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23 minutes ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Here’s the deal, if Trump loses, and I’m not convinced he will, so for anyone to act like they know is silly,

But, if he loses, we’ll go through the continued dumpster fire as far as inflation, weak to other nations, porous border, skyrocketing crime, higher taxes … you get it.

So in four years when Trump is no longer around and the cake walk never appears that so many of our forum political experts think exists for a Republican, even though we have the “right” candidate, who will we hold accountable then?

We don’t have a candidate problem, we have a voter problem.  Republicans can’t provide a product the nation wants anymore, unless we become democrats, which is slowly happening.

Agreed there as well. A month and a half is an eternity in politics. 

It’s not rocket science.  Elections are now decided by independent voters in about 4-6 states.  Which is a good thing for the GOP since it’s been 36 years since the popular vote went red.  So try not to pick the candidate that polls the worst with those voters.  I do agree about the voter problem, and it obviously runs deep on both sides of the aisle.  And neither can see it unfortunately. 

6 hours ago, Reagan said:

Nah, he's not.  Stop listening to CNN and MSDNC!  

If he is, it’s due to low information voters.  And not the ones you ironically like to call out.  No, it’s the ones who care so little about winning an election, they nominate the one person who could actually lose this.

5 hours ago, bullets13 said:

During a Monday X (formerly 

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 National Convention. In response to the interview, O'Brien told Politico that firing workers for organizing or striking is "economic terrorism."

This is coming from a dude that just spoke at the republican convention, not some liberal goofball who was never voting for Trump anyway.  Alienating 10% of the voting pool months before the election... savvy move.

Not sure who his political advisors are but this, combined with suing the people voting (i.e., the taxpayers), he might need a new team. Unfortunately, i think he’s Jerry Jones’ing any team he has anyway.

19 hours ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Do any of you liberals have a sense of humor, lol.

 

I wouldn’t call myself a liberal but I’m probably left of most people who post regularly on this board (and right of most of the folks y’all like to argue with except for probably Cardinal Backer).  And @AggiesAreWe’s DEI post may be the funniest thing I’ve read on this board that was actually intended to be funny.  Of course, when he posts in this forum I’m always on high alert because I know how much he loves the politics portion of this website 😂

As we approach the season…

39 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

What's funny to me is it's happening at a rapid rate, I don't remember it being like this when Coach Richt was there at UGA. 

Always liked him.  Bobby Bowden had a lot of likable guys in his coaching green 

I would lay at least a stroke a hole on 45 vs 46.  Trump can really play.  His game reminds me a bit of an amateur’s version of our own, late great Bruce Lietzke.  Anyway, I’m an only watch golf during majors guy but I found this pretty entertaining. 
 

3 minutes ago, Big girl said:

What extreme rhetoric?

The most common one I see is comparing Trump to Hitler (i.e., one of the worst human beings to ever walk the earth).  Likewise, I remember seeing all kinds of posts, emails, etc. opining that Obama might be the anti-Christ when he was in office (hard to get worse than Hitler but this one certainly is).  When a crazy person hears this craziness, it is not a leap for them to believe they are playing hero by ridding the earth of Hitler incarnate or the anti-Christ, etc.  I would guess this is what people are talking about extreme rhetoric.  At some point, words matter and people need to really be responsible when speaking or, as is often the case with social media, sharing.  
 

And both of these old guys running aren’t doing the best job of leading by example either. 

2 hours ago, baddog said:

People in the crowd saw the perp on the roof and yelled at the SS that he was up there and had a gun. They did nothing until after he fired. Total setup.

I can’t get away from something being off either.  Bullets isn’t wrong about the polling numbers. Elections are won in the middle and the only person worse with the middle right now than Trump is Biden.  Biden won’t voluntarily step aside despite the Dems trying to push him aside.  You’re telling me a building across from the staging area wasn’t secured and a guy crawling around on a roof visible from the ground was missed by trained rooftop snipers?  I’m about the furthest thing from a conspiracy theorist because the simplest explanation is often the correct one.  But some young nut job pulling this off isn’t the simplest one here imo.  Something stinks to high heaven. 

2 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

I bet Brad gave it a serious thought, we are known to be that petty. 

 

I wanted Antonio Reeves, but I'm cool with the pick of my long lost kinfolk Anton Watson though. And to top it off we got the ONE GUY I specifically wanted in the 1st round. Both picks, especially the 1st rounder, fits us perfectly. 

 

Btw: I can totally see us moving up in the 2026 Draft and get Bryce James just to make the Lakers and Bron fans mad💪🏾😁

The first round pick was perfect.  Didn’t know Watson was your kinfolk.  Glad they drafted him now.  I would have taken Bronny on a troll though and tell Rich Paul not to let the door hit him in arse on the way to Sydney. 

I’m pissed the Celtics didn’t draft hIm as an all time screw you to the Lakers.  Not like they couldn’t have signed that older kid from Gonzaga as an undrafted free agent anyway.  Wasn’t nobody else drafting him.  Even if he pouted off to Australia, it would have been worth it just to stick it to the Lakers and Lebron.  As sacrilegious as it seems, be better Brad Stevens.  

4 hours ago, BBfan061 said:

The playoffs being split into big school small school did Kountze a huge favor… that should take Hitchcock out of the equation 

Indeed.  There are several teams, including Kountze, who are good enough to win state sans Hitchcock.  That school just has an unreal amount of size and athleticism for 3A.  

Silsbee would be favored but would definitely be a game I would drive to see.  I couldn’t be more impressed with what Kountze did at TABC.  Played far from a cupcake schedule and really handled business.  I’ve said many times SETX basketball is at its best when certain teams (including Kountze) are good.  They will be plenty good this year and have a chance to make a real run at it. 

4 hours ago, bullets13 said:

Nice to see an Aggie with a reasonable take on this.  Some of the stuff I’ve been reading online is pretty out there 

I agree and I rarely disagree with AAW’s takes.  It’s more the ones who love to throw around the term “t-shirt fans” (like they don’t have plenty of their own and who the heck cares anyway?  Why can’t someone cheer of a college of their choice just like pro teams?).  I have always been convinced that term is mostly utilized by aggy alums who couldn’t get into UT and therefore assume those who cheer for the Longhorns couldn’t either.  Again, inferiority complex.  And again, that’s not AAW but many “loud and proud” aggy faithful I see online. 

On 6/24/2024 at 3:56 PM, desethion said:

MVP Harris Silsbee

Dotson Unites

Simmons West Brook

Payia United

Sells Kountze 

Coach Sigler Silsbee

 

2nd team 

Miller Silsbee

Williams United

Garrett West Brook

Seastrunk Hampshire 

Winn LCM

 

 

Well, they disagreed with me and went Sells over Miller on the first team.  It was so close I really didn’t have an issue either way.  I could be wrong up but it’s always seemed to me that Drelon was a bit undersold in hoops because he is so dang good in football.  But that kid came up with some really big performances in huge games.  He always seems to rise to the occasion.  And he was a senior.  But Zac was certainly more than deserving too.  

I get aggy being pissed off about the press conference comments, and the firing of Pierce on the day of the national championship (although schools and teams do that all the time). But in the end, I think the thing that they are most upset about is the fact that UT can come in and hire their most successful big 3 coach away, just because they want to.  Reinforces every inferiority complex they have, that they won’t or are incapable of admitting.  

1 hour ago, Coach85 said:

I don’t think Schloss and the AD (Trev Alberts) saw eye to eye. I think Alberts came in and is wanting to cut some of the spending that was about to happen in the baseball program. Just what I’ve pieced together from things I’ve read….I believe Schloss will be very well taken care of at UT.

I think you hit the nail on the head.  Apparently when Alberts let Chris Parks go, who was one of Schloss’s guys, he was pretty upset about it.  Don’t know a ton of detail about it but it is rumored it definitely caused a rift between the two.  I can’t imagine this came down to money because it’s not like A&M couldn’t afford to match what UT is paying him.  And I’m sure that was offered when they made a last ditch effort to keep him. 

Pretty splashy…

17 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I thought everyone involved in that play did everything right. Incredible play.

100%.  I don’t know that you could play the ball off the wall and get the relay home any better than the Aggies did.  And the runner made as good a play at the plate as I’ve ever seen.  Amazing it ended up being the difference in the game too.  That game was an instant classic and will certainly be on the short list of greatest CWS championship games ever. 

Pierce out at UT.  If my source is correct, and I’m confident it is, the next coach will be a “splashy” hire to say the least.  

9 minutes ago, gogo173489 said:

You're right. They played really good defense. They had what I considered to be the best defensive player in the district in Reese Sherman. If not the best top 3 for sure. 

I know exactly who you are talking about.  And I didn’t see enough of the district to say one way or another but I don’t doubt you based upon what I saw.  I commented to someone else on this site that I really liked the way she defended. 

2 hours ago, CougarCrazy124 said:

It's not even about offense that made them good. They defended when it mattered. Was it perfect, no. But was it good, yes. Good luck finding someone who can help win more than 23 games after this season .. I've seen and heard what we have coming up. I hope we can fair well in our tough district. 

To the casual fan, it’s all about offense.  They don’t seem to notice anything about the other end of the floor.  That is at all levels (NBA finals this year was a prime example).  
 

Your point is spot on with me.  I was extremely impressed with the Buna girls defensively.  They defended better than 90 percent of high school girls teams I’ve seen.  And a huge part of that was the effort they gave.  All of that tends to be directly related to coaching in my experience.  

1 hour ago, gogo173489 said:

I watched all the games too. If you think that offense was high level, it's not really worth discussing with you any longer. Everyone standing around watching one kid shoot 3's, and one other drive to the basket is just plain bad. 

I will admit my sample size is small.  But they played a team that, in my opinion, was 20-30 points better than them to 6 points at home and 11 on the road.  Buna had one girl who would have started for Orangefield and I’m not sure any others would have gotten much playing time.  And size-wise, it was a complete mismatch.  The equalizer was the coaching (and that wasn’t just my opinion).  

3 hours ago, wo-s#1 said:

Thought I seen a write up on KOGT,maybe I misread it! 

I knew they went deep with that one team.  I had forgotten they lost to Jasper in the game before state, like BC did a few years before.  They also apparently played an epic three gamer against WOS earlier in the playoffs.  Didn’t remember that either.