BR Tiger

Ehh. Rolfe is an example of someone whose voice was needed 30 years ago, but is past his expiration date (in terms of being paid attention to). He has been around long enough to see his ideas go from leading the charge for a better BR to being a contrarian old fart that wants to hold on to whatever influence he has left. That influence diminishes every day. I actually was wondering if the Business Report was ever going to actually report that Wade was back at LSU. Their silence was telling.

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I’m 99.9% sure there is someone available for athletes mental health. I remember Beloso being pretty open about it.

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That isn’t necessarily the same thing as “sports psychology”. Mental health issues will certainly have an impact on performance in any sport, but a sport psychologist will likely not be focused on providing “therapy” for his clients. Instead he is focused on helping to identify blocks and impediments to optimal performance, helping athletes to mentally recover from injury, and helping to optimize performance related mind processes. Lots of visualization and mentally repeating scenarios leading to success and less time spent talking about how you “feel” about things. That’s all very simplified and there is always going to be some crossover/overlap, but they are two different roles with different goals and approaches.

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg. Also the best candy during Halloween, Christmas, and Valentines Day in their respective shapes for the holiday.

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This. Chocolate/PB ratio is perfect in the holiday shapes.

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There was this Duroc board in the barn that knew my voice. As soon as he heard me he’d go nuts.

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Pavlov and Skinner were right.

Seeing the jet was from Lakenheath gives me pause. Years ago we lived in England when my dad was stationed at EAF Croughton. It is a spook base with communications functions. A few miles up the road was RAF Upper Heyford, which was sort of a sister base to Croughton. I went to school there a couple years, and the school was basically across the street from the flight line. We would even have to pause class sometimes due to the noise. Heyford had F-111s and they were very cool to early teen me. The moveable wings were badass. Seeing this makes me realize how lucky we were during those times that none of my friends’ dads were ever called into action in a real active engagement zone.

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Sounds like they brought in the Dalton guy to do more of the heavy lifting and Rousse is more the face and the salesman.

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I think it’s more like Dalton is academics and Rousse is more operational, including being the face of the university.

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I really wish someone with IT skills could do some digging and find out whose dumb arse is behind it all.

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Plot twist: it’s Doucet, Cauble, et al making people appreciate what they do.

I wonder what Johnny’s state retirement status is? Like if he needs a couple more years in LAs system to qualify for the next level of pension. Not that that would be a reason to hire him, but it might be a consideration.

5 runs with 2 outs. I like it.

Let’s find out