RIPPA Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Just three QBs hooting and hollering during the game winning drive 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Never knew Martian Manhunter was a Birds fan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Tua has been put on the IR. He'll miss at least 4 games (probably closer to 6) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Watching that Jerry Burns uncensored press conference again - for at least the sixth time over the years - I was struck by how Jerry comes across angry yet answers every press question in a respectful (if profane) way. He criticizes the players yet defends them. The whole thing is glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 10 hours ago, Tabe said: Watching that Jerry Burns uncensored press conference again - for at least the sixth time over the years - I was struck by how Jerry comes across angry yet answers every press question in a respectful (if profane) way. He criticizes the players yet defends them. The whole thing is glorious. I was trying to explain to my coworker, who played basketball, the reason why so many football players love their asshole coach, and this is pretty much it. My high school football coach is one of the surliest people of all time, but at the same time would give you every second of his free time to you asked him a question, or wanted some kind of help with anything. I went to high school in Virginia, and as you can probably imagine 2-a-day practices in late July/early August sucked. We were having an issue with players cramping up, and the next day were were talking in the locker room before practice and he called every player on the team to make sure we were drinking enough water. At the time, we had the largest student body in the history of the state. He had a no-cut policy. There were probably 100-150 players between Freshman, JV, and Varsity. These weren't long conversations, but still that probably took 3+ hours out of his day on a day where he already spent 6 hours or so running practice and keeping track of a bunch of other people's rowdy teenage kids. He also challenged us to design our own plays and challenge him to design defenses to defend your idea. If we designed something great, he'd add it to the playbook and give us credit for it. I know for a fact that he had players dropping plays off in this class between every period. It was just adding work to his already busy ass day to keep us engaged. So, when he yelled at us for dropping a pass, or missing a block, we already had a foundation of knowing that this dude is absolutely committed to making us better. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 How can you not love this guy? I thank the Old Gods and the New that the idiot Panthers thought that Bryce would be better ... based on what I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 12 hours ago, supremebve said: I was trying to explain to my coworker, who played basketball, the reason why so many football players love their asshole coach, and this is pretty much it. My high school football coach is one of the surliest people of all time, but at the same time would give you every second of his free time to you asked him a question, or wanted some kind of help with anything. I went to high school in Virginia, and as you can probably imagine 2-a-day practices in late July/early August sucked. We were having an issue with players cramping up, and the next day were were talking in the locker room before practice and he called every player on the team to make sure we were drinking enough water. At the time, we had the largest student body in the history of the state. He had a no-cut policy. There were probably 100-150 players between Freshman, JV, and Varsity. These weren't long conversations, but still that probably took 3+ hours out of his day on a day where he already spent 6 hours or so running practice and keeping track of a bunch of other people's rowdy teenage kids. He also challenged us to design our own plays and challenge him to design defenses to defend your idea. If we designed something great, he'd add it to the playbook and give us credit for it. I know for a fact that he had players dropping plays off in this class between every period. It was just adding work to his already busy ass day to keep us engaged. So, when he yelled at us for dropping a pass, or missing a block, we already had a foundation of knowing that this dude is absolutely committed to making us better. We had an assistant coach/defensive coordinator in high school that was just the most straight up misanthrope to everyone except his players, but would do damn near anything for us. He passed away a few months after we won the only football conference title in school history my junior year and I still miss that curmudgeon. And our head coach (well, my junior year, unfortunately he took a different job before my senior year) was a lot more personable and likable and able to handle the parents and the rest of the town and all that, but he was also one of those coaches that just knows exactly what and how to give a speech that turns a group of 17 year olds into a focused unit ready to run through as many brick walls as you can find. Probably why he just won his second State title last year. (Might well have been his third if they hadn't had to forfeit a semi-final game due to COVID in 2020.) Oddly my other varsity head coach also won a state title somewhere else though God only knows how since he was terrible. Took a senior class that had just two games total from 8th through 11th grade and somehow only got us to 6-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 No suspension! Now are the Vikings and Darnold for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Rodgers is having the home opener last year's should've been. Almost giving me some hope for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tabe Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 4 hours ago, Pete said: Rodgers is having the home opener last year's should've been. Almost giving me some hope for the season. He looked very sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 It is also clear he and Robert Saleh loathe each other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Travis Sheldon Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 7 hours ago, RIPPA said: It is also clear he and Robert Saleh loathe each other Rodgers heard a story, when he was in the Philippines on a sabbatical, about a man with no eyebrows. He's been wary ever since. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 10 hours ago, RIPPA said: It is also clear he and Robert Saleh loathe each other No, no, see Rodgers just wasn't expecting a hug from Saleh. There was totally no animosity behind him shoving his coach away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 (edited) 20 hours ago, RIPPA said: It is also clear he and Robert Saleh loathe each other How is this different from the relationship between Aaron Rodgers and pretty much every human being on the planet not named Allen Lazard? Edited September 21 by DangerMark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 17 hours ago, DangerMark said: How is this different from the relationship between Aaron Rodgers and pretty much every human being on the planet not named Allen Lazard? Randall Cobb and Allen Lazard have to be the coolest, most down-to-earth people on the planet because the man who seems to hate everybody absolutely loves them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Or, they're totally cracked and I don't want to know if it's the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 RIP Mercury Morris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Never change, Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 Video games it is for me today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Yeah I think it is safe to say that the under for the Steelers vs Chargers was the easiest bet to make this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 The trend of everyone everywhere getting hurt continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Death, Taxes, Jalen Hurts killing a drive throwing a pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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