periwinkle -“(You wrote “like a relative of his”. FYI, one does not refer to a Rosh Yeshiva with a pronoun – he, his. It is “the Rosh Yeshiva.” This is true for all Roshei Yeshiva. It is a matter of respect.)”
Speaking in third person to a Rosh Hayeshiva is respectful. Definitely don’t have to do it refering to him on a blog. And even directly if one doesn’t do it -it’s Not Chutzpa. This is in the Geder of L’fney Meshuras Hadin. What tends to happen in our generation (and I see this all the time) is when we confuse Chumras with Dinim -we equate the two and sometimes become lax in the actual Dinim.