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I mean, I said he ridiculously overreacted and that it's fine if Michigan fires him for it, they just don't have to fire him. It's just also blatantly clear that it is not a punch.
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If you watch that and think it was a punch or attempted punch, you're a fucking moron. If Michigan wants to fire him, cool. Feel free. But this isn't a situation where he 100% has to get fired no matter what.
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The whole "he threw a punch!" thing is pretty dumb. He didn't throw a punch. He tried to grab the dude's head to pull him closer to keep yelling at him (for whatever dumbass reason he wanted to do that). He ridiculously overreacted to the situation but I wouldn't say he needs to be fired just from this alone.
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Reyna, Busio, Acosta. Of the players on the field, it's Pulisic. Seems like Dest would be good but I don't think I've ever seen him take one.
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The rule used to be "win national player of the year, get your number retired". Durant and Ford did that. Aldridge was nowhere close. Basketball HOF would be something that sets him apart. Also, we should stop pretending Aldridge did more in college than Durant. Yes, he was here two years and there was more team success, but Aldridge was not even the best player on his team, while Durant was the best player in college.
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I don't completely hate the idea but then don't you also need to retire numbers for guys like Mihm, Tucker, and Augustin? Seems like things start getting crowded pretty quickly. If/when he makes the basketball hall of fame, that probably sets him apart and you retire the number then.
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Finally: Wheel of Time being made by Amazon and Sony
goatsaag replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Movies and TV
New Spring (the prequel book) reveals that they were "pillow friends" but they definitely weren't banging at this point in the story in the books (at least not that we ever saw or were told about). I definitely wanted more from this episode. Feels like they cut the season too short and are rushing but also kinda not a lot is going on. If the end of this season and then next season aren't better, not sure how long this is going to last. -
There are actually two USL players Kobi Henry and Jonathan Gomez (and it sounds like the two of you are each talking about one of them). To me, this feels like a perfect roster for this kind of game/camp if there was just one or two more promising young midfielders in the group.
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Finally: Wheel of Time being made by Amazon and Sony
goatsaag replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Movies and TV
I'm not loving it but I'll at least finish the season out to see if it gets better. The changes from the books don't bother me much in general. But everything to do with channeling just looks stupid. The "battle" scene at the end looked bad and everyone comes out of it seeming weak. I thought episode 4 was the worst episode so far. -
The last two games Pepi and Jesus were the only two strikers. The window before that Pepi, Zardes, and Hoppe were called in as the potential strikers. It feels like Pefok and Dike have dropped out of favor because they don’t fit the pressing style.
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A rational country would just get rid of open carry entirely.
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I've seen similar things to this several times now where people are worried that there is now a precedent that a person can just show up wherever they want with a gun and then start indiscriminately shooting whoever they want based on "I was afraid for my life". I don't understand how this case would do anything of the sort. It wasn't some South Park "It's coming right for us!" situation. Everything was on video and we all got to see what happened. No matter what you think about Rittenhouse (he's an idiot who basically has zero chance now at becoming a reasonable human being), whether he should have been there (obviously not), or open carry laws (completely fucking stupid and should be done away with), he didn't just show up and start shooting whoever he felt like shooting.
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Sure, you can come up with any hypothetical situation you'd like where some or all of the relevant information is hidden. There's no point in doing so, but go for it.
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A person witnessing the shooting would have seen Rosenbaum chasing Rittenhouse, eventually catching up to him, and then Rittenhouse shooting in self defense. So they probably would not have been trying to detain Rittenhouse as a murderer.
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Is this a real question? They both think they are heroes and are trying to play hero. How they are thought of after is entirely determined by who the person fleeing with a gun ends up being. "Good guy with a gun" is fucking stupid.
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After the Mexico game, I'm curious to see where Reyna fits. He doesn't fit the mold of what Aaronson/Weah were doing at all. He also can't cover the ground in the middle like Musah/Adams/McKennie. I'd be interested to see Reyna as a false 9 to see how that looks. It's obviously overthinking things to leave him out of the lineup when healthy, but he's not a clean fit into any of the roles the looked really good against Mexico.
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Sure, he's more of a wingback than a true right back. But the only time he's ever played any position for club or country other than right back or right wing back has been taking advantage of his versatility out of necessity because other options were unavailable, not because right back is not his position.
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His position is very clearly right back. The only reason he ever plays left back for the US is because we have way more depth on the right. With Scally potentially able to backup both sides and Vines healthy again (and the Cannon/Reynolds/Moore right backs not looking as great at the moment), Dest hopefully won't have to move back to the left for a while.
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Richards didn't start and Scally didn't even make the bench, so I'm not sure you can give the fanbase credit for clamoring for the lineup that started tonight. There was zero chance that Lletget, Acosta, or Roldan were going to start in this game. This was also essentially the same lineup as the Costa Rica and Jamaica games from last window
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Several shot during 3rd night of Kenosha riots
goatsaag replied to clapclapclap's topic in Cloak Room
Is part of your argument really 18 = self defense but he's 17 so it was murder? Because that makes zero sense. This is an "interesting" case in general because clearly Rittenhouse seems like a shitty person and he's being backed and lauded as a hero by a bunch of shitty people. At the same time, his actual actions here where he shot and killed people were in self defense. Should he have been there? No. Should he have had a gun? No. Was he attacked and then shot in self defense? Yes. Should anyone out there think he's some sort of hero? Fuck no. But he's almost definitely going to get off any murder charge and I have a hard time understanding people who have watched all of the videos of the incident and believe otherwise.- 5383 replies
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Do people really believe stuff like this? Berhalter is the least experienced person involved with the team with his 17 year playing career mostly in Germany (12 years with the national team) and 7 year coaching career before getting the USMNT job? I get that Herculez Gomez said this, but it's fucking stupid.
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If Acosta does anything but just lose the ball starting a counter, there's a numbers advantage on the left side (which was specifically called out in the video). We all know that Lletget does not have the ability to run at that defender one on one. I would argue though, that trying to have Lletget take on a defender to create a two on four with Weah is way less dangerous that getting the ball back to the middle to overload the left side which is what he ultimately tries to do. His decision also didn't kill the play. It's not an "oh MLS players can't think" but Acosta just fucking up which he did over and over in this game and should have been pulled at half instead of being moved into a more advanced position.
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This is a terrible video to illustrate the points he's trying to make. As the dude says, even in the US's "slow" play, they are setting up a dangerous attacking chance with a numbers advantage. That just gets fucked by Acosta's awful touch. The whole "see, this is what you get with MLS players, they play slow" and then contrasting this play with a play with involves two MLS players playing big roles? Lol, that uh, doesn't demonstrate that point at all.
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I get what we're trying to do with squad rotation and don't entirely hate the lineup we put out (though I'm surprised Pepi and Roldan didn't start, and don't understand Moore over Yedlin at all), but all 5 subs seems like they were pre planned with that rotation in mind and there was zero response to what was actually happening on the field (other than maybe Adams coming on at half). Acosta was the worst player on the field, Bello doesn't look like he belongs on this level (though that's more of a player pool issue), and Lletget was completely anonymous but those three all played 90. That's not how any of this should work even with the reality of heavy rotation. That last 15 minutes of us just booting the ball with no plan while Panama wasted time (even the ball boys running away with the ball?) was a fucking beating to watch.
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He was a starter for the USMNT until he got hurt. He's obviously going to have to prove he's back at that level, but it would be shocking if he never saw another meaningful cap even with the increased competition at his position.
