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dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] "athletics and academics are both equally important" [Body] | Granted, we're on a Michigan sports blog. But these are shockingly misplaced priorities. As an earlier poster noted, the University's mission statement doesn't preclude a strong role for athletics, but it certainly doesn't necessitate one, either. The reason universities exist is to train young people and to advance scholarship. End of story. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] Honest question [Body] | Is it really the case that robust football and basketball programs increase non-athletic alumni donations? Looking at a list of universities with the largest alumni donation sums, it's clear that prominent athletic departments aren't a prerequisite. (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-12/college-donations-rise-to-recor...) But is there some evidence to suggest that sports play a big role once you control for alumni wealth? I'm genuinely agnostic on this and would welcome persuasive evidence either way. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] Great essay [Body] | I don't know if it has more to do with Michigan's prior NBA drought, the circumstances of his tourny run, or with the character of Trey himself, but I get the feeling that there were a lot of us who turned out to see the Trey Burke NBA Tour last year. I donned all the Michigan gear I own to watch him come to the Staples Center and play the Lakers. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] I'll go along with that [Body] | My main point is just that I don't see Walton solidifying himself as a 1st round pick in the next two years (as Lawson was able to do, and as I doubt Ferrell will be able to do either). I'd be happy to be wrong about that, and I'll be happy to have him running point in either case. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Agree on Kaminsky [Body] | As for Walton/Lawson: I like the size comparison, but Lawson has freakish end-to-end speed and can get up a lot higher than Walton. Lawson was also a lot more productive his freshman year. Like I said above, I love Walton's game, but one of the reason's that I'm so stoked about his play last year is that I really don't see him leaving before his eligibility is up. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] All bigger than Walton [Body] | Every guy you mentioned measured out at 6'1" or better (given the...idiosyncratic...standards of combine measurement) with wingspans of 6'3.5" or better -- this is significantly bigger than what I'd expect Walton to measure at. EDIT: I see that Silva and Napier actually only had 6'3" and 6'3.25" wingspans, respectively (which is still longer than I'd expect Walton to measure). Probably not coincidentally, these guys were both also 4-year players. The other guys are also either much more explosive than Walton (Flynn, Bledsoe, Walker) and/or have a much longer reach (Burke at 6'5.5", Bledsoe at 6'7.5"). | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] I love Walton's game, but I [Body] | I love Walton's game, but I don't see him as having the size to be a first round pick. He's listed at 6'1", but I'd be very surprised if he measures out at that, even with shoes, and he seems to have really short arms for his height. The only player drafted at all in the last three years who's as small as Walton is Pierre Jackson, and he was taken in the 2nd round (and has significantly more vertical explosion). | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Title] "Fighting for the right to be [Body] | "Fighting for the right to be assaulted by much larger people" is not, I think, an accurate reading of any form of feminism. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 4 weeks ago [Title] Effect of being taken in the 2nd round [Body] | My initial inclination was to agree more with Mat, re: the costs/benefits of being taken in the 2nd round. However, it looks like there really is a fairly sharp downgrade in career prospects for players taken at the beginning of the 2nd compared to those taken at the end of the 1st: Harvard sports guy. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Clay Travis [Body] | Clay Travis is "not sufficiently sophisticated/wordly in the way I'd prefer" in the same sense that a man defecating on my front lawn is "not sufficiently mannered/hygienic in the way I'd prefer." | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] NBA Jam skillz [Body] | Lou Bullock and Brent Petway ... I love Beilein so much. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] I don't disagree that serious malfeasance went on [Body] | I don't disagree that serious malfeasance went on at UNC. But the point that I think Perrin makes is that UNC (to the extent it exists as a monolithic entity) doesn't actually disagree either, that Willingham and Smith are presenting a false narrative of obstruction and denial on the part of current University administration, and that meaningful steps have been taken to avoid future malfeasance. Getting back to the OP, none of this is to necessarily let Williams off the hook. But I'd be hesitant to throw too much shade on the current UNC leadership, and I'd be especially wary to accept arguments from Willingham and Smith at face value. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for the link [Body] | I don't mean to come off as a reactionary defender of UNC (I really don't have much at stake personally), but I'm not overly persuaded by the arguments layed out here. They basically attack a press release for...being a press release. It's not clear to me that the absence of scathing, public self-critique in such a communication is any evidence at all that the university hasn't taken misconduct seriously. Further arguing from the presence of multiple committees to the necessary failure of each committee also strikes me as weak, as does their attack on the use of aggregate GPAs among student athletes. There also seems to be a lack of attention to factual detail in the piece, referring to [James] Michael McAdoo a football player. While this might be a meaningless typo, it seems congruent with a general carelessness with facts that might be characteristic of the arguing parties. The people responsible for the article, Jay Smith and Mary Willingham, were called out specifically by the sociology professor Andrew Perrin in the 2nd link I provided above http://scatter.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/media-sociology-from-the-other-side/: "Early on in the scandal, the paper — mostly through the work of Dan Kane, who is the main journalist working on this set of stories — has developed a viewpoint that believes the University is monolithic, defensive, and evasive. This viewpoint isn’t particularly amenable to evidence; rather, it seems to structure the way Kane approaches each element of the story, assuming and expecting malfeasance. This is facilitated by the active work of Jay Smith and Mary Willingham, who are fostering that narrative and viewpoint. I don’t believe that viewpoint is accurate; in fact, I think that the university administration has been remarkably methodical and transparent in its approach to the situation, has provided lots of information, and has been unusually open to involving faculty in the processes of investigation and reform. Despite there being ample information available on these processes, the N&O has not reported on any of that, preferring instead to focus on sensationalism. Examples include the focus on Ms. Willingham instead of investigating the substance of her claims; the recent article essentially reprinting an evidence-free claim of “bullying” by the Government Accountability Project; and a news story in yesterday’s paper about the fact that a group of retired faculty wrote an op-ed in the same paper. In each of these cases, there is no serious attempt to assess the situation." ... "CNN has gleefully reprinted, with no skepticism whatsoever, claims that have turned out to be either factually untrue or highly questionable, such as the content of Mary Willingham’s MA thesis, the number of very-underprepared student-athletes at UNC, and the actual character of a now-famous “paper” she insinuated was a final paper that received an A- grade (it wasn’t, and it didn’t)." Given their history of sensationalism and carelessness with factual argument, I'd at the very least treat arguments orginating with Smith and Willingham with a healthy dose of care. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Insider UNC perspective [Body] | Andrew Perrin, a sociologist at UNC and a contributor at a fairly prominent academic social science blog, wrote a few weeks ago on his experience as a member of the UNC faculty group that sought to investigate and reform academic misconduct. http://scatter.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/the-unc-athletics-scandal-in-context/ Give the post as much credence as you'd like, but it certainly appears as though the university as a whole took the scandal seriously; there have been concrete actions to improve institutional oversight, and the people in charge of the most grievous failings have been fired and in one case prosecuted. (Perrin provides a bit more detail here, focusing more on the nature of the media coverage of the scandal. As Michigan fans, we might not be surprised to see the local paper erring on the side of sensationalism in the scandal's aftermath.) [Full disclosure: my girlfriend is a UNC grad] | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Other beneficiaries [Body] | People who can't afford to own cars themselves, and people who like to not get killed by cars. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] The ax in question [Body] | Whatever the cause, it seems like McCants and his family have had a strong dislike for Williams for some time. Most notably, his dad made this oft-quoted statement a few years ago: "THE CURRENT COACH IS A PIECE OF (EXPLETIVE) (EXPLETIVE) AND i DON'T RECOMMEND ANYONE GET RECRUITED BY HIM HE WILL WRECK YOUR CAREER IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF HIS UNDERHANDED TACTIC AND INSINCERITY. BEWARE!!!!!!!" [all-caps in original] I don't make any claim to knowing the backstory here. But the fact that just about everyone who has ever come in contact with McCants has a pretty low opinion of him is enough to provide me with some priors... | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] True but not new [Body] | I don't doubt that McCants (and players like him, at UNC and just about every other big-sports university) received academic treatment well outside of the standards professed by the NCAA. I would tend to doubt, however, the veracity [voraciously] of any of his specific claims; he clearly has an ax to grind, and he's regarded as hyper-untrustworthy, even by people who have no interest in seeing UNC dodge scandal. In other words, I don't think his claims give us any new information RE unethical behavior at UNC. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] McCants [Body] | McCants isn't exactly a reliable witness here. Quite a few people have come out saying what a head case he is since he came forward the other day, including people like Julius Hodge who have no UNC affiliation. He also apparently has a long-standing antipathy for Williams, one that doesn't appear to be shared by many other players. Beyond this, McCants had a media quote from his playing days in which he compared his experience at UNC to being in prison, on account of how he was always expected to show up to things like class. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Not just the corporate world [Body] | James C Scott wrote a really interesting book, Seeing Like a State, on the consequences of state programs to make complex entities more measurable from a centralized perspective. Bending over backwards to make outcomes more legible does bad things. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Title] I really like the Jamal Crawford comparison [Body] | Crawford's quicker and Stauskas is stronger, but in terms of their length, fluidity, ability to score off the dribble, take a few minutes at point, weaknesses on defense, I think they have a lot of similarities. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] I'm not sure if "Xs and Os" [Body] | I'm not sure if "Xs and Os" is the right term, but I think that understanding a team's defensive philosophy -- being able to mike the right rotations in a reflexive sort of way, knowing which way you're forcing the dribbler in different situations, etc. -- is a pretty big deal. It's not the same as memorizing a 100-page play book, but it can still definitely take some time. If you look at players' defensive win shares, for example, they tend to rise for their first few years in the league, even when those players are physically well-developed (see Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, etc.). Also, with respect to physical maturity, I think McGary definitely has room for improvement. He's old for his class, but I'm assuming that his "weightroom age" is still pretty young. I think he can definitely still benefit from dropping body fat, adding lean mass, and gaining more explosiveness. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] Sorry for crazy-man [Body] | Sorry for crazy-man self-reply; was responding to someone via the app whose comments have been caved. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] Let me assure you [Body] | If traveling were called differently 20 years ago, you'd still be on this message board griping about the decline of the NBA, with reference to your past non-career. Also, did you ever watch Patrick Ewing play? | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] There have definitely been some rough spots -- [Body] | There have definitely been some rough spots -- I've been disappointed with the Thunder all postseason, most of the East is still a relative tire fire, etc. But we're still likely to see two legitimately great teams in the finals in the Heat and Spurs. And what's the comparison group? Whatever you feel about the excitement and loyalties at play in college, the level of play in (even a relatively down) NBA playoffs is massively higher. And I'd also argue that overall quality of play in today's game is at the very least comparable to the Golden Era of the mid-/late-80s. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] This comment describes 95+% [Body] | This comment describes 95+% of anti-NBA gripes. "I never watch the game, but let me tell you how much it's declined. THUGS TRAVELING LAZY THUG ISOLATION TATTOES. Also, let me tell you about how defense is so much better in college basketball, which explains Adam Morrison's career shooting percentages." Tonight we got to see impressive 2nd half performances by arguably the best overall player and arguably the best shooter to ever play, both playing within (pretty fucking intricate) team offensive and defensive concepts, for the right to face a GREG FUCKING POPOVICH team in the finals. And yet the game has gone to shit. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 10 weeks ago [Title] Stauskas and the Suns [Body] | I agree that Stauskas would fit a lot of places, but I think that playing under Hornacek in Phoenix would be especially good for him. Bledsoe and Gerald Green were able to produce way beyond expectations this year as scoring wings (particularly Green, who at 28 was basically residing in the NBA scrap heap up til now). Nik would face a bit of a logjam in the backcourt, but I think he'd ultimately be very productive on a team that's definitely on the rise. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Title] Huge asymmetry by race [Body] | The problem with this point, though, is that Jones centered his argument on the really negative effects of spatially concentrated poverty, and the role that people like Sterling play in creating and perpetuating these concentrations. Concentrated poverty is really an issue of residential segregation, and it's far, far more of a problem for blacks and Latinos than it is for whites. As of the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, 25.7% of blacks lived in poverty, compared to 11.6% of whites. But the effect of racial residential segregation amplifies this difference when it comes to the sort of neighborhoods that people live in. Looking at Census block groups in 2000, 44.8% of metro blacks lived in neighborhoods with >20% poverty concentrations, compared to 11.6% of whites. And this isn't just an effect of higher black poverty; 70.9% of poor blacks lived in high-poverty neighborhoods, compared to 36.9% of poor whites. One way of looking at this: a poor white resident is less likely to live in concentrated poverty than is an average black resident. (see http://intl-cjres.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/1/51/T3.expansion.html; may be paywalled) We know that living in concentrated poverty is associated with all sorts of bad outcomes and that blacks (and to a slightly lesser extent Latinos) are far and away more likely to experience such living conditions, even after controlling for income. These conditions are largely the result of residential racial segregation. Bomani's point: propping up this segregation through illegal housing discrimination is a way more grievous act than is saying shitty things to your mistress, and people who ignored the former need to step off their soapboxes with respect to the latter. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] The all-knowledgeable Andrew Gelman provided a few comments [Body] | "The myth of the myth of the myth of the hot hand." FWIW, I think his 4th point is important and pretty incontrovertible: "4. Whatever the latest results on particular sports, I can’t see anyone overturning the basic finding of Gilovich, Vallone, and Tversky that players and spectators alike will perceive the hot hand even when it does not exist and dramatically overestimate the magnitude and consistency of any hot-hand phenomenon that does exist." | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Title] I don't think you ever did [Body] | "[Michael Jordan] put a bunch of scrubs and a solid player on his back and willed his team to the playoffs and championship almost single handidly." "I am glad i no longer watch that horseshit they call NBA basketball." I posit that you're not entirely familiar with the early '90s Bulls roster. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] If there's one thing KD taught us... [Body] | "Kid has a lot of bulking up to do if he wants to be anything like Durant." If there's one thing KD taught us, it's that we shouldn't write off scrawny dudes who are monsters on the court. Keep in mind that KD was 215 lbs at age 19 -- meaning that young Thon needs exactly one Caris LeVert offseason to be his equal in bulk at the draft. With respect to Durant size comparisons, though, I think it's interesting to note that KD actually has the longer wingspan (7'4.5" vs 7'2" for Maker). Puts in perspective what a freakish toolset Durant has... | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] If you use the 8th pick in [Body] | If you use the 8th pick in the draft to try and get a rookie-year go-to scorerer, you're doing it wrong. Other 8th picks of this millenium: 2012: Terrence Ross 2011: Brandon Knight 2010: Al-Farouq Aminu 2009: Jordan Hill 2008: Joe Alexander 2007: Brandan Wright 2006: Rudy Gay 2005: Channing Frye 2004: Rafael Araujo 2003: TJ Ford 2002: Chris Wilcox 2001: Sagana Diop 2000: Jamal Crawford There are two players on this list who remotely qualified at any points in their career: Rudy Gay, who just made the Raptors better by not playing for them anymore, and Jamal Crawford (bless his heart) who's entirely one-dimensional. Realistically, you want an 8th pick to be a solid rotation player, which both Burke and KCP definitely have the potential to be. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] Thanks [Body] | A couple points: -While I acknowledge no first-hand knowledge of the events, it seems as though you might want to refrain from claiming that no prosecution implies no rape. It doesn't exactly help with one's credibility. -I was never under the impression that Lewan made his threat directly to the accuser. "Tell your friend that I'll rape her" still seems to lack a certain...moral clarity. Perhaps he was acting out of loyalty to a friend that he truly believed was falsely accused, and perhaps he would have phrased his threat differently upon reflection. Neither consideration remotely excuses his behavior. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] What looks to my untrained [Body] | What looks to my untrained eye to be an actual police report -- without scare quotes or anything -- describes the actions of a man purported to be Lewan. These actions include the intimidation of an alleged rape victim, through the particularly noxious (even if just rhetorical) use of the threat of further rape as a cudgel. Not all crimes get prosecuted, and not all grossly immoral acts are crimes. I acknowledge my distance from the situation, and I'm open to updating my priors under some new evidence/argumentation. But as things stand now, I'll be happy to see Lewan leave. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] If the police report of his [Body] | If the police report of his actions vis-a-vis Gibbons's accuser are close to accurate -- and I have no reason to believe that they aren't -- then I'd just as soon Lewan not be affiliated with the same university as me. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] I agree with your takeaway. [Body] | I agree with your takeaway. It somehow makes me feel better about the current state of Michigan football to know that Rosenberg is a tiny little man. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for sharing your [Body] | Thanks for sharing your expertise. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] If your initial thought is [Body] | If your initial thought is that I'm objecting to the general objectification of brunette woman, I'm not really sure what to tell you. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] This is my sentiment, as [Body] | This is my sentiment, as well. And it'd be nice if people would stop with the "brunette girls" thing. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] Among other things, the [Body] | Among other things, the reference to Stauskas running the pick-and-roll made me very happy. I can imagine this being absolutely deadly, given his ability to see over help and knock down 3s off the dribble with even a sliver of space. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] I was thinking the same [Body] | I was thinking the same thing. It seems like the last couple of years, broadcasters would consistently over-state the role of the 1-3-1 in Michigan's defense. But imagining (say) Stauskas at the top, Levert running baseline, GRIII and Irvin on the wings, and McGary/Morgan/Horford in the middle, I'd have to think that it gets broken out as more than just an occasional change-up. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Calmer than you [Body] | Calmer than you are. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] "All the defectors I've talked to wanted to [Body] | "All the defectors I've talked to wanted to leave." You don't say. Also, I have no real expertise here and don't want to conjure any P words, but the proper comparison might not be between limited healthcare and great healthcare, but between limited healthcare and no healthcare (e.g. I've spoken with people in Haiti who seemed rather pleased with Cuban nurses). | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Calling an opponent [Body] | Calling an opponent "inferior", even after a very close game that could easily have ended in a loss, isn't necessarily a reflection of some inflated sense of self worth. In the cases of Akron and UConn, it's simply a recognition of the opposing team's standing among all FBS teams. When we say that Akron and UConn are "inferior", we could very plausibly simply be claiming that they rank in the very bottom tier of FBS teams, based on prior results and the general size, athleticism, and skill of their players. For a similar case study in the use of the word "inferior", see Minnesota, University of. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Totally agree with this. There's nothing [Body] | Totally agree with this. There's nothing incompatible with saying that 1) There are many woman on campus who might be eager to have sex with players/recruits, and 2) Having university-paid positions where part of one's job is to have sex with recruits is enormously problematic. Whether a girl joins one of these hostess groups naively, or she has a change of heart but needs the position, or she's just not feeling it one day, it's easy to see how such an institution can be terribly, terribly coercive. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] @sjd183: Message board etiquette [Body] | If you're going to visit a new message board to leave a shoddy rationalization for terrible behavior, it's only polite to keep it under 1000 words. And, you know, vaguely on-topic. Also, vis-a-vis the actual rationalization bit of your screed: arguments against intentionally injuring people McGahee-style don't necessarily rest on the NCAA rule book. Some minimal shred of morality might also enter in. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Adrian Witty with pick-6. Never [Body] | Adrian Witty with pick-6. Never forget. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] It's like a mashup of Bo [Body] | It's like a mashup of Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye, except controlled by the computer in Week 16 when they'd always cheese you with those super-fast break-away runs. /8-bit Fred Jackson | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] Whichever reporter kept on [Body] | Whichever reporter kept on saying 'physicality' doesn't get it. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] A spam-free tool? [Body] | The spam-bots have become self-referential!! It's been a while since I've read GEB, but I'm pretty sure this means that full sentience/global domination is right around the corner. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] Among other things, you're [Body] | Among other things, you're not very good at Reading dictionary entries Discerning between journalists and otherwise angry people with websites | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] With respect to topics like [Body] | With respect to topics like this, hiding from them because they're embarrassing to the institution seems like a pretty despicable response. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] When Jibreel leads with Phil [Body] | When Jibreel leads with Phil Collins quotes, I be like dang. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] Pee Wee Pimpkins [Body] | A legend in two games like he's Pee Wee Kirkland. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] In fairness, though, Carlos [Body] | In fairness, though, Carlos Hyde does look like he's lost a little weight in the offseason: | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] A few potential differences [Body] | Lack of alcoholism/better work ethic, better body composition, more speed/better burst. I think the arrow of causation runs from the 1st through the 3rd factor, and it will likely amount to a pretty enormous difference. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 hours ago [Title] I really hope that you didn't [Body] | I really hope that you didn't type that with a tilty head. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 13 hours ago [Title] @ stephenrjking [Body] | I think there's an important distinction to be made between attacks directed at the person vs attacks directed at the praxis. I agree with you that the former is poor form (and I'm reminded of the section of Kwame Anthony Appiah's Cosmopolitanism in which he makes a compelling case for his father being a seriously intelligent and humane person, despite genuinely holding onto an ontology that most in the West would find (justifiably) ridiculous). However, I also agree with others in this thread that faith healing is a seriously (and indisputably among reasonable people) harmful thing, and whether or not outright mockery is the right tack, calling it out as such is almost an obligation. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 days ago [Title] Worth noting: [Body] | The first link in the OP contains a video that ends in a Furbush interview in which he says 'tremendous'. He seems to be progressing well. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 days ago [Title] If Kierkegaard were alive [Body] | If Kierkegaard were alive today, he'd be writing successories. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] To add to this [Body] | The impression of Saban's personality among the kids/families that Alabama recruits is certainly different from the impression among, say, the Michigan fan base. I'm friends with an older sister of a kid in last year's Alabama recruiting class, and she absolutely loves Saban -- he'd do things like call her on her birthday, and he was apparently at least passably charming in all their interactions. I make no claims about how ingenuous these interactions were, but the man's certainly capably of coming off as non-robotic. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Really nice graphics [Body] | It's interesting for me to see that, as down as everybody is on the Big Ten right now, it looks like the conference is actually at about the same relative strength now as it was for much of the '80s/early '90s. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Note though, that likely many of the successful [Body] | Note though, that likely many of the successful 4-year starters have been on campus for 5 years, so the data aren't necessarily all that incongruous. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] I thought that was interesting, too. My [Body] | I thought that was interesting, too. My interpretation: this is probably in large part an effect of overall team quality. Teams that are forced to start a true freshman tend to be on the dumpster fire end of the cfb spectrum, and thus even as these freshman starters age, they're still surrounded by relatively adverse situations. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Track record [Body] | I see what you did. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] I was tricked into watching [Body] | I was tricked into watching that video like 10 years ago, and I've never really been the same.* *Not because I have a really stretchy urethra now | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] Drago [Body] | Dolph Lundgren just got a sudden urge to break you. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] phone typo correction [Body] | Georgia = Ole Miss | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] My cool story RE Ole Miss recruiting, bro [Body] | I'm friends with an older sibling of a member of last year's Alabama recruiting class, and I asked her once about the class that Ole Miss brought in. She said that at most (SEC) places, there's a wink and a nod and an assurance that you'll be taken care of, whereas at Georgia, kids were basically getting burlap sacks with dollar signs on them. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] In a few years, it's not [Body] | In a few years, it's not inconceivable that our pass rush could be led by a two-headed monster named TACO FURBUSH. Yes, I'm 12. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Actually, I dunno [Body] | It's great to see that GRIII probably got stronger over the course of a month, but those body fat numbers mainly indicate that he probably did a lot of eating in April -- 10.4% is quite a bit higher than where you'd like to see your bouncy wings, with 9.8% still leaving a lot of room for improvement. For reference, perpetually out-of-shape assemblage of physical tools Lance Stephenson checked in at 9.3% at his draft combine. (http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?year=All&sort2=DESC&draft=&pos=&source=All&sort=7) | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Alternative framing [Body] | It's LTT conducting the experiment, and there's a donkey in the box. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] What I'm saying is that the [Body] | What I'm saying is that the cross-year comparison of #29s doesn't really indicate anything at all vis a vis Winovich's true status relative to other OLBs, as the observed (tiny number of) offer lists are fully compatible with multiple, contradictory accounts of said status. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Interesting use of data, but [Body] | Interesting use of data, but the more illuminating comparison is among offer lists across rankings within 2014. Showing how #29 offer lists stack up across years fails to distinguish between cases 1) where Winovich's offer list really is commensurate to his ranking this year; vs. 2) where there's a ton of noise in the rankings across years. I think that what people here are saying is that there's a ton of noise in the rankings, and that Winovich's offer list indicates that he's better than what these rankings would indicate. The lists you gathered for #29 guys across years (of whom only Phillips's is as good or better) fail to provide strong evidence against that claim. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Don't you goddamn dare, [Body] | Don't you goddamn dare, AIRBHG | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] My first reaction: [Body] | Will they still call it Midnight Madness? I'm an idiot. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] It reminds me of the classic [Body] | It reminds me of the classic Kids in the Hall sketch "The Home Run", except, you know, marginally more wholesome. (relevant bit starts @ 1:50) | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Not a fan of Lawrence Lessig? [Body] | Not a fan of Lawrence Lessig? (Point being that many people would consider the common practice of congressmen transitioning into lobbyists to be a very big and very harmful deal. I do think the analogy to this NCAA/Auburn case is pretty apt.) | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] I don't think we should be [Body] | I don't think we should be expecting Burke to turn into Chris Paul in the pros, but he's really not that far off physically. Looking at Paul's draft combine measurables (http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Chris-Paul-14/), I'd actually expect to see Burke measure out very similarly in terms of height/length, speed, lane agility, vertical, and strength. I think Paul has really outsdanding lateral quickness, which might not necessarily show up in the lane agility drill, but I also think that his hands make him seem a lot more explosive than he actually is, both off the dribble and on defense. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] But Paul doesn't, nor does [Body] | But Paul doesn't, nor does Lowry or Jameer Nelson or Maurice Williams or DJ Augustin. The point is that there are many guys who have been anywhere from serviceable to HOF with comparable physical tools. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Size and speed are nice, but [Body] | Size and speed are nice, but there are numerous NBA points with similar physical makeups to Burke who range from serviceable (Kyle Lowry) to good (Andre Miller) to great (Tony Parker, Chris Paul). None of those guys have elite athleticism, all are 6'2" or shorter, and all get by primarily by being good at basketball. Which Trey Burke is. Also, I think you might have a misconception of what teams are expecting in the 6-13 draft pick range. Look through prior years' drafts -- getting a solid starter here is really what you're hoping for. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Expectations for stardom [Body] | I absolutely agree with this. Once you get to the bottom half of the lottery, I think most teams would be very pleased to get a guy who turns into a solid but unspectacular starter. Just looking at the last few lotteries, you see a bunch of point/combo guards who don't nearly have the tools to be superstars -- Brandon Knight, Kemba Walker, Damian Lillard, Austin Rivers, etc. I think Burke compares favorably to that group. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Morris might be a bad example [Body] | He's actually had every opportunity to establish a role with the Lakers (injury to Nash, injuries to/horribleness of Blake and Duhon), but he's been pretty bad offensively in all the minutes he's gotten. Granted, part of that might be the system he's in, but he just hasn't looked like an NBA point guard, and I'm not sure that additional time in college would have changed that. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Attractiveness of a UCLA job [Body] | Whatever the culture of expectations and the current dysfunction of the program at UCLA, it seems to me that it really ought to be one of the easiest places to recruit to in the country. There's the historical aspect, but the combination of UCLA's campus/climatic/lady-in-tiny-shorts beauty, its academic strength, a newly renovated Pauly right on campus, and the general cultural draw of LA would also have to make recruiting pitches much easier, especially given the number of high-caliber players that come out of Southern Cal. Also, there seems (to me anyway) to be a very distinct lingering cultural presence of John Wooden, which has to appeal to Right Way coaches/players. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Statistical noise [Body] | How is MSU fandom like anomolously high bowel cancer mortality rates? Measured over small populations, they're both most likely the product of statistical noise: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/28/bad-science-diy-data-analysis | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I think that the decrease in [Body] | I think that the decrease in offensive efficiency under a 25-second clock would be great enough to lead to a net decrease in scoring, even with the added possessions. At the college level, I just don't see there being enough guys who can consistently generate quality shots out of nothing to make the short clock work. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] If feasible, I think someone [Body] | If feasible, I think someone ought to photoshop a chihuahua-holding Mesko into this. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] I dunno [Body] | As a UCLA grad student, I didn't go to any football games this year because Pasadena is far, man. And granted, my loyalties lie elsewhere and there's a big difference between graduate and undergraduate student perceptions, but I get the strong feeling that people on campus give much less of a shit about football here than they might elsewhere, and I have to think that the stadium's location is part of that. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Whoops [Body] | Replied on my phone to message that seems not to exist. Carry on. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] I dispute your premise, sir [Body] | These quotes are a manifestation of panning out. Marques Slocum, his fuck lion, and Carla will forever live in the pantheon of Michigan men (and women and fuck lions). | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Wait, so are you implying [Body] | Wait, so are you implying that LeBron isn't a better on-ball defender than any college player who has ever lived? If so, you might want to rethink your line of reasoning. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Given his ability to create [Body] | Given his ability to create off the dribble, size, and the likely defensive struggles he's going to have in the NBA, I think a decent player comparison for Stauskas might actually be Jamal Crawford. Crawford's a good bit quicker, but I think Stauskas might be able to play a similar role as a designated scorer off the bench. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] A few things in McGary's favor [Body] | He has pretty legit size for an NBA 4, and even though he's old for a freshman, this is probably his first year in a really advanced strength program, so I imagine his body still has plenty of developing to do. Also, he shows really good instincts with things like outlet passing, he has a great motor, and he has great per-minute rebounding numbers. I'd be surprised if he was ever an all star, but I wouldn't be shocked at all to seem him stick in the league for a while. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Nothing is fucked here, Dude. [Body] | Nothing is fucked here, Dude. -Pat Forde | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Still less embarrassing than Freekbass. [Body] | Still less embarrassing than Freekbass. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] On my phone, the only app [Body] | On my phone, the only app that I really couldn't do without is Google Reader. On my tablet, I also use EZPDF Reader (really good for reading and annotating journal articles) and the Kindle app quite a bit. On both phone and tablet, I use Google Play for music, along with the gmail app, MGoBlog, Facebook, etc. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I was about to type the same [Body] | I was about to type the same thing, but you said it much better than I would have. I think you're exactly right. Your first sentence definitely holds, though; this was a really great piece by Seth. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I don't think we disagree [Body] | About a third of motor vehicle deaths in the US involve a driver with above-legal BAC. These deaths still, though, accrue to driver failings of judgment, perception, and reaction. Widespread automation, I would think, stands to reduce motor vehicle deaths involving both sober and drunk drivers. This is especially true when you think of what it might mean for the price and availability of taxis, as well as other systemic factors that would reduce the incidence of people driving themselves when they absolutely should not be driving themselves. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] In terms of sharpening one's [Body] | In terms of sharpening one's mind, I think you'll agree that the effect of technology depends on how it's applied/consumed. I probably err in reasoning from my own experience too generally, but I maintain that I grapple with serious and varied ideas much more in the current technological environment than I would in an environment without Google Reader in bathroom stalls. Looking at likely more popular activities, is the average American duller now than she would be in the absence of Angry Birds and texting and all the rest of our stream of modern informational/sensory inputs? Maybe, maybe not, but it doesn't strike me as intuitively likely, and I'd need to see actual systematic evidence to be convinced. While I'm probably extrapolating too broadly based on my experience of actually reading worthwhile things on my phone, I think you're almost certainly making too much of the guy who cut you off. Yes, driver alerts and autonomous features need to be carefully designed to avoid causing the sort of behavior you describe, but there's no question at all that they have the ability to supplement/replace our driving performance in vastly preferable ways. Our failings behind the wheel certainly include drowsy, drunk, and distracted driving, but they by no means end there. Our perceptions and reactions are limited in myriad ways, in terms of our field of vision; our limitation to the visual spectrum of light, compromised as it might be by weather or lack of daylight; our ability to precisely discern distance, velocity, and acceleration; our ability to mentally process the unexpected; and our ability to react quickly and in precisely appropriate ways. All of these failings kill people. That information/automation technologies offer the likelihood of helping us kill fewer people is, as far as I can tell, beyond dispute. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I disagree pretty strenuously [Body] | I disagree pretty strenuously with respect to progressively advanced information/automation systems in cars. On our own, we're pretty awful at correctly perceiving and responding to things at highway speeds and distances, and these failings are primarily responsible for the 30k+ who are killed in cars domestically every year. Technological improvements have real potential to meaningfully reduce this number, which ought to be seen by everyone as unacceptably high. As to mental atrophy in the face of ubiquitous computation: you'll have a hard time convincing me that my smart phone makes me think less when I'm standing in lines. More generally, I think it's mistaken to think that living amdist computational sophistication will somehow crowd out the thinking that we do on our own. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
dbc874ac_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Another thing that doesn't matter: [Body] | Kyle Singler's career. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/panthera%20leo%20fututio/recentcomments | 32/1438042988650.53_20150728002308-00195-ip-10-236-191-2_165491626_0.json |
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