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  1. Special is too strong of a word. I should have put boutique exclusive in quotes, as I think it’s probably just a slight derivation from what’s widely available through any AD retail shop. But it gives them something they can claim is unique. It has a forest green dial that I had a hard time capturing with my iPhone camera. Here’s their image:

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    It also came with the green rubberized strap and then they threw in the calf strap that is in my original picture. 

    It’s a standard Luminor at the end of the day. I know the movement isn’t done in house and Panerai tends to be shit on by the elite watch enthusiasts, but I’ve always loved the ID and I’m happy to have it as a more casual option. 

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  2. 1924 and KoK taste nothing alike. I am frankly befuddled by the love for 1924. I got one of the first batch of bottles and thought it was absolutely nothing to write home about. Isn't it essentially just a rebranded Early Times?

  3. 9 minutes ago, Bert Orange said:

    I said Barton. And I meant to type Bardstown. 

    That makes more sense then. 

    For me, it's a bit apples and oranges to compare the experience at Willet and the experiences at BBC. And different people will come away with different thoughts about which one is better based on their own preferences. The main takeaway is that you should do them both. 

  4. 20 hours ago, Bert Orange said:

    To add color:

    four roses - skip (nothing worth a shit on tasting menu)

    HH - do if only for the allocated bottle (you do bourbon or connoisseur depending on what you are after) 

    Barton - I would do as it’s a very cool setup and bar is great with lots of options to taste

    BT - likely do, as historical and pick which one interests you most  all end in same tasting of their mainstream offerings  

    whiskey thief - kinda cool off the run experience with barrel tasting.  If you want unique, this is it  

    Preservation - skip

    willett - do it right before your reservation at bar Willett 

    Jack Ruby steakhouse - highly recommend this stop in Lexington. And be sure to try their exclusive 16 year Boone county MGP pick if there is any left  

     

    Tell me you've never been to Bardstown Bourbon Company without telling me you've never been to Bardstown Bourbon Company. The bar at Willet is excellent, but you're doing it all wrong if you aren't making time for BBC. The restaurant and the whiskey library tasting experience should not be missed. 

  5. He was good, but ultimately not good enough. An important player in changing the trend line of the program, and he left it all out on field. 

    Hook 'Em Quinn.

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  6. I've been vocally critical of Quinn since he came back from the injury, but a lot of the these comments are fucking pathetic. Quinn was the reason we were even in that game. That was a really good D and they won a healthy majority of the 1 on 1 battles. You hang this loss around Sark's neck for going completely brain dead at the 1. 

    Quinn was a flawed player but he left everything on the field tonight. 

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  7. 1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

     

    in the game thread - this team isn't 'athletic'. you buy athletic players now 

    how much nil was available for nil this past year ? is ut basketball top 20 in nil ?

    what top coach is drawn to UT if the NIL backing isn't there ? 

    I know nothing about our basketball NIL but I can't imagine the money wouldn't be there if/when needed. But the people providing it want to feel like the ROI will be there, and I don't think RT inspires confidence that it will be.

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  8. 8 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

    Idk, I base my analysis on merit, but optics is what everyone is telling me. Draw your own conclusions. He wasnt qualified and had never experienced success at any level as a head coach. When he was given the keys to a final 4 team, he lost a double digit lead in the final 10 minutes of the elite 8 to an inferior team. This was entirely predictable and 90% of the board knew it. I know you were thrilled with the hire, but most people werent. And now we get to look like clowns for two seasons. Got punked by Tenn last year in the tourney and now we are getting punked by 20 by the aggies. Gonna be a long season. 

    You are trivializing that season to suit your narrative by focusing on how it ended. Terry took over before conference play, held the team together, won the Big 12 tourney (emphatically), and had the deepest tourney run we'd had in 15 years. And every player on that team stumped for him to get the job, iirc. 

    For the record, I had real reservations that he would be able to sustain that performance, as did many others. There was no home run option out there, which meant that every possible hire carried a level of risk. 

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  9. 1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

    1. why isn't there more money for better players ? 

    2. then we can talk about coaching 

    It's a virtuous cycle. Better players want to feel confident that they are going to be developed and prepared for the next level. That takes a great coach. You can get a few mercenaries if you're willing to pay stupid money, but that's not a recipe for sustained success. 

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  10. Just now, CTC2 said:

    I guess you didn’t read the sentence before I told you to fuck off. 

    Show you work. CDC makes the coaching hires, last I checked. I could infer that you are suggesting there was a mandate made (presumably by Hartzell), but I seriously doubt he'd take such a strong stance. More likely it was a decision that the two of them arrived at together. My experience with people at the C-level of any organization is that they try really hard not to tell their leadership team who to hire/fire. That sort of thing would make our AD job a hell of a lot less attractive. 

  11. Just now, CTC2 said:

    Well, I’m younger than him and retired so at least that I’ve got that going for me.  What about you?
    Since you are so fucking smart, show me where I criticized CDC for making the Terry hire?  You won’t find it. The reason you won’t is because it wasn’t his fucking decision. 
    Fuck off. 

    I'm a decade younger than CDC and could easily retire if I wanted to. But I'd be bored and I like making money.

    You said "Decisions made out of fear are rarely good ones" (among other things), which I could only assume was pointed at CDC's decision to hire Rodney Terry due to the optics of making a different decision. Go ahead and tell me what I got wrong there and then I'll give some thought to fucking off. 

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