jimmykc

Since this thread has already headed way off-road, those Cub fans who may want some reading matter while they eat should check out the new Ernie Banks book reviewed in tomorrow's LJS. Just be sure not to get sauce on the pages.

Brief synopsis? Sounds like Heady tried to do some bona fide journalism.

OK, I don't plan to read the article but to be complete the writer should have tried to talk with both Riggins and Moos to get their opinions. Did he? Even the old "no comment" can be used effectively to imply a journalistic point. On the face of it, the appearance is that the AD simply didn't want this head coach to call the shots. Did anyone think otherwise after last year's one year extension? Would Moos have tried this maneuver if the coach's name had been Pitino, Self, Izzo, or Knight? Undoubtedly, there would have been broken furniture. Any "rule" can be circumvented if the person enforcing it wants to do so badly enough. Basically this "bombshell revelation" appears to rank right up there with Moe's "newspapers- over- Mable Hall-windows" and Danny's "Jose Ramos- ate- two- steaks" revelations. Now let's roll out the ball and finish out the end of this disappointing season for better or worse.

It doesn't take much of an arm chair psychologist to sense some passive-aggressive animosity between AD and coaching staff. I'm sure players are sensitive enough to pick up on this and use this to scapegoat someone for failures. doubt the seal would have made a whole lot of difference unless he was teaching players to land on two feet after dunking though.

I just hope there aren't any of those faux "bombshells" which oft-times seem to pass as real news items now. And a tad skeptical when it is hyped by the guy who wrote it.

Pretty cryptic, N'est-ce pas?

I would postulate that the volleyball team has surpassed the baseball team on the 'big three" list at NU.

Well, I did manage to get through this thread which was about as pleasurable as having a breakfast of cold, leftover poutine. We have three more games to get through before my Moonlight Graham avatar can come out of the dugout. I will continue to hope for a pleasant surprise yet this season but the emphasis is decidedly on the "surprise" part.

NU 48 MSU 72 4 players

Miles vs Chambers III. Sort of like Ali-Frazier. Too bad Howard Cosell isn't still around.

Also was probably the first father-son double technical in NCAA history.

Go Big Red-rum

In some parallel universe Walter Bishop is smiling.

Wow, kldm64, you really have your mind made up. Ok, using your reasoning, and still dealing with the alternative universe, lets say the team gets hot at the end of the year, wins all of its final games, and becomes NCAA champion. Would you still let him go because of the "failures" he has had over the past 7 seasons??

I think you mean no "realistic way". If we sweep the last three regular season games and lose in the finals of the Big Ten tourney and still get invited to the NCAA, then it would be hard to fire him. This actually could happen in an alternative universe like the one in "Fringe" ( a show I still miss).

I must just "shut down" at times.

I assume you are not referring to Mark Fox (although he is now available).

That's obviously where he picked up his vocabulary.

MU 70 NU 59

Had we practiced more on our one-second defense we would have won this one.

Bill Self's Toupee: Excellent post and avatar. Photoshopped or Russian trolls? He never leaves home without one, although after Texas Tech yesterday, he might have thrown it onto the court.

I do, Bill was one of my favorites and once dropped me some free tickets to a game. He has used his NU degree wisely and, I think, lives in Lincoln now.

Wonder if BTN plans to bump the Lacrosse game scheduled in that time slot, or just go to one of their other channels? With our luck Penn St/Illinois will go four overtimes.

I don't mind Bounds/Green being involved. It is the "major boosters" who bother me. Sounds too much like how our government seems to roll.

Maybe HHC should send her a bouquet of flowers using Roby's name. Here's hoping the romantic flame continues to burn brightly.