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Art wanted an offer without interviewing or announcing interest. He wanted to have the job offered to him without going through the process. In other words, he was not going to clamor for the job and not get it. Patterson came in and was not going to let others make the decision. He was going to do it his way and make the hire. Hopefully he made the right one. And Mack held out just long enough to ensure that he didn't make the one he was terrified of. Don't get me started on the whole head coaching search. It was handled poorly the whole way through. Love him or hate him, Deloss would have let the billionaire boys club take the reins and it would have looked a lot different. Hopefully the basket Patterson put all his eggs in pans out. Otherwise he will wish he stayed in Arizona.

  Ketch is an idiot.  Doesn't change the fact that UT is THE head coaching job in college football.  Which of course necessarily makes it the top job in the State as well...

  Simple.  He is coached by Bo Pellini.  He will find a way to screw it up ;)

  Preach.   IMO, the reason why the cellar dweller NBA franchises have trouble turning things around like NFL teams do is this reason exactly.  You have the "lottery" teams constantly drafting kids that are 3-5 year projects and by the time they are actually good, it's free agency time and they jump to a contender.  If they adopted the same rule as the NFL, it would improve this situation tremendously.  As for the overseas players, I also couldn't agree more.  The second round is nothing but teams trying to find the next great Euro player.  The number of quality players who don't even get drafted now out of college seems to increase every year.

At lunch today, a buddy told me the same thing about West Texas BBQ. He's from lumberton and ate there a few weeks ago and they microwaved the brisket. Big no no. He's the biggest BBQ hound I know. Said JB's in orange is hands down best Q is SE TX.

  Best I have had for sure.  By the way, they make a hell of a sandwich there too.

  Some as in most everyone.  If you look up the top college coaching gigs in the country, not many lists don't have UT #1.  Heard Cowherd one day put it above a lot of NFL jobs. 

Like the Young pick.  We needed a shooter for sure.  I wanted them to take Randle with the 6th pick if we are dealing Rondo.  Randle is an immediate impact player, IMO, and will be better by season's end than Bass, Sullinger or Olynyk.  Just my opinion.  Hopefully Brooklyn will stink it up this year and we will get a top 3 lotto pick next year.  I would love to see us get a legit big like Jahil Okafor or Myles Turner.

Have you tried JB's in Orange? Brisket is fantastic there.

Definitely on my list. Always in the top 5.

Depends on what other moves they make.  If they sign Lebron or Melo, he has to go.  His price tag will be too high for a role-playing 3 ball shooter. 

  I gotta try that brisket omelet.  You need to do Franklin's at least once.  It is absolutely worth the wait.  I had the sausage at City Market and remember it being excellent.  Been a few years though.  Have you tried Mickelwaith's?  I have not but I heard they make a different kind each day fresh and they are all outstanding.

Maybe if you'd finished in the top 4....

Shouldn't they have a ferocious collie on the side?

It is a little better than tied for 7th in conference, no?

My son showed me a YouTube video of him dunking. Very impressive to say the least.

Augie wants an extension. Good for him. You should get spanked a little when you put the greatest manager in the history of college baseball on the proverbial hot seat.

  Actually, I have seen prosecutors try cases (in Jefferson County), when the person blew under a .08.  There is an either/or scenario in the statute:  You have a BAC of .08 or higher; or, you do not have normal use of your faculties (paraphrasing but that's close).  IMO, it's BS - why even have a .08 limit if you aren't going to abide by it either way.  Most juries will recognize this and "walk" the person if they are under the legal limit with no allegations of other substances (e.g., pills).  And you guys are correct, if you aren't of the legal age to drink, you are a minor and any detectable amount of alcohol in your system is an offense.   Here's another element that has never made sense to me:  On a first offense, if you are under 21 and give a breath specimen, the DL suspension is for 60 days.  If you are over 21 and give a breath specimen, it's over 90 days.  I guess the motivation is that any amount is an offense if you are under 21, so encourage them to blow.  However, it seems to me it ought to be more penal in you aren't even old enough to drink in the first place.

Not impressed with the buck-20 he batted this year?

  On a first offense, yes it would.  Only difference is mandatory interlock on 1st offense if BAC is .15 or higher...

2 yrs is steep on a class B. 1 yr is pretty standard. Have seen 2 yrs though in cases involving an extremely high blood alcohol content or an accident.

So gross

No doubt

What a dang catch

Runner beat the tag. Gotta love the unwritten rules of baseball (or hate them).