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re: It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium
Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:10 pm to Jesus Magillicutty
Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:10 pm to Jesus Magillicutty
Read about a quarter of it and stopped. Most depressing and feel sorry for yourself write up I’ve ever read. Dude has serious depression issues
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 10:11 pm
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:11 pm to Amadeo
Enjoy ehe first part about recruiting and playing but after football he did whine a lot
Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:26 pm to Jesus Magillicutty
He’s a talented writer, no doubt, and while he is talking about the football experience it’s an extremely entertaining read. Once he starts struggling in his post football life the book definitely losses steam. He comes off as way too whiney for my taste. Like football’s version of Ross from Friends. You’ve been banging Rachael, why the hell are you acting so pathetic
Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:28 pm to Amadeo
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That was a lot of whining from someone who had multiple doors opened for him simply because he could long snap a football "through a brick wall".
This was pretty much my opinion.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:35 pm to Bristol Dawg
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I always get a kick from those that don’t read, who question why we say “chance of rain,,,Never!” Before home ball games.
The phrase “It never rains in Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night “ was around a long time before this book came out.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:44 pm to Jesus Magillicutty
I thought it was a whiny, self indulgent piece of shite.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:04 pm to TigerBR1111
Yep. Aware of that. There were some freakish clearings or even non-weather over the years. Probably what gave Ed the idea. Better than some generic ‘rise above’ or ‘forget about the stress’ cliche names he could have used.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:25 pm to Jesus Magillicutty
Reading about Charlie McClendon on his death-bed was hard. As the years pass, I gain ever more respect for Coach Mac. and he was done dirty by this, as ever, shortsighted fanbase in 1979.
Requiescat in Pace, Coach McClendon.
Requiescat in Pace, Coach McClendon.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:35 pm to adavis
quote:The book is not about the program.
The guy made it solely about himself and not about the program
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:53 pm to Jesus Magillicutty
Great book. I haven't read it in a few years. I might read it again.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:51 am to RedPop4
Just as with Les Miles, McClendon was done wrong by LSU Athletics Dept staff stringing him along way too long rather than doing the inevitable sooner. It wasn't the fanbase that did him wrong.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 3:00 am to Jim Rockford
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I dunno, the guy has a lot of angst for having lived a life any of us could only dream of.
I agree. Much darker than I had anticipated.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 6:47 am to LeClerc
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I thought it was a whiny, self indulgent piece of shite.
This
A big steaming pile of shite. This beta titled his book only to sell more copies, and then put bad light on the program.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 7:12 am to Jesus Magillicutty
I thought it was a bad book, and if it wasn’t LSU related, I doubt anyone here would think it was very good
Posted on 3/23/20 at 7:39 am to bee Rye
I didn’t like it. Or probably more accurately it was not what I was expecting and not in a good way at all.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 7:57 am to Jesus Magillicutty
I enjoyed it
Did get tired of his whining.
Did get tired of his whining.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 7:59 am to bee Rye
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I thought it was a bad book, and if it wasn’t LSU related, I doubt anyone here would think it was very good
Yup, that book was terrible. Even as an LSU fan I got bored with it.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 8:09 am to Jesus Magillicutty
An excellent read.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 8:18 am to Jesus Magillicutty
John Ed Bradley is a good writer/author. He is also a very interesting guy.
The YouTube video he narrates about the team Entering Tiger Stadium is absolutely awesome.
The YouTube video he narrates about the team Entering Tiger Stadium is absolutely awesome.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 8:36 am to BeachDude022
I guess I had an inside view before I read the book. We're originally from Opelousas (we've since gotten out of that shithole 
) and my dad was the QB at OHS while John Ed was there. He was a good friend of the family back then. My dad said in those years after John Ed's career at LSU ended, he was in a DARK place. Said he basically turned into a hermit and I think just lived at his mom's house. My dad would go visit him just to check on him, but he was way bad off.
I really enjoyed the book but, maybe that's partially because I knew exactly what was coming. It was pretty cool reading about the town I grew up in too. John Ed actually brought us all signed copies when the book came out.
) and my dad was the QB at OHS while John Ed was there. He was a good friend of the family back then. My dad said in those years after John Ed's career at LSU ended, he was in a DARK place. Said he basically turned into a hermit and I think just lived at his mom's house. My dad would go visit him just to check on him, but he was way bad off. I really enjoyed the book but, maybe that's partially because I knew exactly what was coming. It was pretty cool reading about the town I grew up in too. John Ed actually brought us all signed copies when the book came out.
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