Quoner

Need a hug?

Nothin' a little penicillin can't cure.

Could you imagine?

I read it was a Sack & Save in name only, though. He executed like a Stop & Shop if you look past the rhetoric and at actual store performance.

Andrew Harrison thinks you're just being straight lazy.

Sports aren't as fun to argue as politics, but I tried to switch it up a bit. I'm also possibly reporting you for saying F'n.

The sport has already been publicly discussing it has a problem and wants to fix it, but now that noted coach firing expert and honorary athletic administrator UNT90 has weighed in without watching an evolving NBA game for nearly half a decade, let's see what actual college coaches trying out small tweaks during the NIT had to say about the need for change: There's also an admission that it can't just model the NBA game because the talent isn't there, but not sure how you decided Cubes was jealous out of this one. The NBA is arguably in the best financial and growth position of any league in America and have been working pretty hard to fix a lot of those issues that angered a lot of people that you mentioned to begin with. I also think I saw Duke players getting calls and even taking extra steps on breakaways, but then again, I watch both leagues. I also cannot imagine how someone can reject things like watching SA, ATL and GS play offense or Brad Stevens calling plays out of a TO in exchange for watching another second of Michigan State or Wisconsin on just a purely aesthetic level, so maybe we're just destined to disagree here.

I think so, but I'm not a huge Bucks fan.

This message board isn't about football. It's the real life story of a few men constantly coming to terms with their place in a changing world loudly and repeatedly - often while driving. We're all very lucky to be able to watch (mostly because we don't have a choice.)

Yuck. She lost my vote based on this alone:

Tarleton or gtfo

Great - was getting folks together to celebrate Ginuwine's birthday and now we have to deal with this crap...

#764life

The absolute worst feeling - especially if you're multitasking and then realize you're an hour in something terrible. You can see it through or bail completely, but you're going to be pissed either way. This is completely too mainstream for this thread, but how about that Going Clear, kids?

Seems like a strong possibility, but not sure if anyone pointed them out elsewhere so you could post them here yet? I'm def intrigued.

Cannot believe you all watched that crap. Was Blended sold out?

He's doing great. http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article3869908.html

Suck it, Matt Brand. The Ryans do your job now.

You're welcome.

Top-ranked UConn in trouble. 7-seed Dayton takes 44-43 lead into halftime of Elite 8 game. — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 30, 2015 A 21 point loss...there's ol' Dayton doing more with less again.

Tangentially related, but came across this article today on how the Brewers have done a great job keeping pitchers healthy for the last decade: http://www.brewcrewball.com/2015/3/16/8224841/brewers-tommy-john-surgery-zack-wheeler That's 2 TJ surgeries in a full decade and not a single one since 2009 (hey, they changed pitching coaches right before then and we've had several since.) I'm not going to try to fully imply a full relation between the Nolan way and arm injuries, but, and this is a solid counterpoint...I'm just sayin'...

This Daley breakdown really surprised me - and man, I love Nemeth so much: http://www.defendingbigd.com/2015/3/26/8284319/trevor-daley-injury-impact-and-future-implications-for-dallas-stars

Oh the hurdles to justify this are fun, but I love that we are looking at the endurance of two proven cheaters and a guy who got used up way too quickly as an effective pitcher. Let's look at that starting lineup, starting with Oswalt, one of the best starters in the game at this time. He threw 240+ innings that year and had two others 233+ inning seasons before 2005. He also broke down quickly by age 32 - probably because he didn't have access to the magical pitching creams and tools that helped Pettite and Clemens stay so sharp for so long (nah, it was probably just touching Nolan's shoulder or something.) Brandon Backe threw a whopping 149.1 innings that year and had almost a 5 ERA. He also threw less than 250 innings the next four years before he was out of baseball forever. Wandy Rodriguez also stayed effective after that year, but he actually managed his innings and only has topped 200 innings twice in his career. That's also kind of weird that Brad Lidge killed Mariano Rivera - they should probably look into that. The Astros were a good team that caught about 4 years of the most laughably incompetent division in baseball. The Rangers actually had the same luck in 2010/2011, but once the competition got back to competent (both in the Central and now in the West), things changed. The Astros are getting the same press the Rangers were getting from 2008-2010, but the only team in the division that looks ready to trend down in the next few years is the Rangers (and that's before their next wave is ready in a year or two), so better grab that opening quick. The Rangers had no pitching plan pre-2008 because they had no talent. All the pep talks in the world and demands to "toughen it up" did anything for John Wasdin, Juan Dominguez and Chan Ho Park. Getting Maddux was a huge move and Nolan definitely deserves credit for that - but Maddux was the one who put in the work at the major league level (not to mention the work of Danny Clark, who took over minor league pitching coordinator in 2008 to help a lot of these guys get ready.) The Rangers and Astros will probably win again, and it will be on the backs of the talent and the actual hard workers building the organizations - not the addition or lack of Nolan Ryan to the mix. To do otherwise is like crediting the appearance of Mean Joe at games for the HOD Bowl win two seasons ago.

so it's been a year...he's drafted none of the talent, but he served as a scapegoat for obvious changes that had to happen anyway, and gave credibility to a terribly reactive, bandwagon fanbase that couldn't support the team in lean years? Sounds familiar - right down to if you replaced Aiken with Purke. I remember jumping through the same hoops to justify him, but he's a figurehead and he wants everyone to know it. EDIT: I promise I am not just trying to be a dick, but this is from actual conversations with people in BOTH front offices about him. No hate if you choose to believe the narrative, though.

Everything good the Astros are doing was in place before Ryan got there. It's almost like he's a genius at picking his spots and taking credit for the hard work of others (because the Astros have a damn good front office.) Basically, he's a rubber stamp for old school fans/white trash at this point.