Jump to content

boilerhorn

Certifiably Surly
  • Posts

    735
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by boilerhorn

  1. I went to grad school after taking 1 year "off." I worked full time after undergrad and worked full time while getting MSEE part time. So, my path was considerably different than yours will be. That aside, if funding is not a problem and time is not a problem, just reach out to the grad coordinator and/or some faculty at the school/major/etc. you are interested in. Tell them your story. Ask questions, etc. Both will typically take the time to talk. I would not worry about the GPA. There are many factors that contribute to an undergrad GPA: work distractions, maturity of an 18 year old, being away from home, some shitty professors your Fr/So year, etc. You will be far more focused and driven now than then, etc. Good luck with it!
  2. https://www.aol.com/exclusive-art-acevedo-taking-271-193622853.html (AOL? - it is an AAS article) This is great - present interim city manager needs a liaison between him and APD. And it's worth $271k. And the city council decides they should hire the chief that darn near EVERYONE celebrated his departure. After AA left, any time I would encounter local PD (off duty security, helping after a collision, etc.), I'd ask about Acevedo. Most responded, "now that he is no longer our problem, we are glad to see him somewhere else." Or something like that. No CR, but this should remind us all to either (1) vote in our local elections and (2) make sure we get candidates who do more than consume oxygen. I am in district 6 and need to help prevent further damage. Kelly is a functional moron. No CR.
  3. How in the fuck is this cretin (the cretin being Acevedo in my rant) still employable, much less in a place he has name recognition? FFS.
  4. Not sure it's as much a bold strategy as it is shitty senior leadership. When you inherit a team, you spend a little time figuring out what you have. Sure, you are going to have "your guys" but you need to make some level of effort to get to understand what's already in place. In many cases, the org structure does not tell you everything. Day 0 on job: get 2 hours to talk to Saban; get a brain dump on the pros/cons, best and worst administrators, best and worst $$$ Day 1 on the job: talk to team; 1:1 talks with people in roles you'll want to fill with "your guys" to make sure that's what you want to do; 1:1 talks with other senior people Days 2-3: 1:1 chats with every football staffer; Days 4-5: 1:1 chats with extended org It's a pretty basic approach to org transition, esp. when you inherit an intact capable team.
  5. Perhaps he did consult Saban and Saban said, "I don't give a shit. This is no longer my circus."
  6. Lucky for you, Nickelback is on the Houston Rodeo lineup this year. Shitty seats for a shitty band start at $40. No thanks.
  7. This is a picture of him when he was 62 - 2 years ago. That's a rough 62 for anyone in 2022, much less a person with his resources.
  8. I would have leaned toward Helton. He was a part of the first 2 seasons at WKU when Brohm started that turnaround. He was then hired by his brother to be QB coach and passing coordinator at USC. First season at WKU, they improved by 6 wins over the previous year. Helton's contract pays him $900k per year. Brennan was making about $2.3mm at SJSU. Fwiw, $2.3mm in San Jose goes about as far as $900k in Bowling Green, KY. Looks like Brennan will make around $3.1mm next year w/ $200k raises each year. They could have gotten Helton for a bit less, I presume, but no one asked me.
  9. He was the DC at Indiana in 2019 when DeBoer was the OC. Smells a little like Herman filling out his staff w/ all of his buddies, but he had some success at South Alabama. Applewhite to get promoted?
  10. Public school guidance - even at strong public schools - is going to be severely lacking. My older kids went to a very competitive NW Austin school and the counselors were responsible for a couple hundred kids. They did their best, but your kid's higher education interests and exploration is low on their list. They want your kid to graduate and be interested in college. Youngest kid went to a smaller private school and the guidance counselors - starting junior year - were about 80% focused on your college plan. Unsolicited advice - you and/or he should take some initial steps ASAP - even if you decide to hire an advisor. At least you've narrowed it a bit and you'll have a good enough understanding of the landscape to ask informed questions. You and he might be able to get about 75% of the value of an advisor by spending a few hours a month searching. The resources available online, esp. post-COVID, are amazing.
  11. Unsolicited advice - have her take an SAT prep class. She'll get more comfortable with the test process, etc. And, it will help to mute any asymmetry between her grades and her standardized test scores. In Austin, we used More Than a Teacher and were happy with the outcome, fwiw.
  12. BTW - laughing at the "punch a bitch" comment, not the other stuff. One of my daughters (no pics) teaches at RR High School. Another is a student teacher in AISD. Yes, do not forget the gloves...
  13. Many of those dipshits are now screaming at the clouds that their kids are delayed. So they'll be part of the cluster...
  14. At 6:30a tomorrow (when the first buses likely get fired up go start picking up elementary kids), it will be 14 degrees in Austin. At 8:30a tomorrow, it will be 16 degrees. The main difference: all chaos will be seen in full daylight. Any and all ice will still be there. Silly decision.
  15. Regarding attendance and makeup days.... As of a law change in 2016, Texas schools are required to provide 75600 minutes of instruction per year, where lunch, recess and other "intermissions" are considered part of that. At a "standard" 7-hour school day, that results in 180 days of class. Well, RRISD (and I suspect others) have changed their days to 7 hours, 20 minutes. That way, they have spare minutes set aside in the event of inclement weather.
  16. Aside from Perkins, Fran, and Price, every coach between Bear and Nick was handed some form of NCAA sanction. I guess Nick was just clean.
  17. While this is true, a little context is needed. Vikings last (of 4) SB losses was in 1977. For reference, the BeeGees were relevant. Jimmy Carter was president. 1977 is closer to Pearl Harbor attack than it is to today. The Vikings final game in Met Stadium occurred on Dec 20, 1980. The high that day was 33. The low was -3. And they got 0.5 inches of snow. That is objectively fucking miserable. They moved to the Metrodome in 1981 and have been indoors ever since. Their mediocrity since then has nothing to do with venue. If nothing else, they saved many lives.
  18. Just getting around to this thread now. Work and all got in the way, Visited Columbus 2 times for kid college visits (kid #3 and kid #4) of tOSU. Both times, I reflected the following (in no specific order): Columbus near campus "feels" like Austin 20 years ago. My goodness, all of the folks I have met at tOSU are great people. Where are all of the fucking assholes I met when Texas and/or Purdue played tOSU Their micro-brew scene is pretty solid Easy to get in/out to the airport (not really like Austin 20 years ago) I *could* possibly tolerate living here In 2023, their largest employers were tOSU, State of Ohio, JPM Chase, etc. There are some city, county employers, L Brands, Progressive, and so on. Intel is building 8, yes 8, fabs in New Albany, OH, a suburb of Columbus, investing near $20B. It's about to boom in tech, too.
×
×
  • Create New...