Big Blue Huddle

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The Giants had a great GM in George Young (until he lost his fastball).  After Young, they had Earnie Accorsi, who was a good but not great GM.  Jerry Reese started off hot (with a great 2007 draft), but he drove the team into the ground.  David Gettleman was a complete disaster, and the verdict is still out on Schoen.

The Giants hit paydirt with Bill Parcells, but they followed that with the disaster that was Ray Handley.  Dan Reeves was a pretty good head coach, but he liked to play GM, which he was not good at.  He was followed by Jim Fassel, who wasn't horrible but was a bit flawed.  The Giants hit paydirt again with Tom Coughlin.   Since Coughlin, it has been a merry-go-round of failed head coaches Ben McAdoo, Pat Shurmur, and Joe Judge.  The verdict on the current HC, Brian Daboll, is still out.

The Giants hit on Phil Simms.  When the Giants cut Simms, they went with failed Dave Brown.  As Brown was released, you had Kannel and Kent Graham.  The Giants found a solid one in Kerry Collins. The Giants upgraded from Collins with Eli Manning.   Since Manning's retirement the Giants have had Daniel Jones.


So, which position have the Giants had the most struggles finding a solid candidate?

Tough loss last night, but I thought it was a great effort. A lot of people out there thought the Knicks would get blown out last night, possibly resting players and saving themselves for game four.

Instead, they were not only in the game late, but they were leading fairly late in the game, and they managed this without OG plus all their other injuries. Basically, the Nova three led the team again, and it feels like as long as these three games are playing you always have a shot.

To be fair, I am worried about OG, because I think they may still need him to win this series, and if they were to advance, they will certainly need him to have any sort of shot of even being competitive against the Celtics (assuming the Celtics advance). I worry about OG because hamstrings are usually not a "day to day" thing, as the Knicks are publicly characterizing this injury. They tend to take a while to heal, so I worry he could be done. I hope that's not the case.

All in all though, a good effort last night despite the final result. This team has a ton of heart and grit. Hopefully they can get it done tomorrow.

Connections
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Strands #69
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The sky lit up last night.

This movie is not gory...except the final scene, but it's not like his other movies. As Kurt Russell points out, it's a "love letter to LA", and literally takes you back to 1969 LA...the dying western genre, actors dealing with getting old and no longer A-listers, the hippie movement, lifestyle of actors and singers who lived in "The Canyon", etc. More nostalgia than mystery and deep plot. It just happens that it all took place when Hollywood was shaken to the core over the Manson murders. Walter Cronkite had a hard time on CBS telling of the murders and was visibly shaken and said that in his years of broadcasting, he had never had to bring a story of such inhumanity. The murders were just a couple weeks after Cronkite got to broadcast man taking his first steps on the moon, which was the highest point of his career. Anyway, it's a lot of nostalgia for a lost period of time in the center of entertainment

Interestingly, Sharon Tate was not a well known actress, unless you were part of the inner circle. She was close friends with Steve McQueen who did love her, but she never let it go anywhere. In fact, he was supposed to be at the house the night she was murdered, but he hooked up with a girl and spent the night with her rather than going over to Tate's house. It's highly possible he might have turned the tide on Manson, as he was an ex-marine, and a badass in real life. Guess we'll never know

Tarantino spent a lot of time with Sharon Tate's sister and Sharon's mother (who died a year after the movie came out), and out of respect, did not include her death in the movie and instead, created faux history by having some of Manson's people attack Pitt and DiCaprio's wife in which the Manson crew was killed. "Artistic Liberty", I guess. This was done as a softening to the Tate family when the movie hit the screen. Tarantino had great respect for Tate's family and didn't want to exploit their pain, but rather show what Sharon was really like

Sharon Tate had a part in "Valley of the Dolls", and of course "Wrecking Crew" where she starred alongside Dean Martin in a comedy. But her longest part of work was as Miss Hathaway's assistant at Mr. Drysdale's bank in the Beverly Hillbillies. She was Jethro Bodine's heart throb and vice versa; hence, Miss Hathaway tried to keep them apart because she herself was smitten with Jethro...LOL. In real life, she was a fun loving, happy go lucky woman who loved acting, but even more so, just wanted to have a family. She pleaded with Manson in real life of the night of the murder, to let her live, because she only wanted to have her baby and be a family. That of course, didn't stop him

Quote from: Painter on May 10, 2024, 10:24:53 AMA) If the shoe fits... B) It had nothing to with you no matter how you may choose to read it. C) It still applies to those for whom it was and is directed who quite obviously aren't bothered in the least by it.

Is that clear enough?

Cheers!

Yeah whatever.
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3rd base. The runner had already reached 1st base safely prior to the defense throwing behind him. It doesn't matter if he was then diving back to 1st. One from the mound and two from the field.

Maybe Daboll wrote the article for CBS as the ultimate motivational tool for Jones now that he has all these new receivers.  Would be a bold move.