Author Topic: What did you football team mean to you? (Read 1066 times)

Ripsnort · « **Reply #45 on:** December 13, 2007, 05:13:04 PM »

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Originally posted by clerick
i haven't been in high school for 13 years now, hadn't discovered this addiction yet.

As for him being a squad mate, he is in the same squad as i am, but i haven't been active since a little before he was recruited. I still have not had the pleasure of playing with him.

One would expect squaddies to keep their dirty laundry on their own forums, not a public OT forum like this. Shame on you.

clerick · « **Reply #46 on:** December 13, 2007, 05:25:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
One would expect squaddies to keep their dirty laundry on their own forums, not a public OT forum like this. Shame on you.

Thats the second time you've tried to be condescending. Try again, it might work next time.

This has nothing to do with squads or loyalty to a boy who has yet to earn it. It is about his moronic posts and assertions by fools like you and him.

Squad member or not, he's demonstrated time and time again on this forum that he is just another noob who will likely relive his football glory years selling shoes.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #47 on:** December 13, 2007, 05:54:26 PM »

Hehe.
Football is not the end all/do all by a long shot.

Back in the days of the dinosaur during Junior High we had a great coach at the small town I attended.
We went three years with not a loss. Was a blast.
Second year in high school every thing changed. Instead of replacing the coach with a coach the school went with one of the in house guys.
Early in that year I screwed up one ankle. Shortly after the other. Pain, lots of tape and go for it. It became quite obvious the game this cat was playing. It was "You bow down to me and worship me and you are in the groove. You don`t , I`ll make your life miserable". I never kissed nobody`s behind for nothing, then or now.
One of the happiest days during that period was the day I told the moron exactly where he could stuff his football team and his arse kissers.
That`s exactly what he ended up with for a team. Every little sniveling, butt smooching nobody that would worship him.
He did attempt to make my life miserable for the rest of my High School stay, but he lost out on that also. I dealt him so much misery that he grimaced every time he saw me.
Since then the little town school has followed his lead all these years.
They have taught the kids so much through football. They have taught them that football is the highest priority of the school. It comes over everything and everyone. Can`t make good grades? Not a prob if you are playing football. It`s all covered up and taken care of.
Get in trouble with the law? No prob if you are on the team. We will cover it up.
Get caught with a couple pounds of pot and a little coke in your locker. Hey...no prob. In this instance the kid got no punishment , while a girl with a borrowed truck got expelled for two weeks for having two empty beer cans in the back of the truck on the parking lot. I mean after all, it was on a Thursday and their was a big game Friday night. (They had a little different outlook the next week after I attended a school board meeting)

All in all, like I said, it has taught the kids there sooooo much.
It has taught them that if you smooch the right rear, join the team, then you can be a total slacker and it will be all smooth sailing.

AKIron · « **Reply #48 on:** December 13, 2007, 05:59:07 PM »

Football is not THE sport????

Heretics!

clerick · « **Reply #49 on:** December 13, 2007, 06:03:08 PM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
Football is not THE sport????

Heretics!

Downhil skiing is by far a greater rush

Masherbrum · « **Reply #50 on:** December 13, 2007, 06:05:57 PM »

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Originally posted by FBBone
Always got picked last, huh?

I got picked last once in football. After that, first. I can still throw the pigskin with either arm 35 yards+.

I played pickup games with Varsity players and they told me it "wasn't worth playing on a losing team". I went to Livonia Churchill. We tied some record of consecutive losses. I attended there from 87-91. They never won a game from 85-94 or 95. The only reason I didn't play is the coach for Varsity was a joke.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #51 on:** December 13, 2007, 06:58:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Masherbrum
I got picked last once in football. After that, first. I can still throw the pigskin with either arm 35 yards+.

I played pickup games with Varsity players and they told me it "wasn't worth playing on a losing team". I went to Livonia Churchill. We tied some record of consecutive losses. I attended there from 87-91. They never won a game from 85-94 or 95. The only reason I didn't play is the coach for Varsity was a joke.

I think coaching is the most important aspect of any team sport. Without a good coach, the informal "lesson" in life could be catastrophic from a psychological point of view.

That said, my son's future Middle Schoold football coach in 2008 season, we met 2 weeks ago...he played College ball with John Kitna at Central Washington University. (I asked him if I could contact John for a reference

) He's a really nice guy and I chatted with him a good 30 minutes after the formal Parent/Coach introduction. I tend to "interview" coaches before I let my kids play on their teams. I'm more concerned of their overall philosophical view of life, sports and how they interpret the two as a parallelism rather than the "winning" aspect of sports.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #52 on:** December 13, 2007, 08:21:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Please show me where I said it was the ultimate sport.

Here:

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Ski racing in Minnesota? You definately didn't do that at Wild Mountain (formerly known as Troll Hagen in the 60's and 70's) A race there would have taken 15 seconds.

Sounds like the bitterness pill has kicked in. Too bad you couldn't make the team.

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Why not just be honest and tell us why you didn't make the team? Too afraid? Didn't want to make the physical committment? Too fat? Hated one of the players? Had a girlfriend stolen from you by a football jock? You shouldn't have such a bitter outlook on a sport you know nothing about just because YOU failed to make a team.

Assuming that he didn’t make the football team and had to settle for a lesser sport like skiing.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #53 on:** December 13, 2007, 08:23:49 PM »

Wow, that's the best stretch of 2007 I've seen on this board.

FWIW, skiing is my favorite sport, always has been, always will be. Guess where we're going for our 2 week xmas vacation?

FYI: Skiing in Minnesota sucks after you've been spoiled by Vermont, Colorado, Utah and Washington.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #54 on:** December 13, 2007, 08:41:51 PM »

It’s not a stretch in the tiniest bit. You’re giving him a hard time for not “making the team” when in fact he chose to ski. Everyone can read what you wrote; denying it doesn’t change a thing.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #55 on:** December 13, 2007, 09:00:19 PM »

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It’s not a stretch in the tiniest bit. You’re giving him a hard time for not “making the team” when in fact he chose to ski. Everyone can read what you wrote; denying it doesn’t change a thing.

You're interpretation is completely wrong. What else can I say to comfort you in your obviously wrong decision to think otherwise?

FBBone · « **Reply #56 on:** December 13, 2007, 10:38:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Masherbrum
I got picked last once in football. After that, first............

Karaya, I hope you also saw my second post where I explained the the comment you quoted was in fun................