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Martin Blank
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re: “Pretty in Pink” was released today in ‘86. John Hughes finest work
Posted by Martin Blank on 2/28/24 at 3:19 pm
So did everyone else.
The original script had Molly Ringwald’s character end up with Ducky. The women in the test audiences wanted her to end up with Andrew McCarthy, so Hughes re-wrote the ending.
Not to be deterred, Hughes rewrote the script, flipped the genders, had the lead character end...
re: Reasons I think House is getting fired
Posted by Martin Blank on 1/3/24 at 11:00 am
If that’s what you took from “(i)f Kelly does him a solid and allows him to find an NFL LB job,” and “(House) has to use “best efforts” to find a new job if fired. If he doesn’t go find an NFL LB job on his own, LSU has the right to deduxxt (sic) from the buyout”?
Then I wish you well in your fut...
re: Reasons I think House is getting fired
Posted by Martin Blank on 1/2/24 at 10:23 pm
If you can explain to me why Matt House would resign rather than be fired, and voluntarily walk away from $2.88 million (ETA: $3.69 million before offsets) over the next 24 months, I’m all ears.
Feel free to go into great detail, with lots of bullet points as you walk me through the contract lan...
re: Reasons I think House is getting fired
Posted by Martin Blank on 1/2/24 at 3:47 pm
He does. The key is how he separates from LSU before he leaves for the NFL.
House is not going to terminate his own employment without cause, as that term is defined in the linked contract, and then leave for the NFL. You are correct that this set of facts would relieve LSU of the buyout obligat...
re: Reasons I think House is getting fired
Posted by Martin Blank on 1/2/24 at 1:11 pm
True. But in that situation it’s easy way/hard way
The easy way is Kelly is nice enough to wink-wink tell House find an NFL job. But House isn’t gonna give up the buyout out of the goodness of his heart. He has zero incentive to leave on his own without LSU terminating him without cause, and nobo...
re: Reasons I think House is getting fired
Posted by Martin Blank on 1/2/24 at 12:30 pm
That’s an awfully definitive statement from someone who clearly didnt read the contract linked right there in the post.
HINT: the answer your looking for is on pages 1 and 20 of the 21 page document in the link.
ETA - mix in the bottom of page 11/top of page 12 also. ...
re: Reasons I think House is getting fired
Posted by Martin Blank on 1/2/24 at 11:32 am
House gets his money anyway
If Kelly does him a solid and allows him to find an NFL LB job, he gets whatever his new team pays him. From there, LSU owes House the difference between his LSU DC pay and the pay from his new NFL team.
[link=(https://ath-ems.lsu.edu/prr/contracts/Employment%20Con...
re: Did the BOS screw us out of big buy out money?
Posted by Martin Blank on 12/22/23 at 10:50 am
Because Mike Denbrock accepted a position which was a) not a head coach b) not in the SEC or c) further than 500 miles from Baton Rouge, his buyout is only 25% of his remaining base and supplemental pay:
[link=(https://ath-ems.lsu.edu/prr/contracts/Employment%20Contracts/Football/Michael%20Denbro...
re: I'm voting Jan Swift for Lafayette Mayor/PP
Posted by Martin Blank on 10/16/23 at 3:17 pm
This is exactly what I was going to post.
I explicitly do not trust Josh Guillory any further than I could throw him. He seems to want to be a career politician, so he just started running for various offices until he found a race he could win. That’s the main reason I didn’t vote for him last g...
re: How bad was State Farm the last few years
Posted by Martin Blank on 9/19/23 at 2:35 pm
Even if State Farm gave you all of the money up front, unless your home is paid for the check will have your mortgage lien holder on it as a payee
And most if not all banks won’t just sign the check. You sign and send it to them for endorsement, and instead of signing they hold the funds and dol...
re: I know Texas loves their HS sports, but this is a little ridiculous - Walnut Grove HS
Posted by Martin Blank on 8/12/23 at 9:38 am
It was until Southside HS opened a few years ago.
Now none of the schools in Lafayette Parish are above 2000 kids. And in fact LHS is getting a brand new campus (at the same location). ...
re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin
Posted by Martin Blank on 6/3/23 at 3:03 pm
Thanks. Was more curious about the social media stuff that you seem to track. But waiting til the kid actually gets into the portal makes more sense. ...
re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin
Posted by Martin Blank on 6/3/23 at 1:40 pm
Any chance LSU has reached out to this JJ Wetherholt kid at WVU?
Sophomore Big XII player of the year slashing .440/.510/16, and can play on the dirt.
...
re: NBA Draft News
Posted by Martin Blank on 6/1/23 at 5:09 pm
You might counter and see if there is a way to do the original deal and keep the 14th pick so you can take a flyer on Derick Lively.
But if it’s anything close to a dealbreaker then yeah - if you can get Scoot without giving up BI or Trey you call it into the league asap. ...
re: If BI signs his extension, who is leaving the team?
Posted by Martin Blank on 5/26/23 at 10:22 pm
Is there a version of this trade where the big who ends up in NOLA is Mitchell Robinson?
He’s not the shooter Turner is but he’s still very good defensively and may cost fewer assets than Turner.
Plus he’d be coming home so perhaps more likely to sign an extension if needed?...
re: Official Louisiana High School Baseball Mega-Thread 2023
Posted by Martin Blank on 5/12/23 at 5:50 pm
Minor quibble - the rain delay didn’t affect STM too badly. In fact, the only inning where they scored a run was right after the restart of the game.
What STM didn’t handle well was the Weimer kid who pitched the complete game for E. D. White. He threw three pitches for strikes, never let a lea...
re: Official Louisiana High School Baseball Mega-Thread 2023
Posted by Martin Blank on 4/18/23 at 1:09 pm
At the top end absolutely. As the schools get smaller the selects seem to be more talented.
D1 non select is going to be an absolute war - any of the top 5 could win it if they get hot at the right time, especially with one game semis and finals. But the select side looks like it’ll be the Catho...
re: Official Louisiana High School Baseball Mega-Thread 2023
Posted by Martin Blank on 4/18/23 at 9:04 am
District champs still automatically get in.
The official seedlings are out but not the brackets:
[link=(https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file/Baseball/2023%20Baseball_Seeding%20-%20Select%204-18-2023_xls.pdf)]Select[/link]
[link=(https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file...
re: Official Louisiana High School Baseball Mega-Thread 2023
Posted by Martin Blank on 4/17/23 at 12:01 pm
[quote]LHSAA is scared to piss off Sulphur. [/quote]
Not for much longer. The Youngsville Sports Complex either has, or is about to break ground on a group of high school sized fields, across the street from the soccer complex.
Once the LHSAA has a viable, one-site alternative for the HS base...
re: Official Louisiana High School Baseball Mega-Thread 2023
Posted by Martin Blank on 4/17/23 at 10:49 am
That’s an interesting point. And anecdotally the power rankings seem to bear that out.
For example the No. 4 seed in D1 select is Northwood, whose second best win of the season is a 42 point home victory over a 22-8 Class B school called Grace Christian
By contrast, the No. 4 team in D2 sele...
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