Corby Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 3:35 AM, Le duke said: Punctuation matters. His statement, as written, had a pretty negative connotation. To me, at least. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Expand You hear stories over the years about those calls. And my point was it's usually not the coaches fans think of as the wild ones who make backhanded comments when recruits make that final call. For the most part coaches say we appreciate the relationship we built and good luck . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonster Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 11:43 AM, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said: Apparently it helps with PSU admissions. Best part is parents were educators and were cool with the whole situation. Expand Sounded like he was unsupervised as well. Pretty lame when parents hold their kids back just to be better than other kids, IMO, but not even having the kid repeat the grade and completely withdrawing him from school is wild to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1032004 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 1:29 PM, pokemonster said: Sounded like he was unsupervised as well. Pretty lame when parents hold their kids back just to be better than other kids, IMO, but not even having the kid repeat the grade and completely withdrawing him from school is wild to me. Expand Didn’t he say it was like a team thing (a not-even school-affiliated football team, IIRC)? The parents wanted a bunch of them to stay back so the team could be really good? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 2:10 PM, 1032004 said: Didn’t he say it was like a team thing (a not-even school-affiliated football team, IIRC)? The parents wanted a bunch of them to stay back so the team could be really good? Expand Yes. And the school said "no" to him because his grades/test scores showed there was ZERO reason to hold him back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 2:31 PM, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said: Yes. And the school said "no" to him because his grades/test scores showed there was ZERO reason to hold him back. Expand Was there really an reason to hold back some as good as Bo for wrestling either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 4:19 PM, Jim L said: Was there really an reason to hold back some as good as Bo for wrestling either? Expand I'm pretty sure he was dominant before being held back. I think it was actually a football thing, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1032004 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 2:31 PM, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said: Yes. And the school said "no" to him because his grades/test scores showed there was ZERO reason to hold him back. Expand Can't remember, didn't he say his sister was held back as well or something so they just hung out at home together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 4:42 PM, 1032004 said: Can't remember, didn't he say his sister was held back as well or something so they just hung out at home together? Expand That was 100% the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwtwg Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 3:35 AM, Le duke said: Punctuation matters. His statement, as written, had a pretty negative connotation. To me, at least. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Expand If you're an AWL then you already know the joke. If not, the #1 sports podcast has a running bit where one of the podcast members was watching a playoff game and there was a surprising sequence. He meant to tweet the common phrase "Phuckin A!! Man..." Instead he reminded the world that love is love i am an idiot on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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