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Hank Chinaski

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  1. In late April this team looked like it was destined for 90-ish wins and a dogfight for the last WC spot. Nothing has really changed.
  2. Uhhhhhhhh…gonna have to disagree with your choice of words. If you said “higher profile” or “in a more marquee conference” or something, ok. But “more appealing”? Nah. Neither CS nor TAM per se is more appealing than almost any alternative.
  3. It worked great for, you know, the fucking Astros.
  4. I mean that ship has already sailed, no? As for 2024 - let’s just get back to having an aligned and analytically-savvy front office/manager combo. I don’t want to hear another goddamned thing about “intangibles” and “there’s no way to measure it.” Bullshit.
  5. I guess Maldy didn’t relax Pressley enough.
  6. Remember when we used to be a smart organization? You know - one that won a lot? That was cool.
  7. Goddamnit. Read this: It's not easy to put a metric on: How does he instill confidence? How does he let a pitcher relax so they can focus on executing a pitch, rather than thinking about what pitch they should be throwing? You know, those things don't get measured. Our pitching coach said this. It actually is fucking easy to put a metric on it: the pitchers’ fucking performance? Who gives a flying fucking shit how “relaxed” or “focused” the pitchers are if the production doesn’t improve? If it mattered, it would be evident and measurable. For fuck sake. Why does anybody give any credence whatsoever to this fucking jet stream of bullshit? When someone talks about “things that don’t get measured,” they’re generally full of fucking shit and making stuff up. Do you believe in magic and the goddamned tooth fairy too? Don't worry guys - we are significantly worse offensively and defensively with Maldy, but the pitchers are relaxed (while also giving up more runs).
  8. I’d say no because we’re better than that Baker Mayfield trash, and because it’s football and not pro wrestling. But I’m an old.
  9. So, is it your contention that it isn’t petty for a conference commissioner to cheerlead for one member over another, and that it isn’t petty when his second in command takes passive-aggressive jabs at a member school, based (I guess?) on a perceived slight, which is actually just that school making a sound business decision? That seems petty to me. You’re comparing the conference office openly disparaging a member, and expressing a desire for a specific outcome in a game, to fans on message boards suggesting that the Texas AD ran the conference? Again, I expect professionalism and impartiality from the conference office; I don’t expect that of slapdicks on message boards. Look, none of this is really that big of a deal, and not even really something anyone should be upset about - we agree there. It just seems like a poor way for the conference execs to present themselves, as they come off as scorned children.
  10. Disagree. I don’t think it is unrealistic to ask him to be professional, seeing whereas this is a business and this is his profession. His job got harder? Tough shit. In the famed words of Donald Draper, “that’s what the money’s for.” If he chooses to take things personally, well, that’s why terms like “petulant” and “petty” are being used.
  11. 1. However you want to spin it, a conference commissioner cheerleading for one conference member over another is bush-league bullshit for obvious reasons: it implies favoritism and an uneven playing field. It’s petty and a bad look. Maybe games will be officiated fairly, there probably is no conspiracy, but all a conference commissioner accomplishes by saying this publicly is the casting of doubt on the league’s integrity. It’s childish at best (and corrupt at worst). 2. McGuire isn’t particularly original with the “take aim at Texas” schtick. That’s what Briles did and others have used that playbook too. Again, it comes off as petulant and contrived. But it’s one thing for a coach to blather to his constituents about it in a pep rally setting; that’s just playing to your crowd, and is fine. A conference commissioner doing it is unprofessional and, again, petty.
  12. Or, they’ll simply move the goalposts, whine incessantly about why anything Texas accomplishes should be disqualified, about how lucky Texas got and how they are victims, and further discredit Texas and twist any and all narratives into the conclusion that Texas is the worst.
  13. I mean, in August of 2023, every single college football team’s on-field success occurred in the past.
  14. This is also the fan base that has witnessed Les Miles and Ed fucking O win national titles, yet they harp on and on about how Sark clearly isn’t a good enough coach to get it done.
  15. The only problem I foresee is that Javier appears to not be good anymore.
  16. Yeah but Dusty gives guys a day off once they’re ready to go, regardless of circumstance or context, apparently. So this was better.
  17. Come on, DD. We’re talking about a guy who likes to give guys a day off once they’re fully ready to go. Who has said that Maldy and Diaz have performed about the same at the plate. Who has started Bligh Madris at DH multiple times. Who spent half the season allocating equivalent playing time between Julks and Chas. Who believes that Dubon is a good guy to hit at the top of the order. Your answer is no.
  18. The pitching staff kept the record afloat through the first four months of the season. It was performing at an unsustainable level. Regression has arrived, as it almost always does.
  19. Good thinking, Dusty. It’s important to remain rigid with your made-up, bullshit managing conventions, under any circumstance, despite no evidence that it helps anything whatsoever. Let’s keep minimizing our chances of winning the game.
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