"paying LeBron the veteran minimum but a former minority shareholder/friend of the owner is giving LeBron unlimited access to a branded helicopter"
man the Clippers didn't even TRY
I just cannot get over the unreal showing from the kid Andrew Painter…
They stuck with him all season through the highs & lows, only for him to show up when they needed him most. Unreal.
How fitting to end it with him painting the inside corner for this strike. UNREAL OUTING.
A WIP caller compared Jalen Hurts' progression to Luke Skywalker becoming a Jedi Knight:
"Luke was an up-and-comer, but he had Han Solo, Chewbacca, a team around him... By the time he went to Jabba's cave with that hoodie on, he was the man."
This one really sums up my thoughts/disinterest with GameDay, which used to be appointment TV to me.
Week two was their fourth trip to Austin in the past five seasons. This Saturday will be their fourth trip to Knoxville in the past five seasons. They're going to familiar/uninteresting places and the bigger issue is that they're chasing the "biggest game" instead of the best storyline.
The one time I tuned into Gameday this season was to see the Ole Miss crowd welcoming back Lane Kiffin. It was something I had to see on Gameday, because I could only get that atmosphere in Oxford.
You can talk about a great game anywhere, but to feel a storyline come to life has to be boots on the ground... And the best storyline in college football this weekend isn't an untested Tennessee team hosting #1 Texas...
It's (arguably) the two best G6 teams in the country going at it this weekend in Kalamazoo with massive CFP implications.
It's Mississippi State with a homegrown future NFL quarterback being ranked for the first time since Mike Leach passed.
It's West Virginia knocking off Virginia and being 3-0 for the first time since 2018, hosting an OK State team that pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season so far.
Instead Gameday will be in... Knoxville... Where the crew will spend most of the show talking about how great the SEC is, in front of a crowd that being a part of Gameday is on annual occasion.
Ask someone who has lived with Gameday the past 20 years what their favorite episode was... They'll probably say it was the one in Fargo, or Pullman, or Harrisonburg, or maybe in Boone...
They won't say Tuscaloosa or Austin though. I can bet you that.
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I’ve thought about this for years and I think the answer to the Nick Sirianni enigma is that “coach” is the wrong label for him.
He’s a program builder.
We know there are good coordinators or play callers who just can’t be good head coaches. Nick is kind of the other side of that coin.
Sirianni’s dad is a legendary high school football coach. His oldest brother has been the HC of a DIII football program for 23 years and has one of the best winning percentages of all time.
He went to Mount Union, where we won three national championships while playing for Larry Kehres, a coach who built a DYNASTY: 332-24-3 record (.929 winning %), 11 national titles, 23 conference titles, and 21 unbeaten seasons.
He came up surrounded by ELITE program builders. Guys who created lasting, sustainable cultures and processes.
It was high school and DIII, so not the NFL, but he came up under the best of best at what they do.
Nick’s players love him. He stresses fundamentals, turnovers, ball security, and the basics ad nauseam. His teams are always prepared. Much like Jalen Hurts, he doesn’t care what winning looks like.
He stresses competition but also understands the human element and connects with his players. When his captains came to him and told him in 2024 to lean on the running game because they felt they could dominate and wear down opponents while Saquon Barkley ran wild, he listened.
He’s gone to two Super Bowls with two different sets of coordinators, won one and damn near won the other one.
So while you can criticize his offense, it’s pretty clear he’s an elite program builder.
He’s not without his flaws, but I think he’s a good fit for an organization like the Eagles, who have an owner and GM who get it.