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Murfdogg21

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  1. Also don't forget he got his underqualified sons jobs as defensive coaches (again) and made their "GM"'s son the QB coach.
  2. Why would Disney or any streaming service care if people watch on opening day? It's not like they are selling time-sensitive commercials during the show's live airing. It's about new and retained subscriptions and number of total views over time indicate the relative value to other shows. With due respect to Buzzrock, I've thought Andor, Mando, and Ahsoka were great and BOBF and Acolyte were worth watching once. I'm also a SW addict and will watch any content even if it's "shitty."
  3. I may be in the minority, but I like Cam and if the Rockets can get something of real value by including Jalen Green in a trade, I wouldn't be heart broken if Cam were given a chance at the streaky athletic scorer role post-Green. Everyone is so eager to give up the PHX draft picks, but those are currency that will extend the window of this team. Giving them away for an aging star is putting all the chips on the table for the short term. I don't know what some combination of FVV and Green could get you to build around Sengun, Amen, Jabari, Eason, and if we keep them Cam, Brooks, and Reed.
  4. The core of our team had been together since 6U (usually 0.500 type seasons, but all the kids developed at 3+ positions). We won the rec ball league for spring 7U and fall 8U last year. Several parents (moreso than the kids) wanted to try select ball. We kept 8 players so it's basically the same team, and I don't know if their development this season is much better than it would have been if we stayed rec at this age. We are sitting at a 3-12-3 record as the kids are still getting used to the speed of select ball, playing against much better competition, and we didn't add any studs (and the 3 kids the paid coach put on our team are all bottom 4-5 players on the roster). Houston Select Facebook parents (maybe select parents in general) are mostly hypocrites as they say "prioritizing winning" is acceptable at their kids' age but all younger ages should be for development...but it's a sliding metric based on whatever age their kid is at. 90% of the 8U teams are playing the same kids in set positions even on the Saturday pool games. That strategy is definitely better for their record and seeding and getting those key kids more Saturday reps in prep for Sunday, but it sucks for the kids assigned to RF, 2B, C, bench/EH. It also sucks for us since we are moving kids around every inning and we lose a lot of 12-8 score type games that we could've won if other teams played the way we do. I considered jumping back to rec ball for fall 9U, but my son wants to play football and I think the Sunday select schedule for fall is the only way football+baseball will work. Another thing about select is the birthday calendar. I don't understand why they don't adopt the LL calendar and have kids play with their "grade" (grade they are supposed to be in, no B.S. holding a kid back for sports). Select ball goes by May 1 cutoff, so kids with summer birthdays are supposed to play "down" with kids the grade younger. My sons are both June, and the select coaches all want them to play in their younger legal age, because it's all about dem rings! I pity parents that have their genetically huge kids with May birthdays play the younger age and just dominate. Hooray your kid is the MVP! But how about challenge him a little more and let him play with kids in his grade? We've got several kids barely 4'0 and regularly come across 8U kids who are 5' and thick.
  5. I think Premier in Tomball and I am certain Scrapyard in Spring/Woodlands sell beer. ^This. There's no policing it. A couple of our parents bring a community cooler in case the games are going really well or (more often) really poorly.
  6. There could be a few cuts before camp, but most will come during the final roster chop around the final preseason game. There could be some good OL that are cap casualties.
  7. @Antidean @Rivers or anyone else that may have knowledge, because I'm a moron about batteries. My wife talked me into buying a new Icon electric cart 3 years ago. They came with six 8 volt AGM batteries that are supposedly no maintenance (don't need to add water, etc.) and the cart has an internal charger and we were instructed to leave it plugged in all the time. We only use it in the neighborhood, and after we got our pool last year we only take it out about once every 6 weeks on average. The other day we got it out (charger light indicated it was fully charged), but the dash display said battery was only 65% and it wouldn't go faster than 11mph. I drove it a couple miles then plugged it back in over the weekend. Now it says it's fully charged but the battery display says 28%. The Icon company won't respond to my questions, and the dealer I bought it from in Tomball wants to charge me an arm and leg for a diagnostic, then sell me either a new set of AGMs for $2500 or upgrade/convert to lithium for $3500. I don't know if any of my description gives hints at what the problem is (infrequent use killed one or more AGM batteries? Defective charger?). Is converting it to lithium myself the best option, or is $3500 a good price to not have to hassle with it myself? The other consideration is since we stopped using it frequently, we could sell it and maybe upgrade to a Polaris/CanAm later for off-roading capability. I'm going to take a bath on the transaction since we bought new during late Covid at over $9k and I'd probably be lucky to get $7k with working batteries. If I go that route, do I buy "good" AGM or find the cheapest 8v lead batteries I can find and then sell it?
  8. Anyone got a stud 8U that wants to play in Tomball/Spring this weekend? We need all the help we can get.
  9. I should have known moving back to the Woodlands wouldn't re-qualify me as Houston Shaggy.
  10. No news is better than finding out they are back to eating bats who got STDs from pangolins.
  11. The Mertz pick is very confusing. They gave up a 7th rounder to move up and get Mertz, who they could've signed as an UFA. Cam Williams and other OL options were available, and if I was Nick I'd have taken multiple OL in 6th and 7th round and just see who among them can be a player in training camp.
  12. Plenty of great college QBs don't have NFL talent. Sam had a lot heart and grit, and that goes a long way in college as long as you have a decent skill set and don't make a ton of mistakes. Sam threw well enough, and was an asset in the run game. Quinn has the better arm and vision, but he had zero mobility (why did Sark call so many zone read type plays where everyone in the stadium knew Quinn would never keep it?), throws off his back foot, not a great deep threat, yada yada. I think the 2024 team would've had a better chance to win a championship with Sam at QB, but it's also possible Sam could've made mistakes that cost us a regular season game or two. Sark would prefer Quinn because he's so sure his system is brilliant and Quinn is a precision instrument he can plug into it. Sark's strategy and situational playcalling has to improve, no matter who plays QB.
  13. Did the Texans ever mount the head of that practice squad WR who ran the wrong route and obliterated Tank’s knee on a pike facing Kirby Dr?
  14. Chargers and Eagles had a deal at #21 but didn’t get it into the NFL in time
  15. The two ISU WRs would both probably be gone by their next pick. I’m still salty they didn’t give up a 3rd or 4th to move up for Golden.
  16. The Colts had the #2 pick (Marshall Faulk) and the #5 pick (via trading Jeff George to the Falcons). The Colts GM took Trev Alberts (yes, Nebraska and future aggy dumbass) at #5 instead of Dilfer, and Kiper ripped him for passing on Dilfer for the corn dumbass. Dilfer wasn't an all-pro, but Trev sucked so Kiper was correct.
  17. LOL that's what we do here. I was bitching about the Will Anderson trade last night, not because it wasn't a great pick/player, but because of the value of the trade. The lower you pick or less you give up for HOFers, the smarter you are. If you reach on a player 20+ picks higher than the field consensus, you better be right.
  18. Not at #34. Take best available player or trade back another 5-10 spots for WR/OL
  19. The two ISU guys, Burden, and Bond look like the next cluster of WRs. Hopefully they walk away with at least one of them. What about one of the Ohio State RBs if they are actually bad asses that can make more a difference than any retread we have at RB2 (or could take over RB1 in 2026)?
  20. Who? Cleveland has #33 and 36 if they want him. Tennessee won’t take him at 35. Raiders (#37) and Saints (#40) are the other candidates, but I don’t think Saints want him. Maybe Raiders trade up IF Cleveland lives dangerously and takes someone else at #33 but planned to grab him at #36? Doesn’t seem likely but the Browns and Raiders are both dumb.
  21. This happens all the time. KC could’ve been getting offers from teams a couple spots back who wanted to jump over Philly. KC may not have wanted to move back much (because they wanted Simmons), so they worked out a deal and it only costed Philly a fifth rounder.
  22. Now Minnesota’s Ersery (rated #46 by ESPN) is the best OT on the board. Houston is going to end up with some D and F grades in the (meaningless) post-draft report cards.
  23. Burden apparently has many red flags related to giving up or quitting on plays/games and not a good teammate.
  24. Oof. If Simmons comes off the board they really should’ve taken the Falcons deal. The next group of OT, OG, and WR based on “value” is late 2nd round and 3rd.
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