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  1. That Aud Smell
    There's obviously some license being taken there (call it PA-etic license), but I'd lay nearly even odds that it's an accurate assessment of things that Terry Pegula would agree with and endorse. Wearing your cross out: Terry himself talked about McDermott's hiring being in part because he's a faith-based leader. I don't think there's really any disputing this point anymore. Red wine: That was specifically reported as part of the advice that Toady Brandon gave to Rex (?) so he could woo the Pegulas. Bootstraps: This one I think is more inferential. But given his apparent political leanings and his own rags(ish) to riches story, it's a more than fair guess. All of that said, I have no idea whether any of that played a role in hiring Housley. I can't even recall how involved the Pegulas were in hiring Housley, tbh -- was it more a JBOT project?
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    Tip of the hat to ye, sir.
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    From what I understood (a long time ago), he's a credentialed former NFL scout/pro personnel guy. Walter Football is just one man's (or one site's) opinion, but it is from someone (or some people?) who worked in the biz.
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    I seen what you did there. Btw, looking back at that draft class (2013) -- was it worse overall than normal? About the same? I briefly searched for a site that would provide evaluations for draft years, and compare one to another, after they'd aged 3 years or so. But I did not readily find such a site.
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    You may wanna up the dosage, homes. I'm no kool-aid drinker. Nor is Eleven, for that matter. They did reach for Manuel, and it most definitely did not work out. That is neither the first nor last time an NFL team will reach for a QB and have it blow up in their face. But it was a rational risk to take, in my eyes. It was also a decision tainted with some desire for self-preservation on the part of the decision makers, but that's almost always the case -- if the team is bad, the FO will be gone soon enough. They wanted to get better in a hurry. And so they rolled the dice on the big fella. It was not a *good* risk, in my mind (even at the time, I was not a fan) -- but it was a rational risk. The talk about it being mindless and idiotic is over-played to me. That sort of talk does have some place with the Watkins decision -- that was a B-A-D BAD call. Just dumb asset management.
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    It was a decent plan that went horribly awry after a bad injury (bad injuries?). I think Manuel was rightly seen as the best of that bunch -- certainly, he had the most upside.
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    Remember that conversation that some sports blogging pranksters created, and then recorded, between Buddy Nix and some other team's FO exec? Nix freely admitted: It was a terrible year to need a QB. They took their best shot.
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    I'm good with Tyrod coming back next year -- even knowing everything that he is, and is not. In point of fact, I'd rather they change OC's than try to do something different at QB next year (or, at least, tweak the current system so it's not such an ill fit for Taylor (and maybe that's already occurred?)). If they do draft a QB in round 1, I'd prefer he not be obliged to start.
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    Nice feature on Matt Milano in today's paper. The guy really has played quite well. Occurs to me: McDermott sure does love him some Boston College linebackers.
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    There's a LOTTA context outside of that one hit into the boards. And it was a different game in the 70s, wherein teams like the Bruins and Flyers made it their business to intimidate their opponents with physical play and regular beat-downs.
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    That's not how the rule gets applied, though. Yeah? I mean, players regularly draw the puck in a backward direction in the course of stick-handling or making a deke. Movement toward the goal seems to be evaluated from a bigger picture perspective.
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    ^ That English reads pretty simply to me. I saw the Twitter replies to the NHL's posting of the video and a comment upthread. There's the talk about how lateral movement is permitted by the rule. I don't see anything about lateral movement in the rule. But it's possible that interpretive memos (remember those?) have clarified that you can move laterally across the face of the goal or goal line, so long as you remain in motion.
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    I read that they used ping pong balls to draw the groups. That remains the easiest lot drawing system to rig. Unreal - even for FIFA.
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    Not a’tall. Eff that guy forever.
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    Nice hit? Maybe “You’re next, big boy.”
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    Agree wholeheartedly, neo and d4rk. The supposed obligation to fight after a clean hit is among the dumbest things going in sports. Talking out of both sides of my mouth, I am. In my defence, we thought the hit was perhaps a bit late or cheap as we watched live. Just watched the goal broadcast. It was weak sauce. Needed RJ and a “how do you do?”
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    Tyrod practiced. On track to start.
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    Wassssup was pretty great. Dilly Dilly doesn't do it for me. Although an interview with the guy who was the creative force behind "Dilly Dilly" made me reconsider the matter -- he totally came off as a jolly, fun-loving sort of fellow, and he was carrying several extra beers around, so to speak. Maybe he's related to Santa?
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    Good takes generally, these two especially. I still believe that Reinhart projects as a good top-6 NHLer. But something's terribly amiss with him. I do think it's probably correctable. But maybe not. Pouliot gives me hope for JBOT as a GM. I agree on the Nolan issue. We actually stayed past the 5:00 mark, thinking there'd be a scrap. Excellent point on the thin line between success and failure. Not sure it showed up on TV, but Phaneuf got tangled up with Pominville (?) and was dinged and angry as a result, poking at Pominville with his stick. Then he went back over to the far boards and tried to make a hit, and got wrecked by someone (Risto?). He then limped off to the bench -- cat-calls raining down on him.
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    I went to the game. Getting through the 1st was rough — what an awful period of hockey. The 2nd was obviously quite entertaining. Yay. The first half of the 3rd, I think the Sabres had a shot or two om goal — no bueno. But then they had a few good shifts and piled up some shots, such that they didn’t need to win by taking 15 SOG and shooting 20%. A win’s a win. McKenzie said OTT is going to hell in a rocket, or something. I’d have to agree. The Sabres are still an under-achieving roster that played well for only about 40% of the game. But the Senators look checked the eff out.
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    I was hoping he would start to catch on and earn a spot. One step forward, two steps back, it seems. No, it does not. This one, though, sounds like a true influenza. I agree. But the guy's got to earn it -- make it impossible to take him out of the lineup. I'm inferring he started off strong, and faded. He's done that before.
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    I'm not suggesting that he's a manipulative genius. Maybe we're more talking past each other. I believe that he genuinely, truly believes the stuff he says and the beliefs to which he ascribes. I don't think that he's necessarily a simpleton about that stuff, though. I'm jammed up this week, and I can't clearly articulate my take on this. It's a somewhat complicated bit of business, I think.
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    Oh, FFS. Funny, too, how when young Kellen Winslow proclaims he's an effing soldier, there's blow-back for decades. Well turned. Yes, and yes. I think you misunderestimate him. More and more, I agree. I also will admit, though, that there's a path for that sort of BS to work in the NFL.
  25. That Aud Smell
    You’ll make your point in a stronger manner if you resist the urge to fall back on hateful, harmful turns of phrase for the purported sake of emphasis.
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