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Post by Elvado on Jan 4, 2024 4:47:03 GMT -5
It is a bit unrealistic to expect Cooley to undo 6 years (more actually) of decay in a year or even 3… Why? After this year, there will be no players recruited by Ewing on the roster. Roster turnover is only one component of fixing this mess. He also need turnaround the following: 1. Perception of program for recruits 2. Demoralized fan base 3. Alumni/donor disgust 4. Non-existent home court advantage And there are more.
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Post by Elvado on Jan 3, 2024 18:03:06 GMT -5
Nothing more inspiring than getting blown out at home with more than half the crowd cheering for the opponent.
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Post by Elvado on Jan 3, 2024 16:02:52 GMT -5
My son watched Sorber last night and was thoroughly impressed. Had 22 vs St Joe’s Prep on night when according to the Prep’s PA guy (Harry) he didn’t get a single call. Said he moves well and knows how to use his body to get position well.
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Post by Elvado on Jan 3, 2024 7:59:52 GMT -5
Doubling down are we? My anger, more disgust but why quibble, is with those who either missed, or ignored, her abject unfitness for the role. The most interesting part of any question is the why. We all know now she was unfit for the job. Kids are kicked out of schools all the time for much less. How did Harvard, the paragon of American academia miss so badly? Was there some compelling need to place this person at this time? That is the only fascinating piece of this for me. The rest is bad theater. As for this page of this board, I am simply tired of the echo chamber. How am I doubling down exactly? I said she should go. As far as this being an echo chamber, thank you for the hearty laugh at the incredible irony. This entire story has been drummed up and beaten to death by right wing media echo chambers, clearly by which you have been heavily influenced. Don’t take my word for it, take the Chris Rufo’s word: www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/02/claudine-gay-resignation-conservatives-00133568If you offered anything other than easily refuted opinions or false equivalencies, you could destroy this “echo chamber” easily. The fact that you, and the vast majority of Republicans, seem to care far more about the unfitness of the president of an institution with which you have no connection than the unfitness of the fraudulent, fascist, criminal Republican candidate for president is the truly unbelievable aspect of this story. Maybe this place is such an “echo chamber” because of the appalling dishonesty and moral and intellectual bankruptcy of your party. Thank you for highlighting this story and putting such a fine point on your party’s complete deficiencies. The next shiny culture war pinwheel will be along shortly to drum up your disgust and anger. Have you no interest in how she got hired? Really? Does that ask questions you don’t want answered?
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Post by Elvado on Jan 3, 2024 7:52:31 GMT -5
It is a bit unrealistic to expect Cooley to undo 6 years (more actually) of decay in a year or even 3…
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Post by Elvado on Jan 3, 2024 7:11:58 GMT -5
So nice to see her play “victim” one say out the door… There is no doubt she should be gone, and her character should be called into question. But I do find it interesting that the most you’ve participated on this board in months is in your seeming anger toward a black woman in a position of power. Maybe she isn’t totally off base? Doubling down are we? My anger, more disgust but why quibble, is with those who either missed, or ignored, her abject unfitness for the role. The most interesting part of any question is the why. We all know now she was unfit for the job. Kids are kicked out of schools all the time for much less. How did Harvard, the paragon of American academia miss so badly? Was there some compelling need to place this person at this time? That is the only fascinating piece of this for me. The rest is bad theater. As for this page of this board, I am simply tired of the echo chamber.
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Post by Elvado on Jan 3, 2024 4:46:21 GMT -5
So nice to see her play “victim” one say out the door…
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Post by Elvado on Jan 2, 2024 20:13:32 GMT -5
Check please.
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Post by Elvado on Jan 2, 2024 16:08:30 GMT -5
So shouldn’t the search committee be next? She is a disgrace; they hired her either via incompetence or worse…
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Post by Elvado on Jan 2, 2024 13:25:14 GMT -5
Sad chapter but the right outcome.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 31, 2023 16:47:32 GMT -5
When Bama got left out last year for clearly inferior TCU, they did not bitch, complain, cry, sue or skip the game.
They showed up; every single one of them including the Number 1 pick in the draft.
Character counts; FSU showed none.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 30, 2023 18:06:04 GMT -5
Speaking of the destruction of the ACC, can we all apologize to the Committee now?
What a giant stinker being laid by F ailed to S how U p
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Post by Elvado on Dec 30, 2023 15:08:46 GMT -5
Sad news.
Always seemed to be a nice man who had some huge shoes to fill.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 25, 2023 6:21:10 GMT -5
Harry and his sister had the front seat on Splash Mountain. Somehow only I got soaked. The grin on his face was truly priceless. Should come as no surprise to me that this little boy is fearless. Merry Christmas to all. It is impossible to believe that this was 12 years ago. While some of the days were interminable, the years went by ina blink. Thanks to everyone out here for the love, kindness and support of my son and our family. With his acceptance to GU last week, it seems like a circle has been closed. Merry Hoya Christmas!!!
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Post by Elvado on Dec 23, 2023 14:58:37 GMT -5
Is "y'all's" an actual word or simply an affection? Almost definitely not a word. Affection is probably a better way to describe it, affliction may also work You probably mean “affectation” but why quibble?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2023 16:14:55 GMT -5
It is amazing how Claudine Gay's plagiarism and congressional testimony problems have thrown Harvard into turmoil. In the last four weeks she has taken what was built up over 400 years of the Roosevelts, the two Adams, Robert Oppenheimer, T.S. Eliot, John Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Ralph Bunche, Helen Keller, Felix Frankfurter, etc., etc., etc., and put the entire enterprise into reputational peril. Here's the problem: if Summers, Faust, or Bacow were guilty of plagarism, the mortal sin of academia, they would have resigned before they were shown the door. This really asks the hard question of who vetted her in the hiring process. If the plagiarism is actual, she is a disgrace. That she lacks the fiber to resign makes it worse. If it was not picked up on throughout her career someone was asleep at the switch. If it was picked up on and buried it is even worse.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2023 7:18:52 GMT -5
Don't think you need all 50 states plus DC to ensure Mango can't win. If he is barred in enough states (there are currently numerous cases about this in a variety of states), he would not have the possibility of winning the election as he could not get to 270 votes in the electoral college even if he won all of the states that did not disqualify him. Good point but belts and suspenders are sometimes a worthy insurance policy.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2023 4:58:39 GMT -5
SCOTUS, here it comes. Will Grifter Thomas recuse himself? The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday said Donald Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the presidency under the Constitution. www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-colorado-14th-amendment-ruling-rcna128710In a historic decision Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court barred Donald Trump from running in the state’s presidential primary after determining that he had engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. The 4-3 ruling marked the first time a court has kept a presidential candidate off the ballot under an 1868 provision of the Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office. The ruling comes as courts consider similar cases in other states. Keeping up with politics is easy with The 5-Minute Fix Newsletter, in your inbox weekdays. If other states reach the same conclusion, Trump would have a difficult — if not impossible — time securing the Republican nomination and winning in November. The decision is certain to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it will be up to the justices to decide whether to take the case. Scholars have said only the nation’s high court can settle for all states whether the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol constituted an insurrection and whether Trump is banned from running. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/19/trump-off-colorado-ballot/Only 49 to go (plus DC).
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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 21:21:19 GMT -5
And the answer is because one was a devoted liberal and one was first. More likely because RBG was still on the bench and very involved in the issues of our time and was a very notable public figure til the end while O’Connor had been retired for almost 20 years and not in the public eye at all. Would that also explain the fawning hero worship ?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 19:18:55 GMT -5
An absolute clinic on how to fall out of a game.
Bad shots; turnovers, sleepy defense — the whole package
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