Globetrotter747
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re: How many elite, dying to win, anything for the team players still exist in pro sports?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/13/26 at 5:50 am to chalmetteowl
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Some want to play in a certain city, or for a certain coach. Some want a chance at a ring over a little extra $$$$$. Some want a starting role over extra $$$$. Some would rather an extra year on the contract.
Factors outside of money rarely matter much to players until they are satisfied with money.
People care more about their own well being than the company they work for. Doesn’t matter if it’s Pep Boys or the Dallas Cowboys.
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re: Fatality at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/13/26 at 4:05 am to HogPharmer
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This is why I don't go on rides at the fair. I'm not trusting my life to a ride that was assembled by an otherwise homeless person that smells like cabbage and probably has more fingers than teeth (who, no doubt is likely missing some fingers).
Yeah.
I live 13 miles from SFOG. I have ridden Goliath many times. Ridden all the super coasters at Cedar Point, Magic Mountain, and other places.
An accident like this doesn’t concern me anymore than a car accident or plane crash. Accidents are going to happen sometimes, and that is just the risk you take when you walk out your door. But I won’t ride anything at a fair. That’s more like getting in a car with someone who’s been drinking.
re: How many elite, dying to win, anything for the team players still exist in pro sports?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/12/26 at 2:52 pm to Tiger1242
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How many elite, dying to win, anything for the team players still exist in pro sports?
How many fans would want to keep this loyal, battle-hardened warrior the next year if the team could cut his arse and get someone a little better? Fan loyalty stops the moment Tommy Touchdown is no longer the best option.
It’s easy for fans and coaches to preach about team success because that’s what they care about. But players are trying to make as many millions as they can while still being able to walk without a limp and spell their name when they’re 50.
It’s a job to these guys.
All of us would rather make $200,000 working for a company that ends up #2 in profits than make $100,000 working for #1. Company success isn’t as important to the Average Joe as his income and well being. Why should pro athletes be any different?
re: Why would a man marry a divorcee with kids?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/10/26 at 2:22 pm to Houston problem
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Why would a man marry a divorcee with kids?
For the same reason people generally buy used cars: they can’t afford a new one.
If we could all buy a brand new version of whatever vehicle we like, we would. If we could all marry a hot, young, loyal, childless virgin who treats us like we’re God’s gift to women, we would.
People typically do the most they can with the options they have.
re: Round Two: Daisy Duke vs Daisy Duke
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/10/26 at 8:05 am to BoomerandSooner
What’s the criteria?
Bach is obviously more memorable as DD and probably better for the role, but few women are on the same tier as prime Simpson if we are going solely by looks.
I think the role of DD needs a touch of “girl next door” that Bach fits better. Hot but realistic, not a glamour model.
Bach is obviously more memorable as DD and probably better for the role, but few women are on the same tier as prime Simpson if we are going solely by looks.
I think the role of DD needs a touch of “girl next door” that Bach fits better. Hot but realistic, not a glamour model.
re: 2001 CFB season - how controversial was it?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/9/26 at 2:53 pm to Zap Rowsdower
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They were sometimes less than the sum of their parts though (notably against Virginia Tech).
For all 2001 Miami’s overall NFL talent, they were not great at the most pivotal position: quarterback. Dorsey was solid, but if he had been a first round stud like everyone else, Miami probably wins three titles in a row.
As for the controversy, a few teams had their opportunities late in the season and blew them. When you have two losses, including one late, it’s hard to bitch too much.
The disappointment for me was that I knew the Rose Bowl was going to be boring as hell because Nebraska’s style had systematic problems against superior defensive fronts.
Probably 3-4 teams had a better chance of beating Miami than Nebraska did.
re: Video of Hank Williams Jr. before the mountain accident
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/8/26 at 6:30 pm to Big Bill
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The fall off the mountain definitely forced him to change his appearance but his first album of his own stuff had been completed a couple months before the fall.
Yes.
He had started the ball rolling musically, but the cowboy hat, beard, and sunglasses helped cement the legend.
In a funny way, his transformation is similar to Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader. Skywalker technically became Vader before the suit, but he wouldn’t be the same iconic villain without the black suit, the breathing, the JEJ voice.
If a 40-year-old of Hayden Christensen’s likeness walks into the Tantive IV back in 1977, Star Wars isn’t the same. If Hank Jr. rolls into the ‘80s without the look he adopted after the fall, I don’t think he’s the same either.
Presence matters. Uniqueness matters.
re: Video of Hank Williams Jr. before the mountain accident
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/8/26 at 3:25 pm to Jim Rockford
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That's a technical route, not a hunter scouting for game route. He must have been drunk AF to get himself in that predicament.
That’s not the route he took. That’s just how he fell from the top.
As I recall, he was hiking with a friend and his son. He was standing on a patch of snow that collapsed beneath him, and he fell about 500’. He hit a jagged boulder that split his face. He was highly disfigured, brain exposed, etc. His friend and the boy climbed down. The friend left the boy with Hank and went for help. Some hours later, they airlifted him out of there and took him to the hospital.
A big reason he survived was because he remained conscious.
re: Will Judge be the Dan Marino of baseball?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/8/26 at 12:50 pm to lsufball19
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If you go look at his performances in games where his team got eliminated from the playoffs, yes he played a pretty big part of why they never could win a Super Bowl
The NFC was so strong during Marino’s career that I don’t really blame him for not winning a Super Bowl. I do, however, think he should have made it there more than once if he were as good as some people think.
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Slightly obscure stat: after his second year in the NFL, he had more INTs than TDs in postseason games. His play off numbers are a whole lot worse than you remember.
Marino’s legacy is built almost entirely on two things:
1. The stretch from the beginning of the 1984 season through the Bears upset in 1985.
2. High volume passing (led the NFL in attempts five times) that led to records - but not always a lot of efficiency.
I don’t think Marino’s legendary 1984 season that everyone talks about is overrated, but I do think it’s overemphasized in the context of a career that spanned 16 years.
Marino reminds me a little bit of Mike Powell, who set the long jump world record (still stands) at the 1991 Worlds in Tokyo. He has the greatest legal jump of all time but lost to Carl Lewis in literally every other competition and never won an Olympic gold.
Similar to Powell, Marino was supernatural for one season and then just good/great the rest of his career with other quarterbacks being more efficient - especially in the postseason.
re: Video of Hank Williams Jr. before the mountain accident
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/8/26 at 11:12 am to TJG210
Below is a picture of Ajax Peak, where Williams fell in 1975. His injuries were gruesome, and saying he was lucky to survive is an understatement.
Long term, it was possibly the best thing for his career. It led to his signature look (hat, beard, dark glasses) as his music style became his own.
He would have been very successful either way, but I think he’s a larger cultural icon due to the aftermath of the accident than he would have been otherwise.
Long term, it was possibly the best thing for his career. It led to his signature look (hat, beard, dark glasses) as his music style became his own.
He would have been very successful either way, but I think he’s a larger cultural icon due to the aftermath of the accident than he would have been otherwise.
re: Will Judge be the Dan Marino of baseball?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/8/26 at 8:53 am to ReauxlTide222
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Was Dan a huge reason why his team couldn’t win a SB?
A huge reason? No. But he shares more of the blame for Miami’s dismal performance in Super Bowl XIX and the Dolphins never at least returning to the big game than most people give him.
He also played on some loaded Pitt teams in college (lost with the #1 ranked team in 1981 and 1982 and was one of four future Pro Football Hall of Famers on the 1980 team) and couldn’t put it together when it mattered most then either.
And I don’t know much about Judge and his apparent postseason failures, but an MLB position player isn’t nearly as important to team success as an NFL quarterback.
re: Team leaving for Starkville morning of the game?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/3/26 at 8:18 am to mrbroker
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Coach explained that there are no facilities to house them in the area that he felt comfortable using. Columbus would have had some but that only puts you an hour closer. These are young guys not 65 year old social security workers. And from what I have read NS would do this often when playing MSU.
Sounds like he has valid reasons for wanting to stay overnight in Tuscaloosa. What did I say he should do in that case?
re: Team leaving for Starkville morning of the game?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/3/26 at 5:58 am to HighTide_ATL
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Team leaving for Starkville morning of the game?
I don’t think it’s going to matter either way. As a former coach, though, I can tell you that anything you do that is unusual will be criticized if it doesn’t work.
If the team looks like shite in the first quarter, people will say, “That damn DeBoer dragged the players out of bed at 4:00 am to sprint to MSU. They weren’t ready to play.”
My opinion: If he thinks it’s significantly better to stay in Tuscaloosa, then stay in Tuscaloosa no matter what. But if it’s “six one way, half a dozen the other,” then stay in Miss.
re: A loved one’s serious illness can make you reorder your priorities in a hurry.
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/2/26 at 7:33 pm to Slippy
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A loved one’s serious illness can make you reorder your priorities in a hurry.
There’s an old saying: “You can have 99 problems until you have a health problem, then you have one problem.”
I wish the best for you and your wife.
re: Mike Tomlin has spent WAAAY too much time playing Minecraft lol
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 10/2/26 at 7:04 am to Adam Banks
To me, what’s funny about it (a little bit… it’s not hilarious) is that football coaches at that level generally have few real personal hobbies and interests outside the sport. They work a lot of hours in jobs that require obsessive attention to detail and are highly insulated from the happenings of the outside world.
A team of NFL head coaches probably wouldn’t be very good at Thursday Night Trivia down at the bar.
Good for Tomlin for having something outside of football that he likes to do.
A team of NFL head coaches probably wouldn’t be very good at Thursday Night Trivia down at the bar.
Good for Tomlin for having something outside of football that he likes to do.
re: Why Did Trevor Lawrence Go Down at the 1yd line With 8 minutes left to go?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 9/28/26 at 12:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Some think Lawrence had a bet on something
Trying to run a little more clock in a game with a comfortable lead, but it was perhaps a little more time on the clock than you would typically want to intentionally pass up a TD. He said as much after the game.
Nothing more to it. Lawrence doesn’t seem like the gambling type anyway - nor stupid enough to bet on NFL games (much less his own) even if he were.
re: Where does Arch go?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 9/28/26 at 8:52 am to PP7 for heisman
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but he’s done very well with the expectations he’s dealt with since childhood.
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Has he?
You’re right. He sucks.
I’m sure everyone here would have ended up the starting QB for a major college program if only they had been born with the last name Manning.
re: SEC Mike rightfully calls out Saban: "His arse quit & ran, but let's go after Miss St..."
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 9/28/26 at 6:52 am to 3down10
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He cited that the players were more worried about getting paid than they were getting developed. He was only interested in developing players.
And pulling in an eight figure salary.
No one pouring money into the program cares about player development (or who graduates) beyond what leads to winning. Fans and the PTB would rather Tommy Touchdown have a Tim Tebow college career than a Patrick Mahomes NFL career. Your players could all become Rhodes Scholars, NFL All-Pros, and Ward Cleavers, but if you’re not winning enough, no one cares and you will be a fired arse.
I like Saban but the absurd salaries and perks of being a major college head coach are part of the problem with the sport and contributed to what we have now.
College football is 99% a business and entertainment entity. The coaches took advantage of that for years, and now the players are too.
re: Where does Arch go?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 9/27/26 at 4:39 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Arch is a glorified game manager. He’s going to get the JJ McCarthy treatment though and someone is going to waste a first round pick on him.
I said in my first post I don’t expect him to be an established starter in the NFL, but he’s done very well with the expectations he’s dealt with since childhood.
re: Where does Arch go?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 9/27/26 at 2:26 pm to RollTide1987
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It takes a hell of a lot more than a last name to be the starting QB at Texas, and if he does nothing more than that it will be impressive.
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Tell that to Major Applewhite
Yes, the last name made Chris Simms a 6’4” 220 lb. physical prototype who stayed in the NFL for seven years.
The last name, man. Just the last name.
I was a walk-on at Bama with Scott Hunter’s son. I don’t think he ever took a snap in four seasons - certainly not a meaningful one.
When you come out the womb with basically NFL starter or bust expectations (lottery odds), most people who never amounted to anything athletically forget how difficult it is just to be the starter of a major college program. But I don’t.
re: Where does Arch go?
Posted by Globetrotter747 on 9/27/26 at 11:53 am to ChestRockwell
I don’t know if he will be a franchise QB (if we define that as a productive starter for 5+ years with the same team) in the NFL.
I do respect him, though. It takes a hell of a lot more than a last name to be the starting QB at Texas, and if he does nothing more than that it will be impressive.
I do respect him, though. It takes a hell of a lot more than a last name to be the starting QB at Texas, and if he does nothing more than that it will be impressive.
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