Comments on: UTEP Wrap Up

By: BrickHorn

BrickHorn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:43:11 +0000

Can someone post that old photoshop of Mad Dog at the hex rally, holding a T-bone steak and an ice cream cone?

By: Art Vandelay

Art Vandelay — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:29:29 +0000

steven:

The combination of humor and sports acumen (not just football) on this site far exceeds anything I’ve run across. I think sleep depravation had more to do with the UTEP post game entries skewing a little negative….

A quick suggestion regarding your writing skills:

brevity

Main Entry: brev·i·ty
Pronunciation: \ˈbre-və-tē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural brev·i·ties
Etymology: Latin brevitas, from brevis
Date: 15th century
: shortness of duration; especially : shortness or conciseness of expression

By: Mysterious Package

Mysterious Package — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:09:05 +0000

Couldn’t they have just told MD what they wanted? Is he so sh*tty or set in his ways as to be unable to do anything other than train his athletes for useless bulk. Could he be that way and still maintain his job?
You mean you didn’t know Mack only employs friends? See Greg Davis. Our staff has been the same for years because they are not good enough to get hired anywhere else. Why did I just have to state the obvious? This has been the case for the past 10 years. Unless you Bill Little then our coaches were highly sought after for the UCLA job.

By: MilkmanDan

MilkmanDan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:53:37 +0000

“Is he so sh*tty or set in his ways as to be unable to do anything other than train his athletes for useless bulk. Could he be that way and still maintain his job?”

Apparently so, yes.

By: Bob in Houston

Bob in Houston — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:40:54 +0000

“4) Compare the physical development of our football players to that of our basketball players. Todd Wright’s athletes add size and explosion. They’re physical enhancement is directly noticeable in their ability to perform on the court.”

This is the point I was going to make. Todd
Wright’s program improves the ability of the players he works with to play basketball. Example: Kevin Durant’s failure to do one bench press rep prior to the NBA draft. Wright just doesn’t care about that. And Durant managed to score 20 a game for the Sonics and average 35 minutes. That’s what they wanted out of the guy, not for him to be muscled up.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:20:03 +0000

Mack is a very, very highly paid high school coach. That’s why he relates to the HS coaches so well. Deep down he knows he’s one of them.

By: A Quaker

A Quaker — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:58:43 +0000

Uh, I’m one of those mean Quakers, by the way. Its a real small sect.

By: A Quaker

A Quaker — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:57:51 +0000

“MadDog, who has … won several awards along the way.”

As I recall, those were awards that his S & C buddies handed to him and he naturally reciprocated. Yay! Everybody’s got an orange slice, juicebox and a trophy!

By: Orangeblood

Orangeblood — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:54:36 +0000

“Texas…you’re good, and with our help you can be the best.”

By: Doperbo

Doperbo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:39:27 +0000

A lot of the criticism of Mad Dog is filtered through the framework of listenting to former players- that stuff doesn’t get posted (appropriately so) and leads to finding objective data like kafka and LHS are doing to make the point instead. If it’s a question you are really interested in there are quite a few data points as it’s been heavily discussed the last 5-7 years.

“BC chaise lounge”

The online store is all sold out of BC portmanteaux btw. We need to order some more.