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Trends should never be measured in single digit days...

Kim Pegula is about 47 years old... She will be the owner for a long, long time.

That's what I tried to tell her, but she wasn't buying it. She wouldn't even stand for the National Anthem or for goals. :doh:

Regardless, I'm praying for a LARGE market collapse in all sports that shave 75% off of current ticket prices.

11 year old daughter was super freaked though. Started crying. I spent most of the game with my arm around her. haha

The secondary market is ideal for people like me. Out of towner who wants good seats for the only game they will attend... For the record, I never sat behind the goal before and it was great. I recommend PTR's tix to anyone who doesn't have a fear of heights. haha Bad things happen to those who lose a captive audience.

I think you mean "can't"... :unsure:

I love you man!!!

Odd question in Rasmus discussion... ;)

I just got pulled over in Alden on Saturday driving by a school. Expectations: I'm getting a ticket, but hope my stellar behavior gets it reduced to a warning. While waiting for the officer to approach, I got my wallet out and my license and put my hands firmly on the wheel at 10 and 2. I don't move them. Officer asked if I knew how fast I was going. I said no, because I was slowing down because of the 15 MPH zone. He asks if I was aware of the 30 MPH zone prior to the 15 and then states I was going 47. Probably true. Asks for license and reg. My wife asks permission to go into the glove box to retrieve the reg. He asks where I am going, where I am from, where I am staying and who is in the car with me. I answer all questions honestly about going to see family, etc... Came back with a warning. Best case scenario.

Oduya?

Maybe some of you people should get some kids. That will end this discussion real fast...

Or if he was traded to Vancouver. :ph34r:

Once they get into middle school it isn't worth the fight. You force them to dress warm when they are little to teach them. Once they are old enough to know better, if they want to freeze - let them. Eventually they will figure it out.

I would be extremely reluctant to extend US Soccer's influence too much down at the team level at younger ages. What they learn is 99.99% the domain of the individual coach and how they view the game. I'm far more knowledgeable on US Soccer's philosophy/curriculum and I never played (but I do read) than her coach. Our coach played in college and just mish-mashes what he picks up from his past, other coaches, and his own online research. He has no idea what US Soccer has to say and I'm constantly at odds with some of his views because of it. He's a ManU guy, so there is a style of play he prefers. What he does isn't dictated by anyone - even John Ellinger who is our club's Director of Coaches/Technical Director (look him up on Wikipedia). At the younger ages, US soccer preaches Guided Discovery. This is the middle ground between "let them figure it all out on their own" and "this is exactly what you do in all situations". Through small-sided games with unique constraints you set them up to problem-solve a particular situation. It isn't Brazil street soccer, but it isn't the Germany Army either. The 3-man overlap I showed the other day was never practiced in that form. Sure we did generic overlapping activities, checking to the ball activities, made switching fields coaching points, but the girls were left to synthesize all that into the play on that video. My daughter knows to spread out when possessing, so she retreated to her corner. She knew Mary was open on the wing and saw the space to her outside. It was her decision to make the run and let Mary know what she was doing. Mary ignored her run and chose the simple check-in pass to our center-mid. The real magic was our CM seeing Paige making an overlapping run despite not being a part of the usual 2-man combination. She sees the run and plays the ball into space for my daughter to run on. These concepts were all taught in various ways, at various times, but never strung together as was executed on the video. So, in that sense they picked up their Lego pieces and made something they never made before. Where this leads in the future - I don't know. She made the Maryland U12 ODP pool with a few of her teammates. We will see what that level of instruction brings. All I know is that she informs me everyday that practices are too short and that any stretch of days without training is too long a break. It's nice that she has a passion for it.

Here is a compromise. The rule stays the same, but a challenge can be only be upheld if the entire body is offsides (both skates if on the ice, one skate if the other leg is in the air). Anything else is too close to overturn.

Yep. I don't drink that much water simply because I don't want to piss my pants all day, but the rest is true for me as well... If coffee tasted so good why do people dump so much sugar and other into it?

See, I have never had to ask anyone that question... It's the exact reason why I never bothered to drink it. If I am sleepy before an important meeting then I will take a NoDoz with water and I am fine. I have two addictions in life – my wife and my phone. Not necessarily in that order…

I have never seen a Bond movie and I have never had an energy drink. Not even a cup of coffee. I have had No Doze though. Seemed easy enough not to reinvent the wheel.

The bits and pieces I have seen were in the late 70's when my brothers would watch them. Haven't seen more than a commercial since and I have never had the urge to see any of them.

I have never seen a full James Bond movie.

Sorry for those I haven't contacted. I accidentally blocked my own IP address from home setting up a new machine. I've just been posting the occasional post from my phone, but I'm just getting back to this now.

:angry:

Badge of honor or badge of shame?

Even Brunswick shows the speed of my ball...