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John Ed
Posted on 10/31/08 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 10/31/08 at 11:12 pm
Just finished John Ed's "It never rain's in Tiger stadium". It was moving and insightful. I could smell and taste home, Louisiana. What say you?
Posted on 10/31/08 at 11:15 pm to crTiger
Well written but sad. Left me feeling bad for a few days.
Posted on 10/31/08 at 11:58 pm to sabbertooth
I like the book, but it wasnt until someone else pointed it out that i too noticed that John Ed can be a whiny beeyotch
Posted on 10/31/08 at 11:59 pm to crTiger
Very well done. Outstanding, but a little bit depressing. That was my favorite time in LSU football history.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 12:25 am to crTiger
My take is that at least 85 percent of what he wrote is utter bullshite. The guy takes actual events and dresses them up like Christmas trees.
John Ed, if you read this then please get over the USC game. The Trojans won - the Tigers lost. Find another reason to live.
ETA: John Ed, I'm really happy that you managed to get laid. So have most of us. But most of us don't talk about it or name names.
John Ed, if you read this then please get over the USC game. The Trojans won - the Tigers lost. Find another reason to live.
ETA: John Ed, I'm really happy that you managed to get laid. So have most of us. But most of us don't talk about it or name names.
This post was edited on 11/1/08 at 12:30 am
Posted on 11/1/08 at 12:32 am to crTiger
John Ed is a good writer, but I'm not going to sit here and feel sorry for him. I was sad when I graduated from LSU, but I moved on with my life. He should move on with his...I mean it's been 30 years.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 12:48 am to BigBoyTiger
Interesting read, but I found myself not respecting the guy too much after finishing. He would go visit the girl at night, tell her he loved her, do her, and then not introduce her to his family during the day. This seemed to go on for some time. Finally her 12 or 13 year old son ran him off.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 1:42 am to root canal
It was agony to get through that book. I love LSU football, but that book had more to to with an arrogant writer than it did the game.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 2:17 am to BigBoyTiger
BigBoyTiger
Did you read the book?
Its not only about the 1979 LSU-USC games, it is really about all of his time at LSU, his family, High school and post LSU life.
I told him it would have been better to do a book on the 1979 LSU-USC game.
As I posted here before, go ask the USC players from 1979 what game they remember the most from that season and the LSU game will win out all the time.
Much of John's book is just sad, the love life should have likely been kept out of the book.
Had the work just covered the 1979 season, it still would have been sad. Talking of Coach Mac, Woodley and John's best friend, all having passed away since that season; there isn't much to be happy about.
Did you read the book?
Its not only about the 1979 LSU-USC games, it is really about all of his time at LSU, his family, High school and post LSU life.
I told him it would have been better to do a book on the 1979 LSU-USC game.
As I posted here before, go ask the USC players from 1979 what game they remember the most from that season and the LSU game will win out all the time.
Much of John's book is just sad, the love life should have likely been kept out of the book.
Had the work just covered the 1979 season, it still would have been sad. Talking of Coach Mac, Woodley and John's best friend, all having passed away since that season; there isn't much to be happy about.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 9:57 am to crTiger
I read the book and found it to be insightful. However the writer's self absorption made it a task to complete.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 10:00 am to wilfont
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I read the book and found it to be insightful. However the writer's self absorption made it a task to complete.
+1
Posted on 11/1/08 at 10:30 am to crTiger
I to read the book and found it very insightful. Having retired from an organization after 30 years and after 7 years of retirement, I have not set foot are missed the place at all, and while I was there I loved it. The winds of change always affect people in different ways you should always look toward the future and not dwell on the past. It was just a book, read it and move on.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 10:44 am to purpleturtle50
I read the book and found it depressing to say the least...the writer talks about not wanting to be one of those players who defines their life by the fact that they played for LSU and then proceeds to be one of those people...I think the guy is self absorbed, a tad delusional and probably in desperate need of anti-depressants..if he actually thinks like he writes....I am desturbed if people get their first view of LSU and Louisiana...through this guy's book...
Posted on 11/1/08 at 10:58 am to floridachad
I like the book but I don't think it's about LSU football. It's a memoir about a guy who lives up to the last line of Ball Four, paraphrasing, "all those years I thought I was holding the ball when in fact it was holding me."
By trying not to be a guy yammering about the old days, he ends up just as obsessed with the old days by trying not to talk about it. It consumes him. It's actually a book about not playing.
By trying not to be a guy yammering about the old days, he ends up just as obsessed with the old days by trying not to talk about it. It consumes him. It's actually a book about not playing.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 11:30 am to Baloo
I read the book last year and enjoyed it. Yes, it was depressing in his relationships with the lady and Coach Mac as well as other players that chose the wrong path, but he wrote about a time when I was at LSU and the games they played. The memories kept flooding in. I could not put it down. I'll never forget the USC game even though we lost.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 11:46 am to LSU Tiger
He's kinda chewed the flavor outta that gum. You got a good writing career pal, which is as likely as a good acting career. You're a LUCKY sumbitch. Now write a detective/porn novel for Christ's sake.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 11:57 am to cosmicdingo
I liked the book...a sad, but probably common tale of a player who devotes most of his life to football only to see that end after his last game. I'm sure it's hard to replace those strong emotions that you get to experience as a part of LSU's football team. After thousands of people cheering you on and being practically a household name in dinner conversations in South Louisiana, I'll bet it's hard to go back to being one of the herd.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 11:57 am to root canal
I read the book and met John Ed. I think he's gay.
OK flame away, but that was my impression of him is shared by many I have spoken to.
OK flame away, but that was my impression of him is shared by many I have spoken to.
Posted on 11/1/08 at 1:14 pm to BillyBowlegs
Really depressing, especially when the chick becomes a dallas cowboy cheerleader, really depressing how he describes that whole scenerio
Posted on 11/1/08 at 1:18 pm to tigger1
Tigger,
I read the book and found it hard to get through the guy and his emotions. He tangles a web that is very hard to get through. I mean, I understand he was upset to see such a huge part of his life gone, but all of us go through phases in life and we have to find a way to get through and move on...John Ed was not mentally strong enough to do that.
I read the book and found it hard to get through the guy and his emotions. He tangles a web that is very hard to get through. I mean, I understand he was upset to see such a huge part of his life gone, but all of us go through phases in life and we have to find a way to get through and move on...John Ed was not mentally strong enough to do that.
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