LCHorn
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I think he's referring to the 2018 Senate race that Beto lost by 2.5% FWIW, the Democratic primary might as well have been uncontested for how feckless the other candidates were.
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Maybe? What measurables are we talking here? The whole "Goosby to the NFL" is one parts legitimate conversation, and two parts Burton/Gerry running with an ESPN report from a "draft expert" whose experience is making listicles for content farm Bleacher Report.
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I think it's because we're both unable to buy in on your stated presumption that a contested primary results in weaker candidates that you present as if it's prima facie evident. You can blame it on fascists in charge all you want; I'd rebut that the same group of assholes keeps getting elected because they are winning the majority of votes in fairly clean elections. Even if they are rigging elections, you're not going to convince the public of it when there remains significant support for the incumbents. The best thing Talarico or any Democrat can do for the party, for the state, etc., is focus on being popular.
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Eh, I have mixed feelings here. Would you rather make a pariah of Cuellar and have him join the GOP? I think I’m willing to overlook a little corruption if it preserves a path to power that helps expose it in the White House.
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I’ll say this in defense of Nahlin-at least he’s willing to slightly risk access in order to report on the team. By comparison, Burton’s unwillingness to criticize UT or its staff in any regard is like a little kid closing his eyes and stuffing fingers in his ears to imagine the bad man going away.
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Translation: John Bianco sent Nahlin a DM, called him a bad name and promised zero access.
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I'm not sure that means anything, as they've said almost all of the outgoing portals are practicing (including Stroh). Maybe that's more out of financial obligation than some other reason.
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I know we're supposed to think these guys are super jaggy, but we're also losing a lot of depth/development pieces in the secondary. Right now our in-house options are Jonah Williams to replace Taafe and true frosh Zelus Hicks. 2nd string nickel is a walk-on who's major contribution is making the honor roll twice. In the Big 12. Obviously this exaggerates things because we can move guys around (Gerry and Bobby think Kobe Black goes to safety, for example), but I think it's going to be hard to recruit back-ups into programs, which basically means you're churning through portal dudes every season and selling them on playing in a rotation (and then they portal back out when it's clear they don't have the athleticism/experience to start).
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From what I’ve seen, he not assignment sound, which isn’t terribly shocking for a first year player and reputedly Sark’s offense requires more versatility on the line than some others (he wants to be multiple). That, plus a lack of athleticism means he can’t play strong, even against smaller players because his technique falls apart if he can’t lock on a DT. This leaves a lot of free rushers as he tries to arm block, and when it’s in the A gap it forces the center over and he’s got a bad angle there, too. He might be fine as a senior but he’s a bad eval as a player if he can’t provide meaningful snaps after 3 years on campus. I think it’s also pretty clear that there’s eval/scouting malpractice that’s more structural, I.e., maybe prioritizing size over every other characteristic is dumb.
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I can’t tell if you both agree with me that Talarico has some real weaknesses as a candidate and worry that Crockett might expose them, or think him invincible and therefore any challenge is unworthy of him. Regardless, I’m on team @Bozo_Casanova on this-he needs the testing and we just had all the evidence in the world that annointing a candidate, essentially forgoing a primary leads to a bad result.
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Why not? Texas has 4 million or so African Americans, at least half of whom are voting age, and Crockett looks and sounds far more like them than Talarico does. You think he’s entitled to their vote just because Cornyn is awful in the kitchen and Paxton is a felon in a just universe? I bet of those 2.3 million (old data, 2015 census), maybe 10% could even name who is running and Talarico needs help getting his name out. Who would you rather he be facing in the primary?
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
LCHorn replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
I don't think it's that simple; I'd rebut they have a fair pulse on the majority of their constituents that are afraid of change and would be willing to punish the party that impairs choice or results in higher costs (even short-term). We've argued on this over decades on various threads. If you want to get voters on board you need to stand-up a public option that has all the current upsides and that doesn't appear to be what the Affordable Care Act produced, even though a lot of those surveyed are happy with the care they receive under it. -
He's not very fast twitch*, albeit the way that Kwiatkowski uses his ends usually includes someone who is a bit of a tweener opposite more of a rush end (i.e., he was a good fit for the role). I think the NFL tends to want more versatility and athleticism, which you can see any time you're looking at Colin Simmons, for example, to use as a comparison. *you mentioned "test well"--I'm presuming this is fairly well revealed at the Combine, pro days, etc.
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CSB Warning... So in, I think 1999 I spent the summer working on a ranch in Granby, CO, and I and a bunch of the staff attended the best concert I've ever been to--Red Rocks Amphitheater, Mavericks opening, followed by Dwight Yoakam, and finally Willie as the closer. One of the girls that was with us (also on staff) disappeared during the Yoakam set, coming back later to tell us that she had her own ride back to the ranch. That ride wouldn't bring her back until about two weeks had passed, and she explained she'd been traveling on the Mavericks tour bus as a groupie/band aid.
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Pretty crazy how good he was at limiting earned runs striking out only 6.9/9 over his career. I remember reading BA back in the day and anonymous scouts claiming he could be straight from high school to the majors based on he defense alone (when he was drafted the first time by the Expos).
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