That Aud Smell

Agreed that Wawrow is a good reporter. And you may recall that I strongly disagree on Harrington having any redeeming qualities as a writer, reporter, columnist. I don't find either of them to be a fun follow on Twitter -- quite the contrary, I developed a strong antipathy for both on that platform. I don't read Harrington at all, out of principle. With Wawrow, I don't imagine that I'll be able to avoid reading him because he will have content that I really want to see. Not so with Harrington. And those guys should very much care if people stop following or reading them. Graham is a gifted researcher and writer. I don't read any of his stuff anymore because I found him to be so repugnant on social media -- especially with the Matthew Coller stuff. That experience, together with the stories I'd heard about why he left ESPN, were more than enough for me to resolve never to consume his content.

I suspect he found the thread by Googling/searching for his (last) name. I’d thought for a while that he was a solid guy, but have come to conclude that he’s a self-serious, self-important capital J sports journo out of print media central casting. You just have to swap out Springsteen for The Replacements. I wrote him off completely when he joined Harrington in dragging that blogger guy for his Lehner report.

Thanks for listening, John. Thoughts and prayers are with you as you endure the slings and arrows of outrageous message board speculation. Thank u for ur service, sir. /salutes

Eventually? Because tonight he's wearing 37.

Christ - he's a baby.

Curtis Brown.

Wut.

It will be a goofy ass NASCAR number, for sure. I'll guess 53. Schaller!

(Pssst. Read the post again.) (Whole thing's a joke.)

A couple of things: 1. In the chatter about what Mittlestadt would do, I saw several mentions of how the Minnesota coach was retiring in the face of diminishing interest in and attendance of Gopher hockey games. WTF? 2. I was driven to absolute distraction over how much I disliked the PBP call on the first several goals in this clip: I know there are some codgers here (me included) who gripe that Dunleavy often doesn't *say* "SCORES!" when a goal is scored. But, man alive -- the guy on those initial goals in this clip. Is this a generational thing? Are PBP callers of the future no longer going to say "SCORE!" or a word like that when a goal is scored?

I'll admit that the whole burning a year of the ELC, but it's not counted as a pro year, expansion draft stuff is just ... confusing to me.

This is precisely what came to mind for me.

^ No.

Who's audibly laughing in that clip? Mayock?

Weird take. My sense is that he's an exasperated professional who's not done grinding.

From Hoppe on Twitter yesterday: “Phil Housley to his team: ‘Start (expletive) working!’ #Sabres”

Sorry if I am late to the party on this, but I wanted to ask whether there might be tension arising from his presumed desire to play in the NHL (and to receive guarantees to this effect?) and his presumed need for seasoning in the AHL.

What do you make of Foles and to a lesser extent Keenum this past season? Is the age of the NFL system quarterback upon us? (Stated another way: Has the league finally started to catch up with Belichick?)

:o

I perused. I can see why.

Stacey is lovely, to be sure. However, she does not strike me as your type.

Not usually. It did happen this year, though. I'm not sure what to make of the Foles stuff with the Eagles, honestly. Unless and until certain coordinators start having regular success with journeyman guys, I'll continue to believe that you need to find a franchise QB in order to contend. But maybe this is the dawning of an era where really good O-coordinators can get the needed production out of Wentz, Foles, Keenum -- whomever. (My intent in mentioning Wentz -- reputedly a franchise QB -- is that he's apparently interchangeable with Foles.)

Thanks for the insight. I'm not sure there's really a parallel, since it's uniquely true that you have to have your franchise QB in the NFL in order to succeed. So I think it's more indisputably true that it's worth doing what you need to do to get your guy. It may not work, but it's mission critical -- in a way that getting one elite talent is not as mission critical in the NHL. In other words, you can build a Cup contending team without a McDavid-level player.

The thing that came to my mind: Synthetic marijuana is known to induce PCP-like reactions in users. I hope Zay is okay, and that he gets a chance to come back (in football) from whatever was going on there.