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Math Teachers Strive to Bring Core to At-Risk Students
The Common Core State Standards for mathematics, now being introduced in schools across the country, set new grade-by-grade expectations for deepening students' understanding of math concepts, with an emphasis on algebraic thinking.
But while many accomplished math teachers are enthusiastic about the standards' emphasis on mathematical reasoning and strategic expertise over rote computation, some say the transition to the new framework poses daunting challenges for students who are already behind in math.
"Every time I talk to other teachers, this issue comes up," said Silvestre Arcos, the founding math teacher at KIPP Washington Heights Middle School, a charter school in New York City. "The big question is, how do we build up these advanced skills with kids who come in behind?"
Students need "prerequisite knowledge" to meet the new grade-level expectations mapped out in the common standards, said José Vilson, who teaches 8th grade math at I.S. 52, a public middle school a in New York City's Inwood neighborhood. But by the time they reach him, students at his school—many of whom are English-language learners—often "have a lot of catching up to do," he said.
Such observations appear to reflect broader professional concerns about the common standards. More than half of the respondents in a recent survey of K-12 teachers who are registered users of edweek.org said they feel unprepared to teach the common standards to high-needs students.
Despite often lacking support and clear guidance, however, teachers aren't necessarily ready to throw in the towel. Some math educators are taking steps to refine their practices and adopt creative methods to help at-risk and struggling students make the shift to the new instructional paradigm.
Interpretive Work
One approach commonly cited by teachers, for example, is to maintain the common core's emphasis on abstract reasoning and conceptual understanding while, at least at first, using word problems that require less advanced math skills.
"It's OK if you need to start more basic," said Arcos, explaining that at first he used two-digit addition without regrouping with his 5th graders, many of whom were at a 2nd or 3rd grade level in math.
The key is to "avoid focusing on the algorithm or any tricks," he said, so that the students have to work through the problems strategically. Arcos noted that students at his school have daily problem-solving classes in this vein, as well as computation-skills practice two mornings a week.
Similarly, Todd Rackowitz, a math teacher at Independence High School in Charlotte, N.C., noted that, in integrating the common standards into an Algebra I course for students who are behind grade level, he "focuses on problems that don't involve complex computation at first." Even using basic math, students can begin to "make connections between the key elements of algebra, like slope and parallel lines and rate of change," he said.
Eighth grade teacher Vilson said that he, too, has had "to integrate prior [grade-level] skills into problems," adding that this can require "a lot of interpretation" of the standards, curriculum materials, and expectations for assessments. "There's some guesswork involved," he acknowledged.
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Teachers introducing the common standards in math into classes with high numbers of at-risk or behind-grade-level students also frequently speak about the need for "modeling" and "scaffolding," highlighting the importance of intentional instructional support.
"You have to help kids understand how to justify solutions, through discussion, interaction, and close guidance," said Arcos, adding that his school has adjusted scheduling to allow for more small-group and one-on-one instruction in math.
Since many of the students at his school struggle with English-language and literacy issues, Arcos often focuses on building their close-reading skills as part of math instruction, helping them break apart the text of word problems and annotate the sentences. He has found that allowing the students to draw model representations of word problems and collaborate on solutions can also be helpful.
When his students are struggling with a problem or new concept, Arcos said, he demonstrates how to work through similar problems and discusses his reasoning with them.
"You never want to pass up an opportunity to really teach," Rackowitz said of his like-minded approach. "If a student is struggling, you want to give them a start and talk him through it while letting him work it out. Provide scaffolding in terms of understanding the problem and possible approaches, offering progressively less and less."
To build students' problem-solving and abstract–reasoning skills, he has also found it helpful to have students work out solutions and understandings through "group discussion and discovery."
To spark engagement with problems, Justin Minkel, a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher at Jones Elementary School in Springdale, Ark., noted that he has his students "do a lot of writing in math." This practice, he said, helps students see the conceptual underpinnings of the problems they are working on and, with his assistance, see how words and phrases can relate to mathematical notations.
Minkel, whose school has a high percentage of low-income students, said he also makes an effort to give his students problems that have "practical applicability" to the real world. He noted that he has had success, for example, in having his students use what they were learning in math in an economics unit that involved determining the costs of materials for a building project against a budget.
Such activities can help students "make sense of problems"—the first of the common core's Standards for Mathematical Practice—and begin thinking about the ways math relates to their own lives, Minkel said.
Arcos advocates that approach as well. "If you're going to teach decimals," he stated, "do it with real-world, authentic problems."
'Harder to Teach'
While some math teachers working with struggling students are finding ways to adapt their instruction to the common standards, however, they still point to the need for additional training and professional development in the field.
"It's harder to teach this way than just teaching algorithms and steps," said Minkel. "It forces you to go deeper. In the end, teachers have to get better at math."
Minkel, the 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Arkansas, said he feels fortunate in that his school switched to a common-core-like math approach several years ago, smoothing the transition by hiring an onsite math coach and providing regular job-embedded professional development. "She talked through a lot of the questions I had," he said of the coach. "Sometimes we realize that we don't understand things as well as we thought."
Rackowitz, a National Board-certified teacher, noted that he has jumped at every common-core-oriented professional development opportunity that has come his way, but still feels he needs additional training to break old habits and become more adept at helping his students adjust to new methodologies. "I need more [work] on coming up with these mathematical-discovery activities and finding creative ways not just to teach the algorithm, since that's the way I learned," he said.
Vilson lamented that, at this stage, teachers' efforts to adjust to the new framework are complicated by the uncertainty surrounding the makeup of the common-core-aligned assessments, which are scheduled to go into effect in 2014-15. "Even with the understanding I may have acquired, I still feel that I don't know much … because of the assessments," he said in an email.
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To make a great car movie, you have to have some proper gearheads on set to guide you through the process. These ten directors didn't have that. Or good scripts.
Our very own Matt Hardigree put together a list of twelve terrible car movies back in 2009, and in order to show you something new, this list won't include Redline, The Dukes of Hazzard with Jessica Simpson's butt or Lindsey Lohan getting Fully Loaded. Nor Rush, because - spoiler alert! - that's a great movie.
But these ten will still do the trick when you want to torture yourself a bit:
10.) Eat My Dust! (1976)
Rush wasn't Ron Howard's first car movie. Or second. While 1977's Grand Theft Auto starred him, and was written and directed by him, look what he starred in before to get cash for that! Next time you see him, just shout Hoover Niebold...
Having said that, I'm so watching this!
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9.) Stroker Ace (1983)
Burt Reynolds being Burt Reynolds, looking at naked ladies and driving a racecar wearing a chicken suit? Another must see.
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8.) Death Race (2008)
The original Death Race 2000 is one of the best movies ever made. Yes, I'm serious. The reboot? Meh. It's a Paul W.S. Anderson movie without Milla Jovovich. It's pointless. If you're an Anderson fan, just watch Mortal Kombat, again.
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7.) Speedzone (1989)
This, and lots of beer. Recipe for a fun night. Or disaster.
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6.) Mitchell (1975)
"That chase makes Driving Miss Daisy look like Bullitt." Indeed.
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5.) Drive Angry (2011)
It's a 104 minutes of Nicholas Cage doing what he usually does, when all it should have been is Amber Heard doing this:
Thank heavens for unreliable old cars.
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4.) Black Moon Rising (1986)
BrianMadigan tries to explain why it happened, but I'm not buying:
I don't know, it did have Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton. I believe Chrysler Corp financed this movie so they could push the idea of "Turbo" as the future of everything.
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3.) The Last Ride (2004)
It's Dennis Hopper in a Pontiac GTO commercial. A bad one.
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2.) Fast Girl (2008)
Staring American Idol contender Justin Guarini.
"I was put on this Earth to race cars"
No, you were not.
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1.) Taxi (2004)
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Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross said a "debt trap" remains even after European leaders reached an agreement intended to alleviate concern that the region's banks will fail.
Appearing on "Bloomberg Surveillance" on Friday, Gross (left) said PIMCO continues to avoid the debt of nations including Spain and Portugal in favor of U.S. Treasuries and mortgage securities.
"The peripherals and even the core union nations have too much debt," Gross said. "The marginal cost of that debt is far above nominal GDP growth in respective nations. That continues a debt trap unless the cost of debt can come down."
As the news service noted, "five-year notes of Spain, with $935 billion of debt and an 8.5% deficit, yield 5.5%. The nation's gross domestic product is forecast to shrink 1.7% this year and 0.5% in 2013."
The debt deal, which came on Friday after about 19 similar summits since the start of the debt crisis (with few results), called for countries that use the euro to allows two European bailout funds to aid European banks directly, rather than make loans to governments to bail out the banks. It also begins to move European countries further toward a common fiscal policy by linking their budgets and governments.
"We need some sense that the family can get along going forward," Gross added, referring to the second point. "That is a union of some sort. Not just a monetary union but a fiscal union that can have an actual impact going forward."
Gross raised the proportion of U.S. government and Treasury debt in the $261 billion Total Return Fund to 35% in May, the first increase since January and up from 3% of its holdings in April. Mortgages remained the largest holding in the fund at 52% last month, Bloomberg reports.
"Mexico and Brazil, they're all attractive markets with clean balance sheets," he said. "They're much more safe, so to speak, than some of those peripherals."
Pimco's Total Return Fund gained 7.2% over the past year, beating 74% of its peers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.


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The pope isn't Catholic. John Paul II, the man most people believe to be pope, is really an impostor. He's deliberately plotting to destroy the Catholic Church from within. Catholics have been lied to, and they have been robbed. These are the messages Hutton Gibson preaches in his crusade to save the souls of his fellow Catholics.
From his home in northwest Houston, he mails out his eight-page newsletter titled "The War Is Now!" He has 600 subscribers worldwide. He's also written the self-published books Is the Pope Catholic? and The Enemy Is Here, which features a cover with a map of Italy and an arrow pointing to Rome.
He's gained international notice in some segments of the theological community from his years spent denouncing the pope as an impostor.
"Whenever you say 'plot,' people automatically think 'nutcase,'" Gibson explains. "But there's no way this could happen by accident. There's no way this was not rigged."
But Gibson gets recognition far beyond his scholarly arguments about Catholic conspiracy theories. He also happens to be Mel's old man--he's the father of one of the most established superstars in Hollywood, and he lives in the Houston area.
The elder Gibson doesn't believe the Holocaust happened and thinks the idea of evolution is ridiculous. He likes detective novels. The 84-year-old closes his blue eyes when he talks, often slipping into Latin. Instead of saying hello or using any other greeting when he answers the phone, he just says the last four digits of the number in a brisk military tone.
The missal Gibson uses is in Latin. The prayer book's battered spine is covered in masking tape; his 11 children have torn out hunks of its pages.
While he avidly tells of his crusade against the Catholic leadership, Gibson refuses to talk about his family or his famous son. Mel reportedly was outraged when The New York Times Magazine recently interviewed his father; the New York Post reported that Mel Gibson declared the Times story a "hit piece" on him and that the newspaper had harassed his father. The Times story quoted the elder Gibson calling the pope a "Koran kisser" and implied that he sounds a bit like the obsessive-compulsive, newsletter-writing, Catcher in the Rye-collecting character Mel played in Conspiracy Theory.
The elder Gibson's unique life would seem suited for big-screen treatment itself.
His mother, an opera singer, died in New York City before he was 2. She had slipped in the shower and injured her neck. "It was a rather large neck," Gibson says. Gibson's father manufactured brass plumbing supplies until he went out of business in 1928. He died almost 10 years later.
Gibson was third-best academically in his high school class, graduating when he was only 15. "Nobody's ever going to get me into a classroom again," he says.
Gibson studied for the priesthood at a mission 20 minutes outside Chicago. He intended to become a missionary, but he balked at the idea of being sent to New Guinea or the Philippines. "I just lost it," he says. "I did not want to go."
He went after lots of other work. Gibson delivered telegrams for Western Union, planted trees for the Civilian Conservation Corps and built houses for the forestry department. During World War II, he was a first lieutenant in the Army Infantry and Signal Corps based in New Caledonia and Guadalcanal.
Gibson married after his military discharge. The couple planned to have 12 kids and a Saint Bernard. "We never made it," he says. They had only 11 kids. "We did get the dog." But the dog was run over two weeks later. He told his kids that he wanted 100 grandchildren. Thus far, he's the grandfather of 48 and has 15 great-grandchildren. He doesn't buy any of them Christmas presents.
He worked on the railroad as a brakeman for 24 years, until he slipped off a steel platform covered in oil and snow. He was forced to retire because of the injuries.
The sixth of the Gibson children, Mel, described his dad in a Playboy interview as "just a regular guy who worked long hours, supported a big family and kept us all in shoes and food...He's a bookish guy. Uses words I've never heard of."
In 1968, Hutton Gibson took his disability money and cash he had won on Jeopardy! and moved to his mother's native Australia. He didn't want his eldest son drafted in the United States.
"They had a draft in Australia, too, but they were a little more humane," Gibson says. "He couldn't see from here to the wall, but they would have taken him anyway. So I figured, why should he go? I saw what happened to my war--they just gave it away."
But Gibson's new war--a religious one--began in Australia.
Gibson's kids came home from Catholic school with a catechism titled "Shalom." "Shalom," Gibson says, clearly horrified.
Shalom is the Hebrew form of aloha, meaning hello, good-bye and peace.
"Shalom," Gibson repeats again, as if it were a four-letter word. He declared the catechism heresy. It's what spurred him to look at the documents from the Vatican II Council and examine the changes in the church.
Vatican II was a series of meetings between 1962 and 1965 to update the church, although Gibson said it went against God's will. "Nowhere did he say we would accommodate to the times."
One of the main changes was that Mass would be said in the language of the congregants, rather than in Latin.
"The Vatican Council called for a full, active and conscious participation in the liturgy," says Monsignor Frank Rossi, chancellor of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. Priests no longer turned their backs on the congregation for Mass, but instead faced them. Parishioners got a more active role in the church.
"The first changes that came in were very subtle," says Jack Davignon, a traditionalist Catholic and coordinator for Saint Michael the Archangel Chapel in Spring. "It was like putting a lobster in water, then bringing the temperature up slowly. At first, you didn't notice the water was getting hotter."
Gibson believes the church has changed so much that the Holy Ghost doesn't recognize it. He argues that the church had been fine for thousands of years and it didn't need to change to pander to a few people who didn't want to learn Latin.
He joined the Latin Mass Society, a small group of older people who supported the Latin Mass. He was appointed secretary and wrote the newsletter. The group kicked him out because he was too outspoken, particularly against the pope. "It's not just my salvation--but a lot of other people's [salvation] depends on it," he says. "It does me no great deal if everyone else goes to hell. I'm not just out for myself."
While his religious campaign was escalating, his life in Australia was becoming more difficult. Gibson says the country was beautiful, but jobs were becoming harder to find.
His son-in-law found work outside Houston, and a few years ago, Gibson decided to move to Texas with his daughter's family. What sealed the decision was his discovery of a church in the southwest part of Houston that offered a traditional Mass that Gibson recognizes. Those churches, he says, are impossible to find in Australia.
After the death of his first wife about 10 years ago, Gibson fell in love with a woman at the church, and they were married in 2001. He says he should have done it sooner. They live in a new home with lead-crystal candlesticks and fake grapes on the dining room table.
Sitting in the dining room with his eyes closed, Gibson says the Vatican's new dogma is as "self-contradictory as a square circle." He says the Vatican II Council was "an act of foolishness, stupidity, defiance and deliberate rejection of Christ."
Mel Gibson, in his Playboy interview, defended his father's books as canonically and theologically sound. "Everything he was taught to believe was taken from him in the '60s with this renewal Vatican Council," the son said. "The whole institution became unrecognizable to him, so he writes about it." (Like his father, Mel is a traditionalist Catholic, and he's putting his star-power--and a substantial amount of money--behind the cause. Mel is financing and directing The Passion, a film depicting the final 12 hours of Christ's life. The movie reportedly will cost $25 million to produce, and its dialogue is in Aramaic and Latin, according to The New York Times.)
While Hutton Gibson has supporters who say his arguments are based on fact, some of them have trouble with his notion that the pope isn't really Catholic. The more recent popes may not have acted like Catholics, Davignon says, "but we can't say that there is no pope."
Father James Gordon, a traditionalist priest who runs Mater Dei Chapel out of his house near Gulfgate Mall, says of John Paul II, "Good, bad or otherwise, his tushie warms the chair of Saint Peter."
Rossi argues that the new Mass is actually more traditional than the traditional Mass. The old Mass has more scripture readings, longer prayers, more incense and more bells. He laughs at the idea that the Holy Spirit has left the church. "Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to the church," he says. "So the Spirit will not leave the church."
He trusts Jesus to keep his word.
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Inside the Vatican recently reported that Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze has drafted a major disciplinary document that will end "do it yourself" Masses and will encourage wider use of the traditional Mass.
Some traditionalist priests in the Houston area think that's a step in the right direction, although the monsignor at the Houston diocese says he doubts it will lead to a resurgence of old Latin Masses. And so does Gibson. But Gibson doesn't trust anything that comes out of the Vatican.
Gibson says that the destruction of the church is a sign of the Apocalypse. And as soon as the church is destroyed, the world will end.
"I figure that as long as there's one [true] Catholic in the world, it hasn't finished," he says. "So I'm trying to keep it going."


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Meghan Markle is ready to open up about her fairy-tale love story.
It's no secret that the actress and philanthropist isn't one to share too many details about her private romance with Prince Harry.
But in the October issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands Sept. 12, Markle may surprise some fans when she proudly proclaims to be in love with the royal family member.
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"We're a couple. We're in love," she shared with the publication. "I'm sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time. This is for us."
Markle added, "It's part of what makes it so special, that it's just ours. But we're happy. Personally, I love a great love story."
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That love story began in July 2016 and has since included quality time around the world including Botswana, Jamaica, London and other destinations.
Through it all, the pair has managed to avoid the paparazzi on most occasions even if the quest for more information continues to grow.
"It has its challenges, and it comes in waves--some days it can feel more challenging than others," Markle shared with the publication when discussing all the attention and fame. "And right out of the gate it was surprising the way things changed. But I still have this support system all around me, and, of course, my boyfriend's support."
While speculation continues in regards to if, when or where Prince Harry will pop the question to his leading lady, Markle is more than comfortable with where her relationship stands.
"I can tell you that at the end of the day I think it's really simple," Markle explained. "We're two people who are really happy and in love. We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people's perception. Nothing about me changed. I'm still the same person that I am, and I've never defined myself by my relationship."


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CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sonja Frazier, 65, suffered her first stroke in June 2005, while at work. Because she received immediate medical attention, Sonja recovered well, but after her stroke, she was more emotional, tearing up and crying like never before.
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Sonja suffered subsequent strokes in December 2005 and January 2006. This time, the effects were severe and very obvious. It would be more than a month before Sonja could go home. But coming home was difficult for both Sonja and her family. Sonja could not function on her own, nor could she be left alone.
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In honor of National Depression Education and Awareness Month, National Stroke Association has launched a new Faces of Stroke(SM) mini-campaign designed to educate about depression, anxiety and other emotional behavior changes that are common in stroke survivors. This campaign underscores the difference between depression and PBA, a medical condition that is often undiagnosed and inappropriately treated.
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National Stroke Association launched the Faces of Stroke campaign in 2011, and has supplemented it with new mini-campaigns that delve into specific stroke topic areas. "After you meet a stroke survivor with PBA, you immediately understand how devastating this condition is to their quality of life. It's important that we give it special attention, because the stroke community is so vastly affected by it, and to varying degrees," said Jim Baranski, Chief Executive Officer, National Stroke Association. "This campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness of PBA and its relationship to stroke, and give those who are impacted by it an opportunity to talk about it."
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- AnonymousDecember 17, 2013 at 11:28 PM
Hi Michael. I think we're overdue for a Hangout episode. I have no clue what's going on with the Leafs. I'd only be guessing.ReplyDelete
Last year they came into the season with something to prove.They had periods where they stopped playing, and I held my breath every time the puck was in their zone, but it was exciting hockey if unpredictable at times. Last year James might have kept us in many games like this. Has he just given up, knowing his days with the Leafs are numbered?
As for the rest, they are not comunicating, not working as a unit, trying to do too much individually, not starting games with any fire what so ever. We can all see what's going wrong. Why it's going so wrong is the question no one seems able to answer. C.N.Replies
I think you've hit the nail on the head, C.N.- we can all see something is "off", but why is this going on? Some lay it all on Carlyle's doorstep, but to me, it's more than that. We thought (at least most of us) thought the team construction was actually pretty good. Some believed the "lost" pieces were a management mistake (Grabbo, MacArthur, Komarov, etc.) but by and large they were replaced with players of solid reputation, including Bolland and Clarkson.Delete
On paper, the Leafs are with the better teams in the East, in my view. So how are we here? Thanks C.N.
To your question: no, the Leafs have not deserved a better fate. They've deserved a worse fate, based on their play. And if it weren't for the goalies, they would have had one.ReplyDelete
What we're seeing now is the team we've got - talented on paper, wildly inconsistent, apparently unable to play their coach's system, and devoid of the leadership that inspires that indefinable "compete", or "muckulence", or "heart", or whatever you want to call it. Even the normally positive Reimer talked about teammates who show up for half a game after tonight's display. Man, both he and Bernier have lost their smiles. Bernier said a while back that hockey's more fun when the players enjoy coming to the rink - implying that they don't at the moment.
I've commented before that I feel there's something wrong in the dressing room, something off at the core of this team. I don't have a clue what it is, but it feels that way. In pre- or post-game interviews the players all seem like individuals who, for the most part, aren't pulling together (excepting JvR/Bozak/Kessel).
It's shaping up to be a long season. I can't believe, if things continue this way, that there won't be significant changes despite our frequent excuses of youth, fatigue, and brain-deadness. Definitely glass half-empty!Replies
Something is missing, Gerund O', and I can't put my finger on it either. Oh, we can talk about coaching and individual players but to really get at what is preventing this team from being what it can and should be, like you, I draw a blank. Easy to theorize from a distance, much more difficult to say, with certainty, what the issues are.Delete
We do know this: on paper, this team should be as good as most in the East. Right now, we're not playing often enough as though we are.
Bolland is a significant loss in terms of a leadership void, yes. But surely they've had sufficient time to deal with that one. Are there other leaders on this squad, I mean real leaders?
- WillburDecember 18, 2013 at 1:20 AM
What can I say? It seems you like the players, you mention they should be one of the top teams in the East, yet here we are. Well if your not willing to blame the players and you are rather pointed that they are not the problem that leads one to the conclusion it has to be something else. I am once again gonna point the finger squarely at Carlyle. It is time to make a change before the season gets pissed down the drain. We are now at 3 regulation wins in the last 15 games or something ridiculous like that. That's almost a quarter of a season, its not a slump anymore. They need to fix it and fix it soon or its going to be to late.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Willbur- I think the point I was trying to make, on the heels of another loss last night, is that a lot of fans seem to "like" a lot of the players. I do think there are issues with the roster composition, and with individual players, yes. I want to be clear that while I think that, as I said to Gerund, on paper the Leafs have as much talent as most Eastern Conference teams, there are clearly some issues at play here. If our goaltending had just been average most of the season, as Geund also noted, where would we be?Delete
So yes, I concede that we must have issues in terms of either players not being capable of handling their roles, or not being good enough. And I also acknowledge that there must be something happening when it comes to the coaching staff.
I will say this, however. If they fire the coach, I don't see this roster as so good that they will suddenly be a Cup team. Oh, they may have a jump in their play under a new coach who lets them play with reckless abandon offensively or whatever, but eventually that new coach will see that without a commitment to strong defensive team play, we are still sunk. Team defense ultimately wins championships.
So I don't know what to say, which is pretty much the gist of my post. There are more problems that I can identity or explain. I'm not sure anyone, except the Carlyle haters, can. And for me, thew coach thing is not an adequate explanation. I've never believed in the supposed "blue and white disease", but something is amiss here. Thanks Willbur.
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2013 at 10:37 AM
Do we need to look at what has changed / is different from last year? We've all questioned the dressingroom.ReplyDelete
Bringing in Bernier was a big change, after Reimer's successful year. ( not that I have anything at all against Bernier) Losing Scrivens hurt a bit. He was such a great supporter of his team-mates especially James and always had a very positive attitude.
MacArthur and Frattin were both good friends with the first line and Kadri. Colbourne, Komorov, Hamilton, Komi, Brown gone, Liles in the Marlies. That's nine players (just off the top of my head) that are not with the team this year.
This was a very close young group last year and though some didn't play a lot of minutes they were there in the dressingroom. Everyone " getting along' is not the same as having many close personal friends there, close in age, who want you to succeed individually as well as for the team.
So many leaving, so many new faces in and out, so many injuries taking out players that were with them last year- Kulemin, Fraser, Lupul. Bozak really charged up the first line when he returned and then we lost him again. I know they had a strong start, many teams do, but we all felt something wasn't quite right even then. Have there been just too many changes for this still very young club to adjust to in the time they've had? C.N.
When can I see another Hangout episode on MLHS? The natives are getting restless for more interviews and analysis.
Onward and upward, to the Leafs and the ongoing disappointment that is the 2013-14 NHL season. To be fair, even I didn't think they were capable of being this awful. I have pointed out for what seems like forever, wrong coach, wrong mix of players, not enough elite talent. While everyone here has been nice enough, it was clear to me that lots of people believe(d), this team capable of competing for the Stanley Cup. At this point in time I would suggest that a sippy cup is more likely to be lifted by this organization.
The team has some talent, not elite NHL talent, but a notch below it. The players in the League that are truly elite make their team better than the sum of its parts, and hold each other accountable. Our best players with very few exceptions are castaways from other teams, or at least were expendable in those organizations. Bernier, can't beat Quick for the starters job in L.A., get him in Toronto, sign him to a contract. Phaneuf, hated in Calgary, locker room rumours, trade for him stat. Kessel, scratched for playoff games in Boston, trade a huge number of picks for him asap. Lupul, couldn't stay healthy in Anaheim, or Philly, get that man on a plane as fast as you can. The Leafs desire the players other teams can live without. Insert Bolland, Franson, and Gardiner here as well. All of them are good players, flawed, but good. The fact that no one in this group seems able, or willing to lead the Leafs to the promised land, should surprise no one.
The Leafs are currently less than the sum of their parts. There are many reasons for this, I shall endeavour to touch on them here.
The coach, lots of thoughts, man is there a lot wrong with this guy. I don't know a lot about systems at the NHL level. I will say this, a talented team that has lots of elite skaters available, should be playing less dump and chase, grind it out hockey. Asking a thoroughbred to plow fields is more or less not the optimal decision. It was obvious last night that they players couldn't care less what he says to them on the bench.
Only some players on the Leafs are held accountable, on what planet is this a fair thing to do? Gardiner sat for more than a period last night because of a giveaway. Fraser is more charitable than the United Way, and doesn't miss a shift. That is when he is actually able to get to the puck in the first place. I know you like the guy, but jeez louise, he is not an NHL'er at this point.
Lineup decisions. What the heck was Mason Raymond doing on the 4th line for 2 periods last night? He is the teams 3rd leading point getter, and the coach saddles him with Bodie and Smith. Forget the facepunchers playing every game, this is worse. Raymond has 25 points for this club, only in Bizarro world does that mean 4th line. Late in the game, Raymond goes on to score the Leafs only goal of the game, nice call coach. Thanks for putting your third leading point getter with players who can play.
I could easily say the same for other players in the past, Grabbo, Kulemin as well. Sticking players in defense only roles and then crapping on them for not scoring, is stupid. Both of them have offensive ability, they have proven that. Why Nonis got rid of Grabbo to keep Bozak baffles me to this day. I'm sure that after this year Kulemin will go somewhere and be appreciated for being the wonderful two way player he is. Detroit and Pittsburgh come to mind as places where the management and the players would love to have him. I'm sure I will find it reassuring to have another good Canadian boy back home where he can punch someone.
part one
I do believe in Blue and White disease, I really do. Players in this organization get far more publicity, praise, and admiration than they deserve. From the draft, to free agents, to trades. Kadri on HNIC with Cherry the moment after he was drafted. The good Toronto boy coming home and is sure to succeed is a tired cliche, and needs to end. David Clarkson on the cover of the Toronto Sun with the title, 'Wendel Clarkson'. To the non-stop praise of Bolland, it was 15 games people, he is not and never will be, Jonathan Toews. My point is, everyone who is in any way associated with this team, puts each and every one of these guys in a position that they are so unlikely to be able to meet expectations let alone exceed them. In the last 45 years not one Cup Final appearance. Not one. Yet everywhere I turn, I hear about how great a coach this guy was, or that guy is a hall of famer. To take a line from James Reimer, its all BS.
I would give anything to get Lou Lamoriello here. Prospects are suspect until they play 3 years of minor pro hockey, no exceptions. How is it possible that Nonis, Loisselle, Poulin and Fletcher miss the fact that David Clarkson is a below average skater at the NHL level? There has to be hundreds of games available for them to watch. Did any of them bother to watch this guy play? If it was my job, I would have watched Clarkson play.
I saw something interesting in the Pittsburgh game, thought I would mention it since you brought up Kadri. Did everyone see the run he took at Crosby? Flying elbow, left his feet as well. He is going to injure someone, and get suspended really soon. Or another player will take exception to it, and hurt him. I hope he mends his ways soon.
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Plenty to talk about Jim, but you've covered the bases. To your last point on Kadri, yes- I have made mention in podcasts over the past couple of years, and maybe even commented at VLM, that he is a chippy player who takes liberties because he has teammates who will protect him. He may face retribution if he continues to go over the line.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2013 at 11:09 AM
I'll add Kostka to the young group now gone. He stuck around through the summer to train with his former team-mates. We had mediocre players last year playing above their natural ability. Now we have several key players not playing even close to their capabilities. I believe we have a club that needs more time and they may not have enough this season. C.N.ReplyDelete
Hi Michael,ReplyDelete
You've touch on one thing that people tend to disregard when watching their beloved team lose. They tend to focus on one, two, three players and their mistakes and attribute the losing to them. There is currently not one player that is the main cause of the failings. It is the totality of the team and overall play. Mistakes now are just too large to overcome or seems to be. Opportunities are missed which makes the mistakes seem even larger. This happens when confidence is waning. Reimer and Bernier are no longer stealing games and have been average causing the players even more apprehensive and in turn causes further miscues. This is the chicken and egg thing but IMO started with the poor defensive play. What you do see is complete lack of confidence and frustration in every single player. The young guys have not been playing well simply because of adrenalin and haven't been here long enough during this slide.
It's ridiculous that some of the comments made earlier before last night how the alarming play was nothing to worry about. Kadri - I am looking at you!. This attitude is unacceptable. Only last night was there an resemblance of pride in their comments - that being from Reimer. If you watch the Hawks game, look how Toews react when things were falling apart. He was pissed. This is from a Team that was leading league in points!!!. - His words I believed were "Wake the F^%% up" while on the bench. I pointed this out because, no matter where you are in the standing, good teams DO NOT tolerate losing, poor efforts or executions. These are characteristics that I feel are within the Leafs.
They don't believe they are an elite team so it's okay to lose to the Bostons, LA, etc. Only teams that they think they can beat that they feel they are accountable. Accountability is all times and every time. You compete in this league to win, it is NOT okay to lose. To any team. This attitude to me is destructive and go against the make up of true winners. This to me is obviously lack of leadership. Whether it is from the coaching staff, the manager, or our controversial captain. It is really an issue that ultimately, is the core issue. You suppose to learn from your mistakes and failures but you should also learn when you're winning. It is just it is more obvious when you fail, yet it seems like its okay to fail when we suppose to fail. It's not okay to fail PERIOD!.
Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf said. "We take pride in being a team that doesn't get outworked. Tonight we were outworked."
Your team has been outworked, out hit, out shot, out everything all season. You only noticed it tonight because your opposition who was SUPPOSE to be weaker.
At the end of the day, this team needs a serious turn of attitude and IMO will never get it from Phaneuf as their captain.
It occurred to me last night while watching Carlyle explode in frustration that Hockey is a very different and fine edged game.Replies
Hi Lukas, thanks for chiming in. Those who have followed my posts here at VLM over the years know that I have commented often about this question of leadership. It is still, sadly, a question.Delete
Hi Michael,Delete
There were obvious missed wordings/additions and incompleteness to my previous post. I hope the point was clear nonetheless. There sadly is no true leadership on this team. NO one player is standing up to say but more importantly, act with any sort of conviction to unite the team. I have no issue with Phaneuf and his play but a leader he is not. In fact, IMO this team issue is lack of on ice leadership. I am not sure if the management is oblivious to this fact and if they do and expect leadership by committee than they need to revise thinking because it has never worked and will never work. It seems like 4 straight years on this with that 48 games anomaly. what's the common denominator?
The post was clear, no problem, Lukas.Delete
As I have mentioned here before, we are left to wonder- and ask questions. The problem is finding the answers.
Hi Michael:ReplyDelete
Glad I am around for the fireworks. Perhaps Leaf diehards should be happy. During the many years in the wilderness teams were so bad that the reasons were obvious. Not having a "clue" may suggest improvement. Oops, was that too cynical.
It is way too early to be giving up, but the ship appears to be sinking and there may not be enough lifeboats. I once had a boss who thought that if he waited long enough, the problem would go away. Many did, but it was because there were underlings who would save the day despite him.
My dose of reality: "How to seize failure from the Jaws of Success".
The players: There seems to be a concensus that the leafs have a good core of players. Also, most agree that the team does not ice the best 18 players available. A decision to rebuild would be required and no cap problems to allow major personnel changes. The reality is that the players who are going to make success happen are on the team or the Marlies now
The Coach: For the most part, pro sports coaches are hired to be fired. Mike Keenan has coached 8 different NHL teams but can't get another NHL job for a variety of reasons. Seeing Carlyle on the bench furiously creating blue blobs on a white board, and with the media suggests that he doesn't have a clue either, isn't being listened to or will not admit the reasons. If he knew how to fix it, he would have done it by now. In the end, it comes down to the fact that it is easier to get rid of the coach than the team and is the normal decision made by management.
The GM: With his handling of the cap and a middling record in acquisition/disposal of assets he has not exactly covered himself with success. Since no one seems to know what he is thinking or doing, we can probably assume he will not fire himself and he has little flexibility in changing the players.
Leweike: He has no previous ties to either the coach or GM, and at some point someone(s) will be the scapegoat and he can get his own man.
Should be interesting to see how this plays out.
Interesting indeed, Ralph (RLMcC). The only thing I would add as a side note is that Leiweke did sign Nonis to a significant extension a few months ago. Not sure how that plays into this, if at all.ReplyDelete
That should not mean you spend good money after bad. I suspect non-cap money to MLSE is probably irrelevant. Didn't stop them with Wilson.Replies
Understood. MLSE has money; buying people out has never been an issue.Delete
Well Michael I can't believe we are going through all of this again. I really thought that this team WAS capable of doing some damage this year but instead we are debating all of the same old issues. There does appear to be a disconnect, I mean as a player if you watch the way Liles has been jerked around wouldn't that bother you somewhat? He is a veteran and his play has not been bad but yet he can't stay in the lineup? I see Reilly is staying, another short sighted decision, rather than play with the juniors. When will they ever learn, he does have all the ability but I still say he is not ready. And to sign Phaneuf to a 7 or 8 year deal is just tying your hands again. I am at a lost Michael, Carlyle said the fans are frustrated, he is spot on with that. The cohesion needed to be a team is missing and I think everyone is at a loss as to why. The only comment that touched on this was made concerning all the changes from last years team. Outside of this I Don't know............ReplyDeleteReplies
Your reference to the earlier post above (from C.N., I believe) about all the players that have left the organization since the end of last season is a valid and fair one, purch. The problem is that in this day and age, with the cap and all, most every team goes through substantive roster changes every season. Heck, the Hawks had to gut half their team after they won their first Cup a few years ago- some really good players. The Bruins traded Tyler Seguin this past summer, who is a heck of a lot better player than anybody who has left this club since last season. The guy they traded for him has been hurt most of the season. They somehow survive.Delete
I'm flummoxed.
Lots of interesting thoughts. I tend to agree with most. I agree with Michael that you cannot hang this on a couple forwards and a couple dmen. I also agree this team is not playing any differently during this tail slide as they did during the early winning streak except then they had timely scoring and out of this world goaltending. I think we can all agree the timely scoring has gone awol.ReplyDelete
The tending is still on the good side but you can tell the tenders got wore down some facing 35-50 shots EVERY night during a schedule that is very compacted due to the oly break. I do disagree Michael with your comment about giving a goalie a run of games. With the shots they face each game and the compacted schedule playing every 2 games physically and mentally is pretty darn equal to a "normal" run of games for a tender.
So, what are the reasons? I suggest 3.
1. Chemistry. The team shows very little chemistry beyond Phaneuf/Gunner and JVR/Kessel. Injuries and suspenions are a very big part of that but so is a number of personnel out and in post season. Yes, lots of teams have that. But if you have a tight room already it can disrupt things. Last years room was tight no doubt. Depth of leadership can help over come this perhaps quicker but see #2 below.
2. Leadership. Yes Bolland only played 15 games but you could see the other players watch how he played and what he did and followed his lead early on. The whole "the dude won 2 cups and he is playing better now than ever" just seemed to drag some guys along. And while I agree he isn't Jonny Toews he does have character and being around Toews, and the other Hawk leaders who were all young guys who grew up together, seems to have molded Bolland into a better leader than anyone else on the team.
Phaneuf might show some leadership on the ice with his play and be vocal in the dressing room but does anyone REALLY know if he is a good captain or not? Unless we are in that room all we can do is speculate. Most good teams you need more than one hand to count the number of the true leaders they have. C's and A's on jerseys are nothing more than fancy letters. There have been a number of very good leaders that never wore a letter on their team. Even if Dion IS a good captain (speculative), the Leafs don't seem to have that depth of leadership in my opinion. Very speculative, yes but when that certain something is missing that you cannot put your finger on???. I would suggest that is usually an overall leadership issue. Depth of leadership would help with internal attitude issues such as Kadri stating we played great at the start of the year and nothing to worry about. You think any of the Hawks leaders, never mind Toews, wouldn't be in his grill over those comments the next day???
3. Carlyle. The best coaches have their system but can adapt it to fit the players they have and not force players into a system they are not best fit for. Carlyle has never shown that ability here or in Anaheim. He constantly talks about need to be a cycle team and "we are not a rush team". Well, yes the cycle and puck possession needs to improve no one would disagree with that. But this team was based on speed last year and still is for the most part. Speed tends to lend more to a rush team. Carlyle is stuck on his face punchers. You want to dress one on the 4th line to play on the ice for 4-7min/game I can live with for certain games (Boston, Montreal, etc) . Dressing two is a complete and total waste of a lineup spot in todays NHL and again shows me Carlyles inability to adapt.
Long and rambling so I apologize. Great article Michael. Keep them coming.Replies
Really good to hear from you, Pep. Excellent post.Delete
I won't go through all your points, suffice to say the proven "winning experience" thing combined with leadership seems to be on all our minds these days, and frankly, has been something (as I cited above) that I've actually talked about here for years. It seems to be an issue still.
It's not even a question necessarily of questioning how good a captain Dion is. Hell, none of us has a clue. But something seems to be off here. I grow tired of players (here or elsewhere) playing poorly then all standing up and mouthing the words, "this isn't acceptable". What does that even mean? Those are just empty words. Show me something on the ice- don't talk about effort after the game. It's too late by then.
I don't know that I want to defend Carlyle much longer. I've wanted to believe that he connects with most of the players (not all, obviously, based on public comments from departed players...) and is still a capable coach with a system that suits his personnel, but right know I don't know. Thanks for visiting, Pep.
- InTImeFor62December 18, 2013 at 4:02 PM
Hopeful Leaf enthusiast.... pausing...ReplyDelete
I'm finding it hard to find the positives that I would usually point toward, and even though I still see some positives, it's hard not to wonder if they will be enough to turn the tide (or position the 18-wheeler on horizontal footing - have we already started over the cliff or will we 'level out' just in time?).
Perhaps I've just been waiting 'too long' for things to unfold in my life () and am projecting that onto my desire for immediate gratification when the Leafs play (after waiting patiently through these many years of hopeful 'building'). It would appear that painful 'perseverance' is required of us all at such a time as this. I hope management doesn't crack under the pressure of expectation and find themselves making a deal we will regret for years to come.
On the other hand, if Nonis (et al) have been waiting before making a move already on the table, then I hope it's a win-win deal that liberates those who do not fit in the Leaf long-term plan and brings in players who will be here contributing at a high level for years to come.
Maybe we're on the cusp of a sea change that will bring that franchise Centre that can carry the team on his back like Sundin, Gilmour, Sittler and Keon have done for us in years gone by. If that radically alters the landscape, then so be it... but, lets not overpay as a reaction to the current situation.
You have made many positive comments about the team we have now, Michael, and I concur with your observations, yet I wonder if any of the team's disheartened play has anything to do with their own speculations about coming changes in a locker room of friends...Replies
My view, InTimeFor62., is that the downturn has not had anything to do with fear about trades, guys moving, etc. Until now, I don't even think that was on people's minds. Maybe that's a concern now, but we can't attribute poor play (to me, anyway) to that factor.Delete
I'm trying to figure this out. I've never thought we were truly "elite", or a Cup team. But I thought in the lousy East, we'd be a top-five team. Maybe we still can be. Things can turn on a dime. But at the moment, we seem to be undergoing a January Leaf 'thaw' a month too soon. Thanks, InTimeFor62.
- InTimeFor62December 18, 2013 at 5:08 PM
I agree that the extended downturn (since the early successes) has not had anything to do with fear about trades, I was just pondering, as you commented, if the recent (last few games) disheartened attitude has something to do with growing concerns over potential changes (see the unsupported game where Reimer was pulled plus his frank 'BS' comment, along with the added burden of the HBO cameras chronicling what might be dealt with more 'frankly' if that intrusion were absent).Delete
Perhaps we need to be patient thru the Winter Classic and give the team some time to 'normalize' before we (I) get too frustrated...
I think that the problems all started in the off season. The Leafs nearly beat the Bruins last season because of their speed, agility, skill and skating ability and what does Nonis do? He casts off speedy, agile, skilled players who skate well in Grabovski, Frattin, MacArthur and Komarov. He then brings in guys with very little speed, agility, skill and skating ability in Orr, McLaren, Clarkson, Fraser and Ranger. He also replaced Scrivens with Bernier which wasn't necessary since goaltending was the least of Toronto's problems last season. He also resigned Bozak, a player with very little skill and creativity all because of his alleged chemistry with Kessel. The only decent moves that Nonis has made was buying out Komisarek, signing Raymond and acquiring Bolland. Grabovski, MacArthur, Scrivens and Komarov are all doing well with their new teams (Frattin however is not). Meanwhile, the Leafs off-season acquisitions (via signing and trades) for the most part aren't faring well for one reason or another. Bozak and Bolland are injured, Orr and McLaren are useless face-punchers, Fraser and Ranger are defensive liabilities and Clarkson has already missed 12 games due to suspension and has done next to nothing on offense. Raymond has been doing well though and Bernier has provided some decent goaltending although he has been struggling a bit as of late (probably because he faces 30-50 shots almost every game).ReplyDelete
Carlyle is another big reason why the Leafs are struggling. His lineup management has been sorely lacking (i.e. putting Raymond on the fourth line against Florida for two periods), he's very uneven in the way he disciplines his players (he gives too much leeway to guys like Orr, McLaren, Ranger and Fraser and dumps on Gardiner and Rielly) and he's very reluctant to change his cycling, dump and chase style to accommodate the team's strength, which is creating offense off the rush. Also, for a coach who is supposedly defensive-minded, he has done very little to implement a tight defensive system. Right now the system is: get badly out-shot and hope the goalie bails us out.Replies
Nice to hear from you, Magnetron. Just a couple of thoughts in response to your comment- I do think we miss Komarov. He brought an edginess last season and was part of the Leafs having a bit of a 'hard to play against' identity.Delete
And you make a good point, that Carlyle being a supposedly defensive-oriented coach should surely at least have these guys doing that successfully. Defense is all about will and hard work.
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2013 at 1:47 AM
It's interesting that there's been a marked improvement for the Leafs in shots for / shots against and they've actually out-shot 3 of the last 5 teams. Unfortunately more of those shots seem to be coming from dangerous areas.ReplyDelete
I still feel ( as I have all along) there are too many line changes going on and would like to see at least the top forward lines set and left alone for a while. If there is one major complaint I have about Randy, besides the fourth line, this constant switching would be it. With Kulemin's return I would have put him or Raymond with Kadri and Lupul, Holland with Kessel and JVR because I like his speed. Whatever, just leave them alone. Many of these line changes have seemed completely unnecessary to me and counter-productive on a team that seems to lack cohesion and consistency. Carlyle can always experiment on the PP.
Desperately waiting for a 'Hangout' with whatever guest you may find available. I'm not picky. C.N.Replies
I guess Carlyle has determined that because of injuries/suspensions he would experiment with the lines. At times the first line has produced, every once in a while we get secondary scoring. Nothing of a consistent nature, it seems, C.N.- I'm sure the coach is scratching his head, too, trying to figure out and stick with combinations that can work. (Yes, it's been a while between Hangouts...I'll have to try and get everyone together!)Delete
Reimer sums it up:ReplyDelete
"There's never an excuse. There's never an excuse. Injuries, tired, it's all BS. It doesn't, you know, those are excuses, and they're useless, and so what it comes down to is your will. It's your heart and your character, if you know what I mean. We should able to win with half of our guys out, you know what I mean? Just look at exhibition games, you know what I mean, you're playing with half your lineup and sometimes you're playing against a team that has their full lineup, and I know maybe the game doesn't mean as much, but there's still 'the underdog wins'. There should be no reason, there should be no excuses, you know, that's negative stuff. All you can focus on is what you yourself can do to get prepared and then be your best, and trust that your teammate across from you is doing the same thing."Replies
Perfect quote, Gerund, thanks. You (and other readers here) know I've used the word countless times myself: "will". Back checking, playing good defensive hockey, individually and as a team, is a matter of desire, will and determination. Anyone can do it. You should be even better at it if you have speed, because you can get where you need to go more quickly. Thanks Gerund.Delete
Hi Michael,ReplyDelete
I agree that the team is better than their record now. However, I have to admit that their record is fair considering the lackluster effort and seeming inability to play 60 minutes on any semblance of a regular basis. In short, they deserve (and have "earned") the record they have.
Something has to change, I think.
Carlyle has been beating the same drum, and the players seem either unable or unwilling to play his "system" consistently. As I mentioned last post, we've seen a plethora of "wake up calls," but when will they actually wake up?
A coaching or personnel change?
If not, I hope the coach is reviewing game footage of the successful Leafs games where a hard-nosed, fast-attacking team with mobile defense gives the opposition fits. We've heard these players are meant to be tough, defensive "Carlyle" types, but they seem better suited to a rushing style with several D able to skate out of trouble and create offense with deft passes instead of battling and cycling. Last year, we had a good mix of speed and toughness (guys like Komorov are missed), but something is lacking t this point.
Both the players and the coach share responsibility in preparing for and executing games. I'm still in the coach's corner, and I still believe in the team. However, some kind of change seems necessary. If the writing isn't on the wall, the markers are definitely coming out the pockets...
Go Leafs(?)!
Well said, Matt. I think a lot of Leaf supporters feel that way. They don't necessarily want a coaching change (though I realize that some do). They don't necessarily want to airlift in a whole bunch of new players (not easy under a cap system). But they do want to see the players we do have play to their strengths (maybe that's on Carlyle) and they want to see them play with determination (definitely on the players). Thanks Matt.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2013 at 7:02 PM
The way I see it, they weren't as good as their record at the start of the year, and aren't as bad as their recent record. So I think eventually they will even out their play, make the playoffs, and stand a decent chance of providing an upset in the first round with good goaltending and a roster that (finally) has everyone back and healthy. In fact, I will even predict Toronto over Montreal in the first round in 6 games.ReplyDeleteReplies
Some mid-season hopefulness is OK with me, Steve. I think people who follow me here know that I tend to be "in the middle" a lot. Not too high when the Leafs are winning, not as down as many when things seem sour. My consistent thought has been the Leafs can do well in the East. They still need to play better and with a lot more feistiness and more consistently, of course, but there is no reason that they can't be way up in the Eastern Conference standings.Delete
A Montreal match-up. Finally, is my response. About time. Would be fun, for sure. Thanks Steve.
P.S. I've got my copy of your book loaded up on the ol' iPad for some holiday reading.ReplyDelete
I sincerely hope you enjoy it when you get a few moments to read it, Matt- thank you for letting me know.Delete


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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
As this weekend revealed Edward Snowden to be the man who leaked details of the National Security Agency's program to collect data from Americans, on Monday evening "Piers Morgan Live" invited Ron Paul to share his reaction:
"He's [Snowden] done a great service, because he's telling the truth and this is what we are starved for. The American people are starved for the truth. And when you have a dictatorship or an authoritarian government, truth becomes treasonous," said Paul. "For somebody to tell the American people the truth is a heroic effort, and he knows that it's very risky, he knows he's committing civil disobedience, and he knows that he could get punished."
Speaking live with Piers Morgan, as a studio audience listened in, Paul went on to offer some advice for the man he once hoped to replace in Oval Office:
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Too Bad he sworn himself to secrecy and exposed our govt secrets to the " WHOLE" world........... He works for the secret intellegance, Right, did I miss something. Why don't you elected officials legislate some smart policy and do your job that you were elected to do, instead off dwelling on the past, like bengahzy! we all know it was tradgic, we all know its was a debacle... In fact it was a learnable debacle that a lot of administrations have made and not a single thing was said or done to implament restrictions of ignorance..... lets see, Reagan " Iran contra blunder and lie to congress and the American people : selling ARMS to IRAN to get money for his central America project, And many U.s soildiers and contractor were killed..... Google it! How about a Nice lied to congress Iraq war from Bush and his partner in crime the vice president who pulled all the strings on Bush???????? Oh I could go on....... The fact is Snowden commited treason and exposed all of our safety to the rest of the world, who kill you if you speak bad about their government, you know Russia and China!!!! better think before you speak, euh!
No lives were endangered by Snowden coming out and calling the US government liars (which they are). If you think terrorists were organizing plots using landlines or cell phones you're mistaken... not even drug dealers use phones tied to their names. Furthermore, no lives have been saved by collecting this information, so what's the point, and why did Clapper lie about it when asked? Snowden called out the liars and now he's a traitor?! That logic is ridiculous and baffling to me.
Thank you for showing us here in America the immaturity of the witless in our country, Its an epidemic. God for bid youd help your community with your physical time and energy. thanks for the heads up on the pattern of the next generations to come to trust with our country!
Mike , " Go back to High School and do it over again" for God sake, and spread the word.. We cant tell an 18 year old from a 30 year old. Keep texting Mile!
Snowden is not really a hero. In a way, i can see that transparency is an important issue and Ron Paul is semi-right in saying there shouldn't be secret courts for this. That being said, freedom is not free; there is a cost. The NSA says that it has foiled at least 50 terrorist actions because of these kind of surveying. Then, of all things, he goes to Russia and China for protection...it looks like he is selling info.
""Too Bad he sworn himself to secrecy and exposed our govt secrets to the " WHOLE" world...........""
Our government's secret that it spies on citizens and keeps records doesn't benefit hostile intelligence networks, it simply hurts your rights and puts you in danger from your own elected officials and unelected policy makers. Not to mention it aught to scare the crap out of you.
Ron is the only one on our side! So let me get this down for I won't for get it. If the ones we vote in all say to the ufo people, sure in there best interested you may eat them all. But leave us a lone, this is a good balances? What in the world is wrong with you people. You are not voted in to keep us in the dark for our own good. wow
Thanks to these two patriots!
sounds like UFO sciiFi !! unidentified fried opinion! really?
Piers did a great job interviewing James Woolsley. Good job confronting Woolsley with the text of the 4th Amendment and then watching him squirm. Its a shame that we couldnt watch more of that. Definitely got some points for 4th amendment even though the second amendment got some bad press in the first segment. Post that clip with Woolsey!!
Yeah, Piers doesn't have all the Bill of Rights down yet. Maybe one day he'll get the Second down, unless he's just picking and choosing.
Good God! Ron Paul is a nut case, and so is his son. Showden is a traitor and should be punished as one. I dare he in trying to bring America to its knees.
Seriously? Ron Paul is one of the only TRUTHFUL politicians you have but you would all rather hide your heads in the sand. America is not "land of the free...." It is all a mirage by your government and you have all been brainwashed.
young grass hopper, He is whacked!!!! You'd trust this dufuss? my dear you need to re-educate your self in govt and polotics.... The trouble is we need to throw out the old and redefine the new, no loop holes ( that's ignorance) , smart regulation in the best of the country and society ( middle class)
You, blue, are the absolute nut case!
Yes, Ron Paul is Coo- Coo ! This we all know is true
Snowden is a traitor for telling Americans the government is lying? Really? He did not divulge any secrets, he stated that the NSA is spying on Americans. How does that make him a traitor?! If the government lies, that is an immoral act and it should be countered by the truth by a dissenter aka a Patriot. It's these people who stand up against immoral laws and acts of government that defines the word Patriot.
I know know ones home upstairs in your brain, BUT........ Snowdon went through a 1000 papers of background checks for security on the promise and responcibility to do his job and work for The national Security of America ( and its suppose to be secret). Every senator and congressmen approved this program, they cant say that to the few idiots who are upset.
See you cant think rationaly about the safety of your family and country, You get peed at the thought the govt tracks your numbers but its fine and dandy for Yahoo, google and every other corp in the world tracking you right know.. Dummy!
He exposes a covert and illegal operation against the citizens of this country while putting his life in jeopardy.
God bless Snowden, we need more real men like him. Enough of the cowards who defend government at all costs.
Hey RoyceO
And the fairy in the sky did not create US
what a traitor!!!!!! hes in it for his own psychotic irrational fantasy world.......... Snowdens Toast!
it's classified info only because the govt says it's classified info. they could start opening everyone's mail and simply claim it's all classified info and get the secret fisa court to rubber stamp it. they say it's a crime merely for someone to talk about a program of spying on US citizens. there are some who want to make it a crime for the media to report on those who talk about the program of spying on US citizens. next they will want to make it a crime for us to discuss it here in the internet. all this for a "war on terror" that involves little more than Russian punks with pipe bombs. yet some of you will still blindly defend whatever the police state apparatus wants to do to us.
Our elitist servants inverse relationship to its citizens are exposed with each coverup and the weakening of the Republic. Every citizen is a victim , again. And Ron Paul is labeled crazy. The Government Propaganda Machine will erode a patriots credibility to justify its actions.
Very sad to know that a senator can say that a whistleblower is risking his life by exposing dictatorial actions of the US government. These actions of the government should have been investigated immediately by congress and the courts.And criminally at that. The government is not a law unto itself, that's dictatorship and this type of action must be stopped forthwith. Anything less is acquiescence on the part of the senator. That is treason against the people of the United States.
The last few generations think they need to know everthing in this country, But we don't need to know! in fact you don't contribute abything with your hands except text, and play video games. You probably don't know the names of the countries making noise in the world. if you do, You great you all should know it!
you keep talking about people not contributing, playing video games, texting and so on. just curious...every other comment on this page is from you. is this your contribution? sitting online heckling everybody's opinions and calling names? is it lonely up on your high horse?
you know there is still a large part of the american population that don't believe in sacrificing freedom for security.
considering statistically you are more likely to be crushed by a falling bathtub then killed in a terrorist attack, i think i would rather take my chances. quite frankly, i am sick of my taxes increasing every year to pay all these new programs that don't seem to do much of anything. all this surveillance and spying, yet the boston bombing still happened.
if we want to discuss security, lets talk about how your are statistically more likely to be killed by militarized police wrongfully raiding your house than getting gunned down in a movie theater. what about random cavity searches for women on the side of the highway by police? i sure feel more secure. you?
Why don't all concerned about the NSA ( that protects us) get a degree and do something wothr while and contribute to this country besides Facebooking all day, How about that. Snowden is a Traitor, and is drinking it up in Hong kong with China, do you even understand that. Prove it and give us your spin on the news today.. You don't have a clue.
This SM guy, you are oblivious and ignorant, but its okay. Its your belief and libertarianism(Ron paul supporters) is about embracing all ideas.
You are welcomed to believe in what you want even if its the very reason our country is falling in the hands of tyranny. Its your grandchildren and children after that who will suffer.
You do not need to support everything your government does to be a patriot, in contrary, our country was founded on that idea.
It took great courage to do what he did. Yes, he did take an oath of secrecy.. And I am sure that it was a difficult decision. The unchecked powers are now trying to smear his character in order to take away his credibility. They hope America will just forget, much like America forgot about the weapons inspector that always said there were no WMD in Iraq (did we ever find any?) He too was smeared and faded off into history.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
We need to confront China's role in 9/11:
Senior Chinese diplomat visits Taliban chief in Afghanistan December 13, 2000 Islamabad Deutsche Presse-Agentur The Chinese ambassador in Pakistan, Lu
Shulin, held talks with the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kandahar on Tuesday, raising the contacts between the two sides to a new high, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) agency reported Wednesday... AIP said
China acquired U.S. cruise missile technology from the Taliban, which passed on the unexploded missiles from the U.S. attack in 1998 on suspected bin Laden camps in Afghanistan. The news agency said the Afghan people expect China to veto the U.S.-Russian resolution in the Security Council because it
also seeks an arms embargo exclusively against the Taliban, assuring continued supplies to its opponents who are supported by the anti-Taliban nations.
The First World Hacker War By CRAIG S. SMITH NY Times May 13, 2001 After last month's collision of an American spy plane and a Chinese jet, hackers in
the United States and China began defacing Web sites on both sides of the Pacific. Then Chinese hackers, led by a group called the Honkers Union, declared war.
Americans need to get their heads out of their asses and realize the NSA or Gov't are keeping the truth from our people.! I didn't believe it until I was sent to vietnam 67-68. I lost faith in Sen. Maclain when he he went for the amnesty bill. Like they say politicians will do anything to get votes , and disregard the citizens wishes!
This SM guy, you are oblivious and ignorant, but its okay. Its your belief and libertarianism(Ron paul supporters) is about embracing all ideas.
You are welcomed to believe in what you want even if its the very reason our country is falling in the hands of tyranny. Its your grandchildren and children after that who will suffer.
You do not need to support everything your government does to be a patriot, in contrary, our country was founded on that idea.
I enjoy your work, thanks for all the useful blog posts.
Ron Paul explained that he was concerned about the well-being of National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden.


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Chapter 2
U.S. income rule.(p8)
Table 2-1. General Rules for Determining U.S. Source of Income
|Item of Income
|Factor Determining Source
|Salaries, wages, and other compensation for labor or personal services
|Where labor or services performed
|Contributions: Where services were performed that earned the
Investment earnings: Where pension trust is located
|Residence of payer
|Where corporation created or organized
|Location of property
|Natural resources
|Location of property
|Patents, copyrights, etc.
|Where property is used
|Sale of business inventory—purchased
|Where sold
|Sale of business inventory—produced
|Allocation if produced and sold in different locations
|Sale of real property
|Location of property
|Sale of personal property
|Seller's tax home (but see Special Rules for Gains From Dispositions of Certain Property, later, for exceptions)
|Sale of natural resources
|Allocation based on fair market value of product at export terminal. For more information, see Regulations section 1.863-1(b).
Types of Income(p8)
Compensation for Labor or Personal Services(p8)
Services performed wholly within a relevant possession.(p8)
|U.S. Armed Forces.(p8)
|Civilian spouse of active duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces.(p8)
Services performed partly inside and partly outside a relevant possession.(p8)
|Time basis.(p8)
|Number of days you performed
services in the relevant
possession during the year
|Total number of days you
performed services during the year
|180 days
240 days
|Multi-year compensation.(p8)
|Certain fringe benefits sourced on a geographical basis.(p8)
|Alternative basis.(p8)
De minimis exception.(p8)
Investment Income(p9)
Interest income.(p9)
Rental income.(p9)
Sales or Other Dispositions of Property(p9)
Real property.(p9)
Personal property.(p9)
Special Rules for Gains From Dispositions of Certain Property(p9)
The source rules discussed in the preceding paragraphs supplement, and may apply in conjunction with, an existing special rule. This existing special rule applies if you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien who becomes a bona fide resident of American Samoa, the CNMI, or Guam, and who has gain from the disposition of certain U.S. assets during the 10-year period beginning when you became a bona fide resident. The gain is U.S. source income that generally is subject to U.S. tax if the property is either (1) located in the United States; (2) stock issued by a U.S. corporation or a debt obligation of a U.S. person or of the United States, a state (or political subdivision), or the District of Columbia; or (3) property that has a basis in whole or in part by reference to property described in (1) or (2). See chapter 3 for filing information.
Special election.(p9)
|Marketable securities.(p10)
|Other personal property.(p10)
|Number of days in the
possession holding period
|Total number of days
in your holding period
Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards(p10)
These rules do not apply to amounts paid as salary or other compensation for services. See Compensation for Labor or Personal Services, earlier in this chapter, for the source rules that apply.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Our New Coop
9 comments:
- jpaul said...
Awesome video. Thanks for the demonstration and good luck with breeding your chickens.
- November 30, 2011 at 5:24 PM
- Deb W said...
Ah.....a girl and her power drill! (or in this case screwdriver)
It is cute, and did go together easily, but.... not to be a downer, but your property looks like the kind they wrote the line 'when the wind comes whistlin' down the plain' about! Do you have rough winters there, and will it's 'lightness' prove sturdy enough? And what about predators? 'Coons could open those hook & eye latches in half a second!
- November 30, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Cute coop, but are those poop trays or nest boxes? Are the nest boxes on the bottom?
- November 30, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Rae of Sunshine said...
I had guessed that it was a chicken coop actually when I was reading the blog but didn't type it in. I remember you saying that you wanted a cute little chicken coop and that you were probably going to purchase one. I actually really like the coop and may look into buying a similar one.
Aren't power tools fun?
- December 1, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Trading Up said...
I've been (enviously) following your blog for over a year. Tomorrow I finally close on my own "urban" farm in south FL! In preparation I sold my second portable coop b/c the farm has a HUGE coop on the property. Very excited!!!
- December 1, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Unknown said...
That is awesome Oahu2Ozona! Good luck on your move!
- December 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Hey there! I'm Sheri and my husband is the builder of the "Red Barn Coop". I'll answer a couple of your questions. In our first design, we had "trays" with mesh bottoms. We thought trays would be easier to clean than nesting boxes. BUT the chickens just scratched around and made an absolute mess-I don't think they liked the feel of the wires under their feet! Chickens really need a place to nestle down and cozy up so we replaced the trays with nesting boxes. Next question, hardware...on the website, the coop pictured has hook and eye latches. That's my coop and we've never had any problems with predators trying to get in. But, we understand that all backyards are not as secure as our's, so we replaced the hook and eye hardware with spring-loaded thumb latches. Thanks for your interest in our Red Barn Coop...now, GO GET YOU SOME CHICKENS!
- December 5, 2011 at 8:33 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks Sheri B for clearing all that up.
- December 6, 2011 at 6:34 AM
- Zach said...
Ah what a cute coop! Such a great blog, I am a follower and adding to my feed too.
- January 4, 2012 at 7:09 PM