Not really a long way to go at all. Socarchist took it the same way I did, so I'm not sure it's all that far-fetched. Anyway, when it comes to name-calling, the name caller doesn't get to tell the recipient how they are allowed to feel about being called that word. The recipient is going to feel how they are going to feel. And of course it is the name-caller's choice whether or not they want to care about how the person felt.
And I told Socachist that I was truly sorry he felt that way, because it was not my intent for the word to be interpreted that way. But, for some reason this is not good enough for you. Like many topics you choose to comment on here, you are like the proverbial dog on a bone, you have to keep chewing away on it, and can't let go until your opinion is the one standing at the end.
Don't ask. It could get worse. This is bad, and it shows dysfunction on several levels. But there are still a couple of more layers of hell for us to plumb. Go Quakes!! Fire Stahre!! - Mark
Mark, I fear you are right, I don't think Jessie and the rest of senior management understand how dysfunctional this team has become.
It wasn't a criticism of you when I said that "it is the name-caller's choice whether or not they want to care about how the person felt". I saw what you wrote to Socarchist. It was just a general statement. No, Don G. brought up the word "snowflake" and specifically asked me to respond about that word in regard to "pansy" vs. "daisy", etc. So I did, and that led to a little bit of etymology, etc. And then I responded to this from SalinasQuakesFan "Every one is free to assign whatever meaning they feel to words as it is the individual who assigns what the word means to them" because I had something to say about that. It takes 2 to tango, and it is double-standard to characterize me as a "dog on a bone" when there are a bunch of dogs on the bone here in this forum .
Also here is Marcus Stroman calling out his team yesterday. "I’m f--ing terrible! We’re f--ing terrible! And you’re asking about Nat f—ing Bailey!" Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Marcus Stroman delivered an incredible rant after a question he deemed "irrelevant" Sunday. https://t.co/46eeC5L71O— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 18, 2018
On PPG, we should have been in spot 23 for the last three weeks at least. And let's not overlook the loss in Montréal. We are on a twelve game winless skid. That's crap, no matter how you look at it. The Power Standing guys should have rated us #24 this week. They could easily have rated us #26, behind the expansion teams that haven't started yet, because at least those guys haven't lost any games yet. Go Quakes!! We suck!! Management doesn't care!! - Mark
MLS Injury report: OUT: D - Kevin Partida (knee injury) QUESTIONABLE: F - Quincy Amarikwa (rib injury) M - Anibal Godoy (undisclosed injury) M - Fatai Alashe (groin injury)
The more interesting question is, why the "undisclosed" nature of Godoy's injury which makes him questionable to play? Amarikwa's and Alashe's knocks are set forth.
"NOTE: This injury report is compiled on an ongoing basis by MLSsoccer.com editors based on club game notes, news reports, and original reporting. Last Updated: July 17, 2018" Hmmmmm. We don't have an MLS game until next Wed. Don't teams usually hold that info pretty close until they can't deny it? Just seems a bit contrived. Of course, I am ever suspicious!
No, you’re right. Injury reports generally only come out the same week as a game (IIRC, generally Wednesday for a Saturday game).
Sure. Up until the point one of those parties 1) feels aggrieved by their interpretation of the word and 2) thinks he/she can get a braying mob to back him/her up. Then all bets are off.
BTW, about this whole Florian Jungwirth "my teammates are not good enough to compete" stuff, I remember some players talking up the team in preseason. Flo implied that he knew that the roster was woefully inept before the season started. Here's another view. In short, I don't think all the players agree with Flo, and Wondo's retweet of Jordan Stewart's criticism of Flo's comments is more fodder. “We threw away the old playbook,” striker Chris Wondolowski, who is entering his 10th year with the Earthquakes told me earlier this week. “We have quality that I have not seen on this San Jose team since I’ve been here.” https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03...kes-mls-2018-schedule-tv-time-tommy-thompson/ BTW, there is a lot of really painful stuff to read in there, like this: "Gone is the overly pragmatic, direct, downright English (sorry, but it’s true) style of soccer coaches Mark Watson and Dom Kinnear. In its place comes an attacking, pressing style championed by new coach Mikael Stahre. These Earthquakes are poised to look nothing like the teams you’ve seen over the last five years." And Thompson, so far, appears to the player benefitting most from the big change. “I feel like the coaching staff believes in me — it’s a special feeling. I step on the field and I’m comfortable,” Thompson said. “This is the happiest I’ve been — I feel like part of this organization.” Unless something really dramatic happens, TT is currently on pace to get the least minutes of his MLS career this year, by a wide margin, and about 1/5 of the minutes he got last year. Leitch really believed in him. Stahre and his staff do not.
"As for the environment in the locker room, a source close to the club said that “the players who are regularly on the bench feel they have no possibilities, regardless of what they do.” This is one of the major issues. He hasn't rotated the squad nearly enough - keeps trotting out the same guys, who collectively almost never win, is reluctant and late to make subs. Hyka and TT, to name two, can barely get a game. Backup keeper gets no chance, even in USOC I believe. So guys don't feel the competition, the starters get complacent and then start to burn out, the guys on the bench get frustrated, etc. When you aren't winning, oftentimes you discover good things about your roster when you start switching it up. And that can help get you out of the gutter.
he sounds like he has a lot of self-belief, just like Jesse. And is definitely not worried about his job.
Clueless. "We have technical and tactical things to solve, so we can win more games." How about a game? He confuses workaholism with effectiveness. Ask a staffer about him and the response is usually something like "he is working really hard." Same with the 24/7 quotes from himself and Jungwirth. Seems like the vibe is that he is some sort of super hard working, tactical genius so the players are lucky to get a chance to play for him. Because to be in the presence of brilliance...... While both he and the GM are completely out of their element. Freaking sad.