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Johnny Hammersticks

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  1. 4 hours ago, Tierlifer said:

    I am really enjoying this series too.  And holy smoked a Ted McGinley sighting too in this series. 

     

    I stumbled upon 'Dear Edward' on Apple+ after I caught myself up with Shrinking. Highly recommend!!!! 


    Ted McGinley’s character is friggin hilarious!  😂 

     

    I have Dear Edward on my list.  Has great reviews, and the story looks intriguing.  The wife and I watched E1 of Poker Face on Peacock last night and it was pretty interesting.  It’s hard to keep up with all these shows!

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  2. 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    Not really the parents,  but the grandparents.  What the hell is a grandparent getting involved for?

     

    Millennial parents... Living their dream, foisting their children off on the grandparents?

     

    60 year old man died... Boomer, probably a grandparent. They don't call Millennials "Echo-Boomers" for nothing.


    My wife’s a millennial.  Born in June 1981.  I remind her of this regularly and it pisses her off so much. 😆  I’m pure Gen-X, 1979, the real greatest generation…

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  3. 2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

    Never saw any of this in my high school hockey playing career. I graduated in 1989.

     

    This stuff grows worse and worse around the country all the time now, apparently.

     

    People scare the crap out of me.

     

     


    Part of the reason I retired from coaching varsity lacrosse is because of the parents.  There were times that my team actually lost games due to “bench misconduct” penalties assessed to my team due to parents screaming incessantly at the officials.   
     

    There was one pre-season tournament where I walked my team right off the field and to the bus without playing a single game because our parents were being so ridiculous in the stands toward the referees and the other fans.  The only ones who suffer are the kids.  I just can’t understand why grown adults feel that they can behave this way.  I certainly understand why there is such a referee shortage.  You couldn’t pay me enough to take that abuse.

  4. 1 hour ago, BuffaloBud said:

    Could it be because of all the money "invested" in the travel / select teams and the rush for the almighty scholarship dollar?


    The incident referenced in the OP is a public middle school basketball game.  I think this fan misbehavior is across the board.

  5. As a sports parent here in Vermont, as well as a hockey/lacrosse coach, this type of behavior from parents has become quite common.  My son is a 14U (bantam) hockey player, and I’ve witnessed 3 fights in the stands already this season.  He also plays on a “select” travel team which plays in tournaments all over New England and Quebec.  Same thing everywhere we go.  It’s absolutely disgusting.

     

    After I saw this on the news yesterday, I was thinking back to my youth/HS/college playing career and I don’t remember this type of stuff happening ever.  I graduated HS in 1997 for reference.  Was this type of behavior always a thing?

  6. 3 minutes ago, DCOrange said:

    Feels like he’s more likely to return to Europe than the NBA but you never really know. Either way it doesn’t sound like he’ll be back. I think expectations for next season should be pretty low but it seems like we’re finally starting to recruit again thanks to Weitsman. 


    And to think of all those years we bitched about World Wide Wes and PayCal 😂 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:

    He is indeed.  I could have sworn he was older but he's basically the same age as Tremaine Edmunds who is technically still a rookie.  And Cozens is only 21.  Feels like these guys have been in the league forever.  Jack Quinn and JJ Peterka are both 21 and playing their first seasons in the NHL this year while Dahlin is on his 5th.


    Tage Thompson is 25 and Alex Tuch is 26.  I’m not sure Owen Power is old enough to legally purchase a lottery ticket yet. 😆 

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  8. 24 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

    Is Benny Williams done at Cuse? I keep reading stuff about how he wasnt at the last game


    He has been a complete bust as a 5 star recruit and just had his starting spot taken.  I’d guess he’s headed toward the transfer portal.  My guess is that he and JB had a heated convo prior to the UVA game.  He’ll “play nice” the rest of the season and then transfer.  No inside info…

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