RuntheDamnBall
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I'm going to remain hopeful that people who understand that a football team's success or failure is the result of thousands of small decisions – and who understand how regional differences can affect those teams' outcomes – can apply this same logic to the rest of life.
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21 minutes ago, HT02 said:
They receive almost $18k per student and they can't supply heaters to classrooms? Allocation of that money is a different story. If that is the problem then change that it has nothing to do with money being spent on prisons.
Its more than 18k per student now!
Did you read the article I referenced in the original post.
The one written by the guy from the Cato Institute? Yes, I did. I missed the part about corrupt leftist SJWs etc etc in his article.
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6 minutes ago, HT02 said:
I think corrupt school officials and greedy labor unions with left wing social agendas waste money and yelling for more from tax payers is criminal
Great. Since you're levying this charge, I'd like to see all the data that supports the hypothesis that this applies to Baltimore public schools at large and to Maybin's school in particular.
Also, I'm remembering why I dropped off from spending much time here.
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7 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:
So, the school system should have cancelled school. They took too long to be responsible. Plus, 40°, I'd like proof of that and not from someone who said they were 260 lbs.
Of course, then you get bemoaning that parents had to miss work and all that to care for their kids.
It's got to be great going thru life having all the answers. Myriad reasons not to cancel school and I am sure there are school- and district-level confrontations about this all the time. Maybe they've put in requests for funding or maintenance that have not been honored. Sure, let's see that reported out. But I'm inclined to listen to them more than I am someone who couldn't even be bothered to find an article about the situation and wants to reduce it to his worldview.
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"All we have is this little puff piece."
Baltimore closes public schools after students sat in cold classrooms
40 degrees per Maybin's first-aid kit thermometer.
From the article:
QuoteHere's what the school system says happened Wednesday:-- Outdoor temperatures were typical of winter (single digits in the morning; upper 20s and lower 30s later). That continued a two-week run of chilly air, putting an extra strain on the schools' heating systems, Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises said in a Facebook Live video.-- Heating issues emerged as parts of boilers broke and pipes burst in some schools, she said, adding that drafts from leaky windows and generally "old conditions of our buildings" contributed.-- About 60 schools -- about one-third of the school system -- reported heating issues during the school day. Maintenance teams resolved many of the issues during the day, Santelises said."Nobody in this city, including me, wants folks sitting around in coats and mittens all day," Santelises said.But for a time, some students took to wearing extra layers Wednesday.Took me literally 2 minutes to find this info.
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1 minute ago, Boyst62 said:
Why shouldn't schools who perform better be given more opportunities? Why shouldn't those teachers, those students and those administrations be rewarded? Is that not the basis for our society?
It used to be.
I don't see what at all this has to do with a public education mandate to give opportunities to all students.
This shouldn't really be about rewards. Funding isn't a reward or a punishment. You make the environment safe and one that promotes good learning habits. Full stop.
Just now, Boyst62 said:I'd move. My 3 kids deserve a better school than something like that.
And, crying about it to the papers won't resolve the issue. It will just band aid the issue.
Again "crying" - the first thing you do if you want your community to be better is to move? That's lucky for you to have that mobility. Some people "cry" or, you know, work, to help their community. Fine if that's not your way, but criticizing people who do make that effort is bush league.
Guess what though? All kids deserve a better school than something like that. Not just yours.
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I do appreciate the number of experts on Baltimore public schools that visit the board.
I'll be glad to see their report.
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2 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:
It doesn't deflect one bit from the issue. The issue is Maybin and all these Betty's are crying about no heat and no power when there are other issues that have been systemic for a long time. Pretending this is just now an issue negated the fact that it has been a historical issue; teachers/educators abuse the system and there is a ton of waste is education.
Maybins cause may get some eyebrows raised and some $$. And he's right to fight for it, fight for what you believe in and use any status you can to advance your cause.
Why is it "crying" instead of advocating? And why can't both sets of problems be worth solving?
If your kids went to school and their heat was not functioning at the coldest time of year, they would deserve to have that problem resolved just as Maybin's students do.
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2 hours ago, HT02 said:
We're supposed to be impressed that he's become a SJW? Please... for the record Baltimore spends the second highest amount per student for any school district in the country. http://www.newsweek.com/do-baltimore-schools-need-more-money-329085. Want to be a real "hero" and help kids? Take on the NEA and AFT.
Do you think, at all, that that money is evenly distributed across those Baltimore schools? Do you think, at all, about the level of PTSD some kids arrive at school facing? Do you think, at all, that they are receiving the kind of counseling they need when the ratios in urban schools are incredibly bad for these services? If you want to pin the issue on the teachers trying to solve the problem and the last line of defense in some cases, go ahead. Otherwise, I'd encourage you to spend some time with my friend, the school administrator in the capital district who is dealing with kids who have seen things from your worst nightmares.
Thanks to the OP for sharing this article and showing us there is much more to life than football, and that representation really matters when it comes to who kids see teaching them.
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18 hours ago, suorangefan4 said:
You really think the Chargers were playing with even half the intensity in the second half as they were the first? TT had a ton of time to throw in the second half, Peterman was getting the entire pocket collapsed in about a second most plays.
That might have had a lot to do with their need to respect TT's legs.
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It's been a long time lurking and basically being checked out as regards the Bills, since I moved to the West coast three years ago. I still pay attention but the time, proximity, money, and family life haven't aligned for me to be as religious about it as I once was. I'm also just becoming more unnerved by the injuries that are such a part of this game, and the way the league has handled them. It makes me uneasy being as full-throated a supporter of the sport as I used to be. That the Bills are finally here when my fervor for the game has waned is probably healthy for me, if bittersweet.
I just want to say I couldn't be happier for everyone here who has waited for this, throughout the years of dashed hopes, football futility, bad QBs and coaches, new regimes, and this relentless, unbearable run from the Pats. Who knows what'll happen next week, but it's just fun to finally be here, to see Kyle Williams score, to see him hoisting his kids and crying, to see the fans greeting the team in frigid conditions at the airport in the middle of the night. You all deserve this. Enjoy it. I'll be ready to watch every moment next weekend and it's incredibly sweet to have the opportunity to best Marrone. Beat the Jags and take it from there!
Go Bills!
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I don't know his motivations but I do know that he is a hero to a whole lot of Harvard grads who have a whole lot of access to major earnings potential and he is wealthy enough to get in one some sweet opportunities.
I can't imagine him as a hedge fund manager but I can imagine him as a major stockholder in a company that could be worth billions in the future.
If an knucklehead jobber like Bon Jovi can get in the conversation for NFL ownership Fitz certainly can one day if he goes after it, IMO.
But then again.......maybe he doesn't care about that stuff. This guys been kicked around all over the league. He might just be at the Orton point in regard to what he feels about the game.........as in he wants the real big money or he can just go kick back in sunny AZ.
I actually think Fitz is too smart to invest in the NFL. If anything I think the TV money bubble, the sweetheart stadium deals, and peoples' willingness to pay the equivalent of a couple of vacations for tickets, food and parking -- all of that is going to be on the decline. And this is to say nothing of the coming decline in the game itself given that a generation of talent is opting for safer sports.
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This... is stupid.
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Jimbo was once there....
I don't recall any (reported) DV issues with him.
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"Prove it." is not a "difficult question."
Sullivan's trying to be a hard-hitting investigative reporter, without realizing that you don't do investigative reporting at press conferences.
Especially since he's a writer of an opinion column.
He has a plum job -- crap throwing monkey in a sports-obsessed town.
@TBNSully
I'd like to take a moment to thank all the people out there who think I'm the worst reporter around and should retire, but still follow me.
Ah, the Tim Graham playbook at its finest.
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The Stan Humphries led Chargers were the worst bar none.
They only made it one time and got completely destroyed.
This. Unbelievably bad.
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What Tom Brady does is decrease our margin for error.
It's not an excuse, but the odds are that the Pats are going to beat the Bills. Their coaching and their quarterbacking are superior, and then Gronk is just like a nuclear bomb to the opposing defense when he's on and healthy. That means that the Bills can afford fewer other losses, and it also means that they are usually fighting for a wild card, never the division, where another team can possibly win its division at 9-7 or even worse over the past several years.
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Right?!? How do people look past this?
They shouldn't. Bruce took preseasons off and even held out, but he always came to ball for his teammates, often when hurt.
I lauded the Mario signing at the time -- we all did -- but this will be addition by subtraction, to say nothing of the fact that they can get 2-4 decent players hungry to play for the price Mario commands.
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Pathetic. Rex Ryan ran a guy out of town that had a 14 sack season the year before. Remarkable mis-use of talent.
I understand that the scheme may not have used him to his fullest, but he was flat-out taking plays off. That's inexcusable at his salary.
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All that being said IF which is huge i will admit . IF they would have stayed the course with Chan & left Fitz at QB could the team been the Jets of this year ?
I for sure know that the team would have gotten something for all the dead money they had to give Fitz !!
I don't know. Chan was just not a very strong figure at the HC position, and his DCs were just f---ing terrible. But they certainly had the talent to exceed this year's results. The excuses for the lack of success can be distributed pretty equally among discipline, ineffectiveness of scheme relative to personnel, newness of scheme / playbook, and injury.
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No one compared Taylor to Holcomb except for you. Of course you would take Taylor over Holcomb 100/100 times.
300 yard games are not a complete barometer for QB success, I agree with that. I do think that yardage is a qualifier for "spectacular," which I believe is the essence of this thread.
Holcomb is just an example of how you can both be a bum and produce a 300 yard day. There is a litany of such QBs.
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If I'm Terry Pegula, i'm not !@#$ing scared about the cost of natural gas, because I sold my company.
If I'm Terry Pegula, I'm scared of owning a franchise that hasn't done bupkis in nearly two decades.
Wouldn't be scared about that in the least.
I would be scared about concussion-related lawsuits, fewer kids playing the game and thinning the talent pool, and crackdowns on HGH.
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I assume you mean a deal with $3M base plus incentives. I don't have a problem paying Harvin well, but I do have a problem guaranteeing him any money. It was a mistake this season and it's a mistake going forward. I'd insist on multiple roster bonuses throughout the season - every game if I could get it. It's been done before. Greg Hardy has such a deal, with a $750k base and $9.25M in weekly roster bonuses, plus a hefty workout bonus of over $1M. So if Harvin wants a similar deal - maybe a base around $750k plus something like $500k per game in roster bonuses and bonuses for being on the active game day roster. He can make his $8M-$9M if he performs all season and is willing to gut it out and play dinged. If he steps out of line, nurses an injury or even genuinely gets injured he'd be out. Also if the roster bonuses were small, but the active game day roster bonuses were large he could be kept on the team if he was to miss some time due to legitimate injury, but would be expected back. While I don't think he'd accept that kind of contract, it'd be the only way I'd touch him.
*Please note that failure to pay a roster bonus terminates a contract whether or not a player is injured.
Good post.
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If it's for free what would it hurt to listen ?
...WHAT CAN LISTENING HURT ???
Too many cooks in the kitchen, questions of whose authority to respect... what if you disagree? Who is going to get Polian's magic prescription, and who won't be privy to this information? If Polian's suggestion is to blow it up, and we do, it's another blow to the continuity that Buffalo hasn't had for ages. When the Jauron and Gailey years are your model of relative stability, something is wrong.
A look at what Aaron Maybin is up to these days.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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At least he's got something of an NFL pension coming when he's 50, and an annuity from the NFL of at least $320K total when he's 35.