Brian Fowler
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Two weeks ago, Kent State put head coach Kennin Burns on administrative leave while investigating him for an undisclosed reason.
Whatever that reason was must not be good, because they just fired him and named the OC interim coach for the upcoming season.
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2 hours ago, southofheavy said:
He should demand a trade to the Pistons.
WE'LL BRING BACK THE HORSE JERSEYS PERMANENTLY, JUST SAYIN'Oh God, can you imagine three of the Pistons shooters surrounding him and Cade on the PnR?
Or him having Ausar Thompson playing the Aaron Gordon super athlete who cuts to the rim role with him? Not to mention the chaos he unleashes on defense.
(What's most amazing is Thompson is probably legitimately in the top five percent of most athletic players in NBA history... And is the second best athlete his mother gave birth to on Jan 30, 2003. If the two of them were ever teammates at this level, I cannot imagine how much they could fuck up an entire opposing offense.)
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1 hour ago, Contentious C said:
Chuck: "Who's in more trouble, my Sixers or my Suns?"
Ernie: "Yes."
I think the Suns if only because they owe Bradley Beal another 110 million with a no trade clause.
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4 minutes ago, supremebve said:
Their core is the best player in the world, and two dudes who are never going to make an all-star team who are massive injury risks. Aaron Gordon is the perfect player to play next to Jokic, but after that, the cupboard is pretty bare. They are the best team that has no chance to win the championship and it's because this roster is super shallow. The issue they have with Westbrook is that they need Westbrook's versatility to fill out the holes in the roster. He's kind of their entire bench and with Murray out, he's their primary ball handler and secondary scorer. The coach and GM bickering about it wasn't helping
Jokic has still never played with a teammate who in that season made an all-star team, all-defensive team, or received a single vote for even All-NBA third team.
The fact that he has a ring is jaw dropping.
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5 minutes ago, Contentious C said:
And yet, deterministically, only 3% of the league is going to hoist hardware, and every idiot under the sun seems to think constantly blowing it up will get you there, when it has gotten NBA teams there...(checks list)...a total of never times.
There's definitely a time and place to blow a team up, but the NBA is full of teams that either refuse to tear it down for years when they obviously should, or blow up teams that probably just need tweaked, or get impatient with a slow and steady build and mortgage their future on an aging star.
But enough about the Phoenix Suns.
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Firing one or both of them because of that conflict makes sense.
But damn that timing is weird.
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39 minutes ago, tbarrie said:
On the other hand, Bischoff revealing that Foley was winning the world title on Raw supposedly led to Nitro taking its first ratings loss in, like, a year or something. So I'd say there's some evidence of Foley being a draw himself, albeit not on the level of Rock or Austin.
It led to a lot of people switching the channel, but Nitro hadn't won a head to head since October of 98 when they had to air Page/Goldberg because of the Halloween Havoc fuck up, and that was the only time they had won since sometime in the summer. WWF was fully in control of the war by then.
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13 hours ago, J.H. said:
Daredevil - I remember seeing this in theaters back in the day. I remember liking it!just fine. Not great, not bad just right there in the middle of all cinema. My rewatch experience is not as kind.
Let me get this out of the way, without Michael Clark Duncan this movie is barely palatable. I'll even go as far to say that MCD earns a spot in Cinema Sainthood for how he carries this movie on his back, like Christ lugging the cross through the streets of Jerusalem!
On the flipside, I like Joe Pantaliano just fine but he is literally the last guy I'd pick to play Ben Urich. Even worse, Jennifer Garner. Yeah, that's my thought on that.
Me seeing Daredevil in my 30s is one thing. Me seeing Daredevil in my 50s is a tortuous affair. Christ, the Director's Cut doesn't help matters. Yeah, I watched both the theatrically cut AND the director's cut. The DC really doesn't do much to make this better.
In summation, I'd rather go blind than watch Daredevil again!
James
Out of curiosity, did you watch the theatrical or director's cut? Because the DC is a massive improvement.
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17 hours ago, Brian Fowler said:
In less terrifying news, Lakers were up one fairly late when Luka got ejected. Thunder closed the game on a 28-11 run to get a comfortable win.
The funny part: according to both Luka and the fan in question, the insult Luka yelled that got him kicked out was at a heckler, but the ref thought it was directed at him, so he tossed Luka.
The league has now rescinded the tech that got him kicked. Which saves him a tiny amount of pocket change (relative to his salary) but does fuck all for the Lakers who had a real chance to win that game in a tough seeding race.
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6 hours ago, supremebve said:I have to say, most of these are either totally justified or the team changed enough that the coach was as ready to leave as the team was ready for him to leave. Ty Lue had no reason to stick around in Cleveland without LeBron. Nick Nurse has no reason to be in Toronto without Kawhi. Frank Vogel was a fall guy.
Budenholzer should have been fired at the championship parade. I said this at the time. Budenholzer is Marty Schottenheimer with a ring. He's the exact kind of coach you want on your way up, but not who you want at the top. He went on record saying that he never makes adjustments, it's up to his players to execute what they've been taught. If that's the case, why do they need you? You taught them what they needed to know, and aren't going to change anything. How about they let the players do that, and hire a coach who can adapt to changing situation.
Someone is going to have to explain to me what Michael Malone did to make the Nuggets great, other than having the best player in the world. If you look at the on/off numbers, it's pretty clear that the team's success is because when Jokic is on the court they're an all-time great team, but when he's not they're pretty much the worst team in the league. Calvin Booth has been doing GM malpractice the last few years. The league is as talented as it has ever been, but you are depending on Jamal Murray's paper mache knees and Michael Porter Jr.'s balsa wood back. At a certain point, you have to ask if this team is moving in the right direction with the current leadership. It's weird that they do it now, but if they were going to do it any way, why wait?
I don't disagree that those moves might've mostly made sense, but it's still a really weird situation how many title winning coaches have been fired in less than a decade.
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On 4/7/2025 at 6:08 PM, DragonZombie said:
Some people and fans hate issues no.1 restarts, but that renumbering and starting over was already being done in the 80s and 90s. With Wonder Woman and The Flash and few more for DC. Marvel did the Heroes Reborn and Heroes Return relaunches in the 90s. The Amazing Spider-man was also relaunched with no 1 in the late 90s.
I'm not particularly bothered by new number ones, I get that it usually helps boost sales, etc.
But I do think there's a difference between doing a new number one as part of a significantly hard reset of a character (Wally replacing Barry*, Heroes Reborn) and doing a new number one every time a new writer takes over or what have you. It doesn't bother me, but I get why it might other people.
*Also, to be fair, The Flash was cancelled out right. There was something like twenty months between The Flash #350 and The Flash v 2 #1.
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In less terrifying news, Lakers were up one fairly late when Luka got ejected. Thunder closed the game on a 28-11 run to get a comfortable win.
The funny part: according to both Luka and the fan in question, the insult Luka yelled that got him kicked out was at a heckler, but the ref thought it was directed at him, so he tossed Luka.
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4 hours ago, blitzkrieg said:
Scary fall for Jaylen Wells in Charlotte. People really need to stop trying to contest layups/dunks when they have zero chance of actually blocking the shot. Also the first NBA game I've ever witnessed where they had to wait to resume the game because the player had to be taken to the hospital, so they have to wait for a replacement ambulance to come.
Broken wrist, but it appears he's otherwise okay, at least from initial tests. Conscience and coherent, with full movement in his extremities.
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BTW, of the last seven coaches to win an NBA championship, only Steve Kerr and Joe Mazzula are still with the team.
Ty Lue, Nick Nurse, Frank Vogel, Mike Budenholzer, and now Michael Malone.
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Kinda a shame them not getting a final shot, but every high school and lower coach in the country should be salivating about how they can now prove to their players how important closing out on shooters is.
So Houston remains probably the most accomplished program in the country without a national title.
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7 minutes ago, Tabe said:
I haven't watched either of the two movies you mentioned, no.
I seem to recall them saying something in the 3rd movie that they were in high school. IMDB says they're in high school, Wikipedia says college. Whatever, LOL.
I definitely recommend them both. I love Cruel Intentions, but turning it a (then) modern teen movie causes problems that are not in more faithful adaptations. Dangerous Liaisons is directly based on a Christopher Hampton written stage adatation of the novel, and it has Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfieffer, Uma Thurmond, and a deeply miscast Keanu Reeves in the major character roles, while Valmont is a bit looser take, directly from the novel, and has Annette Benning, Colin Firth, Meg Tilly, an absolutely fantastic Fairuze Balk, and Henry Thomas (yes, the E.T. kid) in the same roles. It was kinda a Deep Impact/Armageddon situation with both having been in production at the same time.
There are also a few versions from France, and both North Korean (Untold Scandal) and Chinese (also called Dangerous Liaisons) versions.
(Um, is it obvious that Les Liaisons dangereuses is one of my favorite books ever?)
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6 minutes ago, Tabe said:
Couple more movies:
Cruel Intentions 2 - Amy Adams, in one of her earliest roles, is Kathryn in this prequel for the first movie. Some dude I don't remember is Sebastian. This takes place 2 years before the first movie. Adams, who was 25 or 26 when this was filmed, is supposedly a high school sophomore. If the first movie has aged poorly in some ways, this one has aged even worse. There's Adams tormenting a principal she previously seduced and a whole host of other stuff. The movie itself is a mess with multiple scenes and lines that are lifted directly from the first movie. We get actual nudity for the first time as a pair of twin sisters join Sebastian for a shower. It's OK, though, they make sure to tell us they're seniors. None of what's happening makes much sense and it's mixed with weird sitcom-type bits (like Adams going face first into convenient wet mud). It's filmed on a budget of apparently 79 cents and looks like poop as a result. I guess it was supposed to be a TV show but got cut into a movie or something? I dunno. Adams tries but this movie sucks. 2/10.
Cruel Intentions 3 - Now we're on the west coast with a couple new characters who are sort of related to the characters from the first two movies. We're back to higher production values, a slightly more coherent plot, and overall better movie. We're still in a world of nonsense, though, as these "high school kids" spend all their free time hanging out by the gigantic school outdoor pool while drinking alcohol. Or going to clubs or wherever and drinking. And, hey, let's throw in some rape. This one is better but only by comparison. Neither #2 or #3 is anywhere close to the first movie. 3/10. No, I won't be watching the TV show.
So the second movie was originally the pilot for a TV show that didn't get picked up (in part because multiple UPN affiliates said they wouldn't air it because it was too edgy.) So they filmed a conclusion and the added nudity (there was nudity in a deleted scene in the first movie FWIW.)
Have you watched either of the two major more faithful English language adaptations of the novel? Dangerous Liaisons and Valmont both have a lot of strengths and some weaknesses and are worth your time.
Edited to add that I'm pretty sure in 3 they are supposed to be college kids, not high schoolers. Not that it makes it much better, but still...
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TIL there is a remake of The Champ. Huh, had no idea. The original from 1931 has a great child performance from Jackie Cooper, who of course grew up to be Perry White in Superman.
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Huh, and here all the sports websites were telling me just to accept that Duke is going to win the Natty.
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So Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony will both technically be getting inducted twice in one night, with the 2008 Redeem Team also going in.
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Anyway, Pistons are officially back in the playoffs.
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FWIW, Trainwreck was fairly funny. Cena is also in it, and is quite good. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but not a bad film at all. It's too long, but so are, like, all movies these days.
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Carmelo is now also the third player from the 2003 draft to be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile, the guy picked first overall that year is not only still in the NBA, but he's averaging 35 minutes a night and putting up a 25/8/8.
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I think the biggest problem with it as a modernized teen movie version of Les liaisons dangereuses is Cecilie. In the novel, she's a naive fifteen year old who literally has been sheltered in a convent until just before the story starts, who is manipulated and abused by full grown adults with years of experience. When you somewhat level the playing field by making them all teens, she becomes unbelievably stupid.
Still, I love the movie. It's the one that introduced me to the story and it's one of my favorite novels ever, and the basis of several very good movies (and an absolutely horrendously bad recent adaptation.)
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Aaaannnndddd I just realized your son is now older than I was when I first started posting here.
Your wrestling HOT TAKES
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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Another FWIW, but the belt Cody has arguably contains not only the WWWF/WWF/WWE lineage, but also the lineage of the WCW world title, WCW international World Title, the WWWF/WWF/WWE Intercontinental title up through 2002, the WWF European championship, the WWF/WWE Hardcore title, the World/World Heavyweight title WWE promoted from 2002 through 2013, and the WWE Universal title, and quite likely another championship or two I've forgotten.