Larry Brown had some quote about critics. He said basketball is like church. Many attend, but few understand. Something like that. I think that’s a good analogy. The person next to you at a Sounders match who cheers every time a defender booms an aimless clearance is a fan just like you. But he’s not the person who should be explaining tactics and what not. Is movie criticism still a worthy activity in the era of superhero movies? I think so. But if we were discussing the merits of a movie that I liked and you didn’t, would you use as a point of argument that the movie we’re talking about grossed only $50M, while this or that blockbuster made a billion? I don’t think so. I hope not. Speaking of soccer, have you picked a club over there yet?
Really terrible analogy. I've long had clubs in Europe. I used to live very close to Stamford Bridge, so you can guess which English team I support. As for France, I support the teams from where my mum and grandmother originate. In Belgium I support the team closest to where my grandfather is from. As for where I am moving to in Ireland (I'm currently in the process of buying a place here; I felt pressured to do it now before the orange idiot kills the dollar even further), I will support the local team. But my #1 team will always be the Sounders, given I have been supporting them since 1978.
And who might that be? I used to live in the St. Gilles neighborhood of Brussels, so I started following Union St. Gilloise. This was when they were in the 3rd division and played in a hundred-year-old rickety old stadium, where one entire side was closed off and condemned by the building authorities, and the club didn't have the money to tear it down, much less build a new one. Of course, now they are a "big" club having won their 12th title last year and are currently top of the table and unbeaten.
I got to watch an NBA coach, Lawrence Frank, coach a bunch of kids at a youth event. He wasn't the best of coaches but he had an insight to a level of the game that few can get. I know the game, I used to cover it. But there was a gulf of difference between the college coach and the NBA coach.
I know that. Only one to do so. Was agreeing with Brown. And he won that NBA title with my Pistons. So yeah.
Been to that city once - absolutely hated it, had terrible experiences. It was clear the partisanship from the Troubles is still there. I was told that you could use euros, so on a day trip with a group of Americans investigating a study abroad program we didn't bother getting pounds. The first pub (which turned out to be a Rangers pub) wouldn't serve us and were very less than helpful as to where we could go. We then got pounds and tried another pub (which turned out to be a Celtic pub). Within 15 seconds of sitting down security started grilling us, asking who we were, why we were there and when we would leave. That's after witnessing a fist-fight on the street involving a half-dozen or so people literally within the first 5 minutes of being in the town. Not the most welcoming city I've ever been to.
Several years ago, my friend did a half marathon around the Ring of Kerry---they called it the Gauntlet. I signed up to do it the next year---but COVID.
That's a lovely area. It would have been a place I would have moved to but when you combine my priorities it wouldn't have worked for me.
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