Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Orangeburst]

Happy Fathers Day

 

[Devo182]

Apparently Shaq ("Diesel") put on quite the performance last night at Bonnaroo till 3:30 in the am. Unfortunately I fell asleep before even MMJ came on.

Hoping I can find video...would love to see the big man DJing

Shaq spent most of his time on stage playfully threatening the audience — “I’m coming out there!” — and encouraging chaos.

“I don’t see no mosh pits in the back,” he said at one point.

He frequently asked if anyone wanted to join him onstage, which at first seemed like offhand banter, but people began to trickle onstage greeting the self-proclaimed "world's biggest DJ."

The crowd ate it up, following every demand and singing along whey they heard samples from Cardi B’s "Bodak Yellow," Nirvana’s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and even The White Stripes’ "Seven Nation Army."

As his set drew to a close around 3:30 a.m., Shaq told the crowd to shine cell phone lights before making good on his frequent warning of the night — "don't make me come down there" — by joining the front row

 

[drvenner]

So, losing the first game is good? It was part of the coaching staff's plan, like at USM?

I am sure Voltello was saving him for Stanford. Come on, now. He threw who he thought would give him the best chance to win.

 

[Ace]

This is not good news but is so fitting and not unexpected. Hope it doesn't end his career because he is a gem.

I believe he was planning to retire after this year

 

[Devo182]

There IS one I love, as a matter of fact. Check out Colorado Sake Company on weekends for local and national touring comedians in a cool, outdoor, urban lounge setting (OK... they fancied up their alley)

Sounds perfect.

Reminds me of my old go-to bar here called Ben's Tune-Up. Basically a hollowed out old car garage that basically feels outdoors. Brew their own sake...sake flights...blueberry sake...orange creamsicle sake. And japanese food.

Btw Odesza looked awesome last night. Ended up getting last minute tix to see Pixies + Franz Ferdinand + Bully here, then came home to some great live feeds. Just wish I had made it till MMJ

 

[bignewt]

Woke up excited to watch us...we don't even play today?! What the crap?

And yet we play at 2 pm on a Monday?? Smdh so much for watching us in the WS. We either play late on a saturday, when people are busy going out, or mid workday. Terrible.

/rant

Between the schedulers and the home plate umps we never had a chance.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Felis Dia del Padres, amigos. Se un papa bueno para tus ninos, por favor.

 

[Devo182]

Between the schedulers and the home plate umps we never had a chance.

Saw some posts on FB about the umps...sounds like it was pretty bad

 

[Orange_Crush]

I still don’t get why we’re paying Tony V so much when we have so many better coaches on VolNation

Should just give the players in-game access to our game threads so they can collectively know what to do.

 

[UTProf]

They're gonna lie straight to our faces and tell us marijuana isn't a peformance enhancer?!?


The 100 meter record will never be broken now!

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Needs to be done nationwide and dropped from employment screens too. Too many states have ok'd it. The Olympics needs to follow suit. It's not an enhancer unless competitive munchies becomes a thing.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[UpstateVol613]

Best one I have seen.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Needs to be done nationwide and dropped from employment screens too. Too many states have ok'd it. The Olympics needs to follow suit. It's not an enhancer unless competitive munchies becomes a thing.

I disagree about dropping from employment screens. Drug use is not a protected class and companies should have the right to their own requirements. Hell, many companies are requiring nicotine tests for employment, as they will not hire smokers.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Scrolling
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…Liberty

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Between the schedulers and the home plate umps we never had a chance.

To be fair it is a pretty crap schedule. But I'll give the AA credit they've figured out how to maximize revenue with it.

 

[Devo182]

I disagree about dropping from employment screens. Drug use is not a protected class and companies should have the right to their own requirements. Hell, many companies are requiring nicotine tests for employment, as they will not hire smokers.

For insurance purposes? Would be a good business case for obesity and alcohol too. But that's just my guess - surely they don't think on-the-job use would harm work? Or maybe they find smokers are just constantly wasting time on the job...aka "smoke breaks"?


The issue for me is the hypocrisy. Institute screenings for those that have drank alcohol in the last 30 days and we'll see how serious people are about their moral high grounds around different substances. Otherwise I see no difference.

 

[Devo182]

Scrolling
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Liberate Bigfoot's pot!

 

[jakez4ut]

Woke up excited to watch us...we don't even play today?! What the crap?

And yet we play at 2 pm on a Monday?? Smdh so much for watching us in the WS. We either play late on a saturday, when people are busy going out, or mid workday. Terrible.

/rant

I'll be 'working from home'.

 

[Orange_Crush]

For insurance purposes? Would be a good business case for obesity and alcohol too. But that's just my guess - surely they don't think on-the-job use would harm work? Or maybe they find smokers are just constantly wasting time on the job...aka "smoke breaks"?


The issue for me is the hypocrisy. Institute screenings for those that have drank alcohol in the last 30 days and we'll see how serious people are about their moral high grounds around different substances. Otherwise I see no difference.

That's the beautiful thing about rights, they're most powerful when someone else's don't go through your or my "I see" statements. "I see" it that in most cases, companies should have the right to their hiring demands, and the market will generally respond. If refusing to hire cigarette smokers puts them at a disadvantage to their competitors, there you go. If refusing people who imbibe in alcohol puts them at a disadvantage, there you go.

A potential difference between alcohol and pot is the ability to test for it in real time. I'd say most companies have a policy against imbibing on the job. They can test for that in real time. Can't do that with MJ, opiates, etc.

So, even legal opiates are tested for. If you're popped for legal opiates, you have to show a prescription or there's problems.

Not sure it's such a hypocrisy as much as a different way you have to treat each substance due to their testability. (And legality.)

But yah, I've worked in plants with truck loaders, truck drivers, crane operators... They tested you for everything for safety reasons, and if you fail, you're done. No questions. I've worked for insurance companies where they are also your health insurance provider, and they created policies that refuse to hire smokers.

 

[bignewt]

Saw some posts on FB about the umps...sounds like it was pretty bad

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It wasn't. If you actually watch baseball, pitchers who show control get questionable calls. Hell Maddox got to the hall of fame because of it. But fans gotta blame refs whenever we don't succeed because ignorance.

 

[UTProf]

I disagree about dropping from employment screens. Drug use is not a protected class and companies should have the right to their own requirements. Hell, many companies are requiring nicotine tests for employment, as they will not hire smokers.

It's invasive and disproportionately applies to lower and working class jobs. Further, often there's zero reason for them. Why should we stick with something that started in the 90s and has only made the testers wealthy while doing very little for anyone else? Americans claim to be about freedom but we allow a ridiculous invasion of privacy to happen as a term of employment when it has nothing to do with the actual work without protest.

 

[Orange_Crush]

It's invasive and disproportionately applies to lower and working class jobs. Further, often there's zero reason for them. Why should we stick with something that started in the 90s and has only made the testers wealthy while doing very little for anyone else? Americans claim to be about freedom but we allow a ridiculous invasion of privacy to happen as a term of employment when it has nothing to do with the actual work without protest.

So, companies are bursting into random people's homes and stealing their body fluids to test? Or people are willingly entering into a process that tells them beforehand what will happen?

We disagree in the definition of "invasion".

And I hate to tell you this, but there are a lot of things that disproportionally affect poor and working class.

Why should we stick with them? Not ending the rights of one group to create artificial rights for another. Poor people do not have the RIGHT to demand someone hire them or give them money.

 

[UTProf]

So, companies are bursting into random people's homes and stealing their body fluids to test? Or people are willingly entering into a process that tells them beforehand what will happen?

We disagree in the definition of "invasion".

And I hate to tell you this, but there are a lot of things that disproportionally affect poor and working class.

Why should we stick with them? Not ending the rights of one group to create artificial rights for another. Poor people do not have the RIGHT to demand someone hire them or give them money.

Ok. I've seen enough.

 

[Vols4us]

I am sure Voltello was saving him for Stanford. Come on, now. He threw who he thought would give him the best chance to win.

Agree, he did think that. They also had Lindsey on a short leash, which I admire them doing. Kept them in the game by quick hooks.

I just dont coach worship anymore. TV, Heup, Rick are all high quality. Glad to have them and hope each win at least one NC. But it is OK with me for anybody to acknowledge they mess up just like we do at times. My hope has been that our guys win at least one game. I have no delusions they will win it all. Too many weak links IMO.

Lindsey is a sinkerball pitcher. His slider is a small breaker that is flat and has a mediocre changeup. JMO - he was getting hit hard in the previous start because he was inexperienced in games of that magnitude. He was overthrowing in that one and this one - look at the balls/strikes of his pitchcount. That's nerves and adrenaline pumping. His fastball was 94-96 and he was not throwing strikes and locating, which he has to do to be successful. It's not going to sink at that speed, it flattens out. He does his best work at 90-93. LSU is a strong hitting team against power pitching. It was predictable to me that he may not do well due to the situation and his inexperience in them based on his last performance and being out of baseball the season before.

Halvorson is also a power pitcher and why he had more trouble as well. His pitches are flatter due to the velocity. USM is not near the hitting team of LSU and it showed.

It was a match-up issue. Dollander is a highball pitcher with more velocity, movement and big game moments from the season before. Beam's pitching was stellar in his last outing. He commanded all of his pitches, located great and the ball was moving. Both were better match-ups against LSU in my and other minds.

But the only opinion that mattered was TV's. I share the sentiment that it would be a huge disservice to one of the most important players on the team by far to not have the opportunity to pitch in the CWS. I hope it works out for him and us that he does not have to experience that disappointment.

 

[hooperj75]

I was at the game last night surrounded by LSU fans. I thought Florida and Bama fans were bad but these guys were awful. 2 of their fans almost fought each other and were kicked out by security. I’m hoping we outnumber the Stanford fans on Monday. It was easily 4:1 LSU last night.