How will an NFL coach with very little college experience (that is obsolete at this point) handle the hurry-up change of pace schemes that most college offenses use at some point during games?
Hard to miss a guy that didn't play much last year. Still harder to miss a guy that quit on his team for a couple of dollars and guaranteed playing time. They guy decided (apparently) to get 70 snaps a game for a football backwater instead of 40 snaps/game for a legit National Championship contender. Good for him.
But I'll reserve my available angst for missing Rod Moore...
"It may not directly relate to our careers but where else would I have learned about..."
Well, you can read books. What's even better is that you can read books about the subjects that interest you. I've learned more about astronomy, science, business, trading, world history, evolution, human evolution, etc, than I ever would have in a classroom. And yeah, I chafe when someone asks why I don't have a degree. I'm ~30 years into my career - a degree, for me, now, would be nothing but a yellowed piece of paper that would have no value whatsoever because everything I'd have learned in college is now obsolete. And has been for decades.
I don't know that it matters for advertisers. I mean, when multiple games are on, flipping between doesn't seem to get you away from any commercials. It's like the commercial breaks are coordinated, when one game switches possession, so does the other - commercials for everyone! It's uncanny...
So you actively chose to NOT watch the National Championship Game? The one game that culminated a 3-year, 40-3 run as National Champions? That one cathartic moment where it all paid off?
You chose not to watch that to save a couple of bucks?
My nephew played Taps for our Grandfather's funeral, complete with a full color guard and 21-gun salute for the WWII veteran. How that kid got through Taps perfectly, without just losing it like the rest of us, gave me a new appreciation for the effort he puts into his music.
Yeah we all go through it, it just sucks more when it's your turn. Glad you were able to get through it with your humor and outlook intact.
On one of those fishing trips a hundred years ago, when my brother and I were maybe 13-14, we laid down just below the campfire by the lake and watched the best light show I've ever seen. It had to have lasted for 15-20 minutes. It was vivid, colorful, awesome, and awe-inspiring. I hope to watch my kid see it some day. Our trip up a couple of years ago had nothing but mosquitoes.
Alas, it was rainy and overcast in No VA last night, and the plan is for more overcast tonight.
This is the exact situation that Jim MF' Harbaugh would have responded to circa 2015-2017, and perhaps again in 2024. In fact, when Smith said OSU doesn't need to go anywhere for spring practice because they have Columbus, Harbaugh welcomed him back. Remember that Twitter shot - after UM had Spring Camp at IMG in Florida (which was awesome)?
These are the exact situations that Harbaugh fired off his best Tweets about - defending his program from bullshit aggression like this. I've never seen anyone do anything like that before from Michigan. Maybe Canham, perhaps Bo early on? But nothing so direct that I remember.
And unfortunately I don't expect to see anything like it now, either. Sherrone is too new to fire off replies to that from a C-suite level jackass. Smith is beneath Ono's level. And Warde won't do it. So great, free shots taken against UM!
The only joke that made me cringe was when the two guys (never heard of them before) compared Brady to Hitler, complete with a picture. Hitler is still too soon, and the audience thought so, too.
Seriously? LOL!! That's "shitty and condescending"? Dude, look in the mirror... Your putting words where there aren't any. You're also being a bit sensitive about internet comments. Again, I relayed my experience with how subcontracts and prime Prog Mngrs usually work regarding key personnel decisions (YMMV). I even said "kudos to Warde" for not shooting down the hire and gave him credit for getting Altuis onboard! Apparently, you can't parse that post for what it is...
WTF are you even talking about? My post here is doing nothing more than relaying my experience with key hires made by sub-contractors. You made it a personal attack for some reason.
I am not a fan of Warde - you are correct on that count. I believe he's a follower, rather than a leader, when in a room with his peers. I don't believe he backs his coaches/programs as much as he could, or as much as other ADs do. Instead of acting in a program's best interest, I believe he's content to do as little as possible. He will appease authority rather than stand up for what's right when it's a hard stand. I've also given him a LOT of credit for being a good administrator and running the UM AD from a business perspective - which makes it exceedingly difficult for Ono to get rid of him under whatever pretense.
But my post wasn't about any of that. I'm not sure why you felt the need to make this a personal attack...
I mean, tall cotton sounds all soft and fluffy, but reality says that cotton plants are hard, thorny asshole-y plants that rip you apart. Cotton picking machine (not to be confused with 'cotton-pickin' maize & blue heart' from Bob Ufer fame) tires are incredibly hard because the plant stems have been known to puncture tires.
I don't think Warde had much to do with this - she was hired by Altuis Mgmt. Granted, Warde had something to do with signing Altruis as a NIL consultant, so there's that. And he probably looked at her resume and signed off on it. But I seriously doubt he was in on the search or interviews. Just not (usually) the way key positions are filled by contractor's. In my experience, the contractor finds and interviews candidates, then runs the resume / IV notes across the Prime's PM (Warde, in this case) for approval. Probably also bring the candidate in to meet with the PM (Warde).
What contract do players have today? The NLI (National Letter of Intent) binds a kid to play at a certain school, per old-ish NCAA 'rules' that the Transfer Portal flouts every day. In this particular case, though, the terms of the NLI have changed - the coach the kid was recruited by, and possibly committed for, has left. The conditions of the NLI as proffered by the school have changed. Ergo, the kid should be free...
There's always Peyton's 'alleged' treatment of female staff in the UTenn locker room to fall back on as a reason to dislike him. But as a player, he was really good.
It's definitely worth streaming! Just hilarious all around - but be warned that there is a lot of vulgarity involved. So if you don't like that, don't watch. Otherwise, I strongly recommend watching...
I feel ya... I also spend Thanksgiving Day at my in-laws, and they are not sports fans. In fact, the TV hasn't ever been turned on since I've been going there - ~17 years! They believe talking is the way to enjoy a holiday. So watching the Lions on DVR is the way I've seen those games. Which worked out for the best, actually, considering how much they used to suck!
The 'attitude' was meant to be a shot at all the people that complain about seemingly every post around here being click-bait. Especially when people leave some crap title and no information. So I played off that. Perhaps poorly, but the entire thread is about a roast.
Nobody took any swipes at UM - you're reading stuff that isn't there. Mars took issue with the NCAA still calling Harbaugh at fault, and with the lack of support he recieved from UM. That's nothing more than a response to the NCAA and Michigan's lack of support. John Harbaugh answered a direct question without naming names or saying anything else.
Those are "taking swipes"? Tell me honestly - when was the last time any of the Harbaugh's instigated crap with someone else?
I was going to say you're wrong, but I looked through UK's roster first. They have two kids from Detroit, and no others. So you may actually be onto something!
While I don't think Jim and Warde get along as friends, I also don't think they're 'enemies' to the point that Harbaugh was with Baalke and the SF brass. They (more or less) trashed him for not getting back to the NFC CG and for not actually winning the SB. Warde has never trashed Harbaugh like they did, he just puts up walls and barriers that cause Jim to constantly have to hurdle over everything. But the thing I believe rankles JH the most is that Warde never once publicly backed up any of Harbaugh's gripes with the B1G, NCAA, or opposing coaches/administrators that took shots at UM football. (Except the one time when Purdue broke Speight's neck and seat-belted him into a passenger van for transport to an actual hospital.) More often than not, Warde sided with the aggressor's rather than with his own program. In fact, pretty much every time someone dug at UM and Harbaugh responded, Warde chastised him for it. Several times that was public, also. Never once did Harbaugh instigate any of that bullshit...
Prevent? Warde directed the first three games! That was his idea to appease the NCAA to stop BurgerGate, and he went through with it despite the NCAA telling him it wasn't going to stop!
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How will an NFL coach with very little college experience (that is obsolete at this point) handle the hurry-up change of pace schemes that most college offenses use at some point during games?
Hard to miss a guy that didn't play much last year. Still harder to miss a guy that quit on his team for a couple of dollars and guaranteed playing time. They guy decided (apparently) to get 70 snaps a game for a football backwater instead of 40 snaps/game for a legit National Championship contender. Good for him.
But I'll reserve my available angst for missing Rod Moore...
"It may not directly relate to our careers but where else would I have learned about..."
Well, you can read books. What's even better is that you can read books about the subjects that interest you. I've learned more about astronomy, science, business, trading, world history, evolution, human evolution, etc, than I ever would have in a classroom. And yeah, I chafe when someone asks why I don't have a degree. I'm ~30 years into my career - a degree, for me, now, would be nothing but a yellowed piece of paper that would have no value whatsoever because everything I'd have learned in college is now obsolete. And has been for decades.
I have ESPNU! And I just checked in, unfortunately. Michigan is getting BOMBED 11-3 at the start of the 3rd. Not looking good right now...
Go to extremes much? That's not at all what anyone said. Tone down the vitriol a little bit...
I don't know that it matters for advertisers. I mean, when multiple games are on, flipping between doesn't seem to get you away from any commercials. It's like the commercial breaks are coordinated, when one game switches possession, so does the other - commercials for everyone! It's uncanny...
So you actively chose to NOT watch the National Championship Game? The one game that culminated a 3-year, 40-3 run as National Champions? That one cathartic moment where it all paid off?
You chose not to watch that to save a couple of bucks?
Okay then!
Is he a 7-handicap the same way he doesn't believe in hookers?
My nephew played Taps for our Grandfather's funeral, complete with a full color guard and 21-gun salute for the WWII veteran. How that kid got through Taps perfectly, without just losing it like the rest of us, gave me a new appreciation for the effort he puts into his music.
Yeah we all go through it, it just sucks more when it's your turn. Glad you were able to get through it with your humor and outlook intact.
On one of those fishing trips a hundred years ago, when my brother and I were maybe 13-14, we laid down just below the campfire by the lake and watched the best light show I've ever seen. It had to have lasted for 15-20 minutes. It was vivid, colorful, awesome, and awe-inspiring. I hope to watch my kid see it some day. Our trip up a couple of years ago had nothing but mosquitoes.
Alas, it was rainy and overcast in No VA last night, and the plan is for more overcast tonight.
Again! And it's STILL on the front page!
"Stop whining and get a better team."
-- Biff Poggi when asked about SignGate (an authentic quote...)
Let's just hope this doesn't equate to the SI cover in any capacity...
It feels wrong to 'like', or upvote, a post marking someone's death. But here we are...
RIP Coach...
This is the exact situation that Jim MF' Harbaugh would have responded to circa 2015-2017, and perhaps again in 2024. In fact, when Smith said OSU doesn't need to go anywhere for spring practice because they have Columbus, Harbaugh welcomed him back. Remember that Twitter shot - after UM had Spring Camp at IMG in Florida (which was awesome)?
These are the exact situations that Harbaugh fired off his best Tweets about - defending his program from bullshit aggression like this. I've never seen anyone do anything like that before from Michigan. Maybe Canham, perhaps Bo early on? But nothing so direct that I remember.
And unfortunately I don't expect to see anything like it now, either. Sherrone is too new to fire off replies to that from a C-suite level jackass. Smith is beneath Ono's level. And Warde won't do it. So great, free shots taken against UM!
The only joke that made me cringe was when the two guys (never heard of them before) compared Brady to Hitler, complete with a picture. Hitler is still too soon, and the audience thought so, too.
Seriously? LOL!! That's "shitty and condescending"? Dude, look in the mirror... Your putting words where there aren't any. You're also being a bit sensitive about internet comments. Again, I relayed my experience with how subcontracts and prime Prog Mngrs usually work regarding key personnel decisions (YMMV). I even said "kudos to Warde" for not shooting down the hire and gave him credit for getting Altuis onboard! Apparently, you can't parse that post for what it is...
WTF are you even talking about? My post here is doing nothing more than relaying my experience with key hires made by sub-contractors. You made it a personal attack for some reason.
I am not a fan of Warde - you are correct on that count. I believe he's a follower, rather than a leader, when in a room with his peers. I don't believe he backs his coaches/programs as much as he could, or as much as other ADs do. Instead of acting in a program's best interest, I believe he's content to do as little as possible. He will appease authority rather than stand up for what's right when it's a hard stand. I've also given him a LOT of credit for being a good administrator and running the UM AD from a business perspective - which makes it exceedingly difficult for Ono to get rid of him under whatever pretense.
But my post wasn't about any of that. I'm not sure why you felt the need to make this a personal attack...
Name checks out...
I mean, tall cotton sounds all soft and fluffy, but reality says that cotton plants are hard, thorny asshole-y plants that rip you apart. Cotton picking machine (not to be confused with 'cotton-pickin' maize & blue heart' from Bob Ufer fame) tires are incredibly hard because the plant stems have been known to puncture tires.
Oof... But LOL!
I don't think Warde had much to do with this - she was hired by Altuis Mgmt. Granted, Warde had something to do with signing Altruis as a NIL consultant, so there's that. And he probably looked at her resume and signed off on it. But I seriously doubt he was in on the search or interviews. Just not (usually) the way key positions are filled by contractor's. In my experience, the contractor finds and interviews candidates, then runs the resume / IV notes across the Prime's PM (Warde, in this case) for approval. Probably also bring the candidate in to meet with the PM (Warde).
So kudos to Warde for not shooting her down?
Why would you want her to be like Dave Brandon?
Da'fuck is kelp seasoning?
What took the Indy Star so long to do this?
What contract do players have today? The NLI (National Letter of Intent) binds a kid to play at a certain school, per old-ish NCAA 'rules' that the Transfer Portal flouts every day. In this particular case, though, the terms of the NLI have changed - the coach the kid was recruited by, and possibly committed for, has left. The conditions of the NLI as proffered by the school have changed. Ergo, the kid should be free...
FREE THE KIDS!!!
Give him 3 or 4! And some biscuits and chocolate milk to go with it...
Moore was OL coach from Jan 2021-Spring 2023. Were all those guys before 2021? WTH!!!
Also, Michigan won the Joe Moore in the 2021 and 2022 seasons - when Moore was the OL coach.
Wish he would have said that while coaching Michigan...
I thought the originator of QAnon had expressed his (her?) opinion of season tickets...
Peyton introduced Tom at the end of the night, saying "0-3 in Super Bowls..." TB returned the favor - "...you will forever be in my shadow."
In fairness, I don't think Gronk understood half the insults hurled at him... LOL!!!
Nikki earned her Standing-O - her set was outstanding!
There's always Peyton's 'alleged' treatment of female staff in the UTenn locker room to fall back on as a reason to dislike him. But as a player, he was really good.
Just not as good as Charles...
It's definitely worth streaming! Just hilarious all around - but be warned that there is a lot of vulgarity involved. So if you don't like that, don't watch. Otherwise, I strongly recommend watching...
You were right to divorce her.
Dude! Take one (or 3-4) for the team! Prolly gonna need all the help against Texas, Oregon, and maybe even USC (but probably not).
I feel ya... I also spend Thanksgiving Day at my in-laws, and they are not sports fans. In fact, the TV hasn't ever been turned on since I've been going there - ~17 years! They believe talking is the way to enjoy a holiday. So watching the Lions on DVR is the way I've seen those games. Which worked out for the best, actually, considering how much they used to suck!
Da fuck is wrong with you? Superstitions are the way we impact the game from the couch. How do you not know this?
Forget tackling him, I don't want to be his target block... JFC.
The 'attitude' was meant to be a shot at all the people that complain about seemingly every post around here being click-bait. Especially when people leave some crap title and no information. So I played off that. Perhaps poorly, but the entire thread is about a roast.
This isn't very OT... That's a lot of connections for stunty Kara!!
Nobody took any swipes at UM - you're reading stuff that isn't there. Mars took issue with the NCAA still calling Harbaugh at fault, and with the lack of support he recieved from UM. That's nothing more than a response to the NCAA and Michigan's lack of support. John Harbaugh answered a direct question without naming names or saying anything else.
Those are "taking swipes"? Tell me honestly - when was the last time any of the Harbaugh's instigated crap with someone else?
I was going to say you're wrong, but I looked through UK's roster first. They have two kids from Detroit, and no others. So you may actually be onto something!
Big blue ballz...
While I don't think Jim and Warde get along as friends, I also don't think they're 'enemies' to the point that Harbaugh was with Baalke and the SF brass. They (more or less) trashed him for not getting back to the NFC CG and for not actually winning the SB. Warde has never trashed Harbaugh like they did, he just puts up walls and barriers that cause Jim to constantly have to hurdle over everything. But the thing I believe rankles JH the most is that Warde never once publicly backed up any of Harbaugh's gripes with the B1G, NCAA, or opposing coaches/administrators that took shots at UM football. (Except the one time when Purdue broke Speight's neck and seat-belted him into a passenger van for transport to an actual hospital.) More often than not, Warde sided with the aggressor's rather than with his own program. In fact, pretty much every time someone dug at UM and Harbaugh responded, Warde chastised him for it. Several times that was public, also. Never once did Harbaugh instigate any of that bullshit...
I'd flip off Warde, too...
As much fun as that would be, Jim MF'in Harbuagh will never coach football at any college ever again. He'll retire from the NFL.
Prevent? Warde directed the first three games! That was his idea to appease the NCAA to stop BurgerGate, and he went through with it despite the NCAA telling him it wasn't going to stop!
Nicely done... You've watched a few episodes in your time!
Is this where we practice saying the word "NO"?
Illingworth was so bad that he couldn't even get on the field for Nevad, let alone at Nevada! I mean, if you can't play at Nevad, dude, retire...