50 minutes ago, greend said:

When you grow up in Houston in the sixties and seventies you own oil stocks.  They do still pay decent dividends. One of my great (4) grandfathers was a teamster in Titusville hauling oil in wagon in barrels from the Drake well.  Might say it’s in my blood, although I strongly suspect my retired cousin is the last in the industry.  I currently have stock in most the major components of Standard Oil (Chevron, Exxon/Mobil and BP).  Maybe JD’s picture would be more fitting than JR’s  

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Watching the Masters from the 16th at Augusta is on my bucket list.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

That's pretty good.    But, I mean, if he really wanted to impress, he should have just got to land straight into the cup from the start, why make it take such a circuitous route?

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Watching the Masters from the 16th at Augusta is on my bucket list.

Drinking a bucket of 16s in August is on my master list.  

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That's pretty good.    But, I mean, if he really wanted to impress, he should have just got to land straight into the cup from the start, why make it take such a circuitous route?

If that was me the ball would have nose dived to the bottom

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

If that was me the ball would have nose dived to the bottom

I don't generally play golf... but when I do, it ends with me hitting which ever ball I find that's in the same general zip code as where my ball ended up.

3 hours ago, justrelax said:

Creative? Yes. Good? No.

What play call has Doug done that’s been creative this season?

Buddy 1:  "I found a ball.  What were you playing with?" 

Me: "What did you find?"

Buddy 1: "Titleist 2"

Me: "Yeah, that's mine."

Buddy 2: "I thought you were using a Nike ball on the last hole."

Me: "Yeah, that was the last hole.  This one is a Titleist." 

Buddy 2: "Really you change balls every hole?  Why a different brand?"

Me: "Because he (pointing at Buddy 1) find a Titleist."

4 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

What play call has Doug done that’s been creative this season?

Asked and answered. He's also run jet sweeps, triple options, and rpos. He's run the IZ, inside traps, and powers, which haven't been wonderful because the guards are soooo sloooow.

3 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

What play call has Doug done that’s been creative this season?

The plays themselves needn't look creative to be creative.

It could be running the same route concept from different looks or personnel groupings.  Varying the sequence of plays during a drive.  The choice of play for a specific down and distance.

 

That said, the screen to Reagor out of orbit motion last week was creative.

2 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Asked and answered. He's also run jet sweeps, triple options, and rpos. He's run the IZ, inside traps, and powers, which haven't been wonderful because the guards are soooo sloooow.

I was just looking for one example. Didn’t know it was answered already. There were a ton of pages I didn’t want to go through

4 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

The plays themselves needn't look creative to be creative.

It could be running the same route concept from different looks or personnel groupings.  Varying the sequence of plays during a drive.  The choice of play for a specific down and distance.

 

That said, the screen to Reagor out of orbit motion last week was creative.

I would think it’s a matter of opinion 

58 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

It has to happen organically, When green energy becomes cheaper, thats when we will shift to it. We are not there as of yet. And if you think fossil fuels are limited, wait till you find out about the Lithium they use in the Batteries. I am all for green energy, it just has to make sense. 

The cost of oil/fuels will go up, but at a much higher rate the minute you remove our energy independence and start having to rely overseas for our supply. We have been down that road. It was only been during this decade that we became energy independent. I lived through the 70's 

My father in law spent $50K+ putting in solar panels 10 years ago. He got some tax breaks for a while, but the Government removed those a while back, which lengthened his ROI.  It was supposed to be 15 years.  Now his ROI is figuring to be at about 22 years, at which point, his system will need updating. Nothing is free. 

For now, the world still moves on Oil, everything, food, clothing, all products moved by fossil fuels, when the cost of OIl/Gas go up, so does the cost of all goods and services. Yeah the future is green, but we live in the present and will continue to do so for the next 5-10 years+ 

Don’t disagree with most of this.  Oil should lose its subsidies. PA really should put an extraction charge on its oil.  Heck, even Texas has that.  Not sure we should be exporting rather than holding onto our oil.  I certainly would be filling up the SPR.  

I lived through the 70s too.  Fortunately I had friends that worked at places with gas pumps so I avoided a lot of the lines.  I don’t want to go there ever again, which is why, if we are going towards green energy, we have to make it here.   I would love to see rail make a comeback.  I am fascinated by Branson’s tube runner and Musk’s borer.  Trains might address some of the longer haul needs without batteries  

 I also read an interesting article on the use of catalysts in carbon capture, where iron was used with microwave and the primary by products were carbon nanotubes and hydrogen.  Carbon nanotubes are probably the composite that will be used for building many items in the future, including autos and planes and the hydrogen they could burn to make the energy for the microwaves.  This country needs to be on the forefront of not only developing these tools, including wind and solar, 

Worse mistake solar sales ever made was ROI.  We don’t look at cars, water heaters, roofs, HVAC etc. that way.  Shouldn’t looks at panels that way.  My dad was a kid on a ranch in SD with no electricity or indoor plumbing.  When they got the latter, they didn’t think about ROI.  Their first electricity was a wind generator.   I would love a turbine blade like the link inside a turbo sail in my yard.   That would be a modern version of a wind generator.   

4 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

You aren't good at math, posting, spelling, original thought, talent evaluation on the football field, name calling, looking in the mirror, or attracting the opposite sex, are you?  

Added to your post.  

Looks like the Turds have lost CB Trevon Diggs for 4-6 weeks with a fractured foot.  

Someone would have to pay me to go watch other people play golf 

6 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Belichek playing chess: 

 

Yea that aged as well as a Disney Channel daytime TV star with a drug habit.  

I think had he not gotten hurt, most would have likely been fine with that stat line for his rookie year.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

I think had he not gotten hurt, most would have likely been fine with that stat line for his rookie year.

 

 

Well beneath what you'd hope for from a 1st round pick who needs to be the savior of the WR corps.

34 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Someone would have to pay me to go watch other people play golf 

Ain't it the truth? Especially at Augusta, lovely though it is.

I really thought Philly Sports Radio couldn't get any dumber, yet here we are.

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

I really thought Philly Sports Radio couldn't get any dumber, yet here we are.

Comes from the same people who wanted Andy fired in like 2007.

13 minutes ago, RLC said:

I really thought Philly Sports Radio couldn't get any dumber, yet here we are.

Better poll question: Would Andy have relinquished the control he had in organization over the team/roster if he wouldn't have been fired? 

 

He doesn't have GM duty on the Chiefs and can focus more on the coaching aspects. 

 

Edit: I'm also sure the death of his son put a strain on his work. 

29 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

I think had he not gotten hurt, most would have likely been fine with that stat line for his rookie year.

 

 

Also,  extrapolating stats from his first 2 games over the course of the season is most likely a big underestimate. 

It doesn't account for the probability of improvement and expanded role. 

Imagine extrapolating Tee Higgins first 2 games over 16...

It's just not an accurate picture.

More than likely,  over 16 games he would produce much more than that.