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Tex Long

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  1. I think Sark saw it coming plenty early, but he (mistakenly?) has trusted PK to fix it. Someone pointed out that PK apparently doesn't long to be HC somewhere, and that may be so. It means to me that he doesn't have the attitude to be in charge of the entire Defense, either. Sark is a really, really high-quality Offense coach. Like a lot of the type, he seems to have a tendency to - I hate to say "ignore", but - not pay enough attention to the defensive part of the game. He has two full-time jobs, as both HC and being his own OC, so he simply doesn't have enough hours in his days to ride herd on the D as well. I understand his relationship with Kwiatkowsky goes back quite a way, but the fact is the D has not reached the heights that the O has. I also understand that it has certainly gotten better, and most of us believe it will be better still, this season. Is that enough? Maybe, maybe not. If the DB crew doesn't improve from last year, it appears to me we're going to see the same result: win almost all our games, but have one or two where we just can't stop our opponents' passing attacks, and if the O doesn't crush it... well, 12-2 is a whole lot better than we've seen in a long, long time. Season's getting close, and we'll be talking about coaching and play far more than we talk about recruiting. cantwait.gif
  2. So does the RB room and DB recruiting. I'd settle for a poke at Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
  3. Where else would you burn them, without going outside?
  4. Fire place reserveed for cats.
  5. Preaching to the choir.
  6. But... but... but isn't the whole point of getting the ***** guys that you don't have to develop them? Maybe I was misinformed.
  7. Okay, then... so move them to the recruiting staff?
  8. Just don't let her see you pee in the sink.
  9. Play "Big Edge" guys inside?
  10. Absolutely. I think it's telling that he's a LB guy, as is PK. One of my hopes for the season ahead is that we show really, really well on D... and PK gets a HC job. And he takes Joseph and Gideon with him.
  11. You wrote "starts", not "first half". You followed that up with babble about second half and Q4, overall. Note that I didn't disagree with "starts" at all, nor did I disagree with "overall", I simply pointed out that the very last game did not see an excellent second half nor Q4. The "overall" argument is meaningless - we could see an excellent overall year and go 8-4 without invalidating "overall"... and still be less than ecstatic about it.
  12. Scrolled by so quickly, I read that as "soggy AD". Scrolled back up, and photo confirmed.
  13. Because they couldn't spell "Duke" and neither could he?
  14. Davis looks like the kind of guy you could play at that HB/WingBack/BlockingBack spot, where everyone is sure his only real job is pass pro, although your shift might put him at RB, or... he can brush the rusher and slip behind him and be totally unaccounted for by the D. Hit that a couple of times early, and the D is compromised. It could happen.
  15. Soccer Moms FTMFW.
  16. I believe People of the Republic prefer "trousers", but only when they don't have to speak.
  17. What are you on about? You said "overall", my reply was just pointing out that the last game did not fall within that realm. It's unfortunate that you don't get it, and/or that you feel the need to believe that "overall" is magically proof that one game didn't matter... but it did. If it makes you feel better, post more statistics. Or maybe you can blame Sark for poor play calling or for not riding PK hard enough for having a less than excellent pass D. Buck up, trooper - things look good for the upcoming season. Well... as long as we don't have all our RBs injured.
  18. Paging Marshal Zhukov. Marshall Zhukov to the Maroon Courtesy Phone.
  19. Not merely a singular game. The last game we played, and the most important game of the year. In which we - and our QB1 - did NOT have an excellent game. We didn't just get shut out in Q3, we got trampled. That's on the D and on the O. Blue fumbled in Q4, not Q3. Baxter's not playing this season. I'm pretty sure I didn't blame the fumbles on Ewers. Neither QB1 nor the whole team would grade that last game as "excellent", although - as I said - the season was indeed excellent, and we expect that to be repeated.
  20. There is no question here, dumb or otherwise. An all-timer.
  21. Walked in on wife watching that shit from Paris. First words outta my mouth: "Failed Karate Kid imitation?"
  22. Tex Long

    Getting old sucks

    +1 for sittopee in the dark in mid-night hours. +1 for pee off porch (downwind or no wind). add pee in sink when not seen by she who must be obeyed (thanks, Rumpole).
  23. And yet you feel the need to respond. My work here is well done, and good, solely on that basis. Thank you for allowing the InterNet to collect another factoid about you.
  24. We have a new motto. Thinner Skin than Mack Brown
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