my standard is, since you seem to have such insight, Krescunt?
You seem to have trouble recognizing that my initial post was slanted from an internal perspective of Ewers. You also appear to have missed the first sentence and my own half-assed belief in the idea. Your jump to "we seriously wanting" is only in your fevered projections. Nothing in my post indicated seriousness. And as much as I would like to believe making me the Surly spokesperson would be the proper way for this site to be conducted, I don't really think I speak for anyone else but myself. You seem to have some fundamental issues with how internet message boards work. I'm one poster. I have my own stupid ideas. Much like Groucho, I would spit on any "we" you try to associate me with, and denounce your infatuation with the scourge of collective thinking.
I'll try one more time, skeet: Kid had a shitty year he'd like to forget. For any chance of true, long-term success, he has to put it behind him and move forward. There's a symbolic opportunity to move forward. A symbol that would reverberate across the entire landscape of his budding career. A symbolic undertaking that could help facilitate an emotional reset and lead to an internal focus by the man to now "earn" his place, rooted in the symbolism. He earning for himself by meeting his own high bar, not for any loser on the internet. Then, hopefully with success, the regrown hairstyle is a glorious symbol of achievement.
Secondary/follow-up thought regarding your reply: Nothing matters when you perform exceptionally well. Everything matters when you don't. That is not my standard, just the way it is. Winning is the greatest deodorant.
Clear enough for you, SJ? Or do you need me to explain symbolism too?