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Jimmy Two Times

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  1. 7 hours ago, MontereyMX said:

    lol, ok.  For years valet has been comped do to the wife and her addiction to that shit.   We pull up and most times are greeted by name.  She shows her players card and I give them my cell number since im mostly the driver.   They will immediately send a text to respond to when you are ready for your vehicle.   A few hours later it's time to go.  I respond to text and immediately get automated response that we owe 20 bucks instead of the usual your vehicle will be here in 5 to 10 min.  I go over to the valet ticket counter inside and ask what's going on.  This little motherfucker manning the booth bowed up and said it's always been that way and we will need to pay to get our car.   I responded nope not paying.   He tried to argue and I shut him down pretty quick.  He then ask if I wanted to speak to a supervisor.  I said "absofuckinglutely I do" and walked off to get my wife's players card because I knew they were going to need it eventually.   We come back to the counter and there is a female supervisor.  I ask her what was going on and she said we needed to pay, where is your ticket and players club.   I put them on the counter she grabbed them stamped paid on the ticket and told me that if I ever cuss one of her employees again I was banned.  I told her that I didn't cuss anyone.   Immediately that guy popped around the corner, tears in his eyes, lips shivering and said, "you said absofuckinglutely".  I responded, you ask me a question.   I grabbed my valet ticket looked at him and said you are a pussy.  Last thing I heard was that women yelling "you're banned, you're banned".   Another supervisor brought the car around and told me the same.  lol.   

    On the flip side of this, I worked as a valet in college. If some middle aged guy/gal was acting like an asshole, I'd just nod and add a minute to my time "finding their car." Usually those people weren't big tippers anyways. Needless to say, my valet career did not last very long. 

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  2. 11 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    OU figuring out they’re fucked in high school recruiting this early is unfortunate. I had hoped Nagy would run his head into the wall for 2 more years. 
     

    I imagine they’ll go head to head with Tech for the top portal mercenaries and lose often. Their only pitch is playing in a better conference/chance at revenge against Texas.

    I suppose their next move will be confetti gunning offers at track meets. 

    It doesn't make any difference. If they're recruiting high school around the level of Nebraska, Georgia Tech, etc., there's no way they can supplement via the portal even if they were in a position of financial strength there... which they aren't. They are incredibly fucked with a lame duck, meathead coach and quite a few key contributors set to leave after this year. They basically need Mateer to be Mayfield 2.0 and then also stay for his final year of eligibility in 2026. There is no prospect of a turnaround given their recruiting and development under Venables. Nagy already seems like a complete disaster. We beat them in softball. They are in hell from here on out. 

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  3. 1 minute ago, Frank Drebin said:

    Do we have to do this shit every June?  I am not a blanket trust the coaches fan.  But I have noticed a pattern with this staff.  We get rolling in July through December and end up with a top 3 class.  We all freak out in June.  This staff has earned the benefit of the doubt.  Our roster is in the best shape it's ever been.

    This is the key point for me. After 3 years of elite recruiting + probably the best retention of any program (I can't recall losing one singular player off our roster that I cared about), there's not a single recruitment that feels make or break in June. Plus, if all of this is stemming from schools like A&M "creatively" deploying the House settlement... we're working with that same pot of money and there's no indication that anything has changed regarding our financial position at the top of the landscape. In all likelihood, we will add a top 5 class to a top 3 roster, minimum. Hell, we have a whole slew of blue chip defensive linemen on the verge of committing. 

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  4. 2 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

    She had to get control from her moron brother and work from there. I don’t have any gripes with her. Dr. Buss should’ve left the entire team solely to her. 

    She's been atrocious and gets a boost in perception because her brother was worse and the LA media (looking at you Ramona Shelburne) coddle her. The Lakers have been underfunded in all of the non-salary cap markets: assistant coach pay, strength and conditioning, player perks, personnel (the Lakers have one of the smallest data & analytics departments). On top of that, she involved Kurt and Linda Rambis and Phil Jackson in actual personnel decisions. Remember the Magic Johnson debacle? She ran the Lakers like it was a family-owned deli and stumbled ass backwards into Lebron, AD and now Luka through no fault of her own. Hopefully Pelinka goes next. 

  5. 4 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

    I think most Lakers fans knew this day would come. As Bruin noted I am glad she will stay on as the governor of the team. She’s always been the one most like her father. 

    Why would you be happy if she is staying with the team in any capacity? I guess for sentimentality reasons, I'm fine with her in a ceremonial role. She's been a very bad owner. 

  6. 9 minutes ago, Danimal said:

    Besides K/P, a successful football team must recruit and fill a minimum number of spots at every position every year. The portal, injuries, draft, and development can change roster projections so quickly. Any successful team needs a reliable pipeline of talent at every position that can withstand this variability.

    Coaches have ~3 years to evaluate and recruit enough quality players to bring in a minimum number of players at each position every year. There isn't a reason for a successful football team to say they can't find the right fit at a position. The players are there. 

    Correct. And the idea that we can just portal one in, while not wrong, is misguided. If we find ourselves in a position where a portal transfer is a critical need, that depletes our portal resources  to get a player at a non-premium position that doesn't have the benefit of multiple years in the program. On top of that, RB is probably the position with the highest risk of injury. We've relied on true freshman for high leverage snaps each of the last two seasons at the position, you need depth. 

  7. 10 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    Howell is really looking for anything at this point.  And who gives a shit about last year's DL when we landed Sharma, Charles, and Terry.

     

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    It's incredible how much he has to dig for a perceived win. Up 6-5 on head to head recruiting battles of in-state lineman since 2023 ya stupid sip. Our class rankings over those three years: #3, #5, #1. A&M's class rankings over those three years: #10, #16, #10. There is quite literally not even one position group that they've recruited better over that time period.  

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  8. 7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

    Slx’s dad passed away in Carefree, AZ way before NIL. Transferring is easy,  there are no more program guys and we have a coach who operates more like Jack Welch and Nick Saban trimming the fat than fucking Butterteeth.  And there is no way in hell that you can compare Brock Fitzhenry at a 5’8 170lbs from Hicksville Giddings to two well built 6’0” guys who run sub 11 100M from Pearland and Waxahachie.

    On top of that, we’ve signed legit blue chips in Wingo, Ffrench, Lockett and Mccutcheon in consecutive classes, so it’s not like the staff is going all in on “under the radar” guys. We’ll probably end up getting 1-2 of the highly rated players in this class, based on recent recruiting, and it’ll be a moot point. 

  9. 1 hour ago, statsman said:

    “The Rhule Model”. That is a strategy. For it to work you have to:

    1. Actually develop players. This means elite positional coaching, and not every program does that. 
    2. Be patient. Rhule recruited two and three stars with traits, and developed them into all B12 and even draft picks. That took a few years. The best of these won’t show for a couple of years. 
    3. Have a plan for line play in the SEC? In the B12 and ACC, OL and DL can be a little less massive, because they only go up against massive, elite counterparts in a few scattered games. Not so in the SEC. 
     
    Interesting strategy 

    And even if they absolutely nail the Rhule Model, they're not touching us at our current level of recruiting and developing. Maybe they can catch us in any given year for a game, but we're just separating as a program right now. 

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  10. 1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

     

    None of these people at a dinner with female athletes. It’ll be the prison visitation scene from Midnight Express multiplied by 30. 

    Helobius at dinner with the softball team would prompt a congressional investigation. 

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  11. 1 hour ago, BigHorn'13 said:

    Jaylon Ford, Byron Murphy (post Bo rant) Sweat say dafuq? 

    Agree on overall roster talent. 

     

    Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't think the 2021 version of Jaylan Ford would factor into our depth chart this year. 

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  12. 17 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    We are going to have so much versatility in the front 7 this year and be able to come from everywhere with pressure IMO.

    Vasek getting healthy would be huge for this. As it stands,  our EDGE/LB room consists of Simmons, Vasek, Burke, Trey Moore, Zina Ant Hill, Spence, Lefau and Tyanthony Smith. That's a tremendous amount of speed, size, coverage ability, pass rushing ability, run stopping... you can just envision so many different combinations of those players based on situation, without a real drop off in talent level. If you look at the same position groups from 2021 when Sark/PK got here, it's astonishing, Overshown is probably the only guy who even cracks the current two-deep. Just incredible roster building and development. 

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  13. 2 hours ago, Js1 said:

    Their run totals so far in the postseason: 6, 10, 9, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3

    6 against Brown, 10 and 9 against MSST, at home

    Haven't scored more than 4 after the regional round.  So yeah, I do think 3 is a winning number against Tech, with the way we are pitching and their offense. 4 would seem almost impossible for them to overcome

    Not that we've been hugely better, but 10, 16, 9, 4, 7, 6, 3, 4, 2

    Texas is averaging 3 runs per game, giving up .67, in OKC (2 shutouts, 0 ER given up)
    Tech is averaging 2.33 runs per game, giving up 1, in OKC (1 shut out, 3 ER given up) 

    It's going to be a very fun series, and very low-scoring. When it's about getting that extra run, I like our offense over theirs. Texas needs to utilize it's speed, as we did against OU to score early. 

    I like our bats against Canady. Just have a hard time seeing her going through Mia, Atwood, Mitchell, Stewart multiple times per game without getting dinged up. If Maloney/Henry can get on a handful of times we'll be in great shape. 

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  14. Appears Peyton Houston is the guy and Sark has gotten his top QB target every year since he got here. It's pretty damn impressive... when Arch goes in 2027, I could see any of the next three guys as high-quality starters (Sr. Owens, Junior Lacey or Soph. Bell). We'll see how it all goes with the transfer portal but these guys all seem to sign up knowing it might be a few years. 

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