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I'm a PhD student in a social science. I've mentioned before that I might do some write-ups on organizational culture and there was some interest in that. Sark made some comments during his Hail State presser that perfectly fit with one of the topics I've been thinking about: authority. So, I finally took some time to put some words down. I hope y'all enjoy it. Player-led teams are great. Old guys telling the new guys how things are done. Leadership councils. Colt McCoy driving around in his truck to pick up teammates for players-only practices in the summer. It's something we yearned for during our decade of wandering the college football desert. In this post I'd like to look at the idea of player-led teams a little bit more critically. Specifically, I want to look at the reason why it's a good thing for a bunch of 18-22 year olds to be leading a team. Because that's not a great idea at face value. Sark's comments All social theory starts with a 19th century german guy Back to Texas Being Back Let's summarize and bring this back to the present. It's year 4. Texas is the reigning Big 12 champ, undefeated, and ranked #2. Sark showed the players that his leadership is good for their interests. If they follow him, they'll develop and win games. Individual players bought in, then most of the team, and now the team as a collective has voluntarily accepted Sark's authority. They believe in his vision and created social dynamics that enforce it. Individual players feel an obligation that requires them to accept his judgement above their own. Player leadership has coalesced around him. I said at the beginning of this post that I wanted to critically examine player-led teams and to ask why it is good for 18-22 year olds to lead a team. My answer is that player-led teams are a misnomer (or a myth, for clickbait title purposes). When someone says a team is player-led, what they mean is that the players have accepted the coach's authority and player leadership is aligned in enforcing it. The true benefit of player-led teams is how well they follow their coach.

Well, I'm not getting laid.

Did he just say "We are fucking turnt" on national tv lol

shout out to the real ones

Poster on IT: Josiah Sharma finally got eligible for Folsom and played in their 35-7 domination of Oak Ridge. Josiah was an absolute menace. I had him with 7 tackles 2 tfl 1 sack 1 fumble caused and 7 pressures. He might not have been credited with the sack, but he should have been. Was surprised that he played as many snaps as he did considering he hadn't played in a game yet, but only a couple of times was he subbed out until the 4th quarter. He was just too strong for the Oak Ridge OL. QB could never get settled in the pocket as he constantly drove his man into the backfield. He was active the whole night and was consistently chasing plays down from the backside. Motor was on the whole game. He did seem to tire a little in the second half, but he was still active and powerful. He has the body to anchor our defense, but he's so disruptive that we might want to give him a little latitude to penetrate. Kid's gonna be good.

Well, I had to trek down to Cranfills Gap today for a memorial service for my favorite teacher. I absolutely loved the guy. The "cafetorium" was standing room only. Easily one and a half times the town population. He was always very straight, and you could never tell if he was joking. His middle name was Cornelius, when he told us, we wouldn't believe him, I mean who would name their kid with a name like that. He was born on the morning of December 7, 1941, we always told him that's why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor that day. Mr. Cox, or Larry, when we weren't at a school function was the epitome of using every gift God gave him to teach multiple subjects at our small school. He taught history, government (civics), coached when needed, and was responsible for any electives that the school district could coerse him into. He also drove a school bus three hours a day, and I rode every mile with him in eighth grade. He was a commercial pilot, so he taught Aviation as an elective, I was his first student to pass the Private Pilots exam, he was absolutely ecstatic. He had a few more, and one of the guys a year behind me, is now a pilot with United. He was a pretty decent guitar player, and taught a guitar class as an elective after I had graduated. He always made any of my family functions, he attended my wedding (a two hour drive), and my father's 70th birthday. My aunt walked in, he turned to her and said, "hello Debbie." She asked him, "have we met?" He told her they had a class together at Tarleton State 32 years ago, and he remembered her. He always could remember anything, and anyone, kinda like Mac Brown remembering your name. The service was really nice, I saw people I haven't seen for 38 years. Some you recognize, some you had to reintroduce yourself. I weigh about 60 lbs. more and now have gray hair, so I was in the introduction crowd. I was so skinny back then, I had to jump around in the shower just to get wet. It was kinda cool seeing the old school. The "cafetorium" wasn't there when I attended. They moved the tennis courts and the football field house is there now. But the best thing I saw all day was the newer "ticket booth" they had acquired: That is the same scoreboard they had when I played there 38-42 years ago, and it was old then. CHIEF

Mack losing again plus us going back to #1 again without even playing.

My grandpa got his Purple Heart by having his hip broken by shrapnel from artillery. He had to spend the night in a foxhole with 2 dead buddies until the medics got to him the next day. So it’s really neat that Trump gave himself one.

Me: opening laptop to check in on how TexAgs is handling win Also Me: closes laptop immediately

She grew up her whole life 10 minutes from the Texas campus, and just wanted to go far way for college. I have some roots in the Pacific Northwest, and as an athlete she wanted to go to a school with good sports programs. And UO gave her a lot of money.

Oh and we have the opportunity to get this too.

Biden finally let Ukraine take the gloves off!

College football is great

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Let me one up you with the most predictable post of all time

These takes are just brutal on this thread. People bitching about American Airlines offering direct flights somewhere and people questioning where other people send their kids to college? Just brutally stupid takes on the last page.

Mayor Pete is the CDC of politicians. Whiny motherfuckers tweet out trashing him and all he does is professionally respond and resolve the problem.

Like clock work. “yeah yall won the SEC. But yall didn’t have to come in when it was at its peak line we did!”

I think you have actually met my folks at a Houston event or another. I know. And no offense taken. I wrestle with it myself. I have gotten grief on here for refusing to step foot in Texas until I have no choice (work related), but the shit Republicans have done in Texas and in other states is personal for me and for a lot of other women and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604

Me too. I saw the headline, and was about to send it off to my Vietnam Vet father (who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, though to be fair to my dad, he is voting for the R, not the guy behind it (never voted Dem, not even 1963)). I am working on him and my mom to either hold their noses and vote for Kamala (I would put that at a 5% chance) or to stay home (45% chance at the moment). I do not have a lot of hope, and if they vote for Trump, that will irrevocably damage my relationship with them. For those that think this is a hyperbole, Trump hates women and was totally cool taking away our right to bodily autonomy. It is shocking to me that my dad, who told me growing up that I could be anyone I wanted to be, would vote for a misogynist like Trump, who is totally cool with relegating women to the same place they are in enlightened places like Afghanistan under the Taliban or Saudi Arabia (i.e. as little more than property).

Yet another reason the iPhone needs a breathalyzer.

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if you come at pete with “reports”, pete will eat your lunch on twitter and make you say thank you.