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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:42 am
by stan
WildCock wrote:My paraphrase of a quote from a character written by Robert A. Heinlein:
"Stupidity is the only universal crime. Punishment is automatic; there is no appeal, and no mercy."
Heinlein has some great quotes. Always like this one and it certainly fits in this thread:
Lots of bad luck out there.
Another of his --
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:49 am
by stan
bvgerd wrote:i77cat wrote:http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1827 ... -grizzlies
I link this story for the comments. I heard a local sports talk guy today arguing that customers should get a refund if a superstar doesn't play. Another arguing that coaches should only be allowed to use a "healthy rest" on a player for home games, and that if they were allowed to rest a player for road games that the player should at least travel with the team and sign autographs.
Sitting players is a strange issue for me. I dont blame the coaches for doing it, all they should worry about is winning games and moving towards a title. But at the same time, those tickets are ridiculously expensive, and looking at attendance numbers you do get fans going to certain games because of who youre playing. If the hornets are playing the cavs or the warriors im expecting attendance and ticket prices are a lot higher than a game against the magic or nets. Then the team whos resting playing isnt trying their hardest to win, its not colluding to help the other team but in a playoff race that may come down to a game or two its rotten luck for a team that had to face the cavs with Lebron, Kryie, and Love compared to one where they all sat out. Id like the league to step in to dissuade it, but I dont know how theyd effectively do anything to stop it. At the very least when teams can just decide they arent going to try that hard to win a particular game it devalues the regular season a lot, which is one of many reasons why I love college basketball so much more than the NBA.
The biggest problem is the crazy way they schedule road trips. Back to back games in different cities is a great way to get a coach to rest a star. Three games in three different cities in just four days for a player in his thirties is so bad that the only question is why more coaches don't rest more guys.
If there isn't any other way to schedule road trips, add a week to the schedule and add 7 days to insert between the back to back road games.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:05 pm
by MrMac
MakeIt-TakeIt Cat wrote:stevelee wrote:
Is there something about this win that I'm missing to put it in this topic?
yes
Duke women making amends for Grayson's misbehavior...?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:34 pm
by i77cat
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:39 pm
by bvgerd
http://www.espn.com/college-football/st ... ss-players
I never played football, but Id certainly be upset and feel like it goes a bit too far once a team starts grab other players groin. It certainly seems very strange to have a teammate come out and say they intentionally do it all year long to mess with the other team.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:48 pm
by i77cat
bvgerd wrote:http://www.espn.com/college-football/st ... ss-players
I never played football, but Id certainly be upset and feel like it goes a bit too far once a team starts grab other players groin. It certainly seems very strange to have a teammate come out and say they intentionally do it all year long to mess with the other team.
Love the comments. Here's my favorite: "...When I played WaterPolo it was the same situation. And the worst of it came when you had to play a school that didn't have enough resources to run separate men's/women's teams so you played a coed team. The women would grab, squeeze and twist. They'd grab your hand and put it on them to take your mind out of the game..."
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:00 pm
by i77cat
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:52 pm
by Dr. Bliss
Shame. He's been much improved this year.
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:16 pm
by i77cat
http://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-w ... hip-record
Love his confidence, but he's just not good enough to reach that goal.
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:19 pm
by i77cat
I hope these young men are all innocent, but it doesn't look like Kansas is keeping it classy--
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... alism-case
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 10:29 pm
by Dr. Bliss
I predict that we'll see Tiger's official retirement from professional golf pretty soon, maybe within the next couple of months.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:06 pm
by stan
Dr. Bliss wrote:
I predict that we'll see Tiger's official retirement from professional golf pretty soon, maybe within the next couple of months.
Could be. If so, I expect he'd break Brett Favre's record.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:59 pm
by slowcat95
Does this go here? I honestly can't decide.
SLU Basketball Team Abandoned As Bus Driver Goes Rogue And Makes A Run For It.
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw3azcnzQ
I think we need a "no limit on schadenfreude" thread.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:59 pm
by Rudy2011
As an employee of the bus company, I would expect the driver to know there was a satellite tracker on the bus, so I vote to let it stay in the Stupid thread
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:45 pm
by i77cat
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1869 ... -mentality
Draymond Green isn't stupid. But he does some really dumb things. Like saying the stuff in that link. And like getting kicked out of tonight's game because he didn't like a call. Time to grow up.
