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54 minutes ago, Scraps said:
And I know most of you love this guy....Keith Hernandez.
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4 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:
Don't let the haters get you down.
As long as the jokes embarrass my wife and daughter, they’re totally worth it and I’m gonna keep firing.
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1 hour ago, Serak The Preparer said:
Asking the checkout person "Does this mean it's free?" when an item doesn't scan is lame and stupid. Telling the waiter "I hated it" when they take your empty plates back is lame and stupid.
[note to self - need to reassess the jokes I make in public.]
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On 1/30/2025 at 6:36 PM, Bmore-Horn said:
Everyone here hates Earl Thomas, from his brief time as a free agent... the only significant longhorn I can recall being drafted here is Sergio Kindle! Whoops on that one! If I recall correctly, he fell down the stairs blackout drunk and never recovered.
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5 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:
Keith law is a cunt.
he told me that Hunter Brown would be lucky to be a 7th inning guy. And that Yordan was a fringe top 100 guy. He knows shit all about the Astros system. Fuck him.-
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1 hour ago, LCHorn said:
Keith Law had finished his farm system rankings and we’re 2nd from the bottom. Not terribly shocking as he’s always appeared to dislike Houston’s farm and development, now across multiple GM’s.
I’m not sure his analysis is correct about draft success, as restoring those four lost picks for the trash can stuff would possibly make a huge difference (I’ve been going through draft results on baseball reference and there’s not really a trend line where a single team is just killing the draft after round one).
I think where Houston has really had poor results is the international signings and that’s going back to Luhnow.
Also interesting is he doesn’t rank Baltimore or Atlanta very highly.
A couple things…he states that he values upside and tools when doing his rankings/evals. You can argue that it’s not the optimal approach, but at least he states his position. The big tools guys have been gone by the time the Astros draft for a decade, so it’s not surprising that the system isn’t loaded with them.
As for the “bad drafting” comment - you kinda have to factor in that they’ve been drafting at the bottom of every round for a long time and that their top two picks were confiscated in consecutive years recently. And that they’ve been drafting as a team with a championship window (meaning you may be smart to take older guys who are close to ready to contribute anyway).
I don’t necessarily think he’s wrong; he may undervalue the cheap “platoon” and “5th starter” guys that the system has consistently produced, but at least he kind of acknowledges that up front.
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14 minutes ago, campcrunk said:
I see those dipshits have already picked up and started running with the "Texas paid Kanu $1 million" bullshit. CDC should have Ketch executed
Based on their assumptions they repeat and accept as fact, they seem to think that Texas runs a payroll similar to the LA Dodgers.
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Sigh…if only…
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30 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:#4 just feels very hollow…
I understand the sentiment, but I offer these counterpoints:
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Texas was #4 in the preseason and postseason AP poll.
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4 hours ago, Hermanator said:
Interesting choice when talking about a extremely corrupt college athletics climate in a country that just inaugurated a convicted felon and insurrectionist today. Ethics has left the building in this country, if it ever was really here to begin with.
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1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:
It’s just the next stage in the evolution. He will be overrated as hell, only a product of the system and/or his teammates, not as good as whichever jag starts at qb for them, and then after endless shit talking about him for the next two years while he drags his nuts across their collective faces, he will magically become irreplaceable when he moves on to the next level.
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
41 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:With VY it was he only looked good because of the team around him.
27 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:Mack sucked and was only good because of vy. Vy sucked and was only good because of Mack brown.
it’s almost like they choose their “facts” to fit their preconceived/desired narrative (Texas/players aren’t actually good, they’ve just accidentally stumbled into success based on something that is transient/already gone) instead of accepting an undesired conclusion based on what is. Almost.
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3 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:
He’s just a dude that’s always looking for an anvil to fall that has scars of so much shitty football at Texas that it orients him to say silly things like “Texas is going to have at least 8 guys drafted” when it’s at least 11 no doubters,
Well, 11 guys is “at least 8,” so you agree with him here.
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12 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:QE would serve up 15-20 yard outs to X last year and I can’t remember seeing it once this year.
That’s because X played for the Chiefs this year.
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11 minutes ago, Fud said:
She's friendly with UT
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2 hours ago, MontereyMX said:
who is THEY?
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8 minutes ago, kevwun said:
Ewers biggest issue was never sliding up a step or 2 in the pocket to buy himself some time. Instead he would run/stumble into lineman or get so close to them that he no longer had room to throw. It's the oddest thing to see happen over and over again.
It’s this. It’s often the difference between converting 3rd downs or RZ plays. Which makes all the difference in tight games.
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16 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:
colt mccoy was easily a top 5 all time ut qb, maybe even #3 and people were screaming to sit him and he play simms
That’s not exactly how remember it. I think people wanted to see James Brown some, but also Shea Morenz was there with a lot of hype. Also Connor Wood.
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1 hour ago, Duane Moore said:
I think the point about lamenting the Raiders sucking so long is that they are one of the franchises in the NFL that has a real brand cachet, and about whom you can say the league is better when they are good because of their historical significance. This applies to teams like the Cowboys, Steelers, 49ers, and Green Bay that have large fan appeal outside their regional base. It’s similar to the concept of the blue blood programs in CFB.
Maybe it’s just because I’m older and remember the 70’s (a little) and 80’s, but even if you weren’t a fan (I wasn’t) the Raiders were the bad ass team of the league. They were more like a biker gang that played football on Sundays, with big personalities, dirty play, and an exciting brand of throw it deep offense and nasty defense. NFL Films had a song specifically about them with an accompanying video that still gives me chills, “The Autumn Wind”:
https://youtu.be/Rh6E4Cks1W4?si=gEjlvLmj87JVRhqQ
Nobody has ever said “the NFL is better when the Cardinals are good,” or the Seahawks, Falcons, Panthers, etc. Some franchises matter more than others, and I think the Raiders are one of them, but maybe that’s just because of my age. Maybe that brand is just gone forever for fans under 40, but you’ll forgive those of us who still remember it and place a value on it.
I don’t disagree with the sentiment, but I wonder how much the moving between LA and Oakland and now LV has diminished the franchise perception in this way. If the Packers had moved to St Louis, for example, seems like their cachet would be diminished. Watching the Raiders play in a sterile indoor stadium in LV…well it’s different than the Coliseum in Oakland, which added to their “persona”.
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3 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:
I wonder if Wingo is frustrated and bolts. He’s a stud but Ewers rarely seemed to look his way.
I wouldn’t think so, given that the new QB is familiar and figures to be good, and many of the guys absorbing the targets Wingo wasn’t getting will be moving on. Where is he going for a better situation?
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