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Tonight's Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week is Mikayla Bonnet from Langford Area High School. Mikayla has a 3.97 grade point average....in addition to playing basketball and volleyball.
Before lunch, every day, Mikayla Bonnet tackles British Literature, Calculus and Government. "After lunch I have Business Law, Physics and Pre-Calc."
And it is the last of those classes that Mikayla says are very important to her right now....because those classes will allow her to take the next big step necessary to go after her dream. "Calculus, Pre-Calc.....definitely cause I'm probably going to go into the medical field so I might need a little bit of that."
And if history is any indication, Mikayla is going to do just fine in those classes. She has a 3.97 grade point average and she says she has it because of habits she developed when she was a freshman. "I kind of buckled down and just did my homework and used my time wisely. And studied. When I needed to to make myself feel comfortable for a test."
And that buckle down work ethic not only gets results but it gets noticed as well. Patrick Sayler is one of Mikayla's math teachers. "Pretty hard working student. Very dedicated. Pretty highly motivated. She has some high aspirations. So it kind of drives her in the classroom."
Right now, Mikayla is looking at two schools: trinity international in Illinois and SDSU in Brookings. She tells us, both schools can help her obtain her ultimate goal. "I am going to go for Pre-Med/ Biology. That is going to be quite a bit of work. And then after that I hope to go to medical school."
For being named our "Scholar of the Week", Mikayla will receive a $100 scholarship from Lake Region Electric Association, which is a local Touchstone Energy cooperative.


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Only five years ago, iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg was diagnosed with dyslexia: a fact that shocked most in his video interview with the website Friends of Quinn. "It was like the last puzzle part in a tremendous mystery that I've kept to myself all these years," he explained in the 10-minute sit down. It is an inspiring look into how success isn't a lost possibility for those with learning disabilities.
"I never felt like a victim," Spielberg explains in the clip. "Movies really helped me...kind of saved me from shame, from guilt, from putting it on myself, from making it my burden when it wasn't my burden. I think making movies was my great escape, it was how I could get away from all that."
And Spielberg isn't alone in Hollywood, either. Several prominent folks, including Henry Winkler, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Anderson Cooper are just a small number of people who have been open with their diagnoses.
It seems for many of them, the creative outlets of acting, directing and the like helped them cope with their disability in a way that reinforced that they were more than what they couldn't do as easily as others. "When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set," explained Spielberg. In an interview with The Child Mind Institute two years ago, Bloom echoed the sentiment, explaining that "Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia, or for anyone for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with."
Spielberg's story is an inspiring one--and a great reminder for children that feel stupid or as though they are outcasts due to their disabilities--and a reminder that from great hardships come great drive, and sometimes, even greater success.
Without it, movies such as The Goonies would not exist. When speaking about that particular film, Spielberg divulged that the bullying he faced as a child inspired the story behind the beloved 1985 classic. "I was a member of the goon squad," he explained--proof that his own friendship with a group of fellow outcasts allowed him to so honestly create the ragtag team most movie fans know, love, and quote excessively.
A word of advice for all children out there, feeling as though their dreams may be dashed given their own personal struggles? Carry on. "Take this obstacle and make it the reason to have a big life," said Bloom. Inspiring words, indeed.
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Morgan Honors 1st Grade TeacherPosted by on November 5, 2013 – 4:57 pm
Joshua Morgan joined Dr. Jill Biden, Gen. Colin Powell, Kennedy Center chairman David Rubenstein, BET CEO Debra Lee and others Monday night to say thanks.
As part the Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers, Morgan presented an Excellence in Teaching award to 1st grade teacher Asonja Dorsey from his alma mater, Maury Elementary School.
According to Standing Ovation's website, more than 90 percent of Dorsey's students meet or exceed reading benchmarks every year.
Currently in her 21st year at Maury Elementary, Asonja Dorsey loves her school's genuine, family-like atmosphere, calling it her "own little piece of heaven on earth." Her enthusiasm has led her to serve on numerous committees at Maury, and to mentor student teachers and new teachers as they join the school's faculty. This same communal spirit informs Mrs. Dorsey's efforts in her classroom.
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Snips and clips from the Orlando camp, plus:
- Interview with super stats dude Jacob Krall
- Haiku Game Review
- Fried Rice
- Blazers/Magic Recap
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- The Basketball Jones
posted by Manny55 to Orlando Pinstriped Post gameday open thread
It's not going yo be a 2-game "skid"; it's a 4 to 6 game pit. It started with the virus, then the slow recovery from the virus (Nelson is OBVIOUSLY not in shape yet), and NOW it's the long tough road game trip.
The saddest part is that the Magic will waste one of the best Howard games this season... * * *
Clearly, anyone can have a bad couple of games. But the WAY our shooters miss, it's depressing: Carter is halfway decent at home, but can buy a shot FOR HIS LIFE on the road. Lewis makes just ONE 3-pointer; misses a lot more… Pietrus is hot/cold… been all cold since the virus. Bass had ONE great game; been lousy ever since… * * *
Tommorow… against the Jazz? I see another beating coming our way. I tell you; this FEELS like a 4 to 6 game slide. Oh, we'll come out of it but the Celtics, Heat and, yes even Atlanta will be ahead by then.
Man… two years is a loooong time to get rid of Lewis contract! But Carter's is another matter…
One thing though… WHY do they keep saying "it was the defense", when the Magic score fewer than 90 points; when our Team MISSES clearly OPEN shots??? That's NOT defense; it's LOUSY shooting, BAD decision making. There were NO Portland players within MILES of Lewis, Nelson or Pietrus when they missed open 3 and 2 pointers… BOTH of last two losses were on OUR offense sputtering.
posted by blue-blood to Orlando Pinstriped Post gameday open thread
Wow 3 game losing streak . . .
Which will probably be 4 if they play like this tomorrow.
The Magic are in a baaaaaad place!
Orlando Magic Waste Big Night from Dwight Howard, Lose to Trail Blazers
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by Josh Robbins, Orlando Sentinel
Stan Van Gundy said before the Orlando Magic played their first game on this West Coast road trip that the team would learn something about itself.
Thursday night provided the first lesson: Dwight Howard can't win a game all by himself
Howard scored a season-high 39 points, but his teammates struggled on offense and with their defensive rotations as they lost 97-83 to the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden.
The Magic led 28-14 early in the second quarter, but they faded after that.
Now, they're in the midst of their first three-game losing streak of the season. * * *
Magic Start Road Trip On The Wrong Note, Fall To Blazers
by Andrew Melnick, Howard the Dunk (Fansided)
After a first quarter that saw Dwight Howard (18) outscore the Portland Trail Blazers by himself and lead the Magic to a 22-14 lead at the end of the quarter, the Blazers took over the game. The Blazers were very active on the defensive end and cut Orlando's lead to one before the end of the first half. They took the lead in the third quarter and never looked back. Andre Miller led the Blazers with 22 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals while Wesley Matthews added 20. Dwight Howard led the Magic with a season-high 39 points, while also adding 15 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Dwight Howard was absolutely fantastic and looked like a guy who could definitely be the NBA MVP this year. Howard had everything going on the offensive end, especially in the first quarter. He was hitting jumpers, looking great on his running hook and of course, finishing with authority. He shot 13-of-20 from the field and got off to a hot start from the free throw line. He cooled off a little bit but still shot 13-of-18 from the charity stripe, which is fantastic for Howard. He also managed to pull down 15 boards and block 3 shots.
It seemed like the Blazers didn't mind Howard's big number and often played him one-on-one. Instead of focusing on Howard, the Blazers decided to limit Howard's teammates and it worked perfectly. No one could get into any kind of flow for the Magic and the rest of the team wound up shooting 17-of-51(33.3%). They were also 6-of-22 from downtown (27.3%). Orlando's backcourt of Jameer Nelson and Vince Carter scored 16 points on a combined 6-of-26 shooting (23.1%). * * *
posted by Gino Giode to RealGM Orlando Magic message board
What's really gross is that our ugly offense was showcased on national television. Complete lack of off ball movement, screens for backdoor cuts, just flat out nothing
I know the players get the biggest blame but c'mon now, you can't tell me that our only plays consist of 3pt line ISOs and toss it into Dwight or whoever for a post up.
I think we're all in denial and blaming the sickness for pushing us back, but I think that teams are wising up to our system. And given the jumpshooting nonchalant nature of this team, which feels like it can switch it on in a second, we always dig ourselves in a hole and never play with urgency until we realize we lost the game.
For me Stan deserves the most blame. I mean Lawrence Freakin Frank was smart enough to post Vince up consistently, we see it work twice tonight and abandon it. Shard got good looks posting up, abandon it. Ya ya, Dwight was on so who cares, but in the grand scheme of things we can't rely on a shaky FT shooter to methodically work his offence only to be sent to the line.
Ugh, I just don't know anymore. End rant
posted by raf008 to RealGM Orlando Magic message board
What i don't understand is Stan was present when Boston handed our asses to us in the playoffs using the same strategy Portland used tonight and that was LAST SEASON!!!!
I'm kinda shocked that nothing has changed since then....
No backdoor cuts.... No V-cuts... Barely any screens not involving Dwight... No effective double screens.... No Midrange game.... and especially no slashers....
Just a bad offense that only looks good when we are hitting 3's
Recap: Portland Trail Blazers 97, Orlando Magic 83
by Eddie Rivera, Orlando Magic Basketball (TrueHoop)
The Portland Trail Blazers were able to defeat the Orlando Magic by the score of 97-83. For the Magic, they're now on a three-game losing streak.
An item of note is that this is the first time, in the Stan Van Gundy era, that Orlando has lost three games in a row without scoring more than 85 points in each game. Not sure if that anecdote carries any significance, but it's something worth pointing out.
The Blazers were led by Andre Miller, who flirted with a triple-double and finished with 22 points, eight assists, seven rebounds, and two steals. Wesley Matthews continues his strong play in the starting lineup for Portland, finishing with 20 points and three steals. Nicolas Batum chipped in with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
For the Magic, it was all Dwight Howard - 39 points, 15 rebounds, and three blocks. Yes, four other players for Orlando scored in double-figures but they got their points when the game was no longer in contest. * * *
Stop back for more material as it becomes available.
The Bottom Line:
1. Well, that was certainly terrible. And on national TV to boot...
2. An awesome, dominating, amazing performance by Dwight Howard — he the man.
3. Beyond that: a terrible offensive showing from a bunch of guys that couldn't hit a jumper with a bazooka from five paces. U - G - L - Y ! ! !
4. It's a 3 game losing streak now and it's back-to-back in Utah tomorrow. Uht-oh.
A Pace-Adjusted Interview with Stat Man Jacob Krall
So hello there, Mr. Snake! What's your name, where'd you grow up, and where are you living these days? Would you rather own a Ford pickup or a Prius? How did you get into the Portland Trail Blazers?
My name is Jacob Krall, I was born in Salem, moved to Portland when I was about 10 and graduated from Wilson High. These days I'm in grad school working on a PhD in Hydrology in the Bay Area. I'm definitely a Prius guy — don't drive one these days but my folks do. I've been a Blazer fan since I can remember, and grew up idolizing the Drexler/Porter Blazers, and stuck with them even when going to college on the East coast during the leanest years in recent memory — just prior to the Roy/Aldridge draft.
You're widely recognized as one of the preeminent statistics gurus on Blazers Edge. But before we get to that — what is it about the sport of basketball that appeals to you as a fan versus say the pastoral sport of baseball or the high speed action of hockey?
Well, I'm kind of an all-sports nerd who watches a bit of everything, but basketball is my favorite sport. I think that is mostly due to growing up in Oregon with no connection to OSU or UO at a time when the Blazers were good. I enjoy that something is always happening — the players and the ball are always moving (yeah, yeah, unless it's the Blazers) and the way that the game can be broken down and analyzed on a possession by possession basis.
In what ways does a familiarity with statistics enhance the fan experience of a basketball viewer? Is there a danger of the art and random events of the game being lost beneath a wall of mathematics?
I could see that being a concern for some folks, but it's not for me. I like to be able to know what to look for — am I watching a team that gets a high percentage of their points from the 3 point line, that dominates the offensive glass, and so on. Perusing all sorts of stats certainly isn't a requirement to enjoy sports, but I've always been a numbers guy and have been fascinated by statistical analysis of sports since I read Moneyball, about the Oakland Athletics and their embracing of so-called "sabermetrics."
Basketball, being a game where team play is more important than baseball, is harder to break down and give appropriate credit to individual players, but in some ways that difficulty makes basketball advanced stats even more interesting to me. Basketball on Paper by Dean Oliver is the first book I'd point people to if they are interested in this stuff.
Most basketball fans are familiar with basic statistics -- Points Per Game, Rebounds Per Game, Assists Per Game, Turnovers Per Game. All of these have some usefulness in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each given player. Many fans don't have an inkling about what "advanced statistics" even are. How would you define the term?
As I see it, an advanced stat is anything more in depth than what can be found in a traditional boxscore. I think that the most important feature of good advanced statistics, both for teams and for players, is that they be adjusted for pace — this allows us to look at how teams and players do on a per possession basis and allows for fair comparisons between people who play on a run and gun team like Golden State versus a plodding team like Portland or Detroit.
What advanced stats do you find particularly illuminating?
In my opinion, the most important advanced stats by far are team Offensive and Defensive Ratings — the number of points a team scores and allows per 100 possessions. Understanding these numbers and why they are better than points scored and allowed per game is key — there is a difference between an excellent defensive team and one that allows few points per game because it plays at a slow pace and gets a lot of offensive rebounds.
Then defense and offense can be broken into what are known as the "Four Factors" — Effective Field Goal Percentage (the same thing as Field Goal Percentage but counting a made 3-point shot as 1.5 instead of 1 for a made two point shot), FT/FGA (how many Free Throws a team gets per Field Goal Attempt), Turnover Percentage (the number of turnovers per 100 plays for a player), and Offensive Rebound Percentage (the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player gets when on the floor). These stats help us understand why a team is an efficient offense or defense.
In terms of player stats, the numbers I'd add to WARP and PER would be Usage Percentage and Offensive Rating, which I think are most useful when looked at together. Usage Percentage is a measure of the percentage of a team's plays used by player while on the floor, and a player's Offensive Rating (available at basketball-reference.com) is a measure of how many points a player produces per 100 possessions. While a simple concept, it ends up being a pretty complex formula but Dean Oliver does a good job of explaining it in his book Basketball on Paper.
The reason Offensive Rating shouldn't be used by itself is that its much easier to have a high O-Rating when you have a low usage — for example, the current O-Rating leader is Tyson Chandler, who's contributions on offense are largely offensive rebounding and dunking. His relatively small role on offense is seen in his low Usage Percentage of 12.5. However, I find that comparing the offensive ratings of two players of similar usage is very useful, especially if the two players play similar roles on their teams.
One of the reasons I like the combination of Usage Percentage and offensive rating is that they are completely offensive stats, allowing us to separate offense from defense, which isn't true of PER.
Speaking of which, ESPN journalist John Hollinger has created a superstatistic called "Player Efficiency Rating" — a magical medley that purports to weigh the entire range of positive and negative activities on the court (shooting percentages, turnovers, missed shots, personal fouls, and on and on) to generate a single pace adjusted, per minute quantity summarizing, so Hollinger claims, "a player's statistical accomplishments in a single number."
Oh, my god, how convenient! Now even the most simple fan of the NBA game can "objectively" tell whether Derrick Rose is "better" than Deron Williams or whether Carlos Boozer is "better" than Paul Millsap with a quick glance at one number. This sounds like an idiotic joke, but that really is how PER is used by some people...
What I find surprising is that such an overwhelming percentage of advanced stat geeks ABSOLUTELY LOVE Hollinger's PER. So tell us — why is PER useful?
It is interesting that PER is so widely used. I think it speaks to the presence ESPN has become in the world of US sports. I use it all the time myself. While it has some clear strengths, its not clear that its better than other advanced metrics that are out there, and indeed there have been some notable critiques of it, including one by David Berri, whose own metric "wins produced" is also controversial.
PER has some clear strengths. It is pace and playing time adjusted, so a guy like Monta Ellis doesn't artificially get a boost because there are so many more possessions in his games and a guy who only gets 15 minutes a game because he's backing up a star is fairly evaluated. I like that PER gives us a ballpark look at how productive a player is. Since the number is calibrated based upon a league average of 15, we can make generalizations like: a PER of 20+ is All Star level, 30ish is an MVP type season, and so on. That is useful.
There are a few issues I have with PER. The first is that people correctly consider it mostly an offensive stat. The problem there is that PER isn't COMPLETELY an offensive stat — blocks and steals are in the formula. So we can't use PER in conjunction with a defensive measure because that's double counting. We need to realize that PER doesn't completely separate defense from offense.
Secondly, PER really misses the contributions of the Bruce Bowen types — lockdown defenders that force difficult shots and disrupt offense without anything showing up in the boxscore.
Another issue is the high correlation PER has with Usage Percentage, the percentage of a team's possessions a player "uses" while on the floor. Basically, being a go-to-guy usually leads to a high PER, even if he isn't very efficient at all offensively. This is a key party of David Berri's critique and I share it — the PER number doesn't sufficiently punish inefficient shooters.
Still, PER is useful as a first order estimate of a player's value. I player with a 20 PER isn't necessarily better than a player with a 19 PER, but someone with a 20 PER is almost always better than a guy with a 15 PER, unless the guy with a 15 PER is a much better defensive player. I'd agree with your general take that people use PER too much, and I'm certainly guilty from time to time of making it out to be more infallible than it is.
Another stat which has gained wide currency in recent years is Plus/Minus — an import from the world of hockey, if I am not mistaken. Plus/Minus basically expresses how a team did when a given player was on the floor — say Phil Jackson started Sasha Vujacic on Opposites Day and he was on the floor for eight minutes and he left the game with the Lakers up by 6 points because he had a blister on his pinkie and couldn't go any more... Sasha would finish +6 for the night, even if he didn't take a single shot, turned over the ball three times, and couldn't stop his man from scoring. Is this a useful statistic in basketball? What does it tell us? How is it misused?
I think Plus/Minus is a great idea and has a lot of value, but gets misused very frequently — more often than PER, I think. I think this is partly owing to the fact that plus/minus is now seen in many traditional boxscores, including the ones you find on NBA.com. The stat is almost always telling us something, we just have to be very careful about WHAT it is telling us.
When we look at Plus/Minus for a single game, and see that player X was a +25 in a game his team won by 8, it does not tell us necessarily that player X was the best player on the floor, or that he was the MVP of the game. What it does tell us is that his team played much better than the other team while player X was on the floor. That's all the stat, by itself, is telling us.
If we see that, over a full season, player X's team outscores the opponents while he is in the game while his team gets outscored when player X is off the floor, that STILL doesn't necessarily tell us that player X is playing well — it could be that he's consistently on the court along with really good players on his team, or consistently in the game against the other team's bench players. It could be that the backup for player X is absolutely terrible, making the on/off splits for player X look great. We have to be careful not to eliminate any of these possibilities without having good reason to do so.
There's also the concept of adjusted Plus/Minus — essentially, how do we take the Plus/Minus data and adjust it so that who a player plays with and against is taken into account. There have been several attempts to do this, but like raw Plus/Minus, it remains a "high variance" stat, even taken over the course of a whole season. The number swings wildly.
I'm not close to an expert on all the different versions of raw and adjusted Plus/Minus that are out there, but I'd just say this — the numbers are always telling us something, but we have to be honest about how much we know regarding exactly what it is that they are telling us.
In a recent interview here Ben Golliver of CBSSports.com and BE mentioned something called "WARP" as one of the most useful advanced statistics. I'd never even heard the term myself... Exactly what is "WARP"? Do you agree with him that this is a useful metric?
WARP as a concept stands for "Wins Above Replacement Player," and a its a concept borrowed from the world of baseball sabermetrics. Essentially, a replacement level player is the guy that could be freely picked up by any team. It's a bit tricky to define exactly how good a replacement level player is (and I admit to not knowing exactly how its done in either baseball or basketball), but its a useful concept since we often like to say "Brandon Roy was worth 10 wins last year," begging the question "compared to who?" Obviously, there would be a difference between replacing Roy with a quality NBA player like Wesley Matthews is showing himself to be versus your average D-League player. WARP gives a baseline for comparison of player values.
When Ben referred to WARP as a stat, he's talking about the metric used by his friend and podcast cohort Kevin Pelton at basketballprospectus.com. WARP, like PER, is a catch-all number that can be used to estimate a player's overall value, with the difference being that WARP isn't a minute adjusted stat but rather a cumulative stat which estimates how many wins a player has been worth above and beyond what a replacement level player could have produced if given all of that player's minutes. Hollinger has a stat called "Estimated Wins Added" which is based on PER and is comparable to WARP in that it is a cumulative measure of how many wins a player has been worth.
I do think WARP is a useful stat and I often find it interesting to compare to Hollinger's Estimated Wins Added — noting when they approximately agree on a player's value and when there are significant differences.
Putting aside the abstract discussion of statistical measures, do you see numerical evidence that Greg Oden was a particularly special player at the Center position? What numbers have caught your attention about him? Assuming a return to the same form he last demonstrated for us on the court a year ago, where would you rank him among active NBA Centers? Do you see him as an offensive threat or strictly as a rebounder and defensive force?
Like pretty much anyone who is a fan of advanced basketball stats, I do see evidence that Oden was developing into a special player during his abbreviated 2009-10 season. There was pretty much universal agreement among the best known stat geeks, the Peltons and Hollingers of the world, that he was playing at a very high level. Had he played enough minutes to qualify, he would have topped the league in Offensive Rebound Percentage, ranked 6th in Defensive Rebound Percentage, 3rd in Total Rebound Percentage (behind Camby and Dwight Howard). He would have been just edged out for the Block Percentage title by JaVale McGee.
Oden was also a legitimate offensive threat — he had a Usage Percentage of 20.7 and an Offensive Rating of 118. While its admittedly cherry picking a bit, that put Oden in a pretty select group. As the season was progressing, Oden's contributions on offense expanded to the point where he was a decent, if still somewhat awkward, post up threat, and a solid passer in addition to an excellent offensive rebounder.
I think Oden, had he stayed healthy, would have continued to get better on offense — he was never going to be close to Hakeem, but he showed some real promise as an offensive player. While he got himself in foul trouble, he also got other teams in foul trouble. Portland was a much better rebounding team when he was in than when he wasn't. Oden's PER would have ranked him 7th in the league, and 3rd amongst Centers behind only Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard.
None of that matters if he's not on the court of course. Forgetting about injuries for a moment, Oden's foul trouble was a big issue. If we assume he'd played all 82 games at the same minutes per game as he had in the 21 games he did play, he would have finished the year worth about 12 wins — I got that by taking his EWA using Hollinger's numbers and multiplying by 82/21. That would have ranked him 7th among Centers. If he'd played 65 games, he would have been somewhere around 10th in EWA among Centers. In other words, while his per minute production was elite, his foul trouble limited his overall impact to sub-All Star level, even forgetting about the injuries.
It's hard to say how big a problem foul trouble will be in the future for Oden — a guy like Roy Hibbert provides some encouragement as he's been able to get his once massive foul problems under control, but its hard to find a player with Oden's per minute impact who had close to the foul problems Greg did. And then there are the injuries, which there's no need to rehash here.
It seems to me, observing the game as a fan, that Wesley Matthews is emerging as a 20 point per game sort of guy — which is to say, in NBA terms, a star. Would you agree with this assessment? Can you shed any light on the nature of his performances that you have bumped in to when perusing advanced statistics?
I wouldn't go that far. First of all, is every near-20 PPG scorer a star? I wouldn't call Jamal Crawford a star at any point in his career. Second, Wesley's play as a starter has been excellent, but I wouldn't call it star-level. He's not making me forget the '08-'09 version of Brandon Roy, that's for sure. However, I do have to give Matthews a lot of credit. He's had a big spike in his usage from his rookie year, and hasn't lost much efficiency. Since he's been a starter, he hasn't lost any efficiency. I was one of the people that hated the deal — a 5 year contract to an undrafted rookie with mediocre stats and, in my view, an overrated defensive reputation despite playing for one of the league's best coaches? Really?
I still don't know if its a good idea to hand out deals like that in between GMs, but its hard to argue that Wesley is playing like a player worthy of Mid-Level Exception type dollars. The indications thus far are that he's very much a legitimate starter in this league and that I was wrong about him. A star though? I'm not ready to go there.
I recently goofed around with basic stats — which I favor over advanced stats, obviously — and observed that Brandon Roy is now in a second consecutive season of statistical decline in terms of points scored, shooting percentage, and rebounding. Anecdotally, we see that he's not driving the lane as well and objectively he's not getting to the Free Throw line as often. Do you share this analysis? Can you expand upon it?
I do share this analysis. I think its pertinent to first remember just how great Brandon was in '08-'09. There is a very reasonable case to be made that it was the single greatest individual offensive season in Trail Blazer history. His Offensive Rating of 123 was higher than any player in Blazer history with a Usage Percentage greater than 20 — and Roy's Usage was over 27! I didn't see Bill Walton play, but from what I've heard and read, I wouldn't put Roy's overall impact that year over Walton at his peak, but I would put Roy '08-'09 right up there with any of Clyde Drexler's seasons.
Roy '10-'11 has not been anywhere near that player. He's taking fewer shots at the rim, and the one's he is taking are assisted 64% of the time, as opposed to something like 30% in previous seasons. That tells me he doesn't have the same ability to penetrate and get to the rim, which we didn't need stats to tell us, I suppose. He's not the offensive rebounding threat that gave Mike Rice the chance to use stats like "he's number 3 in the league in 2nd chance points for guards..." and he's not getting all those drive-and-kick assists that he used to.
Roy is taking tougher shots and making a lower percentage of them. Far be it from the greatest offensive year for a Blazer wing player , he's not playing at All Star level this year, or even like a top 50 player. I still think he can be a good player if he adjusts his game, focusing on things like posting up and employing his solid mid-range jumper — but if he's done as a top 10 player, let alone an All Star, this core group of Blazers has a huge uphill battle to do any sort of postseason damage.
Which Portland player do you feel is the most overrated in the view of the typical Blazermaniac? Which Blazer do you feel is the most underappreciated, in terms of his performance?
People who read my posts already know all too well that I think the most overrated Blazer is LaMarcus Aldridge, who is a guy with high points per game and plenty of "wow" plays, but no indication in his advanced stats of improvement over his 2nd year or of being someone performing at anything approaching All Star level.
I think the most underrated would be Andre Miller, who is low on "wow" plays but leads the Blazers in a lot of the advanced stats we've touched on.
If the Blazers don't make the playoffs this season, who are you going to root for?
I'm casually rooting for Indiana and Milwaukee out East and just for some intriguing playoff matchups out West, for example Dallas versus San Antonio and Utah versus New Orleans. I'd like to see Dallas, San Antonio or Orlando win it all.
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Fourteen points to start
TNT catastrophe?
Winning is more fun
This was a TNT game, so Ricey got a chance to go out and practice his mad lambada skills...
Game 22.
Blazers 97 at Magic 83.
December 9, 2010.
Blazers' record is now 11-11, the Magic are 15-7.
1. Oh, goody, a TNT game, so we get to listen to Steve Kerr moan about how terrible the Blazers are for the next two-and-a-half hours... The 1st Quarter is easy to summarize: Orlando had Dwight Howard and Portland didn't... EIGHTEEN of the 22 Magic points in the quarter were produced by Howard, who made use of his entire expanded arsenal, including sweet little left handed hooks and a midrange jumper. Still, the Blazers maintained contact, down just a few points. Late in the period the Portland jumpers stopped falling and the Magic extended a bit. Portland's second half scoring woes now extend into the 1st Quarter, I guess. DWH 18, PDX 14, ORL 4.
2. The 2nd Quarter opened with Joel picking up his second foul and Dwight Howard knocking down Free Throws 5 and 6. Rudy clanked again, Rashard Lewis got to the rim, and the route was on, with the Magic up by 12. Portland continued to fire from the perimeter despite the fact that Dwight Howard had made his exit for some R&R. Kerr on Portland: 'They're near the bottom in Field Goal Percentage, in Points Scored." True. A Batum break AND ONE, an Andre post up over-and-under, a Rudy bomb, and the Blazers were back in the thing. Nate went small ball with LMA at the 5 spot, which was effective in drawing out Dwight Howard out of the key. Blazers played from behind throughout the entire quarter, but hit 14 of their last 20 shots to finish the quarter down just one point. ORL 46, PDX 45. Portland's run was 17-6 to finish.
Halftime Entertainment: The Impulse International "You Tear Down My Walls" (2009)
3. Gold stars for Andre and Wesley. Portland took a little lead early and forced Orlando to come from behind. Nic looks really good when he crashes the boards. Brandon Roy is virtually worthless in his current state, a defensive liability that can't beat anybody off the dribble. As an untradeable contract, Roy's not going anywhere for four more years at least. At some point in the not too distant future, Nate or whoever follows Nate is gonna have to suck it up and sit him and to go with the best 5, not the 5 biggest paychecks. Roy is not even one of the best six Blazers at this point... Nate chose to let Dwight go without double-teaming and to thereby force Howard to single-handedly beat Portland. By the end of the quarter, Howard had upped his total on the night to 32. Still, the strategy seemed to be a good one, as Portland maintained a small lead despite uninspiring shooting. PDX 67, ORL 62. The Magic turned in a big 16 point quarter...
4. Well, here we go again. A little chippiness when Howard came over Rudy battling for a board with no call. Enforcer Joel pointedly voiced his objection. No call, should have been a no-brainer foul whistle on Howard, but there are two sets of rules — one for citizens and another for superstars. Maybe Rudy can take a 45 foot run at Howard to try to lay him out a la Andre. The scrawnbone Rudy would probably rupture his spleen like a bug on a windshield though...
Przybilla is a better low post defender than Marcus Camby, I think we can already say that, even with Joel's wheel at about 80%... He did an extremely solid job putting a big body on Dwight Howard to keep him from having his way in the paint. He also does an excellent job grouping up the 5 on the floor and keeping them focused. Nate seems to have been holding Pryz in reserve for the 4th Quarter; Howard didn't score his first points in the frame until the 6:26 mark, when he made two from the line following a Pryz foul.
Wesley gave a Hollywood-caliber flop to draw the 5th foul on a Rashard Lewis charge at the 7:00 mark, sending Lewis to the bench. Wesley promptly hit for two more and it was 82-69 Portland into commercial.
Portland was up 15 at the 3 minute mark, when Howard tied up LMA and won the jumpball. Reddick stepped inside the arc and drained a two to cut the lead to 13. But Andre is wise, he burned clock and then drove the lane, drawing contact and heading to the line. Then he missed two. Orlando hit a 3, Porland missed, Orlando missed a 3 but Portland got lazy and stripped of the rebound by a frantic Heat team, with Howard finishing a miss with a powerful dunk. The lead was cut to 10 with 1:20 remaining and Nate needed time.
Side out for Portland and Andre got trapped and had to burn another time out, with just 3 seconds rolling off the clock. Very annoying. Lots of F words flying in my living room... The next inbounds pass came into the back court and was more effective, with Orlando forced to foul Wesley Matthews. He hit two to stretch the lead to a dozen and DAGGER.
Orlando drove for a quick two points and the Magic sent Nic Batum to the line without batting an eye. Nic was money and it was still a dozen. The Magic couldn't get anything going offensively, but the outside ref called holding on the Blazers, stopping the clock with 53.9 seconds remaining. Howard split a pair and Portland rebounded, with Wesley sent to the line to pad his stats.
Jameer Nelson got Nic into the air for a whistle at 40.9, but he missed them both and Reddick fouled Nico in the battle for the rebound. Orlando needs to learn when to wave the white flag... Nic obligingly split a pair. Orlando turned it over, the crowd said yaaay and headed for the doors, and that was ballgame. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 97, ORLANDO MAGIC 83.
Andre Miller is a crafty man. He was the scoring king, the passing king, and virtually the rebounding king on this night finishing with 22 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds. Wesley added 20 more points on 6-for-12 scoring. Brandon Roy, on the other hand, had 9 points on a very inefficient 4-for-12, getting to the Free Throw line zero times.
Orlando had zero fast break points for the night. Don't ever let anyone tell you that the Blazers are the most plodding team in the NBA...
Good win.
Let's take at this thang graphically, shall we?
Ya gotta click THIS-HERE LINK to see the swell graphs, that's the way these things work... Ready? Set??? GO!!!
Now here are a few observations about the Popcorn Machine material from me to you:
A. Tale of two games — things turned for Portland early in the 3rd Quarter with a 14-3 run. It was the five starters who dropped the bomb on the visitors, with Wesley once again the big dog with 9 points in the period.
B. Dwight Howard had 39 of Orlando's 83 points. Next highest Magic scorer was Rashard Lewis with 11 points.
C. Portland opened the 4th with a 15-7 run. I'm having trouble figuring out how Mike Barrett could have phrased that negatively. It would have been tough. I'm sure we would have gotten our money's worth in the 14 point 1st Quarter though.
D. Patty Mills was Minus-8 in Plus/Minus in just over 5 minutes of action. Yikes. Yo, Ben, what did Paul Allen tweet about that?
Finally, let's gather round for another installment of THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD, eh?
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The 2014 Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Solano Super Saturday tax preparation events were announced from organizers including The Children's Network of Solano County, United Way of the Bay Area, the Internal Revenue Service and Solano County Library.
The events provide free tax preparation to taxpayers and help in claiming the federal Earned Income Tax Credit for qualifying low-income working families.
The Super Saturday events are conducted by IRS-certified volunteer preparers at Solano County Library branches. Walk-in clients will be accepted. Taxpayers should bring their income tax documents, Social Security cards or ITIN numbers for family members, child-care provider information (if applicable for the Child Care Tax Credit), and a voided check for those interested in direct deposit for their refund.
The first event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 1 at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, 1150 Kentucky St.
Other Super Saturdays are Feb. 8 at the Vacaville Public Library-Cultural Center, 1020 Ulatis Drive; Feb. 15 at the Suisun City Public Library, 601 Pintail Drive; and Feb. 22 at the Vallejo Public Library.
Last year's Earn It! Keep It! Save It! campaign in Solano County was supported by 107 volunteers and helped 4,157 low-income families file their taxes, resulting in $4 million in refunds, organizers said. Of that, more than $1 million was in the Earned Income Tax Credit, the largest and most effective federal aid program for low-to-moderate income workers.
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Photo: Del Potro Becomes Second Argentine to Win Rotterdam, Last Was 1982
Juan Martin del Potro, the No. 2 seed, on Sunday became the second Argentine player to win the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, defeating France's Julien Benetteau 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.
The 24-year-old Del Potro needed an hour and 37 minutes to beat Benetteau, who stunned top seed Roger Federer on Friday.
Del Potro is the first Argentine to win in Rotterdam since Guillermo Vilas took the title in the Dutch tournament in 1982.
This is Del Potro's first title of 2013 and 14th ATP Tour title of his career.
Del Potro also reached the Rotterdam final last year but lost to Federer in straight sets.
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Mike Williams reportedly out for season
Mike Williams may be done. I know it's an unpopular opinion here, but that OL looked like it was in the process of greatly improving. This should be a huge blow for the Raljon (MD) Racists and many more huge blows for the esteemed Mr. McNabb. Let's hope that he regains his health and returns to compete.


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"Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles for Immoral Use"
The Comstock Law, passed in the United States in 1873, was part of a campaign for legislating public morality in the United States.
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The Decline in Lawyer Independence: Lawyer Equity Investments in Clients
John S. Dzienkowski
University of Texas - School of Law, The Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law
Robert J. Peroni
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
GWU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 56; and U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 45
In the modern legal profession, lawyers have entered into business transactions with their clients. These dealings, however, have been highly regulated through the ethics codes and common law. The ethics codes have imposed procedural and substantive requirements for such transactions. The state courts have similarly applied rules of agency law and fiduciary principles to ensure that lawyers are properly dealing with clients in such transactions. In the last decade, law firms have increasingly taken equity interests in client ventures. This practice has been commonplace in the Silicon Valley and has spread to law firms in other regions of the country. Various state and local bar associations as well as the ABA have recently liberalized the application of the traditional business transaction rules in the client equity context.
The authors offer a detailed examination of the law firm practices of taking equity in client ventures based upon two years of research and interviews with lawyers and clients throughout the country. They examine these practices in light of the ethics rules, ethics opinions, and common law and offer a critique of the current positions advocated by the organized bar. They further detail the ethics and securities concerns that arise when a law firm accepts equity interests in a client and continues to represent that client in general legal affairs. This article argues that the Bar's current position dramatically underestimates the actual and potential conflicts that arise when lawyers invest in client ventures. Such practices expose law firms to significant ethical, malpractice, and securities liability. Lawyer-client equity transactions have the potential to undermine the independence of the lawyers' advice to clients and thereby harm the attorney-client relationship.
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Vegan Lemon Blueberry Muffins
I've said it before and I'll say it again: vegan baking does not have to be daunting and vegan baked goods do not need to taste "different." My goal in creating this recipe was to come up with a basic, vegan muffin recipe that can easily be customized into whatever your favorite muffin type is. Take away the blueberries and lemon and you have a plain vegan muffin, ready for whatever you want to add in. So far, I've tried a few different combinations, including: grated carrots and walnuts, raspberries, and lemon poppyseed. Feel free to experiment and share your favorites!
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- 1 cup white flour
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 0.25 cup lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1 cup almond milk
- 0.75 cup blueberries
- cooking spray
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine white flour, whole-wheat flour, and baking soda in a medium mixing bowl. Combine sugar, lemon juice, coconut oil, and almond milk in another medium mixing bowl. Slowly combine dry and wet ingredients, being careful not to over-mix. Fold in blueberries. Place mixture in greased muffin tin. Cook for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Can you substitute other kinds of milk for almond milk?
We're making these right now with apples and cinnamon!
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What flours could I sub to make it gluten free? Oat, buckwheat, coconut? Is it equivalent?
made with canola oil instead of cocunut oil, strawberries, bananas and coconut milk oh and sugar instead of brown sugar… used what I had and they turned out fantastic!!! still dairy/soy free!!


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FOREST Forge Theatre Company is touring with its new production, the Boy at the Edge of the Room, from March 7- April 20.
The gothic-style fairytale for adults is an adaptation of a Victorian story, Wooden Tony written by Lucy Clifford, and explores the world of Tony, who is on the autistic spectrum and struggles to fit in and find a place in the world.
The play has been informed by and developed with young people on the autistic spectrum and their parents, with advice from Hampshire Autistic Society.
An audio and visual exhibition offering the opportunity to experience an artistic expression of what it feels like to be autistic in society today will accompany the production, which coincides with World Autism Awareness Day on April 2.
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ALBANY, Ga. — Eric Colbert pleaded guilty to the Nov. 18, 2011, armed robbery of First State Bank, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
In the written release, Michael J. Moore, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, is reported to have announced Colbert's plea of guilty to one count of armed robbery and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Colbert entered the plea on Friday before United States District Judge Louis Sands in Albany.
As a part of his pleas, Colbert admitted that on the morning of Nov. 18, 2011, he entered First State Bank in Albany, fired a shot into the ceiling and shouted "This is a robbery," the release stated. Colbert was said to have admitted firing an additional shot at an Albany police officer who was in the bank, then firing several shots behind him as (Colbert) fled the scene. Colbert was apprehended shortly after the robbery attempt.
According to the release, Colbert faces a possible 25 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both for the count of robbery, and a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years (up to life), plus a possible $250,000 fine for the firearm count.
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Okay, Eric not Stephen. Better.
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Why couldn't he just have resisted?
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Traffic Light Needed at University Dr and Menlo Ave.
Original post made by Amy Klein on Nov 16, 2006
hit by a car as she attempted to cross the street at the corner of
Menlo Avenue and University Drive. How many more people will be
injured or killed before we deal with the safety and traffic issues at this corner?
Two years ago, the present council decided to reposition the
crosswalks and stop signs. Poles equipped with orange crossing flags
were also added. According to a report in the Almanac in September
2004 the cost for a new traffic light was estimated to be "$162,000 as opposed to $6500 for the stop sign and new striping."
This is one issue that needs to be revisited. Perhaps, when our new
council is seated, we can find the money to avert injury, save lives, and improve the traffic flow at this dangerous intersection.
on Nov 16, 2006 at 11:09 am
maybe you should ask why the city gave back the $100K bond to Draegers that was supposed to pay for the signal as part of their expansion? Business as usual for M.P.
on Nov 16, 2006 at 2:14 pm
I drove past that accident and wondered what it was! Thank you for informing everyone about it, Ms. Klein.
This crosswalk is so dangerous, particularly at dusk and after dark.
Why doesn't the city install a lighted crosswalk like the ones on Santa Cruz Avenue?
on Nov 17, 2006 at 8:07 am
This is a very dangerous intersection, but I deeply fear that putting stoplights there will make it more so. The reason is that many people on foot and in cars, accelerate to "make" a light. Some even go through while it is turning red. Having worked in SF for many years, I have seen bad behavior like this; unfortunately, it seems to be migrating to our town, too.
I would like the city to try better lighting, above and in the ground, to improve visibility. Also, to look at moving the crosswalk that goes across University to the other side of the Menlo intersection. I think the diagonal crosswalk is very confusing, especially to drivers unfamiliar with the area. And it puts pedestrians in the crosswalk at different places than drivers are accustomed to seeing them.


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A coastal highway was closed for four hours Thursday after two big rigs got stuck in the snow.
It happened on Highway 6 near the coast range summit in Tillamook County. The two trucks got stuck near Milepost 21 about 5:15 a.m.
Neither truck sustained any damage, but they both had to be towed out of deep snow in hazardous conditions before the roadway could reopen.
The Oregon Department of Transportation said 45 minutes before that, a tanker truck was involved in a minor crash 18 miles up the highway. About 100 gallons of diesel spilled and had to be cleaned up by hazmat crews.
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September 21, 2004
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is issuing a Levi's call: Georgia Amber Alert on behalf of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Wakulla County Sheriff's office.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is looking for Briana Shultheis, a white female, 12 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 140 pounds, blonde hair, brown eyes; AKA Breezy Shoemaker.
Briana was last seen wearing a purple tee shirt, blue jeans shorts, carrying a blue back pack and had her hair in pony a tail. Briana may be in the company of Raymond Lewis, a white male, 30 years old, 5 feet 09 inches tall, 170 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, last seen wearing a white sleeveless V-neck T-shirt, straw hat with brim turned down with a wide band and blue jeans; AKA Raymond Louis.
Law enforcement has information the two have traveled outside the state, and may be in Atlanta, Ga. If you have any information on the whereabouts of Briana please contact the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office at 850-926-0800 or 911.
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Is it just me or does Anderson Silva come across as immature in this interview? He seems to speak decent English when he wants to, but other times doesn't and gives vague and short answers.
Silva will have his hands his full with Chael Sonnen in August. If he can defend his UFC middleweight title we might see another fight at 205 later this year. Maybe it will be a shot at the LWH title?


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Play 1 Hard Edge and Collapsing Lane
The goal of an off-tackle play is to collapse the edge, make it "soft" so to speak. Meanwhile, the defense is trying to set a hard edge, preventing the offensive line from pushing downfield. Here we see the Broncos' defender setting a hard edge and when DMC gets to the gap, the lane collapses from the outside and inside and the linebackers fill.
Still 1 :
Double team against the DE and Mychal Rivera has the LB one-on-one. Gurode will pull. Denver linebackers will fill. McFadden presses the B-gap before breaking it to the outside (or there is a mis-communication about the intended gap).
Second Still :
Gurode is pulling to the D-gap. DMC initialy pressed the B-gap. Linebackers are filling. Pashos will release the double team to try to get to Trevathan, but Pashos can't get there. This leaves Mastrud singled up on #95 DE Derek Wolfe.
Mastrud and Rivera will be lose their blocks, collapsing the running lane.
Third Still :
Gurode leads into the hole and has LB Wesley Woodyard one-on-one. Wesley Woodyard is 6' 233 lbs. Andre Gurode is 6'4", 320 lbs. We would expect that a 90 lbs difference would result in the defender being driven downfield about 5 yards. Gurode does get some movement; it is enough to get a few yards, but not what you'd hope from such a mismatch.
Meanwhile, Nate Irving collapses from the outside (Rivera) and Derek Wolfe from the inside (Mastrud). Trevathan gets past Pashos to help clean things up.
DMC has no outside (Irving is contain) and so cuts it up into the running lane.
Fourth :
Gang tackle, but DMC still manages a 4 yard gain.
Play 2 Defeated Lead Blocks
Isolation plays get single blockers isolated on single defenders. The offense counts on the lead blockers to win which will spring the runner into the clear. FBs are supposed to be able to manage LBs blocks and you definitely expect pulling guards to get movement on LBs.
So when you have two lead blockers and they are defeated, then it gives the runner little to do. In fact, there's nothing for him to do, since the play calls for him to follow his leads into the hole.
Notice that this play design has a built-in misdirection to it. The flow of the line is to the left while the run goes to the right. This adjustment gets the d-line out of the way and makes Kevin Vickerson a non-factor.
Still 1 :
Zone blocking look with a guard pulling in the opposite direction. The offensive line blocking gets the def line flowing away from the play. Marcel Reece leading the play against #59 LB Danny Trevathan. Pulling Andre Gurode will have #52 Wesley Woodyard (again).
Second Still :
Big hole opened up. Pashos has #99 DT Kevin Vickerson one-on-one while Mastrud has #90 Shaun Phillips. The initial action has Vickerson vacating the target gap, but he fights to close it down.
2 Raiders are leading into the hole against 2 linebackers. The pulling guard needs to win. The BOB block (Back-on-Backer) needs to win.
Third Still :
To repeat, Wesley Woodyard is 6' 233 lbs. Andre Gurode is 6'4", 320 lbs. this should be a pancake waiting to happen. Ideally, the OG would crush the LB and push him back into the safety #33 Duke Ihenacho. But we've seen this before.
Reece takes on #59 Danny Trevathan one-on-one.
Marcel Reece is 6'2", 255 lbs. Danny Trevathan is 6'1", 240lbs. Trevathan stands Reece up and then sheds him to make the tackle.
Fourth :
Trevathan is shedding Reece to make the initial contact.
Vickerson is closing down the gap from the opposite side. Though he does not actually get in on the tackle, Vickerson does force the play slightly to the outside and into Trevathan. Vickerson may also have impeded Gurode on his attempted block.
Gurode gets a little bump on Woodyard to create a little bit of space, helping DMC get a few yards. If Reece had managed his block, it might have been enough to let DMC run headlong into an off-balanced Woodyard, perhaps for another 3-5 yards.
Fifth :
Gang tackle again. DMC still manages 4 yards on the play.
Play 3 Read Option and Playing the Two-Way
Compare this to Play #4 Communication Breakdown in the First set of breakdowns. It is the same play but with better execution.
The Read Option helps create some space and forces the defense to make some decisions. In this case, the option play gets the edge defender to bit on the keeper and then the double teams are effective at opening up some gaps. The offense generates multiple large running lanes which compromises the linebackers. They cannot attack without guessing; to do so would leave a gap vacated (if you want an example of this, watch some Raiders' clips when Rolando was playing).
The Broncos LBs have to play against the 2-way go (when a RB has 2 potential ways he can go) and this forces them to be more passive. DMC takes advantage of this by pressing a hole and then cutting into another one to get a solid gain. If the LBs could have been disrupted at all (lead block, released block, moved DLineman), then DMC would have had a bigger gain.
To Denver's credit, with the gaps that were open there was alot of yards to be had, but the Broncos' discipline gave up a few yards but prevented the big gain.
Since Ayers had attacked upfield so hard, if DMC had somehow been able to get to bounce out to the outside, there could have been a huge gain.
Still 1 :
7 in the box against a read option look. Double-teams on #97 Malik Jackson and #94 Terrance Knighton.
#91 Robert Ayers bites hard on Pryor's run fake. Reece executes the fake also, but has no one to block.
Vickerson 2-gaps in the middle on Wis.
Second Still :
#52 Woodyard and #59 Trevathan each have to cover 2 gaps. Woodyard has the two A-Gaps, while Trevathan has the A-Gap and the C-gap.
DMC will press his right A-gap to try to get Woodyard to commit, but Woodyard sits to read the play.
Third Still :
DMC cuts back into his left A-gap and Woodyard follows. Vickerson keeps Woodyard's run lane clean. For some reason, Barnes is trying to release and block Trevathan when he has an impossible leverage position. This looks like a problem with the two linemen (Barnes, Gurode) being in conjunction with each other. Ideally they would be working to kick out and for Gurode to be able to wall off the 2nd level.
Fourth :
DMC runs clean into the initial hole and the two Linebackers close in on him.
Fifth :
Woodyard will make initial contact, Trevathan will support.
Sixth :
Two tacklers with safety support. But DMC gets 5 yards out of it.
Play 4 Barnes Tossed Aside
Goal line plays are rarely clean. There are some occasions when the defense sells out in one direction and the runner hits a different way and gets a walk-in, but for the most part, there's going to be contact. And with the way the goalline is set up, most of the time, there is one free defender; he is then the responsibility of the runner. The saying goes, "We'll get the 10 and you have to beat the 11th."
So on many goalline plays, the offense tries to get the runner one-on-one with a defender at the goalline and bet on the runner to get the needed inches.
This is basically what happens here. Bigs will take on Bigs, a lead blocker will take on of the filling linebackers and then DMC will take on the other linebacker near the goallline.
But what happens when a Big loses his matchup so badly that a defensive Big runs free? A runner can't handle two defenders. And that's what happens here.
Barnes will get thrown down by Unrein and DMc will get high-lowed by Unrein and LB Trevathan.
Still 1 :
Gurode will take on #96 DT Mitch Unrein one-on-one Olawale leads into the hole. Two Linebackers are filling. Olawale takes on Woodyard, but Trevathan and Unrein combine on the tackle short of the goalline.
Second Still :
Barnes takes on Unrein, but Unrein is able to throw him aside. Barnes falls to the ground and Unrein comes free. Olawale takes on Woodyard, but Trevathan attacks from across the field.
Third Still :
Barnes is thrown to the ground; he's a non-factor. This play needed Barnes to maintain his block. This would have left DMC one-on-one with Trevathan near the goalline.
Fourth :
But DMC can't beat two, especially when one of them is a 6'4", 306 lbs, DT hitting his legs.
Play 5 Run-Pass Option, Run TD
DMC fakes the dive to draw the defense; he then takes it outside to look for Rivera in the corner. But the Broncos have this well-read. The LBs level does not overcommit to the dive fake and is in pursuit; it doesn't matter, though because DMC has more speed than they do., especially as they navigate through traffic.
DMC has a lead block by Jamize Olawale, but it's not a good one. if Olawale gets a good block on David Bruton, DMC has a walk-in touchdown. As it is, DMC still has enough speed to beat Bruton to the corner.
Still 1 :
Pulling Gurode as DMC fakes the dive. Three major playside blocks are disrupted by the Broncos defenders. Rivera leaks out to the sidelinie but is picked up and covered well. Olalwale gets a rather poor lead block.
Second Still :
Kevin Vickerson gets immediate penetration on Brisiel. Allowing DL penetration is likely part of the play, to draw them up inside and then for DMC to be able to cut to the outside. Ideally, the LBs would attack as well (as in the previous play). Sucking in all the defenders would leave Rivera free.
But the LBs don't overcommit.
Third Still :
DMC cuts to the outside.
#92 DT Sylvester Williams penetrates past Pashos, but Gurode will seal him to keep DMC's lane clean. Olawale leads on #30 S David Bruton. He will get only a little bump, but it's just enough for DMC.
Fourth :
McCants on #95 Derek Wolfe. Wolfe will get past McCants, but he will not be able to catch DMC on the outside.
#25 CB Chris Harris picks up Mychal Rivera. Not a good matchup for the Tightend.
Fifth :
Rivera is well-covered.
Bruton and Derek Wolfe are in pursuit. It's a race to the pylon.
Sixth :
Bruton has an angle.
Seventh :
DMC has just enough speed to get the pylon for the TD.
Play 6 Run Pass Option 2, Pass TD
Fake toss play to DMC to get outside. Reece lined up outside will leak downfield as DMC makes the throw.
A couple interesting notes about this play. The Raiders offensive line is able to block the big Defensive linemen in space. Allowing them to attack upfield and then trapping them to the inside. By pulling two linemen to the outside, it generates more space as well as getting leads in front of DMC.
When DMC gets to the outside, he has a great broken field in front of him. There are linebackers trying to pursue but also several lead blockers. DMC has a potential very good gain if he choose to run it. When his initial pass set-up is disrupted, if DMC pulls the ball down and takes off, he has a chance to run it all the way to the endzone.
Curiously, this is the only time that Greg Olson called for a Toss Play to DMC. With the poor showing against the Denver Front 7 and the amount of space that this play generated, it seems a shame that Olson had not tried this play more often.
Note that the Toss Play was one of DMC's favorite/most effective plays during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Bob Wylie explained it by saying that the goal was to get DMC to use his speed to get to the edge of the defense and then run downhill.
Some of DMC's huge runs against Denver in 2010, for instance, came using the Toss play. Perhaps we will see more of this mixed in.
Note also that this play also gets the Raiders' most mobile lineman (Wis) into space; another reason to like the construction of this play.
Still 1 :
Pull Wis and Pashos to the outside. Mastrud traps #97 Malik Jackson. Brisiel one-on-ones with #99 Kevin Vickerson. Gurode starts to back out like he's going to pull and then helps seals Malik Jackson and #96 Mitch Unrein.
Rod Streater is supposed to block #56 Nate Irving? This does not look promising.
Linebacker level is in pursuit, but maintaining gap integrities.
Second Still :
DLine is mostly penetrating, making the outside play much easier. Mastrud's got an easy job since his man is attacking upfield. Running to the outside neutralizes Kevin Vickerson's dominating power inside; Brisiel is able to contain him.
Third Still :
Streater engages and then disengages with Nate Irving, basically a "chip" block and passes him off to Pashos. Streater then releases downfield to block Woodyard.
Not highlighted, but look at #59 Trevathan; he's reading the cutback lane.
Fourth :
Pashos has Irving in space; this is a difficult task for him. Brisiel has held up Vickerson, taking him out of the play. The other linemen are all bunched up on the backside.
Reece on the outside is releasing downfield.
DMC has three lead blockers and a huge lane to run into if he wants to.
Fifth :
DMC sets up to pass. Nate Irving is attacking, but Pashos gets enough of a shove on him to push him out of the way. Still, Irving's play will have the effect of forcing DMC to re-set to throw.
Right now, Reece is open, but there's a defensive back #26 Rahim Moore coming over to cover.
The linebacker #52 Woodyard is now dropping off into coverage, leaving an even large open field in front of DMC.
Sixth :
DMC pulls it down and then re-loads to throw, which has allowed Rahim Moore to close in on Reece.
Seventh :
Rahim Moore, best known for his blown coverage in the Playoffs last year, gets beaten.
Play 7 Pryor Read-Option 1
When the defense keys on DMC, it should leave some room for Pryor to run.
In previous looks at the Read Option and how it plays out, it's clear that the way the entire linebacker level reacts is the real key to the success of the play (by "success" I mean mostly if it'll gash them for a big play). When the LBs play discipline and react without over-reacting, it's a tough night; but if the LBs as a group over-commit one way or the other, it can lead to a big play.
What forces LBs to commit? What forces any player to commit, for that matter?
One answer is urgency or maybe "Emergency." If the defense is compromised in some manner it forces defenders to react without the luxury of reading the play. So, basically, if the offensive line can cause some gaps in the defensive line, it looks like there might be a problem and so the LBs have to react to overcome it. If the play then goes in the opposite direction, it doubly compromises them.
So, in essence, to be an effective fake, the fake itself has to open holes as if the play were headed that way.
In this play, that's exactly what happens. Combine this with the outer defenders reacting hard to the fake and you have a big play.
Still 1 :
2 Double teams showing an A-gap power run.
Broncos play this perfectly with the Edge defender reading and a linebacker rotating out, but both these defenders (#90 Shaun Phillips and #56 Nate Irving) bite hard on the DMC dive fake and take themselves out of the play. Mastrud is leading the play and has no one to block.
Second Still :
The upfront blocking compromises the defensive line, forcing the LBs to honor the run gaps. Phillips and Trevathan are watching/reading DMC.
Third Still :
DMC's fake gets the attention of all the linebackers!
The lineblocking creating holes and forced Woodyard and Trevathan to support their gaps. Woodyard running up gives Khalif Barnes fantastic position to seal him.
Phillips and Irving are starting down DMC
Fourth :
Totally, absolutely faked out. Mastrud is running free (hopefully he doesn't cramp up)
Fifth :
Mastrud leading whiel Irving is trying to recover. Irving, Woodyard, and Trevathan look like they have angles on Pryor. They do not.
Also notice that DMC is also hustling downfield to try to get a block. Very nice.
Sixth :
Mastrud's open field block on #26 Rahim Moore. Mastrud doesn't really get a block on him, but he does get in the way enough to prevent Moore from making the play. DMC is hustling, but he can't quite get to #33 Duke Ihenacho. If only DMC had a coupe of more steps.... Ihenacho is the last defender between Pryor at the endzone.
Seventh :
Ihenacho attacks the outside shoulder and forces Pryor to slow and cutback. This allows Nate Irving to come up and make the play.
Eighth :
23 yards, but so close to much more than that
Play 8 Read Option, Negated by Reece's Hold
Another nicely executed option play that has the defense reacting hard to DMC. Again, this occurs principally because there is a definite threat of DMC's run because of holes opened up on the defensive line. The double team on Terrance Knighton is key and forces the LBs to commit.
There will be a key block by Pashos that is missed that essentially forces Reece's holding penalty and ruins this entire play. On 1st-and-20, the Raiders execute a perfect play and get 13 yards to bring up 2nd-and-7, but because of the poor execution, the Raiders instead have a 1st-and-25.
Still 1 :
A read-option that has very different sensibilities than previous executions. This time it's out of the traditional Shotgun, instead of the Pistol and there is no H-back in the backfield. Additionally, Brisiel will pull giving a G-Power Left-look.
This play gets the Four Broncos to commit.
Pryor keeps to the outside.
Second Still :
Double team on Terrance Knighton and Mastrud kicking out on #91 Robert Ayers opens a hole. Wis is able to hold off Vickerson (who appears to be 2-gapping).
Linebackers #52 Woodyard and #59 Trevathan commit to the run holes.
#95 Derek Wolfe also bites on the run fake and #26 Rahim Moore run upfield to support.
Third Still :
Gurode tries to release downfield to get to Woodyard, but can't quite get off Knighton cleanly. Brisiel takes on Trevathan.
Fourth :
DMC carries out the fake and Trevathan makes the hit on him.
Meanwhile to the outside, #95 Wolfe has committed to the inside, which gives Pashos good outside leverage to seal him to the inside.
Woodyard, Trevathan, Moore are out of the play.
Fifth :
Pashos can't get to Wolfe. This causes the penalty.
Marcel Reece is playing inside leverage. Pashos is supposed to take outside leverage. These two blocks should combine to give Pryor a lane between them. When Pashos fails his block, it forces Pryor to take it to the outside. That's fine with respect to Wolfe because Pryor is much faster then he is.
BUT, this now compromises Reece's position. He's now to the inside of the defender.
Sixth :
Reece engages as much as he can to give Pryor room to run and Mike Adams comes over to make the play.
Seventh :
Tackled for a 13 yard gain.
Reece's Holding Penalty :
Ticky-tack foul and similar to the block that DHB made in week one against the Raiders during Andrew Luck's TD scramble.
Still, there are two reason why this was called. First, it was out in the open field right in front of the play. Second, it's very easy to see Reece's hand on Chris Harris' back.
And it is easy to see his left hand grabbing the jersey. It's just too obvious.
But again, this play goes back to Tony Pashos' lack of footspeed and agility. Interestingly, these are exactly the attributes that Menelik Watson DOES have and this is the type of play that (in the future), we will expect Watson to make.
Play 9 The QB Draw Concussion
Sometimes the offense calls a perfect play against a particular defense (like throwing a screen against a blitz or a quick slant against a Cover-0 blitz). But sometimes it goes the other way. In this case, the Broncos called the perfect defense against the offensive play call.
The Broncos blitzed hard, sending a total of 7. This compromise left Mychal Rivera wide WIDE open for an easy quick pass in another situation.
Still 1 :
Broncos are bringing 6 rushers. MLB Wesley Woodyard has man coverage on DMC; when he sees that DMC is staying in for blitz pickup, Woodyard blitzes.
This totally vacates the center of the field and the coverage has safety #20 Mike Adams rotating over to cover Mychal Rivera.
Second Still :
Rivera releasing and is wide open. Painfully so.
Pryor drops back and gives pass-look. Notice how Woodyard is reacting/blitzing before Pryor takes off. He's not spying Pryor or reading the play; he's reacting to McFadden.
Third Still :
It's a perfect defense against this play call. Pryor run off-tackle, which is exactly where Woodyard is attacking on his blitz. DMC has Trevathan on the blitz pickup.
On the backside #25 CB Chris Harris is blitzing; this is (among other things) what opens up the middle of the field.
Hi, Mychal Rivera.
Fourth :
Pryor want to cut it upfield, but sees Woodyard so he cuts to the outside. DMC expects the play to be upfield and not so close to him. He doesn't (or can't) hold off Trevathan.
Fifth :
Woodyard forces Pryor to cut outside. Trevathan crashes inside.
Sixth :
These are the rest of the running plays (and the run/pass option plays) that the Raiders ran. It seems pretty brutal. Even the "good" plays where DMC gets 4 or 5 yards, there are mistakes and misses along the line and it's a credit that there were gains made.
For the record :
17 rushes, 49 yards, 2.9 average as a team.
McFadden : 12 rushes, 9 yards, 0.8 avg,
Pryor : 4 rushes, 36 yards, 9.0 average
Ford : 1 rush, 4 yards
There are a few thoughts to be had and perhaps we may see some adjustments in the future.
Against this Broncos' front , the Raiders offensive line really had a hard time forcing and maintaining gaps. This meant that DMC often had nowhere to run and multiple defenders crashing down on him as he neared the line of scrimmage. It's clear that Vickerson pretty much had his way whenever he was one-on-one. And other defenders like Unrein or Derek Wolfe or Terrance Knighton also had success when they were blocked singly.
And while the single-blocks were problematic, the double-teams were beautiful at times. Unfortunately, you can't double team EVERYONE!
There was some success when Pryor got to the outside. On those option keepers, when the offensive line forced the issue with the defense, it made the linebacker react. It's not clear if Pryor is only reading a single defender or if he has the wherewithal to read the reactions of the linebackers level, but in some cases, when the edge defender is explicitly blocked, Pryor may be reading the reactions of a different second-level defender.
And on DMC's run-pass option when he threw the touchdown, was it not spectacular how much open space there was for him? Imagine if Olson called for that same play except as a called-run. Perhaps we will see some toss plays to DMC and see if he can outrace the defense to the edge.
What also sticks out is how un-athletic the Raiders' offensive line is as a group right now. Barnes, Gurode, Pashos, Brisiel all look painfully slow and heavy footed. Worse, they also seem not particularly powerful.
On the plus side is that Veldheer is a rare combination of power and agility and Menelik Watson is a Next-Level athlete. When they can get healthy and come back, there is lots of headroom for this unit. Watson is going to be the biggest hope for the short-term, but he's still so raw and inexperienced, we may still suffer severe growing pains watching him develop.


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Whalen named first team All-WNBA; Augustus named to second team
Lindsay Whalen of the Lynx was named to the All-WNBA first team today, and teammate Seimone Augustus was on the second team. The first team included WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings, the Indiana forward, who led all vote-getters with 187 points; Atlanta forward Angel McCoughtry (172), Phoenix guard Diana Taurasi (168), Connecticut center Tina Charles (166) and Whalen (164). The second team included Chicago center Sylvia Fowles (150), Seattle guard Sue Bird (123), New York guard Cappie Pondester (94), Phoenix forward Penny Taylor (82) and Augustus (69). From the Star Tribune


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Flyers forward Simon Gagne will be in the lineup in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins, according to a report in CSNPhilly.com. He's been out the entire series with a broken toe and wasn't expected back this early, but with the Flyers' backs against the wall, he's rushed his return.
SBN's Flyers blog, Broad Street Hockey, has more:
Peter Laviolette has not hinted at how much ice time Gagne will get in Game 4, but it appears he'll be on the normal top line with Mike Richards and Dan Carcillo. It also appears that he'll get some power play time, but Laviolette told the media that he likely won't use Gagne in penalty killing situations tonight.
How do you feel about this? Personally, I don't see any reason why Gagne shouldn't play. Even at 70 percent, he's better than four minutes of Jared Ross, and a broken toe isn't really an injury that you can hurt too much more. At worst, he slightly re-injures himself and he's ready to skate again by the end of June. It's not really a big deal.
After all, to quote The Waterboy, "(this could be the) Last game of the year, Brent, can't hold anything back now."


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No Locks, No Problem?
Sgt. Signa dispels Isla Vista's belief in the idea of a "community bike."
Sgt. Signa dispels Isla Vista's belief in the idea of a "community bike."
Santa Catalina Residence Hall tenant and first-year student Richard Vu was arrested Sunday night and charged with two counts of petty theft and one count of possession of stolen property. The UCSB Police Department responded to a call on Sunday night at around 9:30 p.m. from Santa Catalina residents Catherine […]
The Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office issued a warrant for the arrest of convicted felon-at-large Joseph Sang-Jun Lee — who resigned from his elected position as Representative-at-Large on this year's Associated Students Legislative Council last Spring quarter — after he failed to appear at an arraignment on Sept. 14.
The Isla Vista Foot Patrol and UCSB Associated Students recently announced a significant decrease in the number of burglaries in the area since the "Stop Burglaries in I.V." campaign began six months ago. The IVFPD documented 107 burglaries since the program was implemented on March 17, 49 fewer than the […]
Associated Students On-Campus Representative Joseph Lee, who was also elected as a 2011-12 Representative-at-Large, pled not guilty yesterday to four charges in relation to a recent laptop theft.


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2. Much has been made of various Anti-Access/Access Denial capabilities of nations like Iran and China. America's armed services have seemed to shift their attention and focus to meeting such challenges. In what ways will sequestration impact plans to meet such Anti-Access challenges in the future?
The sequester could delay the fielding of new capabilities that are needed to counter these emerging threats and maintain the U.S. military's freedom of action. It's important to note that so-called anti-access systems are proliferating to non-state actors as well as China, Iran, North Korea, and other states. For example, transnational extremist groups could use guided rockets, artillery, mortars, and missiles to threaten U.S. forces engaged in partner building and counter-terror operations. In other words, the spread of precision-guided munitions and other asymmetric capabilities will make future power-projection missions that span the spectrum of operations far more challenging for our military. Sequestration will delay the Defense Department's efforts to adapt to these threats and could lead to unacceptable losses of American lives and treasure in future wars.