drdrfaulkner19

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My parents have a weiner dog we named Miles back in the day. Good dog, obviously the name hasn’t aged well

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Did he eat grass?

I'd be very careful about getting rid of Kelly as Head Coach right now. Replacing a coach right now might result in recruits "bailing out" and going elsewhere, as well as deflating any motivation the team has to finish well. Then we may be faced with three more seasons of average football. There is far more confusion caused when leadership exits than in exhorting the team to continue striving for improvement. I am also frustrated like you all with the play, but let's get behind the Tigers and build a solid scaffold.

Perhaps the issue here is the sensitivity of people rather than the haughtiness of being for or against a team. The impetus of going to church is to worship Jesus and be equipped for every good work for the Lord. What Satan and his demons try to do is distract the people involved into going on mental tangents and stirring up emotions that detract from worship. I have maintained for many years that there will be no cattle brands n Heaven, so we need to treat each other here as if we are fellow members of a flock headed by our Shepherd Jesus Christ. If we display a cattle brand, we basically are displaying a type of haughtiness that is not part of the love described in I Corinthians 13 (love is not haughty). If Christians are to be obedient, we need to be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. (Romans 12:16-17). That is why I don't wear my LSU paraphernalia to church.

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I never blamed Howard for that loss. I felt sorry for him because he had to play for two complete dunces.

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And--if I remember correctly--Jamie got death threats in the days following the game, which was classless. Think of having to be constantly reminded of that game for decades to come, but still have enough grace in himself to allow his son to be on the team. Those who continue to resurrect and dwell on Jamie's mistakes in that game perhaps possess some type of diabolical bent to point out everyone else's splinter, yet cannot see the 2x4 in their own. Give Jamie credit for being a real man since.

I worked for Camber Corporation in Fayetteville (or Fayettenam) for two years (2005-2007) back when the basketball team with "Big Baby" Davis beat Duke in the Tournament. (Fayetteville is a little south of Raleigh). I wore an LSU shirt to work the next day and got "counseled" for blasphemy. Loved it.

Every coaching decision is a gamble. You play algorithms and hope you are playing with a good hand. Someone else plays a hand and picks from the deck. It's the undrawn cards in the deck and those in other hands you can't predict well. When we second-guess a play, there are a number (x) of other results that could or couldn't happen. Or maybe it's like Wheel of Fortune and occasionally you hit a Bankrupt. LSU hit a bankrupt or Losea Turn after the top of the ninth. Because of the possibilities that occur after the Brown muscle. It could have still gone well. Yes--I am disappointed in the results, but proud the Tigers dug themselves out of the hole and started playing like they could. Well, some good came out of it--now I can stop spending all my time attentive to LSU baseball and spending time on things I need to do. Enjoy your summer, Tiger fans.

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To think we are a dropped third strike and missed interference call from being basically in the postseason right now

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It seems like the entire season so far has been this way. Last year, we handled the rattlesnake, this year it bit us.

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and a trainer can certainly help, but he can't manufacture basketball skills.

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In many team situations, it is often the case when someone has to step up and assume another's position. There are some limitations, but a certain amount of transfer and innovation is sometimes involved. We have pilots who learned on one aircraft move to another--or perhaps some members of rock bands will assume roles when needed. When a person moves into a new role, they should adapt and learn as much as they can so as to do the job more effectively. A trainer or coach can encourage you, but ultimately you have to discipline yourself to improve to the point where it's your best--though you might not be as good as the one you replace--or perhaps you find you are better or more flexible than the one you replaced. It could also be that HVL felt like she had been placed in a rut and couldn't find her way out (or perhaps didn't want to). It is not the trainer or coach, but the will of the individual.

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No team was beating Caitlin Clark and Iowa last night. It was not HVL’s fault or the refs fault. Clark is a generational talent and had one of her better games. Nobody was stopping her last night.

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My nephew once described Larry Bird's shooting as shooting and then using a remote control to guide it into the basket. I kept looking for Clark's remote last night. She could flat out shoot.

LSU lost this past weekend to provide meltdown fodder to the RANT.