Hi Vince LOL 
Actually, if that fella checked back through some of my old posts he will find that Melvin and I use to go at in a very heated if not vicious manner. I felt close to Keith who utterly despised Goodrum and felt a bond with him. I knew Keith from back in the mid 1980s when he use to bounce at Tequila Willies in Redondo Beach. We were in our mid twenties and it was a good time for us. He trained at Ray Mentzer's Muscle Mill along with Max-Rep in Redondo Beach and I trained at Barlow's in Torrance. Those were the days when we felt and acted like Alphas and trained like mad men and loved hitting the clubs where the hotties came easy.
We eventually lost contact and went our separate ways. It wasn't until 20 years latter that I came to realize that OnlyMe/NoWorries was Keith. He was just leaving Hawaii for Vegas as I was moving back to the islands.
Anyway, because Keith couldn't stand Goodrum I just followed suit and piled on. A friend of Keith was a friend of mine and an enemy of Keith was an enemy of mine.
When Keith died I slowing began to take a more objective view of Melvin. I didn't get why he got so much shit. He just seems like a guy who is a hard worker and trying to become a success. Always coming up with new ideas hoping one will take and never giving up. While the rest of us are content on being drones and sleep walking through our 8-5 jobs waiting for retirement, Melvin wanted out of the rat race. Even live off the grid. I admire that and wish I had the wherewithal to follow suit.
Also, Goodrum seems utterly impervious to the constant and relentless attacks --really personal and cruel attacks. Attacks that have driven lesser men off this board permanently. But he just keeps marching forward with a grim, resolute and single-minded determination.
It doesn't reflect well on my character that I just blindly followed Keith not knowing or caring about the circumstances. To this day I have no idea what caused the fall out. But Goodrum kind of grew on me -- like a fungus. And it was I that was being unfair and bias and just following the crowd in my attacks on him.
I wish Melvin all the success and long for the day when he can shut up his detractors.
Team Goodrum all the way.