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wvParticipantJanuary 16, 2020 at 4:01 pm in reply to: Hammond: Insight into new Rams DC Staley … & more articles post-hire #110498wvParticipantHammond — good stuff as per usual.
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vwvParticipantSo do we call letting Saffold go “a mistake” or do we call it, just an inevitable consequence of having a cap, etc. Is it something they should have forseen or is it a case of everything-is-easy-in-hindsight.
I dunno. He had plenty of injuries/surgeries over the years. I can see how the Rams might not want to bet on him and give him a long contract. On the other hand he was such a solid and powerful player when he was healthy. I dunno. Turned out bad though. At least for one year.
Football is tricky. They bet on Gurley. Bit them in the butt. They didnt bet on Saffold. Bit them in the butt.
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vwvParticipantTwo things i hear on the street in WV almost every single day:
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1. Bernie appeals to, and enables people who “want everything for FREE.’
2 “Socialism Has Never Worked Anywhere.”
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantESPN, Barnwell
…Let’s take them one at a time. No, there’s not a good argument for kicking a field goal up 21-0 on fourth-and-1 from the 13-yard line. .
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I think thats absurd. Its perfectly reasonable to take the three sure points in that situation and go up 24 to Zip. I’ve seen coaches make that same call a million times and it almost always pays off.
I dunno what happened to the Texans but that play wasn’t the problem.
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vwvParticipantLafleur has brought out the best in Rogers this year, I’d say.
I thought he made some brilliant plays against Seattle. Darts. Zingers. On the move. But they weren’t reckless or deep downfield. I think Lafleur found a nice balance between letting Rogers be Rogers, and reigning him in just a bit.
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vwvParticipantThis story has DNC fingerprints all over it. After trying to “ghost” Sanders for six months, and getting called on it, the media now has to switch to Full Attack mode on Sanders. The easiest and most effective thing to do is to get Sanders and Warren supporters to start hating each other, and destroy both candidacies.
I am disappointed in Warren’s response. This is going to come up in the debate, and she better have a good response.
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No way Bernie would say those things. Its just not him. Its yer basic smear.
The smear stuff worked against Corbyn. We’ll see if it works against Bernie.
Culture of Lies, zooey.
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vwvParticipantWhy do you insist on bringing good news
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vwvParticipantWorth watching the last few minutes of that.
Phil asks Bernie if he would support a Capitalism that wasn’t dominated by corporations and instead prioritized small bizness. I often think about that myself. Could there be a kinder-gentler-capitalism?Sure There could. I guess. Why not.
Aint gonna happen, though.
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wvParticipantNot a tweet but jus somethin i saw — Jimmy Johnson gets into the NFL Hall of Fame. But he’s not in the Dallas Cowboy Ring of Honor.
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vwvParticipantIn a weird way, this may have been one of his best coaching years.
in a way, yes. but in a way it also exposed some of his weaknesses. mainly his inability or unwillingness to adapt to what was going on with the team.
i think it may have cost them at least one game. then again the way they kept that oline together was impressive. it was decimated by injuries. right now i’m thinking mcvay learns from this season and gets better. i think hiring an offensive coordinator is a sign that he has. hopefully, he’s a guy who will challenge mcvay.
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Well its hard to ‘adapt’ when yer Oline is a big fat mess. I’m not sure what Belichex could have done.
And McVay had a similar problem.
The Rams were never the same when they had to move on without a Healthy Faulk. Never as good. All these years, and they’ve never been as good as when they had a healthy Faulk. Martz wasnt Martz without a healthy Faulk. Not sayin Martz was ‘bad’ after Faulk’s knee went-bad, but the team was never awesome after that.
I say all that because of the Gurley thing. I have doubts now that McVay/Rams will ever be scary-good again.
Maybe ya need a truly scary-good, special player on offense. The Rams have a lot of good players on offense. But…
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vwvParticipantAnd then there’s the Belichick type of systems that are complicated and harder to learn and execute. This kind of system has a higher ceiling I would think — but its harder to get there, and stay there, and you need lots of smart players.
the thing though is belichick seemingly can find these players year after year.
so there must be a certain profile of person they’re looking for?
not necessarily super athletic but just smart. can the rams find these kinds of players? i think they can. at least at certain positions.
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Right. At least it seems that way. At least on Defense he knows how to find ‘those type of players.’ Whatever we wanna call them. Smart-Hybrid-Mentally-Tough players. SHMTs.
In a weird way, this may have been one of his best coaching years. I dunno how that team won as many as it did, with the injuries and lack of weapons.
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vwvParticipantWell, its another of the Gazillion examples,
of how Trump ‘would’ be vulnerable to an actual opposition party.
I mean, the Saudi Arabia thing is PERFECT for an opposition party. Just imagine all the simple memes and sound-bytes you could use regarding the Saudi Arabian ‘situation’.But…oh wait. Obama luv-ed the Saudi Dictators too. And so did Clinton. Oh dear.
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vwvParticipantI guess at this point, the 49ers vs the Chiefs is about the most entertaining Super Bowl we could get. I spose.
Or maybe Chiefs vs Packers. Replay the first one. Played at the Colo-seum.
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wvParticipantIf Trump does get re-elected in 2020 the feckless Democratic leadership, like their willingness to continue to give Trump a blank check to run-up deficits, will be an important piece of the puzzle to explain how this lying PoS remains president.
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Well…i dont think its just the Dem ‘leadership.’ I ‘wish’ it was only that.
Demz and Repz — one big Party, pretending to be two Parties.
Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum.
Ah well.
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vwvParticipantOnce the trial begins, Sanders and Warren are off the campaign trail, leaving Biden and Buttigieg out there without interference.
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Well, maybe thats why Pelosi is doin it.
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vwvParticipantSounds a bit like what happened to the GSOT back in 99, when they played the Evil Bucs. The Rams had blasted everyone all year, but then they ran into that Beast-Team. Rams survived, but the Ravens didnt.
Anyway, some folks thin Vrabel is purty smart – at the 3 minute mark:
wvParticipantESPN Stats & Info@ESPNStatsInfo
The Titans won Saturday despite being outgained 530-300 (-230).
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Wow. I only watched the hi-lites so I just figured the Titans had more yards.
Who the hell are the Titans anyway? How did they do that? The Ravens were a Terminator this year.
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vwvParticipantIt seems like there are 2 trains of thought when it comes to coaches.
1. We are going to do what we do, and what we do best, and if you beat us, you beat us.
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2. We are going to adapt and evolve and adjust and actively change, giving us the best chance to beat you.
Phillips was a #1 type personality, McVay and his stubbornness to evolve off the 11 personnel makes him seem like a type 1, but he wanted a type 2 DC.
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I might put thiungs a little different, but i have no idea really. But the way I’ve thot of it iz — Some coaches (Lovie Smith?) make things easy on their own defense-personnel. They keep it simple so the players can react FAST. Maybe dum or young players can play well in a system like this.
And then there’s the Belichick type of systems that are complicated and harder to learn and execute. This kind of system has a higher ceiling I would think — but its harder to get there, and stay there, and you need lots of smart players.
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vwvParticipantWell, who knows, but I remember ole Dick Vermeil always had tons of experienced vet-coaches around him. Seemed to work for ‘him.’
I can only hope McVay knows what he’s doin.
Yeah and that brings up another thing. Regarding the D-coordinator: on paper, so far so good. But a lot of what makes Fangio tick is his feel for “in real time”, on the spot adjustments. Does Staley have the knack for that? Cause I don’t think that can be taught. Knowing quickly, what to do when.
The scheme ought to be good overall, and the strategies, and so on. But does Staley have anything like Fangio’s feel for how a game is going, and spontaneous ability to react to it?
Even if he doesn’t, it looks like a good hire.
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Yeah, exactly. We are goin from Knowns to Unknowns, now.
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“…as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.”
Coach RumsfeldwvParticipantWell, who knows, but I remember ole Dick Vermeil always had tons of experienced vet-coaches around him. Seemed to work for ‘him.’
I can only hope McVay knows what he’s doin.
We’ll all find out together.
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vwvParticipantThe Lamar Jackson story is the most interesting to me, I guess. The Titans will be a good first test for him in the Playoffs.
I think I wanna see him and Mahomes go at it, in the AFC final.
I gotta say, I cant get excited about any of the teams in the NFC final four. I cant stand Aaron Rogers. I dont like Seattle, or the 49ers. And the Vikings are Cthulhu.
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vwvParticipant“liberty cabbage”
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war:https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/07/02/hot-dog-and-many-other-names-came-from-anti-german-sentiment/‘Hot Dog’ And Many Other Names Came From Anti-German Sentiment
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Anti-German sentiment was no less present in America during World War I than it was during World War II. Because many people wanted language to become less German and more American, in 1918 you would have been feeding liberty sausages to your liberty pups rather than giving your dachshund a frankfurter. Liberty sausage might not have caught on as term, but the other invented name did—the hot dog.
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The Whole BushelIn 2003, a North Carolina fast food restaurant made headlines by renaming French fries “Freedom Fries” in a patriotic response to France’s vocal opposition to the United States’ war in Iraq. According to the restaurant, they received equally vocal support for the name change from military members, civilians, and veterans alike. Eventually, the name change even reached the House of Representatives, and some cafeteria menus were even changed to the more ethnically appropriate term.
Others around the world might have had a good chuckle about it, but what got overlooked is that the restaurant was following a precedent that had been set nearly a century ago—that still determine the language we use today.
In a striking similarity to the sense of national identity that came from the war in Iraq, the United States’ involvement in World War I began a massive anti-German movement in the country. We’re all familiar with the internment camps that Japanese citizens were forced into during World War II, and a similar situation arose when President Woodrow Wilson confined around 4,000 German-Americans between 1917 and 1918, citing a suspicion of pro-German sentiment and espionage. Another 250,000 were forced to register as German immigrants and were given cards that specified their status that had to be on their person at all times.
According to Theodore Roosevelt, even the idea of using the hyphenated German-American label to refer to immigrants was also highly questionable, throwing doubt on people’s true loyalties.
That was only a bit of the anti-German campaign that swept across the country, and everyone was eager to distance themselves from German loyalties. In case you’ve ever wondered why we call one of our favorite summertime foods a hot dog, it’s because they were once called frankfurters. As that’s obviously a very German name, it was deemed unacceptable during World War I. In some places they were called “liberty sausages,” but it was another term that stuck—the hot dog.
And if you’ve ever wondered just what the difference is between Salisbury steak and meat loaf, the answer is an attitude toward Germany. The chopped meat dish is another that underwent a name change during the war.
Some of the name changes that happened during the war years didn’t catch on with the same permanency, though.
In 1918, the Federal Food Administration received a petition to rename sauerkraut to “liberty cabbage.” Dealers, farmers, and grocers pointed to the steep decline in sauerkraut consumption since the beginning of the conflict, and testified that in order to reestablish the popularity of their product, they needed to give it a name that Americans would be proud to use. The name change was going to be the only way that they were able to move their product, they said, and what would be more American than the liberty cabbage?
People also no longer wanted to be said to be suffering from German measles; instead, newspapers started reporting outbreaks of “liberty measles.” Even dachshunds weren’t safe, and during the war the little dogs became known as “liberty pups.”
Cities across the country were renaming streets to make them sound less German, and it didn’t stop at just streets. Berlin, Michigan was renamed Marne, Michigan, to honor the battle instead of the capital city of the enemy.
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wvParticipantWhy. I don’t understand why. I don’t understand on Phillips, either.
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Well, i guess its better than the Zygmunt days when we knew too much.
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vJanuary 8, 2020 at 8:41 am in reply to: Is McVay going to adequately replace both Wade & Bones? #110208wvParticipantAccording to the readings, McVay wants a more complex scheme.
I think we’ve seen ideas like that work ok. And we’ve seen ideas like that turn out disastrous.
Its also worth noting that if they release Weddle they are losing a coach on the field.
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vwvParticipantNot real complicated to me. Trump and his deep-staters committed Murder.
Nothing new for an American Prez.
Granted this one will probly have a ton of blowback.
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vwvParticipantBold decision. Letting a legend go.
I guess, we’ll see.
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vJanuary 2, 2020 at 9:59 pm in reply to: What do you expect from these Wild Card playoff games? #110048wvParticipantI think the most interesting NFC Championship game would be SF vs New Orleans.
I think the most interesting Super Bowl would be Ravens vs 49ers. Or Kansas City vs the Saints.
I never thought i would just take it for granted that someone is goin to beat the Pats in the AFC. But thats how it seems. Somebody is gonna do it this year.
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