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Dbeasy

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  1. Finally watched it. Went in with my cheese ball meter properly calibrated. It was exactly that. I therefore had to watch every minute of it so that I can complain about it later. Actually didn’t recognize McGregor at first because I’m not a mma/ufc fan. His acting was horrific. Dumb movie but watchable if you have the right mindset going in. 

  2. 2 hours ago, jdhorn92 said:

    Yeah I watch the US10Y closely as well.  Put a chunk of an inheritance in Vanguard Inflation Protected Fund several years ago thinking it would just keep pace with inflation and protect the principle.  Deposited the funds and forgot about it.  First time in my life to put $$ in a "Bond" fund.  Went to look at it recently and i'm down $40K and further research indicates it's all tied to the 10yr.  That's what I get for deviating from my Index stock fund strategy.  Got to wait it out now, its all in an inherited IRA anyway, but got to start taking money soon.

    Ya that’s the problem with even inflation bonds. If rates move up, they can lose a lot of money too, and the inflation premiums on the basis may not cover it. 

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  3. I want to welcome everyone to the island I’ve been inhabiting for awhile now. It’s strange to see almost everyone flip in unison to the realization he is not the future. 

    I originally thought he would get next year to turn it around, but based on what I’m hearing, I’m not so sure. The depth of the drop off is too much. There are some proud folks that aren’t happy, and I sure hope they follow thru. It’s time. 

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  4. 45 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    If you think Tramon Mark and Julian Larry are "low hanging fruits" you're clueless. 

    Once/if we land Pope, we will likely have the #1 or #2 portal class in the country based on Evan Miya's portal rankings. 

     

    49 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    If you think Tramon Mark and Julian Larry are "low hanging fruits" you're clueless. 

    Once/if we land Pope, we will likely have the #1 or #2 portal class in the country based on Evan Miya's portal rankings. 

    What are these guys ranked in his rankings?

  5. 2 minutes ago, dieucla98 said:

    You want to debate the topic, then debate the topic. Don't be a 12 year old.

    It was clearly explained to you on a post just above and you apparently have the intelligence of a 12 year old and can’t understand the basic concept, so the response was aimed perfectly at your level of intellect. 

  6. 3 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    I absolutely believe Scottie has the talent to dominate for awhile. However....we've done this before. Rory was supposed to reel off 10 majors. DJ looked unstoppable for a bit. Jordan was hot for awhile. Morikawa looked dominant for a stretch, as did Rahm. Everyone cools off eventually. And Scottie is a family man, not obsessed with golf the way Tiger was. I think he can accomplish a lot but it's just so hard to do.

    The Jack Nicklaus rule - “let’s see what happens once he has kids.” He called Tiger’s struggles right. 

  7. Just now, dieucla98 said:

    My take was based on him leaving, which thankfully for the game of golf he is not. He's still two faced (see Ryder Cup) but at least he's not two faced about it not being about the money. Not yet, anyways. Had he left, then in no way would it be a "wrong take". 

    You’re an idiot. 

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  8. 18 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

    Two faced ass hat.

     

    16 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

    "It's not about the money, I have plenty of money." - Rory (paraphrasing)

    Wrong take. See below. 

    20 minutes ago, heso said:

    To be somewhat fair to Rory, Jay trotted him and Rahm out there as the mouthpieces for staying in the PGA, while secretly working on a merger without telling anyone. 

    Of all the guys that made the jump, he was the only significant surprise. 

    Jay’s mismanagement of the tour and the LIV fight as a whole put himself and the tour in an impossible situation. But I can somewhat understand Rory and Rahm’s ire with the situation he put them in. 

    Exactly. No one should be badmouthing Rory. Besides the fact that the rumor is false, the PGA totally screwed him over by arranging a merger behind his back. He was charging on the front lines and the royalty in the back room was working on their own deals. I would not have blamed Rory, but the fact he’s still loyal is awesome. Love him  

     

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  9. 4 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    This was the biggest problem. 

    All the players listed above by @Dbeasy were recruited as role players other than Abmas.  They were expecting Disu, Hunter, and Mitchell to be starting caliber players and only 1 of those was truly a starting caliber player. 

    If you add just 1 transfer that was an above average Big 12 starter in place of Hunter and Mitchell, this Texas team would have been much better. 

     

    Okay I better understand what you are saying now. So that means Terry brought in a bunch of role players who didn’t even deliver well as role players, like Horton, AND he misread the talent level of guys he already had on staff. I agree with others that late in the year Shedrick looked better than early. Either way, the roster didn’t look good overall. 

    So, I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the final incoming group once all the dust settles. I’ve learned over the years in both sports and business that usually excuses end up being just that, excuses. Maybe this time will be different. 

  10. 1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    The idea Texas “didn’t meet expectations” last year because of the portal makes zero sense to me.

    Two of our best 3 players were from the portal (Abmas and Weaver). Last year’s roster didn’t hit their ceiling because they relied too heavily on returning players to be good (Hunter and Mitchell) and they simply aren’t.

    The miscalculation last year was not recruiting over returning players like Mitchell with better players in the portal like Kaluma. 

    Oh come on. You are starting to sound like an unnecessary sunshine pumper rather than an objective evaluator. Here were the incoming transfers:

    shedrick - underperformed; sure blame it on injuries but even when he was relatively healthy he didn’t meet expectations

    Horton - totally underperformed, no debate whatsoever 

    Cheaver - good pick up, exceeded expectations

    Onyema- non factor

    Abmas - wasn’t bad, but most people would agree he didn’t have the impact expected. 

    And the existing guys failed to improve, but it wasn’t just the existing guys. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  11. I have no idea whether these players are good or bad. But I do remember the same group here being excited about the acquisitions last year too, and none of those additions met or exceed expectations except Weaver. 

    Abmas was a positive addition but did not meet expectations.  So while 87’s argument doesn’t make sense, we should all be a bit skeptical until we see some success on the court. 

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  12. I’m shocked at all of the positive reviews here of the Curb finale. It was the same basic concept as the Seinfeld final. The writers showed zero creativity and the episode was a rehash of the same Seinfeld stuff. Terrible finale. Second worst in history behind Game of Thrones. The final season pretty much stunk too, with the same tired Leroy fuck jokes over and over. 

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  13. So the F-35 has caught a lot of flak for being a mess of a development program, but we saw them fly last week at the San Antonio air show and they are really impressive. 

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