Jump to content

F250

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    13887
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

Posts posted by F250

  1. 26 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

    That's more HS baseball style.  You will find the tournaments over the summer may start on a Thursday with pool games that day, Friday and Saturday (some of the really big ones can start earlier in the week)  Then Sunday there is a bracket which depending on the hosting body and type of tournament can be anywhere from 4 to maybe at most 16 teams (big time Perfect Game tournaments etc).  So for example you may have a field of 28 teams, some subset of that makes the Sunday bracket and everybody else plays a consolation game on Sunday.  Some of the biggest of the big time ones I have seen may even spill over into the next Monday for last few games of a given bracket.

    Then there are simply showcases, which is all that really goes on in Franklin. You are there to play games and be seen.  

    Yes, things ease up at 16U with games spread out over a few days instead of the the kiddie ball Sat/Sun format. The high school format is so much better than the kid tournaments. Oddly, the kids play a lot more games throughout the year and spend more time playing in a day than the high school players.

    • Hook 'Em 1
  2. 26 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

    This is a stupid idea.  Get your starter in a groove and leave him in until the game is decided without question.  Telling Quinn to go get a hot dog from the concession stand at the end of the first quarter and sit for series is beyond stupid.

    As to Gilbert, they were trying to redshirt him.  He burned his RS to play in the NC game.

    I agree with all of this but will die on the hill that says Mac Brown fucked up the QB2 situation that costed the team a National Championship.

    GG was thrown to the wolves and did a pretty good job and likely would have done better with more game reps. I won't even get into the Sherrod Harris situation but Mack fucked up the QB roster for years after the 2009 season.

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Rage+1 1
    • Fuck Around and Find Out 1
  3. 5 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

    My take on the QB's:

    • Ewers did not play well. As has been pointed out here, he just hasn't developed. I think Sark is pretty much done with him. Time for him to move on. Come to think of it, time for Sark to move on, too.  
    • Manning is more poised, has a really good long ball and no one could lay a hand on him when he scrambled. He is already taller and better than Vince Young.  
    • Owens should start over Manning until Lourd can get more experience.. He is really developed, has a really strong arm and better pocket presence than Manning. He looked amazing against the third-string defense. 
    • Lourd is going to be the greatest QB in Texas Longhorn history and will be a first ballot NFL Hall of Famer.

    Did I get that right?  

    FCB-Drone.jpg

    You had for a second.

    200.gif

     

    • Hook 'Em 2
    • Like 1
  4. 8 hours ago, BlackCat said:

    Curious to get y'all's thoughts. I got them a rope bat last week and I really think Ive seen a quick change in their swings. It's been tough to get them to get their hips through and now they're swinging hard and getting a full twist. Anyone else used it?

    I've never owned one but an assistant coach used to bring one to practice in 12U. I think they are a decent supplemental tool for identifying mechanical breakdowns in a batters swing.

    Personally, I don't believe in using supplemental tools on kids below nine years old. A tee, L-screen, and a bucket of balls for kids 9 and below is more than enough. I believe it's best to let a kid develop their natural swing before you start tinkering with it as well as teaching the fundamentals of a swing.

    As mentioned above, I coached 3 of my sons. My eldest, had the unfortunate timing of being my first experiment in over coaching.

    My oldest at 9 years old resembled Roy McAvoy from Tin Cup.

    d7f2d811-db09-40d5-b7bd-6ce610dfe8b4_tex

     

    • Hook 'Em 1
  5. 1 hour ago, wood said:

    NSIAP. Fuck Elmo & Tesla.

    'Environmentally Friendly' Tesla Is Trying To Skirt Austin Pollution Laws. https://jalopnik.com/tesla-the-environmentally-friendly-ev-maker-is-trying-1851422743?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=jalopnik_twitter 

    Apparently, Austin won't let Tesla pollute the Colorado River as much as it wants to.

     

    But Elon is trying to save humanity. What's a little pollution in the Colorado River compared to saving humanity?

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Haha 3
    • Rage+1 1
  6. On 2/19/2024 at 10:53 PM, BlackCat said:

    This.........is my life for the next 12 years minimum. I love baseball and I love youth baseball, but man it feels like I'm really getting myself into something. I've got three boys. Oldest is in first grade. Im coaching my 5 year olds team and the parents are already completely nuts. Im pretty disgusted with the way some of them act, so I told myself I can be a whiny pussy about it or coach myself and try to give the kids a somewhat sane experience. 

    Having coached three sons from tee-ball through 13U travel with a number of good All-Star runs, I will advise you to enjoy it as much as possible.

     

    • Hook 'Em 1
  7. Just now, jimmyjazz said:

    Texas fans need to look at the bigger picture.  We have a returning 3rd-year starter, a 2nd-year backup who looks like he's ready to kick ass, and a rookie who blew everybody's minds with his talent.

    What EXACTLY is the problem again?  This couldn't be a more ideal setup.

    danny mcbride GIF

    • Hook 'Em 3
  8. 2 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

    Looks like we have a QB competition on our hands. I miss the Applewhite Simms days, let’s get this started. Arch should be the starter and if you disagree you are a fucking idiot. 

    Owens should start.

  9. On 4/18/2024 at 2:24 PM, Brian Fantana said:

    It was basically choreographed. Weird stuff but it is what it is. I guess I can understand it at some level.

    It is very similar to bench clearing fights in baseball. Both teams leave the dugout to fight but there is no intention to harm one another and it's more choreography than fighting. It serves a purpose other than actual violence.

  10. 8 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    Honestly, I think NPR kind of sucks on the whole. About the only thing I like about them are the hourly news headlines my local affiliate plays. Having said that, NPR is by far the best US-based news source on the radio, period. 

     

     

    I regularly listen to Morning Edition/Market Place, All Things Considered, and Science Friday.

    Let's not forget Texas Public Radio. Texas Matters, Fronteras and The Source which is San Antonio focused.

    Public Radio is really fucking good.

    • Hook 'Em 4
    • Like 3
×
×
  • Create New...