Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: Jclayton92 on April 23, 2024, 10:35:25 PMNo one mentioned Jones in this thread besides you. I've also always respected your takes on Jones even if I didn't agree, so I am unsure what he has to do with this or the need to add him to the conversation but ok.

This is a message board, not a collection of thread silos.

Quote from: T200 on April 23, 2024, 11:38:57 PM   

Rich, you're under no obligation to share personal information about your life with us. But man, something as significant as losing your wife can't be casually slipped into conversation!

So sorry to hear about your loss, man. That's heartbreaking 💔

Hope you're coping well 👍🏾

I am, although there were some foggy months there.  My 2 daughters who live 5 and 15 minutes away from me took magnificent care of me.

Or, he is abusing drugs again.

Or, he was distracted last season cause his marriage was not Aces

Or, he lost the motivation she fell
in love with.

Or, who really knows except he underperfomed expectations?

Quote from: AZGiantFan on April 23, 2024, 10:00:58 PMHis real value as a companion came when my wife passed away unexpectedly in February of 2023.

   

Rich, you're under no obligation to share personal information about your life with us. But man, something as significant as losing your wife can't be casually slipped into conversation!

So sorry to hear about your loss, man. That's heartbreaking 💔

Hope you're coping well 👍🏾

Quote from: ozzie on April 22, 2024, 01:38:54 PMSad. He was a hero.

At the time a huge loss. A true hero if there ever was one. To give up your football career to fight for your country.

Quote from: AZGiantFan on April 23, 2024, 10:00:58 PMI had always been a dog person and indulged in stupid speciesist humor like, 'the more times you run over a cat the flatter it gets'.

But after we had been retired for about 5 years, one night at dinner I told my wife that I'd like to have one last pet before my time came.  A dog would just take too much energy with walking and needing someone to take them when we traveled, so putting aside our bias, we decided to get a cat.  We went down to PetCo where they had rescue cats and picked out an orange tabby and about 200 bucks worth of paraphernalia.

I named him Eli.  Interestingly, the people I knew who knew about cats said males made the best pets.  It became pretty evident, after an adjustment period in which he realized just what an improvement his life experienced, that he was 'my' cat, even though my wife was the one who fed him.

I called him a puppy cat because a lot of his behavior was very puppy like.  And he is insanely friendly when people come to my house, including complete strangers.  I have a handyman and a housekeep who come in and do for me and he follows them around and supervises them

His real value as a companion came when my wife passed away unexpectedly in February of 2023.  For a while it was strange as he would walk around as if he was looking for her.  But he got more cuddly with me and it's a rare night when he's not up on the bed sleeping with me.  He's been a real and continuing life-changer.

I am also very sorry to hear about the sudden passing of your wife. I know it is over a year now but I'm sure the pain never goes away.

As I said in another post, over the years the people who post here have shared so much of their personal lives that sort of makes us a small family. We share the good and the bad and we try and be there for each other in this sort of strange way

Glad you get some comfort from the cat.

Quote from: spiderblue43 on April 23, 2024, 06:10:39 PMLost to the Bears 23-21 in the championship,Lenn. Ouch.

Hell, I'd settle for that this year.

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I'm sorry for his personal struggles and I wish him and his family only the best on this front, but I feel it would be much easier for our team if he just moved on. Hence that is what I hope happens.

Just got back home a little while ago. Good, exciting game, but I would only say we played well in spurts. There were definitely segments of the game that we weren't all that great. I'm glad about the result, but there were a lot of things to clean up. Nice little break until Friday now.

Energy at MSG was great.

These rules where teams are supposedly not allowed to talk to player before a certain date... does anyone think these guys don't have WhatsApp or other encrypted communication means on their personal devices? Does anyone (in the league or out of it) actually think there aren't constant improper conversations occurring every year that the league can do nothing about and does nothing about? Anyone who believes that needs to look at these pamphlets I have for you about beachfront property I'd like to sell you in Antarctica.