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Coaches have a simplistic saying: Goals change games. The USA's first-minute goal changed Monday's World Cup game against Ghana.
What a great goal. As usual, Clint Dempsey showed the ability to look like he is about to lose the ball and then chop one way, chop the other, past two players and a great finish.
The goal gave the United States confidence and shocked Ghana, but that only lasted about 10 or 12 minutes. Ghana slowly began to get back in the game, and the middle part of the first half was dictated by Ghana.
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• The loss of Jozy Altidore was a key blow. Aron Johannsson replaced him, but he is a much different player than Altidore. Johannsson is more technical but not as physical, and Dempsey is better when partnered with a player who can mix it up a little.
• The USA started to go forward again during the last 10 minutes of the first half and became more aggressive defensively. That attitude helped us create chances. Ghana had its best chance late in the first half and badly misplayed it.
• The USA lost Matt Besler to start the second half and turned to John Brooks, who ended up being the hero. But the half was a bit of a struggle. The USA forced Ghana wide through Christian Atsu on the right and Kwadwo Asamoah on the left, which helped the U.S. defend. As the half went on, however, we had to hold on. USA could not find Michael Bradley and could not maintain possession to take the pressure off.
• It was nice to see Tim Howard play the ball out as the USA tried to build from the back. But the second half had little going for the USA until the Graham Zusi sub. I have great respect for Zusi's service, and his corner to Brooks provided the difference.
• Once Ghana scored in the 82nd minute, the game looked like it might tip in its direction. Ghana carried the game to us, especially in the second half. We lacked possession in the final third, and Bradley can be more involved. Jermaine Jones was superb on defense, and Kyle Beckerman gave everything he had. Although Bradley was not involved on offense, his work and fitness at the end were vital.
• It was a grind. We can and need to play better. We lost Altidore, Besler and possession. Yet a staple of our play has always been set pieces, and it was a great corner-kick goal that won it for us. The USA has great attitude and fight, which carries through difficult moments.
Enjoy the victory.
Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid will be analyzing key matches involving the U.S. for The Seattle Times throughout the World Cup.


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hi Jeff.. im sorry you had to join our group. My mom was diagnosed in November 09 with a inoperable klaskin tumor with mets to the liver and lung. She is currently on a chemo cocktail of gezmer/clisplatin and is on her 4th round. Im know things seem really bad at first, especially when you start reading things online and its definitly a rollar coaster but you will find alot of good news and good messages on this board. My mother is doing fairly well with her treatments and seems to be responding to the chemo which will open other doors for other types of treatment. Although there is no cure at the moment, you will see that you need to take it day by day. There are new trials all of the time and maybe raising awareness for this type of cancer is something that we all need to do so that early detection can be something that happens more often! Jeff - I am still in shock, my mom is 63 and was healthy before she turned yellow. She lives next door to me and just moved to Florida a few years ago to watch my kids grow up.. i wake up every morning and pinch myself and hope this is a just a nightmare. I totally understand where ur coming from. We are here for u and please look through this website.. it has helped me get through so much these past few months. We are with u all the way!!! Keep us posted.
1 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:55:51
Re: Just in Shock!!! (58 replies, posted in Introductions!)
2 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:43:27
Re: New diagnosis of CC- so many questions! (11 replies, posted in Introductions!)
My mother was diagnosed in November 2009. SHe was originally told the tumor was resectable and once she went into surgery, they found she had mets to both lobes of the liver. From there they stopped the surgery and suggested she begin chemotherapy immediately. She is currently doing a chemo combo of gezmar and cisplatin and it seems to be working ok for now. Her blood levels are stable, shes in no pain, and she tolerating the chemo well expect for being tired. She had her first petscan last week and there was also a 3cm met to her lung. Since my mother has decided to fight this and not give in, we dont ask how long rather whats next? Anything could happen to anyone at anytime.. one day at a time. FOr now, my mom is here with her family and her grandchildren, shes feeling relatively well and i bless everyday we have together. Please keep us posted and you will see alot of miracles on this sight and it truely does give you something to hope for. Take care
3 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:49:48
Re: The love of my live....is gone (13 replies, posted in In Remembrance)
Im so sad for you. My heart is breaking for you. Im really sorry
4 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:30:36
Topic: Moms Update (4 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hi Everyone
Well Mom had her visit today at Mofftt and the doctors went over her petscan results and it showed in addition to the liver mets a single met in the lung. very small but still there. My mom got upset but then just listened as he said he feel everything is stable for now and they are going to continue with the chemo treatments. Shes having her third infusion today.
Cant believe this is happening. My mom and i spent the whole week together. She had so much energy, we went shopping, she hung out at my house and was eating like she used to. I was really convincing myself that maybe this was just a terrible mistake and that she was going to be a "miracle" patient and go there and be fine. I guess it was just wishful thinking.
What does it mean with a met in the lung? Its very small like I said and theres just one.
5 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:37:15
Re: Off to Orlando GI ASCO (9 replies, posted in Announcements)
When is the conference? Im in the Tampa area and have no problem coming and helping out.
6 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:05:14
Re: Guidance - Bile Duct Cancer (14 replies, posted in Introductions!)
My mother was disgnosed with this in early November 2009. We were originally told that she can have surgery because none of the CT Scans showed any mets. She went to NY and consulted with Sloan Ketterin and Mt. Sinai and choose a surgeon. When he went in to do the surgery they found the cancer had spread to both sides of the liver and closed her up. From there we were told that chemo is her option right now. She decided to come back to Florida (where she lives) and we are now seeking treatment at Moffitt Cancer Center. She is on a combo of chemo Gezmer and Cisplatin and just finished her 2nd dose. Shes doing ok and holding up so far. We have an appointment with the Mayo Clinic in Florida in early Feb just to see what other treatments they might offer if the chemo does not work. Good luck with your journey. Im sorry you had to join this group but you will find strength and its a great support system on this site. Please keep us posted. God Bless!
7 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:24:45
Topic: Moms first Chemo treatment (5 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hi.. hope everyone had a great holiday. After all was said and done we really enjoyed this Christmas season. I got a spend it with my mother and thats the best gift. She had her first chemo treatment on New Years Eve and took it like a champ, she even went to a party that same night and stayed out at our neighbors till 1:30AM!!!. She got tired after the third day and has been resting. No upset stomach, or anything like that. Shes complaining about constipation, not sure what would help...if anyone has suggestions it would be appreciated.
She came over last night and for the first time in a long time, she didnt look gaunt, her face looked full and pink, and she just looked great. I dont know if this is the calm before the storm but im just taking it and being thankful that her first treatment went good. Im sure there will be other bumps along the way but im just enjoying what it is right now. Ive made peace with what she has and have accepted it. Now were going to fight it and kick its ass!!! (thats my Brooklyn additude coming out)
Anyway, just wanted to give you all the update and let you all know what was going on. Thanks again for all the advice you have given us so far (im sure we will need much more along the way).
Hope you all had a great holiday and a happy 2010!!!!
8 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:00:32
Topic: Worst case....help! (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Ok, mom starts her chemo tomorrow. I am trying to stay positive as she is young, in relatively good health besides this and focused and determined to beat this. Of course shes scared as we alll are.
My question is she is scheduled for 6 cycles of chemo and then a scan to see if anything changed. My question is what if its bad news, what if the tumors grow, and there is nothing more the doctors can do??? Will the doctor walk in that room and tell us that my mother is going to die?? Can we stop him from doing that?? My mother has suffered from clinical depression her whole life and for her to be told something like that would most likely result in her not dying with dignity but dying despair . I cant see her go like that and neither can the rest of my family.
Has anyone else done this?? Im hoping for the best and even a few months of things going well for her but I just know want her to ever think its over. That alone would kill her. Thanks
9 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:09:50
Re: Scan coming up next week... (17 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I will be praying for a great scan!!! Fingers crossed!!!
10 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:08:18
Re: My mom was just diagnosed with CC (29 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hi Scraggles
Your situation sounds alot like my moms. She is 62 and was diagnosed in Dec after an unsuccessful surgery. Mets found on both lobes of the liver. She starts the same type of chemo as your mom on Thursday morning. Right now though shes tired alot, in alot of pain (from the surgery) and just feeling kinda down. Hows she doing with the chemo? Thats what we are all nervous about with my mom... keep us posted!! God Bless!
11 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:21:44
Re: Good CT scan, yayy! (20 replies, posted in Good News / What's Working)
That such great news!!!! Have a Merry Christmas!!
12 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:19:33
Re: Introduction (15 replies, posted in Introductions!)
Hi and welcome. My mother was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cc. She was in NY consulting with Sloan and did have surgery. Unfortunetly, once they got in there was mets on her liver. Everything is still small, no huge tumors and like you sad she pretty much feels fine. Shes still sore from the surgery but is going to be starting the same type of chemo as you on Dec 31st. She lives in Florida and is having her treatments at Moffitt Cancer Cener. We are also consulting with Mayo Clinic.
I wish you the best. You sound like you have a great additude and alot to live for and I have read stories on this board of people with stage 4 kicking it and living their lives. There is always hope. Please keep on posted. Have a great holiday.
13 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:10:33
Re: Moms visit today (4 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I would like any recommendations for physicans in Florida that have dealt with this. I liked Dr. Springett but from what he said he seemed like this combo of chemo was her only choice and if that didnt work then there was nothing else. That scared me because I never want to give up or have her give up. The other thing that scared us was that he used numbers and percentages and my mom cannot hear things like that. I believe that no one is a number and no one should be looked at like a statistic. Ive read many stories in which people had no treatment and survived longer then expected. I expressed this in the examination room before he could continue with his speech on percentages. He got the point and stopped talking about it. immediately and was great from that point. Thank you all so much and please anyone with recomendations for Florida doctors that would deal with this type of cancer would be great. In the meantime we will start chemo on Dec 31st with hopes of good results.
14 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:36:24
Topic: Moms visit today (4 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hi. Well we took mom to Moffitt in Florida where we met with Dr. Springett. He was highly recommended in treating this type of cancer. When we sat with him he was very formal, and told us exactly what was happening. Stage 4 Bile Duct Cancer (cancer had spread to both sides of the liver). He recommended chemo (combination of Gezmer and something else that starts with a C) they will do it once every two weeks and then scans to see whats happening. The klatskin tumor was 1.2 c and the growth on the liver was 1 to 1.2 c. very small but still not the best news to hear. Once he told us what is was and the stage, he gave us the game plan for treatment and told us about success stories that he had. My mom cryed at first but then told me she was going to fight this with everything she has and that its in Gods hands.
Mom is down from 139 in October to 116 pounds. Goal is to get her weight up alittle and get her strong for chemo. I am still going to get another opnion from Mayo as nothing has spread beyond the liver.
Im upset and disapointed. Feel like its been nothing but bad news since November and I know we have a tough rough ahead of us. Im hoping for the best and will try and just be there for her and get her through this, whatever the outcome. Thanks for all the postings as I have learned so much from this website. I will keep everyone updated on whats happening with mom.
Thanks again
15 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:31:00
Re: Help!!! (6 replies, posted in General Discussion)
My sister is in NY and my mom is there now. Shes saying she wants to come back to FLorida but Im not sure where to start. We live in the Tampa Bay area. I feel more comfortable having her go to Sloan-Mt. Sinai but its her decision. Im just trying to find her the best down here. Thanks
16 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:32:27
Topic: Help!!! (6 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hi Everyone
My mom is currently in NY where she had an unsuccessful surgery. Once the doctor went in, he saw tiny spots on the top of her liver and could not do the surgery. He said chemo is her only option at this point. She has an in at Sloan in NYC but unfortunatly she lives in FLorida and wants to have her treatments down there.
Does anyone know of any doctors or hospitals in Flordia that have dealt with this type of cancer and what has been your experience. I would rather her stay in NY for this, but you cant force her to stay if she doesnt want to. Going to keep trying to have her stay there but just in case I wanted to have some doctors lined up here for her.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
17 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:51
Re: Mom had unsuccessful surgery yesterday (13 replies, posted in Introductions!)
Perfect timing. I JUST received an email last night from DR. Myron Schwartz at Mt. Sinai in NYC. He was very helpful when I was researching resection vs. transplant for my mother this past summer. I emailed him again regarding my mother's sucessful transplant at the Mayo. Here is part of his email response:
"We have decided to establish a transplant protocol here in NY, a collaboration between Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Mount Sinai wherein patients will receive the neoadjuvant treatment at Memorial, and the transplant (usually living donor) at Mount Sinai. "
I don't know how soon this collaboration is starting, but if you are already at Sloane, it would not hurt to ask them about this joint venture. I was so happy to receive Dr. Schwartz's news because this opens up options for CC transplants in the Northeast :-)
18 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:44:03
Re: Question about liver transplant (7 replies, posted in General Discussion)
My mom has a growth in the bile duct but when the doctors went in to do a ressection they saw what looked like sand sized spots on the top of the liver. The surgeon advised us that chemo is our only option at this point. I read other stories on this message board about people having 80% of their livers taken out, I dont understand why he couldnt do it. Is there something I could be missing?
For those of you who may have experience with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, what has your experience been? Im not sure if my mom should come to FLorida or stay in New York and consult with Sloan Ketterin again.
This is a nightmare!
19 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:31:27
Topic: Question about liver transplant (7 replies, posted in General Discussion)
If the bile duct cancer has just spread to the liver (top of the liver), does that still allow aomeone to be a candidate for a liver transplant. I read such great success stories from Mayo but wasent sure about the process of actually getting one.
What is generally the criteria for a liver transplant?

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Petersen Events Center improvements revealed
Lost in the shuffle of last night's unveiling of the Pitt script uniforms for all 19 of the university's teams — it's alright to call it a fashion show, guys — was some interesting news about changes that will be made this year to the Petersen Events Center.
Pitt AD Scott Barnes had mentioned those improvements to me last week at the ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., but on Wednesday night, mock-ups of those projects were revealed. The changes, for now, are mostly cosmetic. With the reintroduction of the script logo, the Panthers will be getting a new court. In addition to that, the team's practice facility will be getting refurbished and there will be a new backdrop behind one of the baskets in which there will be banners for retired player numbers and an illustration of the Cathedral of Learning that Barnes said will light up after every men's and women's basketball win.
All that work, Barnes said, will be complete by the beginning of fall, so it will be ready for the upcoming season. Beyond that, he mentioned, without going into specifics, that the Petersen Events Center will be receiving more upgrades as part of a larger three-year plan.
"Literally every playing venue and practice venue that we have will get a facelift with the new Pitt script and some other branding elements that attract and inspire pride with our student-athletes, recruits and coaches," Barnes said Wednesday. "That's really the goal in everything we do, to inspire pride."
Here are photos of those renderings that were on display last night:
New Pitt basketball court (Craig Meyer/Post-Gazette)
New backdrop in Petersen Events Center (Craig Meyer/Post-Gazette)
New practice court (Craig Meyer/Post-Gazette)
And, since it was the central reason for everyone being there last night, here are Pitt's jerseys, for the two or three of you all that haven't seen them yet. Personally, I'm a fan of the look, especially since they stuck to a clean and simple template. But the second anyone starts seeking fashion validation from me, they're in a whole heap of trouble.
👀🔥 #PittScript pic.twitter.com/Ji2Xdsh1Dk— Pitt Basketball (@Pitt_MBB) May 18, 2016
If you have any questions or comments about the new uniforms or the Pete improvements, feel free to comment below.
Craig Meyer: email@example.com and Twitter @CraigMeyerPG
Kithcart, Manigault discuss decisions to stick with Pitt
The final signing date for Division I basketball prospects isn't for another two weeks and while Pitt's 2016 class isn't fully set quite yet, Kevin Stallings picked up one of his first victories as the Panthers' coach by holding on to three players who signed with the school when Jamie Dixon was still coach – Justice Kithcart, Corey Manigault and Crisshawn Clark.
Late last week, I spoke with both Kithcart and Manigault about their decision to stick with Pitt even with the coaching change, conversations which led to a story in today's Post-Gazette.
** I'm planning on talking to Clark at some point, but I'm new on the beat and still don't have phone numbers for some people. Hang in there.
Below is a transcript of both of those interviews, with questions in bold.
What do you remember those days being like from when Jamie Dixon left to when Kevin Stallings was hired? Was it kind of an emotional roller coaster for you?
"It kind of was, just because it happened so fast. I didn't really know what to do. I stepped back and looked at everything and reopened my recruitment. When coach Stallings got the job, he called me instantly to talk."
About how quickly did he call you?
"On that Monday, I think."
What were that conversation and some of those initial conversations like?
"We just talked about the things he wants, kind of like telling he knows how the situation is, how coaches move around. He gave me the space I needed instead of like hovering on top of me and really trying to get me to stay. He told me he really wanted me to stay and he knew how to use me. He likes the way I play and said it was on me. He didn't want to force me to do anything. He just kind of left it up to me. I really liked that. He just had that good vibe from the start."
You touched on it a little bit there, but what were some of your first impressions of coach Stallings?
"He was kind of cool. I talked to a few people and they told me how he was. He's kind of relaxed instead of kind of tight. I didn't really know him, but I met him at my school last week. He was just that kind of guy, the kind of guy that can have fun but knows when to be serious."
What prompted you to open up your recruitment?
"I just had to step back and look at everything over again. I wanted to make sure this was what I really wanted to do."
What was it that won you over, that made you recommit to Pitt?
"After I got off the phone with coach Stallings, I looked at some film. He kind of played the same way Dixon did, but it was just faster. His personality in general, he was somebody I felt comfortable with. And the coaching staff. I kind of know some of the coaches on the coaching staff from the recruiting process earlier. That was something that played another part."
How difficult is it to make that kind of a big decision, choosing where you're continuing your career and where you're going to college, in such a cramped timeline, one where you make that kind of a decision in less than a week with a new coach?
"It was very hard. Coach Dixon and his staff, I really liked them. When I reopened my commitment, a bunch of schools were trying to come after me. It just felt right at Pittsburgh – the city, the people there. There was just something about Pittsburgh."
Based on your conversations with Stallings, what do you envision your role being on the team next season? And how has that changed from how you thought it would be with coach Dixon?
"Coach Stallings, he said he lets his bigs play to their strengths. Basically, making mismatches for other bigs. I think I'm a versatile big who can get out and stretch myself out on the floor a lot. And help rebound, be a big rebounding presence."
From when coach Dixon announced he was leaving until coach Stallings was hired and even going to when you decided to stick with Pitt, what do you remember that week or week and a half being like for you?
"I was talking to my parents about what we were going to do. I was trying to make the best decision for myself and my career, where I'm going to play the next four years and where I can get to the next level. That was the whole thing I was thinking about. I was just praying, trying to make the best decision for myself and my family."
What was one instance or one moment in that whole scenario where you felt the most uncertain or were the most worried?
"After coach Dixon went to TCU and I didn't know who the coach was going to be. Was this guy going to want me still? Would I come to Pittsburgh and contribute and be a part of the team? Was he going to treat me like his family, like coach Dixon treated me? Those were the main things I was wondering about."
What went into your decision to de-commit after Stallings' hire was announced?
"Me and my parents were talking and we thought the de-commitment was the best thing for me at the time. We wanted to weigh our options and not rush into anything. We still had Pitt on our list, of course, but we wanted coach Stallings to kind of recruit me like I was coming to Pitt kind of like he was trying to get me to Vanderbilt. I wanted to feel that type of connection with him."
He was introduced as Pitt's coach on March 28, I think a Monday. When did he first reach out to you?
"He contacted me either the day after or the day he got the job, I'm not sure. He definitely made it a point to contact me."
What do you remember that first conversation or those first few conversations being like?
"I had talked to him previously because I was getting recruited by Vanderbilt. When I talked to him, he seemed like a straight shooter, which is what I got from him when I was talking to him at Vanderbilt. I felt like he had a good mindset for the team, a good mindset for me and I could tell he really wanted me. He liked the type of player I was and felt like I could fit in his system. That was great, getting that from him."
What do you think it was that sold you and swayed you back to Pitt?
"Coach Stallings, he was straight up with me. He didn't try to sell me a dream. He didn't try to do too much. He told me how it was going to be. I feel like I can fit into his playing style. He's a coach who lets his players play and that's something I really like. I like a coach who will let me play because I'm not a guy who will do too great in a system where a coach wants you to run his specific style. I like a tough coach, but I kind of like that freedom coach Stallings gives you. That won me over."
What were some of the differences you noticed between Stallings and Dixon, as far as how the recruiting process went and how they wanted to utilize you as a guard?
"A few of the differences were the playing style. Coach Dixon likes to play up and down, but it's a little different than coach Stallings. That's really all he [Stallings] wants to do. He wants to get up and down any chance he can. He wants to play a little bit faster and get up a lot of shots. That was one of the differences I saw. And I think coach Stallings is a little more fiery than coach Dixon, but they both get up in you when they have to."
With James Robinson graduating, the point guard position is kind of up for grabs at Pitt. How do you envision your role freshman year? Do you feel like you have the chance to make an impact and play some big minutes?
"Most definitely. I'm trying to come in and start from day one. That's my mindset. I'm just trying to come in and lead the team and contribute where I can. If I don't start, I'll give great minutes off the bench -- coming in and playing with energy, leading, talking, playing great defense, pushing the ball, scoring when I can. I'm trying to help the team win."
How difficult is it to make such a life-changing decision – where you're going to college and where you're taking your career – in such a relatively short period of time?
"It's definitely difficult. First off, making a college decision was probably the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life, listening to different coaches, trying to find the right system, trying to find the right fan base, coaching staff, academics and all of that. It was definitely tough. Recommitting back to coach Stallings was tough, just because there wasn't a lot of time. I had to get a good feel for coach Stallings. It made it easier that I already had a relationship with him previously. That made it a lot easier to make the decision."
Craig Meyer: email@example.com and Twitter @CraigMeyerPG
An introduction
These kind of posts have a tendency to be a little self-indulgent and drag on, so I'll aim to keep this brief.
My name is Craig Meyer and I'm the Post-Gazette's new Pitt basketball writer. In addition to my basketball responsibilities, which will take up the bulk of this position, I'll also be helping out my colleague, Sam Werner, with Pitt football and the paper's overall coverage of the university's athletic department. Paul Zeise, who did a great job covering the team the past two seasons, will be writing sports opinion pieces for the paper, an area in which he should more than excel.
Before we get going, a little bit about me: I've been at the Post-Gazette for about the past three and a half years, a period in which I most recently covered Duquesne basketball and West Virginia football. In the two-or-so years prior to that, I wrote about high school sports and Robert Morris basketball, along with a few other things.
College basketball, for as long as I can remember, has been a part of who I am. I grew up in Louisville, Ky., nestled near the center of a geographic triangle that connects three of the sport's preeminent programs, where basketball is less a sport and more a way of life. It's cliché, but to many, it's religion, a game with an appeal and importance that transcends what it actually is — 10 college-aged kids chucking a rubber ball at a metal iron (which I believe some now call a "basketball ring").
Once I left there almost a decade ago, that kind of obsessive behavior increasingly mystified me, but my passion for the sport never waned, especially once I started covering it in a journalistic capacity.
That passion translates to my work and on this kind of a beat, it will need to. Pitt plays in arguably the best conference in college basketball and, going back to its days in the Big East, has for some time. It has made the NCAA tournament in 13 of the past 15 seasons. Its league affiliation and recent success aside, it's a major college basketball team in a city without a professional franchise in that sport. This is a very, very important program in this city's revered sports landscape and you can expect my coverage to reflect that.
Anyone that has followed my work with Duquesne and, before that, Robert Morris knows that I like advanced statistics, the kind of things like offensive and defensive efficiency, rebounding percentage and percentage of shots taken. For as much as I reference those numbers — and as important as I believe they are in painting a more accurate and nuanced picture of how a team is performing — you can't fully understand the game without also relying on what you see play out on the court, the kinds of little things that gradually add up and can be the difference between a win and a loss, a successful season and a subpar one.
My main passion and the thing that guided me in this profession, though, is telling stories. These games are played and coached by people, some of whom have very unique backgrounds. I've encountered that in my four years in Pittsburgh covering college basketball, from the Robert Morris senior who played in the memory of a fallen friend to the Duquesne guard and assistant coach who helped each other battle through separate bouts with cancer.
I'll be covering this team differently than Paul did because no two journalists approach their work in an identical way. But, ideally, journalism is a conversation, not a lecture. While I will have my own way of writing about Pitt, if there's something you liked that Paul did or have any other comments, feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or just reach out to me on Twitter @CraigMeyerPG. As you'll learn, I'm always happy to chat, even if it sometimes takes a little longer than I'd like to get back to you.
This is a devout sports town that, contrary to how some view it, has a lot of smart, dedicated basketball fans. I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to get started.
Craig Meyer: firstname.lastname@example.com and Twitter @CraigMeyerPG
A Wild Ride Ends: Stallings hired, other Pitt basketball news and notes
Well, at least MY nightmare is over because the coaching search is over.
So I will try to wrap up the search in a nice bow, then sign off for the night and relax and crack open a few adult beverages on my couch as I watch basketball games….
As you know, Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings is now Pitt's head basketball coach. I could give you a long look at his resume but instead, here is the official announcement from Pitt.
Now then, Stallings' name didn't emerge in the search until Saturday afternoon and that has raised some questions about the search firm, who was a candidate and who was interviewed.
Look, we are never going to get the truth from anyone, that's the nature of these things. Refer back to one of my first blog posts where I attempted to define the words offer, interview, contact and interest, if you are still confused as to why that always is.
I will say this – I know of at least one other of the candidates that was offered the job (and that doesn't even include the Miller brothers), but this will never be on the record and I'm sure we will be told Stallings was the only candidate and the first choice and all that stuff tomorrow.
So there is no need to dwell on it, but the reality is Barnes interviewed several candidates, at least one said no, and he turned his attention to hiring Stallings and got it done pretty quickly.
Again, I'm sure they will say he was their first choice and blah blah blah – but there is plenty of reason to believe he wasn't. In the end that doesn't matter because he is the guy, and now we can move forward with dissecting the hire and what it means.
*** First, conspiracy theorists were alive and well Saturday when all of this broke, and for obvious reasons. Stallings was reported to have been fired at Vanderbilt on Thursday by several outlets, the SID issues a statement saying that isn't true and less than 48 hours later he is negotiating with Pitt.
Now, what conspiracy you ask?
Well, the conspiracy of cronyism and the questionable ethics of search firms for college searches …
The search firm that was used was Collegiate Sports Athletics and the CEO is Todd Turner, who used to be the athletic director at Vanderbilt and also at Washington.
Turner hired Stallings at Vanderbilt in 1999, Stallings was a client of the search firm and Barnes was Turner's deputy athletic director at Washington from 2005-08.
So there is a legit question of whether this was a case of an "old buddies network" scratching each other's back or if Barnes really had Stallings in mind from the start of the search.
I mean, if Vandy was on the verge of firing Stallings – and Barnes had struck out with a few candidates – could Turner have said to Vandy "I have a solution" to Stallings "I have a solution" and to Barnes "I have a solution" to make this work?
As I first reported Saturday, they were negotiating Stallings' buyout and my source told me it was not seen as even a little bit of an obstacle.
It would be real easy to see these dots getting connected – Turner brokers a deal with Vandy to get Stallings hired elsewhere so they don't have to pay his buyout for firing him and delivers him to Pitt for a reduced number to buy him out of his Vanderbilt contract.
So problem solved – Vandy gets rid of a coach it wanted to fire and not only doesn't have to pay him to leave but gets a few bucks back from Pitt; Pitt gets an experienced and somewhat successful coach to come for cheap; and Turner collects fees from both sides because he has successfully helped one of his clients find a job while helping another client to fill a vacancy.
Again, I stress, I am NOT reporting that this is what happened because I don't know and obviously, again, we will never know – but this scenario, these questions that arise, these seemingly conflicts of interest, are exactly why a lot of people question the ethics of colleges using these search firms.
It may – all of it – have been completely a coincidence that there are these connections and Pitt ended up with Stallings, but these are questions already being asked by a lot of people because it just doesn't look right on certain levels.
I'm willing to give Pitt the benefit of the doubt on this one until I see solid evidence (not speculation and connecting dots) that Turner and his crew hooked up old friends to help out another old friend.
But it really does raise serious questions about search firms because most that I've come across or heard of are run by former athletic directors and coaches, and that's begging for conflicts of interest to occur.
I will say one more time, I am NOT accusing Pitt of doing anything unethical; I am just saying these are questions a lot of people are asking today and I spelled out exactly why.
*** I'm willing to give Scott Barnes the benefit of the doubt and say that he does know what he is doing, and this was a case of him hiring a guy he thought was best fit to move the Panthers forward. And that's because I have had plenty of interactions with him and have gotten to know him well and he seems to be very bright, a guy with vision, he is driven and he is no nonsense.
There isn't a lot of BS with him. He knows where he wants to go, he believes he has a plan to get there and he believes his track record will get people on board to follow him. Time will tell, as I wrote, but this hire will be a big part of his legacy and he is smart enough to know that.
**** I don't want to be THAT guy, but the outrage over this hiring -- while understandable when more exciting names like Enfield and Drew were involved with this discussion – is a little bit over the top. Actually, the outrage is a lot over the top.
I know Stallings feels a bit like a retread hire, and I know that he isn't a young "up and comer" -- he is an established guy who has been around a long time. That profile is often times not quite as sexy as the risky, unknown guy, but the safe hire has worked out in the past.
And this isn't like Pitt hired the worst basketball coach on the planet.
The guy has 38 years of experience, he coached under Roy Williams, he coached under Gene Keady, he played for Keady – he has been around the block a few times.
He is known as a very good offensive coach, a good X's and O's guy and he has had seven of his players get drafted in the NBA – and that number will grow to at least nine and maybe 10 once a couple of his current players graduate or put their names in the hat.
I know, I know – "but he had two or three legitimate NBA guys and only got to the First Four and then got waxed by Wichita State," and maybe they underachieved a bit this year.
And yep, the last few years haven't been great --- but think Jamie Dixon's last few years and why almost everyone involved thought this was the perfect time for him to leave: Maybe it was a little burnout and time for him to go find a new challenge.
Same thing with Stallings – maybe it was time for a new challenge.
I am not saying it is going to work out, nobody knows, but I am saying that it COULD work out and there are a lot of things to like about this hire if you (a) wanted a guy who has experience recruiting to a major conference in the South and (b) wanted a guy who runs a lot of good offense based on guards who can really score.
Yes, a mid-major guy such as Drew or Will Wade would get people excited at the press conference – but there is risk there. Ben Howland was a mid-major guy and it was a home run; Ralph Willard, not so much.
In this case, you know what you are getting and he has proven he can win in a major conference at a place where it is tougher to win at than Pitt because of the academic/admissions standards.
Now, you can counter that the ACC is much better than the SEC, and that is true – but wouldn't you agree Vanderbilt is probably the toughest job in the SEC because it is so much different than the other schools in that conference?
Only time will tell if it is going to work and I do appreciate the sense of disappointment from Pitt fans because y'all had visions of Enfield bringing Dunk City to the Pete or whatever.
But my two cents are to at least give this one a chance because I do think Kevin Stallings has been better – at a tough place to win – than you think, and I do think he will be able to recruit good players to Pitt.
*** In fact – he just made his first offer a few hours ago, to 2017 point guard Aaron Thompson of Paul VI in Virginia. Thompson announced that he got an offer from Stallings on Twitter –he plays AAU for Team Takeover. He has offers from VCU, DePaul, Temple, Penn State, Miami, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and a bunch of other schools as well. He is 6-foot-2, 175 pounds and is a four-star recruit by Scout and ESPN.
*** Speaking of players, it is well documented that things didn't end well at Vanderbilt for Sheldon Jeter.
He left the school after his freshman year in 2013 and said he wanted to play closer his to home, and Stallings said publicly that he gave him his blessing to leave and transfer.
But then Stallings blocked Jeter from going to Pitt, there were rumors of tampering, and Jeter had some hard feelings and ended up having to go to Polk Junior College for a year before arriving at Pitt for the 2014-15 season.
This has been a huge deal and brought up early and often by a lot of different people since last night when it broke that Stallings might be the coach.
"You can't hire Stallings, he screwed over Sheldon Jeter, he isn't an honorable guy and Jeter will leave…"
Well, here is the deal:
As it turns out, most of you are a lot more upset about all of that stuff than Jeter is himself.
Oh, there are still some things to work through I am sure but the truth is Stallings and Jeter talked today and apparently it went very well and both parties seem to be ready to put the past behind them and move forward and work together.
Does that mean Jeter isn't going to transfer or there aren't some more conversations that need to and will take place between Stallings and Jeter?
No, anything can happen, but it sounds like the two have taken a pretty good first step, and from what I have been told by two different sources, the "hard feelings" and whatnot between Jeter and Stallings was a little bit overstated.
Sure, it is easy to say now that circumstances have come together ,but I honestly will be surprised if Jeter transfers for his final year.
**** Stallings has a video he would love to see disappear from YouTube that shows him berating a player going through a handshake line and yelling "I will [expletive] kill you" because they kid was taunting the other team and showboating at the end of a game they were winning.
This has become the narrative that Stallings is a fiery guy, maybe a wacko and he is a yeller and a maniac that berates players.
One of his current players disagrees with that – former Plum star Nolan Cressler, a redshirt junior guard who transferred from Cornell to Vanderbilt to finish his last couple of years. Here is what he said to our own Mike White today about playing for Stallings.
"I liked him," Cressler said. "I respect coach Stallings. I think he's a man of value and he really values high character kids. I think he's about doing the right thing and I think he exemplified that in his recruiting efforts. He wants things done the correct way.
"He's a pretty intense coach, but he's not a hot head. He's more of an intellectual guy. He's more of a thinker, but he's very strategic as well. If you're doing something wrong and he doesn't like it, he'll take an intense approach to it."
Cressler said that Stallings' style of play was indeed a draw, but not because he is some up-tempo run and gun coach, just that he has a proven track record of having his guards score a lot.
But as far as his actual style of play, Cressler said the big thing is that he adapts to his talent and this year, they were a lot more structured on offense than in the past – though the structure is not so rigid that players can't make decisions and plays on their own.
"The past two years has been the same style basically with the same personnel," Cressler said. "But talking to players in the past and two of our coaches who played for him, they said they played completely different than we are. Obviously, it's up to [Stallings], but he doesn't necessarily bring a set style. He develops his style around the pieces he has.
"The way we played this year was very structured. I can't even name the number of plays we had. It was less kind of a go-play style and more structured. It was just about having different alternatives. If someone was denied a pass, you have different alternatives."
One other thing Cressler said – the team had an idea the last few weeks that Stallings may be making a move, so this wasn't a surprise to any of them and he did reach out to each of them via the phone because he was in Florida with his son, Jacob, who is a catcher in the Pirates organization.
*** Speaking of endorsements, I spoke with Ben Howland today and he had nothing but praise for Stallings and said that Pitt pulled off a real coup by hiring him. He said the two go back 30 years, and he called Stallings "one of the best offensive coaches in the country."
Howland said that Stallings was able to recruit NBA players to Vanderbilt and that isn't an easy thing to do "he has two first round draft picks on his team right now and that's a credit to him and his ability to recruit but not only recruit but develop players."
"This was a real coup for Pitt, a steal for them, an absolute no-brainer hire," said Howland, who is the coach at Mississippi State. "I've known Kevin for 30 years, Pitt basketball is in great hands. He will do a fantastic job. This isn't a young guy learning on the job, he will know exactly what to do from day one.
"Vanderbilt was the best defensive team in our league [the SEC], but he is also one of the very best offensive coaches in the country. As someone who loves Pitt basketball as much as I do and as someone who was honored to be a part of that program, I am truly excited about the future of the program."
Howland, by the way, said he loves it at Mississippi State, has really fit in and been embraced by the community and has an excellent recruiting class coming in and he is focused on a future that he thinks is going to be really bright there.
I asked him about the culture shock of going from Los Angeles, Hollywood, etc., to Starkville, Miss., and he said it has been an easy transition because "the people here have been fantastic."
He said Pitt fans should be excited about the hire of Stallings because he is far more experienced and accomplished than a lot of other coaches and he will be able to continue to build on what Jamie Dixon did.
"Jamie Dixon is the best coach and most accomplished coach in Pitt history," Howland said. "He did an unbelievable job at Pitt and deserves all the credit for everything he did because it is nothing short of amazing in many, many ways.
"And now I fully believe that Kevin will build on that. I really mean that, like I said, I love Pitt, I love that university and that program and that city – It really makes me happy to know that the program is in such capable hands."
Obviously, Stallings is Howland's friend, and he is going to say nice things about him but he raved about his X's and O's and how good of a coach he is.
So you can take it for what it is worth but I'm going to go out on a limb and say Howland knows a thing or two about good basketball coaches.
*** Speaking of Dixon, I asked Howland about him and he said that it was just a unique experience for Dixon to be able to go back to TCU, his alma mater, and is a firm believer that the timing was right.
"Jamie is my best friend, I talked to him all the time," Howland said. "I think that the ability go back to a place he went to school, a place he loves, a place he has a lot of friends still at, that was really just too good to pass up.
"That team has struggled for the last few years and Jamie saw this as an opportunity to go back there and help rebuild it and finish his career at a place it started. He will get that program up and running again and sooner than people think because he has experience doing it and knows how to do it."
**** I also spoke with ex-Purdue coach Gene Keady, who coached Stallings and then Stallings was his assistant for six years. That's what I wrote before – talk about pedigree, Stallings coached under both Keady and Roy Williams (at Kansas) so he has some pretty good mentors.
Keady joked that he is just glad Stallings wanted to get into coaching and stuck with it "after dealing with me for so many years."
But he said that the best thing that Stallings has done is that he has done things with integrity.
"He is a great X's and O's guy, he really knows and understands the game," Keady said. "He will be a great fit in Pittsburgh, they like guys who work hard there, I love that city. And he won't take short cuts, will do the right thing, he stands for the right things. It is a great hire for Pitt."
*** The beauty of a coaching search is once it is over, everyone goes back to their normal lives and acts like nothing happened. Nobody contacted anyone, nobody talked to anyone and all of that other stuff I've written about…..
There are denials, non-denial denials and a lot of guys who will end up cashing in with contract extensions as a result.
One coach who was supposedly involved but apparently was not is UNC Wilmington's Kevin Keatts. His agent, Myles B. Solomon, reached out to me this morning to say that Keatts had no contact with Pitt or with anyone on behalf of Pitt. So there's that…
But Knight, Enfield, Drew and Lonergan all were involved and Wade was at least on the radar if things didn't get done with Stallings. Interestingly enough Wade is already a coach whose name is surfacing at Vanderbilt so we shall see. None of it matters now nor will we ever get the whole truth about things but it is amazing to follow these things and see how they unfold.
I don't know if Brandin Knight will have a chance to stay or will even want to stay, but he is a classic example of how this business works: "We love loyalty but we value people who have some variety on their resume."
I'm obviously not his agent and he is much smarter than me so he doesn't need my advice, but the best thing he could do is go get a job somewhere else, either as a top assistant in a major conference or as the head coach at a smaller school.
That will give him some diversity on his resume and make himself more marketable when he tries to land his first major conference head coaching job.
I think he is going to be a very good coach, by the way. He is smart, driven, competitive and I think he connects with players and they respect him. He will be able to recruit and he will be able to win.
But again, he just needs a little more experience and it would serve him to get it elsewhere.
*** Well that's about it, time to relax and have a few, um, adult beverages and watch basketball. I hope you have found these blog posts both informative and entertaining during the search. It has been a bit of a grind, but Pitt has a coach now and a new era of Pitt basketball is underway. I'll have another post tomorrow after the press conference, sort of setting up the scene and reacting to what is said from Barnes, Stallings and whoever else is available to talk. And then, I will take a long winter's nap…..or something like that.
Is Kevin Stallings the guy?
I was told and reported earlier this evening that this thing is closing in on being done and it will be announced Monday or Tuesday and now we at least have a good idea who Pitt has zeroed in on - emphasis on a good idea because while some people are fairly sure, nobody seems to be 100 percent sure......
I have multiple sources telling me Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings is heavily involved in this job search and is one of the leading candidates. I was also told by a very good source that his buyout has to be negotiated and that is not considered an obstacle, that it can be worked out.
Credit where it is due -—Matt Steinbrink of Pantherlair.com was the first to report he had interviewed for the job and since then the whole thing has blown up.
Several good sources confirmed to me Stallings as a candidate for me and also one told me they were negotiating his buyout.
And then ESPN's Jeff Goodman reported that he is a serious candidate for the job and then CBS Sports Jon Rothstein reported he was offered the job and is expected to accept the job and be introduced Monday or Tuesday.
I haven't had anyone tell me he is absolutely the guy - just that he is indeed a very serious candidate and they are negotiating his buyout and expected to be able to get through any of those issues.
But.........(always a but, and this is an important but)
I have had at least three different sources, one who is fairly decent, tell me to be careful because schools negotiate the framework of deals with multiple candidates in all of these searches and so that doesn't mean Stallings is the front runner or going to be hired.
The fact that there are some negotiations going on doesn't mean one guy or the other is going to be hired, it means they are trying to put together the framework for a deal to see if a deal can be made and it if it can, then they "offer" a guy the job....
Now, I had the same sources tell me that Stallings may be a smoke screen leaked by his agent or the search firm while Barnes negotiates with one of the other two guys we know that are linked with that search firm - Kevin Keatts and Will Wade.
That's some heavy conspiracy theory stuff there so I really don't know what to believe, other than to say the source that told me that they are negotiating Stallings buyout is one of the best and most reliable sources I have and I have two others I trust telling me the same thing.
I'll go with what we do know -—here are the facts as we know them:
1) Barnes returned from the road today after interviewing a bunch of candidates.
2) Barnes informed candidates that they were not going to get the job —most notably Brandin Knight was told he was out.
3) Multiple sources confirm that Barnes had settled in on a candidate and was on his way towards hammering out a deal and that it could be announced as soon as Monday or Tuesday.
4) Kevin Stallings is involved on some level with the Pitt coaching search and there has been some level of negotiations going on.
Those are the only facts we absolutely know to be true.
Again, I'll pause ——-—Please remember the first post of the week - "nothing is done until it is signed, sealed and delivered" and "guys can change minds and dollar amounts can differ enough that deals fall apart" and the thing goes back to square one.
Nobody reported that Stallings was hired (though Rothstein has gone the farthest and said he was offered and will accept) and for good reason —there is no evidence that he has been hired. There are some signs that things may be headed in that direction but nowhere have I seen evidence that suggests he is definitely been hired.
He was reported to be a serious candidate and maybe even the front runner by several outlets and he might still be one of those things but until he is signed, sealed and delivered relax a little bit. Again, my sources have told me he is definitely a candidate but what that actually means, well, again can be interpreted a number of ways.
So that brings us to the other, what I call, interview guys (guys who were interviewed, depending on your definition of interview of course) —
I would think that a timetable of Monday or Tuesday would mean Bryce Drew and Mike Lonergan would be out just because they are both still coaching in the NIT and their teams don't play until Tuesday.
That would leave of the known interview guys USC's Andy Enfield, Wade and Keatts.
All three would be "win the press conference guys", but Keatts obviously would have lots of questions to answer.
Like Keatts, Wade is a client of that search firm Collegiate Sports Associates and so for the "wrong leaked name" or "smoke screen leaked name" conspiracy theories, there is that link with those two guys (and I am willing to bet Pitt fans could live with either).
I actually believe this based on all I know about what Barnes is looking for - if it weren't for the Louisville mess, Keatts might very well be the guy. Barnes apparently really is intrigued by him, which is why he interviewed him even though it is very much in question whether he could hire him or not.
And that brings up Enfield, the strange thing about him is his name has been out for a couple of days and there has been nothing at all out of USC, not even a non-denial denial type thing. So that tells me he is likely going to get an contract extension and raise from USC soon.....
Now I was told there was at least two other interviews of guys whose names we haven't confirmed (could Linc Darner be one of them?) and now we come to find out that one of them was Stallings.
I will say this - I don't think Barnes can hire Keatts but if he does it means this dude has, um, onions and ain't afraid to roll the dice.
Oh and one other thing - Herb Sendek rumors are and were always silly. He reached out but Pitt never talked to him. All is not lost for him though as he is expected to be the next coach at Santa Clara.......
I will continue to update you with any nugget of information I can come up with and hopefully I'll be able to solidify this thing with Stallings as quickly as possible......(Barnes, however, has done a great job of keeping all this stuff close to the vest and even people who would normally be in the know, don't really know much of anything...)
And just for those keeping score...
Steinbrink first on Stallings interviewed, I was first on "a deal is being negotiated and be announced on Monday or Tuesday" and Rothstein was first on "offered and will accept"
That's how a story advances and why it is so hard to get a clean break on a story these days.
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I'm already in tears after just writing the title of this blog post. How I'm going to get through it, I'm not sure. I sit here, surrounded by my dogs, tears running down my face. Sadly, I had to say goodbye to my sweet Journey earlier this week. He had been dealing with some health stuff for a while and it was clear that it was his time. Those that know his story know that he is afraid of everyone but me so putting him through more tests after a year of trying different things seemed to only benefit me not wanting to lose him. It was his time and I'm heart-broken.
The fours years he spent with me doesn't seem like enough after the years of abuse he was subjected to. I keep vividly remembering the broken dog I met four years ago in a sad county shelter. A shelter that doesn't ever get dogs out of their kennels for bathroom breaks. They hose off the kennels with the dogs in their runs. Once the dogs enter this shelter, they never see the outside world again unless they're adopted.
I went to this shelter every Sunday for months along with some of my rescue friends to walk the dogs, vaccinate them, give them a name, take pictures and try desperately to find them homes.
It was my first Sunday going to this shelter and I believe I was meant to be there that day. Journey and his friend Tristan (at the time they were just dogs #151 & #152) were frozen in the back of their kennels. They wanted no part of the love we were trying to share with them.
My dear friend Carolyn, the Phodographer was there (phodographer.com) to use her talent to capture the emotion of the day and try to get these dogs adopted. With great effort, I was able to get Journey out of his kennel but that was as far as he would go. I just sat with him in front of his kennel, scratching his ears while Carolyn snapped some photos.
I took the above picture and posted in on Facebook, hoping to find someone who could give Journey a home. The dog warden at the shelter planned to put him down because he was deemed not adoptable. A term I've grown to dislike very much in the rescue work I do. I have been working in the pet care industry for eight years and fostering dogs for over four years. Saving dogs is who I am. It's what I love. Some people have the view that there are so many healthy dogs in shelters, why spend money on the sick and broken ones. I think the broken ones deserve a chance too. Often times, those healthy dogs aren't available to rescues, but I won't try to explain how the rescue world works now.
I will say that this dog, the sad dog sitting in the back of his kennel, deserved love and rescue more than any dog I've ever met. So did his buddy Tristan whom a friend of mine fostered and adopted.
These dogs were subjected to terrible abuse. The kind of abuse that so many could never wrap their heads around. Most dogs that are scared in shelters snap out of it as soon as you get them out, or soon after. Some broken dogs emotionally heal after a short time. Tristan and Journey's emotional wounds were deep. I can't imagine what they must have gone through on a daily basis to be the terrified dogs we met at the shelter that day.
After no one offered to help with Journey, I knew I had to. It took months for Journey to even look at me. After a trip to the vet we found out he had two dislocated hips and buck shot pellets in his abdomen. He had surgery on both of his hips and some swim therapy to strengthen his legs.
Here he is with his friend Sandy at K9 Waves (K9waves.avmp.com)
Even though these dogs were so horribly abused, they didn't have an aggressive bone in their bodies. Journey was a teddy bear. A terrified, broken teddy bear.
There aren't words to describe the look in Journey and Tristan's eyes when something would scare them. Lori, my friend who adopted Tristan did the same thing I did while rehabilitating Journey. We took it slow with them, talked to them, read to them, sung to them. We didn't push them to do more than they were ready for. Slowly they started opening up to love, but only to us. Journey really only trusted me and my mom who watches him when I'm out of town, but he was still guarded in his trust of my mom.
Watching him open up to me was amazing. He wouldn't look at me at first. Trust took months. I was cooking in the kitchen one day and I felt his cold nose touch the back of my leg. I didn't move, I slowly looked back at him and he moved away. I turned back to cooking and he sniffed me again. Insignificant to some, major in his ability to start to come close to me.
He started opening up slowly. Eventually he started to howl when I first saw me in the morning. I cried the first time I heard it. He had learned to enjoy a humans company. He started stealing my clothes off of the bathroom floor while I was in the shower. He would take them back to his bed to curl up with.
I started fostering puppies which he adored. It really helped him to open up and start playing.
Journey with foster puppy Elton. He adored puppies.
His best friend was my pyrenees/lab mix Vita
I could sit here and type out his whole story but what you need to know is he suffered the worst kind of abuse. Someone took pleasure in hurting him and Tristan. Small things could send them into a panic. What you really need to know is that they learned to love and trust again. Any life is deserving of a chance. All dogs who are dumped in shelters deserve better, but I will forever be drawn to the ones like Journey, who need extra love.
I am heart-broken and missing him like crazy. I miss his high pitched screech that he made every time I came home and every morning when I woke up. I heard it as soon as I shut my car door when I came home. I am so sad to not hear it when I come home now. As my mom said to me yesterday, "You knew how much he loved you by that scream. He couldn't wait to see you EVERY DAY!"
If you have read my blog in the past, you know I'm likely to never have kids. I 'm ok with that. I tell my mom often that I prefer dogs to kids. My dogs are my world. When my body is hating me because of my brain condition, I have my dogs to curl up with. When I had a miscarriage and everyone went back to their normal lives after being there for me, my dogs snuggled with me and let me cry. They're my world. My mom is the only real family that I have. My dogs are a bit more spoiled than most. They have their own dog room that I am in search of toddler beds for. I joke that I'll be single forever. Just my dogs and their race car and fire engine toddler beds! Kidding!
Journey was more than a great rescue story. He was a testament to what a little love can do. People want to say "someone do something" but how many rarely get up and do it. I will keep saving dogs, for Journey. I miss his big bulldog head, his wonky ears.
I can't control a lot in my life. I can't control my headaches and all the ridiculous things my body throws my way. What I can make sure of is that the lessons Journey taught me will fuel me to keep saving dogs. To advocate for dogs like him and Tristan. I'll remember the things that are important in life.
I miss you like crazy J. I wish I could have given you more years of love than the abuse you lived through. The four years you spent with me don't seem like enough.
Thank you to Shannon Debra and Shera Keeton with Recycled Doggies for pulling Journey from that shelter. Thank you Carolyn Evans for being there on that fateful day to capture the emotion and energy with your pictures. Thank you Lori Hiltenbeitel for saving Tristan. Thank you to the rescue world that saves dogs like Journey and Tristan every day. Thank you Sandra Hodges for the water rehab you gave to Journey.
Journey was loved and I was honored to be loved back by him.


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Peggy takes an online I.Q. test sponsored by the "Intelligence Institute of Texas," and is declared a genius. When the head of the Institute, Dr. Vayzosa, offers her a chance to get a PhD for only $900, she uses the family savings to pay for it. When Luanne takes the online I.Q. test and also scores as a genius, Peggy realizes that she has been conned, and she comes up with an elaborate sting to get the money back.moreless
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Tagline: "Aaagh! She pulled her thumb off! Call a doctor!" -Jimmy
Outwardly, Peggy runs a scam called Past posting in which the mark thinks he will be told the winner of a race early enough to sneak in a Late bet on a known winner. The terminology comes from horse racing and was portrayed much like this episode in The Sting with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Such scams relied on beating the speed of publishing results and make little sense in the modern age of instant news. Further, Jimmy is allegedly feeding results of drag races which last for a shorter time than his phone calls. Drag racing tracks also make use of electronic lights and timing clocks which display result instantly.
Jimmy: I'm Jimmy. I work at the racetrack, where the cars race. If I was Doctor Jimmy, nobody would call me stupid.
Peggy: "Doctor Jimmy" does have a ring to it.
Jimmy: Hey, I thought of it first!
Peggy: Well, I know, but --
Jimmy: Give it back! Give it back to me!
Peggy: I must admit I'm surprised to see Jimmy Witchard here. I'm quite familiar with the man, and his... work, and I --
Dr. Vayzosa: Peggy, if you dropped a bunch of toothpicks in front of him, you'd understand why we at the Institute expect great things from Jimmy Witchard.
Hank: They could have rigged that test so anyone would look like a genius.
Peggy: Anyone, Hank...?
(Cut to Luanne finishing up the test)
Luanne: I'm a genius!
Peggy: Things are not always as they appear to be. This looks like I pulled my thumb off, but --
Jimmy: Aaagh! She pulled her thumb off! Call a doctor!
Peggy: I should have listened to you, but I didn't. While you were talking, I was humming a song inside my head just waiting for you to stop.
Jimmy: We gonna con him! Con him good!
The Spanish Prisoner is a con in which the mark is convinced that a wealthy prisoner is being held captive without access to his riches, and that if he or she helps bribe the captors, they'll get a reward. It has become generic slang for any confidence game.
Originally supposed to air December 2, 2001, but it was pre-empted on the East Coast because of a long-running football game.
This episode's title is a reference to the 1997 movie The Spanish Prisoner. The term Spanish Prisoner is also a con in which the mark is convinced that a wealthy prisoner is being held captive without access to his riches, and that if he or she helps bribe the captors, they'll get a reward. It has become generic slang for any confidence game.
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The single-engine plane had been in the air for about 30 minutes and a student pilot had taken control when the engine suddenly lost power.
The student pilot, Brent Abshier, 38, of Indianapolis, and instructor Dennis Rumley, 65, of Greenwood, were about 3,000 feet in the air over a Greenwood field. They had just been practicing what to do when a plane's engine shuts down and how to recover. Then the real emergency began on March 18.
Abshier had about 30 hours of flight experience from previous training but hadn't flown in years. He had practiced some turns and was heading back to the Greenwood Airport when the 37-year-old Cessna plane began losing power. He tried to give the engine full power, but it didn't respond. His teacher, Rumley, took control and tried to restore power again.
When that didn't work, Rumley began preparing for a crash landing in the field. As the engine continued to lose power, the entire plane began vibrating, Abshier told investigators.
Their account of the accident is included in the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report on the accident.
About 30 feet above the ground, the engine power came back, causing the plane to stall in the air before striking the ground.
The accident happened at 10:43 a.m. in a field near Combs and County Line roads in Greenwood. Investigators looked over the wreckage, talked to airport officials and a mechanic and interviewed both Abshier and Rumley, who were injured in the crash.
The preliminary report contains the facts of what happened without any analysis and will be updated during the next 12 to 18 months with what investigators determine is the cause of the crash, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said.
The report also includes details about the plane, which had a problem losing engine power the month before, and weather conditions that day.
The temperature was 39 degrees, and visibility was 10 miles.
A mechanic at the airport said another plane had a problem maintaining engine speed because of ice forming on the carburetor. When certain conditions make carburetor-icing more common, pilots are to take certain steps.
Abshier and Rumley took off from the airport at 10:15 a.m. and did not file a flight plan before taking off, nor were they required to. Pilots are encouraged to file flight plans, but that isn't mandatory unless they're carrying paying passengers, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro said.
After taking off, Rumley and Abshier went southeast of the airport to practice basic flight maneuvers at 2,500 to 3,000 feet. Abshier performed two approach-to-landing stalls and one takeoff/departure stall, according to the report.
A stall means that a plane's engine has shut down, stopped working or isn't receiving power, and pilots regularly practice recovering from stalls, Holloway said.
After recovering from one of the stalls, Abshier turned back toward the airport, which is when the plane started losing engine power, causing drops in altitude and air speed.
Abshier and Rumley both tried giving the plane full power, but nothing happened. Rumley took control of the plane and tried to glide the underpowered plane while simultaneously restoring engine speed. Shortly before hitting the ground, the engine power suddenly increased, causing the aircraft to pitch up before it crashed, heavily damaging the front and rear ends of the aircraft.
Fuel was spilling out of the plane after the crash, and Abshier turned certain switches in the aircraft off, the report said. Rumley talked police through how to operate the plane's fuel shut off valve and stop more fuel from spilling out. Rumley and Abshier were taken to area hospitals and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators looked over the wreckage of the plane, which showed no problems that would have led to a crash, according to the report.
But they did learn from Rumley that, about a month earlier, he had a similar experience while flying the plane. The engine lost power because of the aircraft's throttle setting, according to the report.
An FAA information bulletin showed that there was a risk of ice accumulating on the carburetor at the cruise and descent engine power settings.
A mechanic at the airport also told investigators he had experienced an issue with another Cessna 150, where he noticed the carburetor showed signs of icing when the engine speed dropped below 1,800 rpm. He increased heat to the carburetor, and the engine recovered. That same issue happened at least two other times, according to the report.
According to an FAA pilot handbook, if conditions could lead to carburetor icing, then carburetor heat needs to be increased and left on until the pilot is sure all of the ice has been removed, the report said.
Rumley told investigators that carburetor heat hadn't been used during Abshier's training, the report said.
Rumley also said he had not had an issue with carburetor icing in the plane that crashed, the report said.
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