A New Linebacker-U? Please.
by Bob Sacamano on Oct 7, 2009 3:35 PM EDT
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I just got finished reading the Pete Carroll in this month’s Esquire and upon its conclusion, I can only state: Man, I love Joe Paterno and I really hope that we do not hire someone like this guy later on down the road. Aside from his sheer dominance on the field (unless it is a terrible Pac-10 team he is going up against), his surfer-brah-chillin’-wit’-da-homies shtick is really wearing thin and nowhere is this more evident than in this article. I think that he is trying WAY too hard to relate to his recruits and it blows my mind that they cannot see through his nauseating faux enthusiasm.
A couple of choice selections from the article:
“Nearly fifty thousand souls follow his blog and his tweets on Twitter, which include notes from the Lakers' victory party ("Watching Kobe and the mayor rock out to Lil Wayne — so insane!")”
“At all times, no matter where Carroll is — checking e-mails, watching film, mulling defensive schemes, holding a meeting, trading zippy e-mails with his buddy Will Ferrell — classic oldies play at party volume, Stevie Wonder's Living for the City flowing into War's Low Rider flowing into Santana's Black Magic Woman. Carroll and his coaches will absently sing a line or a chorus or dance a step or two; they'll challenge one another to name that tune; they'll argue about who sang what song on what album during what year.”
And perhaps the most blasphemous (and what got my blood boiling enough to write this post) excerpt:
“Since the last NFL draft, when three USC linebackers were scooped up in the first two rounds, people have begun joking that USC, once known as Tailback U, needs to be renamed.”
I really hope that this sort of culture is not created at Penn State once JVP finally decides to hang up his black and white Nike cleats. I can’t stomach this.
Oh yeah, and his kid was a tight-end at Pitt, so there’s that.
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I think the reason USC is good for dropping 1 game a year that they shouldn’t is that you can’t build a truly great team with all me guys. You have to have a couple players who are committed to the team above their NFL aspirations.
On another note, how much talent does it really take to recruit 18 year-old males to southern california to play in a school with an NFL pipeline? He gets all this craze for doing the hard work of selling 18yos on playing football in front of the hottest women in the US. What a sell job!
by InScoresOfOtherGames on Oct 7, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions
“in front of the hottest women in the US”
Obviously you’ve never been to Pittsburgh.
by Jeff Junstrom on Oct 7, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
wow... no offense to said women... but just wow... lol
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Oct 7, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
oh... my... god...
I should flag you for that
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by TheMightyErik on Oct 7, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
You flagged that?
Is that SoCal lingo for tapped that?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
read it again, frenchy!
said I should flag him for that…. but now that you mention it, I have always had this Louie Anderson fetish and the one in the middle… uhhh… nevermind
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by TheMightyErik on Oct 7, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, just....wow
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
Got any more stories, Unkie Erik?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Oct 7, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
hey... anything to keep the masses entertained and all
Incidentally I had an awesome clown comic I wanted to post but it would have violated the PG13 rule :(
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Oct 7, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
She must have been taking the picture...from the ground...outside
by Jeff Junstrom on Oct 7, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
There she is!
But, did they get the whale back into the ocean? I’d hate for them to have to blow it up with dynamite.
How else do you get
“Rothlisberger on a jersey?
I don’t think they are girls…they are just appendages.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Why does her shirt say "XXL"
That thing has got to be at least “XXXXXXL.” Just sayin’.
"Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got."
Yellow seats are not hot woman!
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
by Nick7 on Oct 7, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Losing 1 game a year
I think USC always loses at least one game to a bad opponent because of Pete’s emotion coaching style. Sure he can get his team amped to go play in primetime against a big opponent. However his strategy backfires when his players can’t maintain that same high – emotional mindset against inferior opponents.
Like a great foul shooter in basketball, its much better to always keep level headed instead of riding an emotional roller coaster.
Let's Go State
Getting them amped...
by having the guy that wrote/sang Lean on Me come into the locker room? I guess so. Maybe we should get Len to come in so we can steal EIU’s sunshine.
being a proud SoCal resident
(I even pay taxes and everything!) I am really hoping that Neuheisel will steal some of that sunlight out here becasue gorwing up out here I learned to hate SC very early on and that will never change. They absolutely deify that PC guy out here and here’s to hoping that UCLA can pick some of that off and make it a two team city once again.
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its been what like 3 yrs now?
since the NCAA opened that “investigation”. Whats the deal with that?
yeah.. you like that?
totally died on the vine and even the BB program got jammed over Mayo taking $ and I still haven’t heard much on that. Whatever…
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by TheMightyErik on Oct 7, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know how many times I've said this but
Mother Dunn, Dave Robinson, Dennis Onkotz, Jack Ham, Charlie Zapiec, John Skorupan, Ed O’Neil, Greg Buttle, Kurt Allerman, Shane Conlan, Andre Collins, LaVar Arrington, Brandon Short, Walker Lee Ashley, Bruce Bannon, Paul Posluszny, Dan Connor, Sean Lee, Navorro Bowman.
Academic All Americans Josh Hull, Scott Radecic, Tim Shaw,
Throw in DL guys that played LB in the Pros; Bob Mitinger, Matt Millen, and now Tamba Hali and Aaron Maybin.
And so on and so forth.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
How's Tamba doing now?
Calling Cairo?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Oct 8, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
He's still adjusting to the OLB role of the 3-4
He has had an alright year thus far, 13 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 pass deflection.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
He's actually adjusting fairly well to the 3-4.
Source: Arrowhead Pride
But the Chiefs are making progress and leading the way is defensive-end-turned-linebacker Tamba Hali.
Seriously. Did any of you expect Tamba Hali to amount to anything as an outside ‘backer in a 3-4 defense? I’ll admit it. I didn’t. I mean, what is there about Hali prior to the change that would indicate he would make this transition so well? There’s nothing. I didn’t think he had the speed or experience necessary to make the switch but he’s proving me wrong (and I’m fine with that).
In the predator position this season, he’s been the biggest bright spot on the defense. Two sacks (team leader through four games) and two forced fumbles (team leader through four games) are making a few folks take notice, including head coach Todd Haley.
I was one of the folks that pointed to Hali’s statistical regression (8.5/8/2 sacks in three years) as a reason for him to be given the boot sooner rather than later. This year? He’s on pace for eight sacks. Well done, Mr. Hali.
very cool
Do you have any pride, Arrowhead?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
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