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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 1, 2022 20:04:17 GMT -5
Flipping over to "This Is Spinal Tap" during commercials for a few quick laughs.
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 1, 2022 20:04:17 GMT -5
I coached three Portugals in basketball. The first could not dribble with his left hand and could not defend going to his right. I decided I needed his defense more than his offense and kept him on the left side of the court. The second Portugal cried when he didn't make the team and refused to take the position of manager, which was essentially the 16th man who practiced everyday with the team and traveled to all games. I then gave the position to the 17th player on my list, and he ended up playing the entire year after my point guard broke his ankle in the first game of the season. Portugal came to me after the game, expecting he would be on the team. He learned a hard lesson about humility and made the team outright the next year, apologizing for his immaturity the prior season. The third and youngest Portugal was a point guard, I would not allow to scrimmage until he could go to the goal with his left hand on the left side. He had learned from his brother's humility lesson two years prior. I had to change his mechanics by making him practice the correct footwork without a basketball for two days. I told him point guards who can only play on half the floor where not effective to running an offense. After two weeks of practicing solely on driving to the goal with his left hand on the left side, he had the prettiest left-handed layup you'd ever want to see. By mid-season, he actually preferred going to his left over his right. If you ever have any free time, you should get into youth basketball coaching again rizz! The kids would be lucky to have you! It's not the kids that kept me away, it's the parents. I once had a mother who asked if I was open to suggestions about our half-court offense. That depends, I told her. I drew a 1-2-1-1 press formation and asked her to show me the defensive rotations with the ball at six different spots on the floor. She admitted that she didn't know one of them. "Then, no," I answered. At the time we were leading the conference in scoring by ten points per game ahead of the nearest team. Another parent told me I couldn't coach my way out of a paper bag, and took his son to another school. At the end of the season, I was chosen to coach the all-star traveling teams. Guess whose son tried out for the teams? |
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Post by inger on Aug 1, 2022 20:05:07 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, I wonder how that bitchy little teenager with the snarl and permanent frown gets around? What is her name? On second thought, I really don’t give a 💩 what her name is. “How DARE I to say that!”… Yeah, Greta something. I assume she travels by wooden ship. “I’ll have YOU know that I walk wherever I go. I walked to the library with Karl1958 last week before we both walked to Tom Marino’s annual garbage collectors picnic. And YES that DOES mean I walked over the Atlantic Ocean. And I will do it again!”… |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 1, 2022 20:07:43 GMT -5
Time to take a private Jet and take it on 15 minute flights like Kylie Jenner.  I was just reading some article calling out the hypocrisy of celebrities who publicly rail about carbon emissions but constantly use private jets. At the top of the list was Taylor Swift, who through July was responsible for over 17,000 times the annual carbon output of the average American just through her jet alone. Personally I don't care, but at least get your own house in order if you're going to lecture the peasants. My brother was telling me my niece was complaining to him about his diesel truck that he uses to pull his 37 foot camper, admonishing him for his carbon footprint. Unfortunately, she had just returned from a conference in China and was leaving for another in Australia. My brother asked why she could not simply participate via zoom. Crickets. |
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Post by kaybli on Aug 1, 2022 20:08:23 GMT -5
If you ever have any free time, you should get into youth basketball coaching again rizz! The kids would be lucky to have you! It's not the kids that kept me away, it's the parents. I once had a mother who asked if I was open to suggestions about our half-court offense. That depends, I told her. I drew a 1-2-1-1 press formation and asked her to show me the defensive rotations with the ball at six different spots on the floor. She admitted that she didn't know one of them. "Then, no," I answered. At the time we were leading the conference in scoring by ten points per game ahead of the nearest team. Another parent told me I couldn't coach my way out of a paper bag, and took his son to another school. At the end of the season, I was chosen to coach the all-star traveling teams. Guess whose son tried out for the teams? lol, that's what I hear. Parents can be a nightmare. I don't blame you. |
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Post by inger on Aug 1, 2022 20:10:53 GMT -5
If you ever have any free time, you should get into youth basketball coaching again rizz! The kids would be lucky to have you! It's not the kids that kept me away, it's the parents. I once had a mother who asked if I was open to suggestions about our half-court offense. That depends, I told her. I drew a 1-2-1-1 press formation and asked her to show me the defensive rotations with the ball at six different spots on the floor. She admitted that she didn't know one of them. "Then, no," I answered. At the time we were leading the conference in scoring by ten points per game ahead of the nearest team. Another parent told me I couldn't coach my way out of a paper bag, and took his son to another school. At the end of the season, I was chosen to coach the all-star traveling teams. Guess whose son tried out for the teams? I found parents to be very abusive to umpires in little league… I was just a 16 year old at the time. One manager told me I had cost “him” 11 runs in a game. I lambasted him for referring to himself instead of caring about his team… He was a grown man in his thirties and was following me and screaming at me after the game as I went to my car…so I made sure I spent a few minutes with my nephew, who was on the other team… |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 1, 2022 20:14:17 GMT -5
Uncle Festa in the game for Seattle.
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 1, 2022 20:18:49 GMT -5
Anytime Judge doesn't hit a home run it feels like a letdown.
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Post by inger on Aug 1, 2022 20:21:34 GMT -5
Uncle Festa in the game for Seattle. 😂… |
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Post by kaybli on Aug 1, 2022 20:21:37 GMT -5
Anytime Judge doesn't hit a home run it feels like a letdown. Ain't that the truth. |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 1, 2022 20:22:09 GMT -5
Festa has pretty good breaking stuff.
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Post by inger on Aug 1, 2022 20:22:33 GMT -5
Boone bringing in Chapman to see if he can make this game a couple runs closer… 🤓🫤
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 1, 2022 20:23:36 GMT -5
Let's see how Chapman looks tonight.
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Post by kaybli on Aug 1, 2022 20:23:44 GMT -5
Chapman has been good his last 3 outings. Lets see if he can continue it.
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 1, 2022 20:25:36 GMT -5
Boone bringing in Chapman to see if he can make this game a couple runs closer… 🤓🫤 He hasn't allowed a run, hit, or walk his last three appearances. |
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