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RichUT

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  1. Never a good long term sign when you get worked over by a smaller club like that. But whatever. Hopefully he gets acclimated quickly and gives Poch what he wants.
  2. I negotiate things for a living, and this negotiation has been flat out botched. We're going to end up paying an extra 10-15 mil because we fucked around with all those low ball offers. It's also going to cost us Tyler Adams. Adams was never going to be more than squad depth for us, but it turns out that squad depth is pretty important sometimes. Just a master class in how not to do this shit.
  3. Fair enough. There’s a real debate to be had about the valuation regardless of his destination. I’m much more bothered by the amount of time wasted if he were to go elsewhere. If that were happening in my organization I’d be livid.
  4. Liverpool stepped in and got Caicedo. Great to see us fuck around with low ball offers all summer and then lose out on Poch’s top priority.
  5. The Athletic just ran an article that says he had surgery and will be out at least 4 months. So we’ve got that going for us. Which is ass.
  6. Nkunku came out of the game with a knee injury after a mid-air collision against Dortmund in our final friendly. Hoping like hell that it's just a contusion or sprain vs. a ligament tear. ESPN ran a blurb about Mbappe being open to a 1 year loan to Chelsea before signing with Madrid on a free next summer. As a fan I'd obviously love to see him wearing our shirt for any amount of time, but I am sure the loan fee wouldn't be cheap. I think you'd have to believe you have even a 10% chance of convincing him to stay, but the real odds are probably more like 1 in a million. Maybe they rationalize it by seeing it as the key to a quick return to UCL football? It's fun to think about, if nothing else.
  7. This is more than a tad hyperbolic. Expensive players alone are not the answer, but you need to acquire legit quality coming off the season we just had. It was clear Boehly was taking big/wild swings at the beginning, but I’m seeing clear signs of progression in our acquisition strategy and more discipline in general. I think Poch has a lot to do with that as he has a clear vision for the shape and style of football he wants to play. Potter was so far out of his depth that he got run over. I’ve generally been happy with the approach this off season. We’ve done some savvy business on both sides of the ledger and I think one or two larger purchases to raise the ceiling of the squad will have us positioned to make a run back towards a top 4 finish.
  8. Lived there through 4 straight falls. Rain is not the issue. Short days and lack of sunshine is the problem, especially in November and December. Once the area slopes are open (Snoqualmie, Stevens, Crystal) you learn to survive by getting out on the mountain as often as possible. It gives you something genuinely fun to look forward to on the weekends, which I found to be critical.
  9. I think the point is that our team realized outsized benefits from keeping our roster together LAST YEAR, and that we won’t have that tailwind this year.
  10. Did anyone here get swept in the hype enough to throw down for some tickets next year? I did the 10 game weekend package just to get a chance to take part in Wemby’s rookie campaign with my son.
  11. If Juve are keen for Pulisic, hopefully that makes it easier to align on terms for Vlahovic.
  12. I know Raj well. My group is just a couple miles away and we’ve done three picks with Oak (Lucky 7, Blue Note JJ, and Penelope) that are hitting in the next couple months. If there is legit interest here, I could probably broach the subject with him.
  13. That’s a bit like saying you’re not impressed with Willet because you drank Pure Kentucky. The Musician is their entry level every day shelf bottle that is meant to always be available. You need to try the Cask Strength and a number of their distillery reserve series to fully grasp the progress they have made in a very short amount of time.
  14. Most of it sucks. Still Austin is a clear exception in my book.
  15. We picked up one that was ~130 proof and I really didn’t love it. It was super oak forward in an unpleasant way. Some of the guys in the group liked it but I won’t be going back to it.
  16. It was a semi-private cruise (16-20 people) via Sunset Oia, and I booked it through a travel agency. It was about a 6 hour excursion that took us to various spots along the Santorini coast. We ended down at the docks in Oia and watched the sun set before docking and finishing up. You can book it directly here: https://sailing-santorini.com We did the Diamond Cruise.
  17. I’m on a Catamaran off the coast of Santorini right now. We just had dinner as part of a sunset cruise. The food won’t be the part we remember, but the experience of the cruise will always be remembered. Grabbing a sunset dinner at Pacman in Oia (inside one of the Andronis properties) is for sure worth it. Food is really good, and the view as the sun sets over the ocean is pretty tough to beat. In Athens, we ate at Vezené and Hill Athens Rooftop. The former had the better food while the latter had a great view of the Acropolis and solid Greek fare.
  18. To be clear, I think your take is completely detached from reality. The only scenario where that is possible involves a season ending injury to Manning before the 24 season kicks off. Otherwise, no chance in hell. Carry on.
  19. Sounds like you’d be willing to shit a golden football if Arch isn’t starting in 2024…
  20. Right, because there have been so many posts on this thread that have stressed the correlation between recruiting 5 stars and going deep in the tournament. It’s clearly an opinion held by so many here. [emoji849]
  21. I doubt that I’ll be able to convince you otherwise then. Just understand that every other school in this situation has released the player from their NLI. For us to take a hard line stance would separate us from every other program in a negative way. We don’t want the reputation of being the school that keeps kids tied to the program against their wishes.
  22. On an anniversary trip with the wife in Greece and finally took the plunge on a proper timepiece. I was expecting to pick up a Panerai but something about the timeless quality of this guy spoke to me.
  23. And you lost me again. Listen, it doesn’t make a shit bit of difference what either of us thinks here. But I’m not seeing a world where we would never want the buzz/juice associated with pulling down the blue bloods. The program benefits from that in ways that go beyond the pure on court product.
  24. It seems like the conversation has shifted away from “recruit absolutely zero five star HS players” towards a discussion about the allocation of resources across HS recruits and transfer portal targets. I can get on board with a 70/30 or 80/20 portal/HS player model. That wasn’t the initial solution offered up, however.
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