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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. The insinuation that "the recruits" won't come to Texas because of The Eyes is a canard. Every Southern school has a litany of connections to racists in their past, from their founders, to boosters, alumni, institutions, building names, and more. If this were driving recruit behavior, then it would be Boston College, Rutgers, and the HBCU's winning national championships and not Alabama and Clemson. Recruits go where they can win and show off their skills to the NFL on the biggest stage. Texas will always be one of the biggest stages on the strength of our history and alumni base. Sure, it will be used against us as negative recruiting, but so is every controversy - real or imagined. The bigger issue for recruiting will be a lame duck hotseat coach who is clearly on the way out. Let's not confuse the issues, even in the '80s, Texas teams fielded great talent (poor coaching), better than most of our competition. We have the preconditions for football greatness, and what we need is administration and coaching to support that. I think that we have the right admin in CDC. We have the wrong coach in Herman, which will get fixed either this year or next. White people can't tell Black people how to feel. White people should shut up and listen. White people don't get to participate in the conversation about what is considered racist. All of these may be true. Where it breaks is when it comes to action. White people can listen and listen and listen, empathize, and atone for sins of their grand-forefathers by feeling really, really bad. But what happens when the person sitting across the table now want actions that are incompatible with your belief system? What if I were a minority and told @bad_teammate that his posts really offended me, and aside from feeling bad, he needed to show action to truly repent by deleting his account and never posting here again? Again, he's not my race and I am the oppressed here, so he doesn't get to tell me how to feel, and I am demanding action, otherwise - he's racist! Maybe he tells me to pound sand? He's not deleting his account, I'm the unreasonable one. WTG, racist. Or maybe he wants to engage me about how I've misinterpreted his post, and here's what he really meant. Well guess what, I didn't ask for a dialogue. As a racist white person, your job is to shut up and listen, and then take the actions I demand. This is where we are with The Eyes. You're with me or against me. You're taking the actions I want or you're a racist (or you're the stupid unreasonable player). We shouldn't be surprised, because the polarization is everywhere now, eventually it was coming front and center at the University. I'm hoping that we can collectively reclaim the song with recognition of its history but also all the positives it has brought and still brings. The dialogue on twitter and this thread are really reductionist: "racist," "angry old white guy," "pussy player," "woke." I would hope that everyone had as great an experience at UT as I did; making connections with people of all races and backgrounds - and that was in the late 90's/early 2000's. Of course we want everyone to be comfortable. But you don't have to tear down 100+ years of tradition, the majority of which were not racist and created a net-positive, because of a mistake at the beginning. Just like we don't judge adults for their mistakes as children - or the mistakes of their parents.
  2. Fuck Chris Brown for flexing (multiple times!!!) after tackling the OU player after a 25 yard gain
  3. We should also let the players call plays and redesign our uniforms. Because we need them and they'd like to do that right?
  4. LHB has already been informed that they're playing The Eyes. I assume that the LHB leadership will take appropriate actions if LHB members refuse to play the official school song - and here's a hint: there are a lot more people out there that want to be in LHB than people who are willing to get cut by not playing that song.
  5. Good point, replace OU in that scenario with someone else who destroys us in that case
  6. One of three things will happen: 1) We squeak by OU because they throw the game at us and we hear "TEXAS IS BACK" right up until we back our way into the Big XII championship and OU skull fucks us again - 60% chance 2) OU destroys us and we back our way into the championship game again and squeak by with a W there "TEXAS IS BACK" and get destroyed in the non-playoff bowl game... 30% chance 3) Season totally off the rails, lose to KU, we go full Chollie Strong, 10% chance of happening I'm not sure which I prefer TBH. I guess the Big XII win.
  7. Yes and his game will age better as well.
  8. At first I was like... Then I was like...
  9. Just stopping by to say Fuck You Kawhi, enjoy fishing bitch.
  10. I started losing it at 18. By the time I graduated UT I was full-on receding. I've cut it shorter and shorter, now in my 40's, if I let it grow I'd have a horseshoe look, not good. I have a trimmer that I use w/o a guard (a zero?) and do it about every 2-3 days. Basically shaving w/ less maintenance. I look back at photos of my in my late 20's and 30's and wonder why I didn't start that earlier.
  11. Right - you said it better than I did. The UFA game is tilted against the Spurs b/c of the media market and other endorsement opportunities available in bigger markets. Even if we max cap space, if it's a choice between Brooklyn/NYK/LAL/LAC/Miami/Chicago or the Spurs...we lose, and end up holding the bag like we did w/ fucking Morris. All the evidence from the past decades shows this - we don't get good FA's. We get back-half-of-his-career LMA, Malik Rose, and Michael Finley. Now one could argue that we haven't had to compete for FA's at the highest level because we had the core in place, and that's fair. But looking @ all the small market teams in the NBA, it's a pretty clear trend. You might get a single diamond who grows into an all star, but it seems like the trend now is that the biggest star FAs have figured out the power they hold and are looking to move in pairs or triplets. We've never shown the ability to pull that off - no small market has (Cleveland, maybe? If you count Kevin Love?). What we have shown is the ability to execute the Spurs system and grow talent within it - at least for the bench players and solid one-step-below-All-Star rotational talent. We have N=1 datapoint of growing talent to All-Star level in Kawhi, I think it's fair to say Pop and team developed him and raised his ceiling far beyond what was foreseen when we was drafted, whereas Duncan was always going to be All-Star talent and I'd argue the same for Manu and Tony. So we know we can grow up the peripheral players, the question is how do we find the core 2-3 top players. Trade, FA, or Draft? Trade - first we don't have anything worth trading. Our top assets are either at the end of their careers (LMA), not a good fit for the modern NBA style (DD), or too early in their career or we can exploit too much potential that we wouldn't get appropriate value back (DeJonte, White, maybe Lonnie). I see this as zero sum in terms of assets received back, unless we consider it addition by subtraction and are able to dump DD/LMA to free space for... FA - this is a bad place for the Spurs based on above discussion. At least for the top tier superstars. The issue is if we get impatient we might land ONE...but not the 2.5 we actually need to compete in the West. One superstar like a Giannis is enough to put us in NBA purgatory like where the Bucks are about to be: exit the playoffs early, with shit draft position, repeat. The other place for FA is to build around the superstar, but the issue here is that you don't want to get complimentary pieces in the FA market until you have your stars in place because otherwise you bring in the wrong stuff and overspend. Better to hold chips here IMO. Draft - we have demonstrated success here at all levels. We just need to get high enough in the draft to get that next star on the cheap first contract. Once we have that, you can make a legit play for additional FA or trade pieces to pair them up and our superior development and system can take over. tl;dr - what you said, but with more words
  12. I just see a max FA as a route to forever purgatory. Today's NBA you need several legit all-stars to compete. We get a FA all-star and maybe DeJonte? He'd have to play at a much higher level than he showed in the bubble. White and Lonnie are marginal all-stars at best IMO. I'd rather go full Process at this point, keep DeJonte, dump LMA and DD, trade one of Lonnie or White (probably Lonnie), retire Pop and he can do front office if he wants or go drink wine all day. Then shoot for bottom of the West and get a lottery pick that's actually useful. Better to eat a shit sandwich for several years than to drink sewer water for a decade or more. My $0.02
  13. Just not sure I get the logic...we dump DD and LMA for ...not much....on the long shot roll of the dice on a low lottery pick, and hope to develop White and Lonnie into...something as good or better than DD/LMA? I’m not sure their ceilings are much higher than what we’ve got. The biggest problem Spurs have right now is not who to trade where. It’s unrealistic fan expectations. We are in NBA purgatory and will be for years. Just good enough to occasionally edge a low playoff seed and round 1 exit, not bad enough to get an impactful lottery pick. And not enough intangibles to attract free agents like in Los Angeles. We need to change our expectations. Spurs will be a mid to bottom of the West team for 5-7 years minimum. Or go full Process and tank, which means Pop is out. It ain’t pretty what it is what it is. Watch the Spurs for nostalgia and remember our rings fondly. I doubt we will see more soon.
  14. Just checked...LHN shows in the ESPN app, But when you click to watch it, you get “you are not authorized to view this content” So...what’s the best way to watch the game this weekend? Looks like only AT&T’s streaming service carries LHN?
  15. He was in the room where it happened!
  16. Where are my 47Brand hats and t-shirts, dammit!
  17. I know it's the Mavs, but Doncic is amazing and I have to root for them over Kawhi and the Clips.
  18. Slick! Purple w/ white interior is 🔥
  19. I don’t get the Nebraska hate. We owned them. Yeah they bailed and were bitches but I put that more on Osborne. I’ve always found Nebraska fans to be great and I really enjoyed my trips to Lincoln. Winning helps that.
  20. Love it so far! Except for Murray’s horrible shoulder tattoo.
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