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H-Town Tiger
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re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/7/26 at 9:28 am to WestCoastAg
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I just think it's funny this thread is full of these comments when it's like....this is the example of the point
I don’t understand your point here. Are you suggesting 1 outlier proves your point? That if the US loaded up on basketball sized players we’d dominate because Haaland?
I’m not saying you’re wrong about LBJ if he trained at soccer his whole life and poured his passion into it like he did basketball but he’s an extreme outlier in basketball. This does not explain why other elite basketball players from Europe did not or chose not to focus on soccer. Or why most of the other elite players are not over 6’5”. If having players over 6’5” was the key to dominating those soccer playing countries would have figured it out a long time ago:lol:!
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re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/7/26 at 9:01 am to Tiger1242
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This argument is correct but it’s being made incorrectly.
Could we dominate soccer if our culture was focussed on it? Probably
Would it be LeBron James doing it? Probably not
This is pretty much where I’m at. Some of these guys who are/were NBA centric to begin with keep focusing on LBJ who they grew up with and is 1 of the 2-3 best basketball players of all time. Other countries, where soccer dominates have also produced some elite athletes that have dominated in the NBA. Which begs the question why those guys did not dominate in soccer? Maybe a personal choice for some but seems like at a certain height basketball is the better sport, 1 6’5” Norwegian dude doesn’t change that
re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/7/26 at 8:32 am to Adam Banks
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The reason LeBron is used is because he is massive AND can cut on a dime AND has shown elite spatial awareness for himself and others and timing of himself and others.
I understand LeBron is a rare freak athlete with elite skills but why don’t guys like Jokic or Giannis dominate at soccer? Olajuwon switched from soccer to basketball late. And don’t say they’re not as good as LBJ because they are still elite players that have dominated in the NBA.
re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/7/26 at 7:32 am to WestCoastAg
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Like I dont get where people come from when they argue against this
I don’t know anything about soccer but from what I can see the elite players are not 6’8” so I’ve never understood why people like you think stud athletes like LeBron would dominate soccer if trained from an early age. Why didn’t Jokic or Nowitski or any of the other European players that have become NBA stars? Hakeem Olajuwon did play soccer but switched the basketball because scouts thought his soccer footwork would be ideal for basketball and obviously were not wrong.
Why wouldn’t say Christian McCaffery or Reggie Bush or Barry Sanders be great soccer players? Guys that cut on a dime, strong lower bodies if they played nothing but soccer and received elite training:dunno:
re: HOF level players that slipped through the cracks in big time college recruiting?
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/6/26 at 11:19 am to FAT SEXY
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"Maybe he flourished late"
In which case he really did not really
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slip through the cracks in big time college recruiting?
As much as just developed late
Randle was in HS in the mid 80s, recruiting was no where near as sophisticated back then. He’s from podunk town at what I’m sure was a 1A or maybe 2A school and was he even good in HS, no idea.
re: England walking into the azteca and beating Mexico = shades of LSU@UF 2004
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/6/26 at 10:38 am to JamalMurry27
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More like Saban walking into Tiger stadium in 2008 with death threats and public hangings of his body and winning in OT to stay #1
LSU wasn’t any good that year, Mexico was in the round of 16
re: HOF level players that slipped through the cracks in big time college recruiting?
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/6/26 at 6:59 am to Christopher Columbo
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I don't know about their recruiting, but two of the greatest of all time (Jerry Rice & Walter Payton) went to Mississippi HBCU's
There are several older NFL Hall of Famers that went to HBCUs and it’s not because the big schools “missed” on recruiting. Payton was in HS in the late 60s, just a few years after the CRA passed and around the time most SEC schools signed their first black players. He was a top 5 draft pick, probably an SEC player if he was born a decade later.
Recruiting before really the 90s was no where near as sophisticated. Film was difficult and limited. And to watch it you needed a projector and a screen. Stopping to rewind was more difficult. They also didn’t have the camps and showcases like now.
Rice who was also a first round pick and a guy multiple teams were trying to move up to take. He did struggle as a rookie with drops. Would he have become the GOAT WR if he was not drafted by SF? We will never know but playing in Bill Walsh’s offense with 2 HOF QBs certainly helped along with his legendary work outs and work ethic
re: HOF level players that slipped through the cracks in big time college recruiting?
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/6/26 at 6:33 am to FAT SEXY
This thread essentially assumes players are born as great players and that there is no such thing as development, coaching, training. That they are the same as the best version of themselves at all stages and never get better as they grow.
As for Randle he was also an UDFA, because he was undersized. He was listed at 6’1” 244. He became great in the pros through a combination of hard work by him and professional coaching and training
As for Randle he was also an UDFA, because he was undersized. He was listed at 6’1” 244. He became great in the pros through a combination of hard work by him and professional coaching and training
re: The biggest theft in Oscar history was Tommy Lee Jones over Ralph Fiennes in 1994...
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/4/26 at 5:23 pm to RollTide1987
1974 Art Carney in Harry and Tonto :lol:
over Al Pacino in Godfather II AND Jack Nicholson in Chinatown :casty:
over Al Pacino in Godfather II AND Jack Nicholson in Chinatown :casty:
re: Games at these leftist coastal cities…San Francisco, Seattle…
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/2/26 at 8:45 am to BigPerm30
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how much fun it would be to have American loving people in the stands instead of the west coast socialists.
Sounds like you need to get off”Truth Social” turn off Fox News and go outside for a change. Not every single person agrees with the most radical or ridiculous political opinions of the people you hate just because they live in an area, plenty of people on the West Coast even gasp people that vote for Democrats love the US and don’t believe what the most radical faculty at Berkeley do.
re: RUSH Fifty something
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 7/1/26 at 4:45 pm to Hetfield
Really glad I went in LA plus Aimee Mann for Time Stand Still
re: Jackie Brown
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/27/26 at 12:39 pm to CocomoLSU
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I will say Hollywood is one of my least favorite QT movies though. I have no idea why that movie is so beloved; it’s nowhere near top tier Tarantino IMO.
I get that and wasn’t sure how I felt about it the first time I saw it tbh, in part because I just had this melancholy feeling the whole time since I know what happened to Sharon Tate. But after repeated viewings i appreciated its greatness. Never got there with the Kill Bills. Some scenes are great rewatchables but overall doesn’t do it for me,
re: Jackie Brown
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/27/26 at 12:23 pm to wildtigercat93
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It’s close with OUATIH, pulp, and resovior dogs - mainly a personal favorite of mine I think it wipes the floor with kill bill tho
100% on the Kill Bill.
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Micheal Keatons played the character Ray Nicolette previously in Out Of Sigh
Jackie Brown was first, I think QT pushed to let the studio that made Out of Sight use the Ray Nicholette character because they didn’t have rights to that character. Keaton isn’t even credited in OOS, just a cameo role.
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Out of sight is a banger too
100% and absolute peak JLo, she is smokin hot in that movie
re: Jackie Brown
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/27/26 at 9:04 am to wildtigercat93
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You’re right - it’s in a class above those.
:casty:
re: Jackie Brown
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/27/26 at 8:57 am to CocomoLSU
I know some people like to argue it’s better than Pulp Fiction which is pure contrarianism imo. I think it’s great but a notch below what I consider his 3 masterpieces: Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Jackie Brown and then Reservoir Dogs round out the top 5 for me.
re: Jackie Brown
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/27/26 at 8:47 am to Philzilla2k
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So what? Cops don’t know about the $500k. And Melanie, a known associate of a felon, has got the marked bills. Who would believe her? Ordell? He didn’t believe Louis. Why would he believe Melanie.
If Melanie and Louis are telling the same story that’s different than Louis saying I shot Melanie and giving Ordell a bag with 40K.
The cops aren’t going to just take anyone’s word. I don’t think Ray really believes Jackie but he can’t prove anything. If someone is contradicting her story they will look into it further. The cops thinks she’s bringing 50k because that’s what Jackie told them, but Ordell/Louis/Melanie all know it’s supposed to be 500K and would say so, if they were arrested and there’s the bag with the books, how would she explain that? And if the cops find out she brought all 500 and only told them 50 she’d really be fricked. It all falls apart if Louis doesn’t shoot Melanie
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But they were part of the plan from the start
Louis and Melanie were not always part of the plan, it was supposed to be Simone, they switched to Melanie at the last minute because Simone bolted with the 10K from the practice run.
Jackie Brown
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/26/26 at 7:56 pm
In the spirit of over analyzing movies. Does Jackie’s plan only work because Louis shoots Melanie? If Melanie is alive she can contradict Jackie’s story about Melanie bursting into the dressing room plus her and Louis would have the same story about not looking in the bag. I assume her giving Melanie the 10K was to set Melanie up, but that seems risky. Seems like her plan falls apart with Melanie and Louis around :dunno:
re: How the frick you lose to Türkiye????
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/26/26 at 9:07 am to theCAW
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was as meaningful as an NFL preseason game.
More like a week 18 NFL game
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more than that since it’s a game that actually counts. It’s about on par with the SEC title Game in the 12 team era.
The SECCG in the 12 team era often determined who played for the BCS Title. Losing to LSU in 2001 cost Tennessee a title shot and sent them to a meaningless Citrus Bowl. The US still moves on as a Group winner and can still advance to the round of 16 at least
re: Tom Clancy novels
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/24/26 at 7:00 pm to PurpleHaze583
I always recommend reading them in release order which would be
Hunt For Red October
Patriot Games
The Cardinal of the Kremlin is not only my favorite Clancy book but one of my favorite Cold War/spy novels period.
Hunt For Red October
Patriot Games
The Cardinal of the Kremlin is not only my favorite Clancy book but one of my favorite Cold War/spy novels period.
re: COLLEGE ATHLETES SHOULD NOT GET A PAYCHECK
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/23/26 at 10:43 pm to braves21
re: The Winter Olympic hockey uptick in viewership went away very quickly.
Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/23/26 at 1:49 pm to Paul Allen
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Only 5.9M viewers for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final between Carolina and Vegas. For comparison:
Here is a classic case of someone that doesn’t understand ratings or how the world works :lol:
This is like saying LSU baseball won draws 11,000 for a game at the Box. The FB team draws 100K
5.9M maybe be terrible or great numbers for hockey, it’s all relative
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