OT 19/3: Closed for Renovations

[Steazy Doo]

No, but they were too deep into production of AD S5 to exclude him.

Transparent just got cancelled a few days ago although they fired Tambor in February. The final season won't have him.

That's interesting. I wonder what the dynamic with him being on set through that controversy was like.

 

[FinnLightning26]

If you're wondering what an average Finn is like, this video will show you.

I just boiled my coffee maker too.

 

[JoVel]

If you're wondering what an average Finn is like, this video will show you.

I just boiled my coffee maker too.

This guy is a legend.

 

[Felonious Python]

Wild Wild Country on Netflix is a great documentary.

If you found the Kifflom sidequest in GTAV, I think they took a lot of inspiration from this.

 

[Felonious Python]

ATTN: Lightning training staff

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

New Deadpool is odd.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[LonLon Lei]

Anyone here for the World Cup?
I'm not watching hockey any more now and trying to forget it by watching my team mercifully destroyed in Russia!!!
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - News - Take the FIFA World Cup Bracket Challenge - FIFA.com

 

[Hoek]

Yep. Hoping this is the year Argentina and Messi finally get it done but I'm pretty much expecting heartbreak.

If you think the Lightning are squandering championships under Cooper just look at the sheer idiocy of Argentina's coaches since the 90s.

 

[LonLon Lei]

Yep. Hoping this is the year Argentina and Messi finally get it done but I'm pretty much expecting heartbreak.

If you think the Lightning are squandering championships under Cooper just look at the sheer idiocy of Argentina's coaches since the 90s.

hmm interesting...not sure if their choking history makes me feel any better tho!

And am I the only one who feels soccer coaches get fired way more easily than hockey(NHL) ones?

There always seeem to be a couple of coaches here in NHL who I can't understand why in the world still have a job...it's almost like ppl in the management don't know anything about the game at all!

 

[Felonious Python]

hmm interesting...not sure if their choking history makes me feel any better tho!

And am I the only one who feels soccer coaches get fired way more easily than hockey(NHL) ones?

There always seeem to be a couple of coaches here in NHL who I can't understand why in the world still have a job...it's almost like ppl in the management don't know anything about the game at all!

I've looked at who is a head coach in particular right now. It's basically a matter of if you've played in the NHL you can coach in the NHL/AHL. If you topped out at the ECHL, you can only do ECHL. Leagues lower than that are a bit more adventurous with where they get their coaches from, but you never really advance.

David Quinn to NYR is a nice change. College programs are rabid about putting alumni in those jobs though.

 

[Hoek]

Soccer coaches definitely get fired way more easily. Heck they can get fired just for losing a regular season game to a rival, regardless of how the team finishes.

Anyway as an example of stupid coaching, in 1998 Argentina's coach at the time (Passarella) refused to take a couple of the best players because they had long hair and he had some vendetta against it. Seriously.

 

[Felonious Python]

Soccer coaches definitely get fired way more easily. Heck they can get fired just for losing a regular season game to a rival, regardless of how the team finishes.

Anyway as an example of stupid coaching, in 1998 Argentina's coach at the time (Passarella) refused to take a couple of the best players because they had long hair and he had some vendetta against it. Seriously.

Is it a culmination of losses though? I could see a team getting fed up with a team under performing and then losing to their rival.

 

[Hoek]

Is it a culmination of losses though? I could see a team getting fed up with a team under performing and then losing to their rival.

No, I've seen a coach or two fired or resign for winning the league but losing both games to their top rival. Or losing a knockout game to a rival despite winning other trophies. It's not a guarantee and many survive that, but fans definitely start grumbling about it when it happens.

 

[Felonious Python]

No, I've seen a coach or two fired or resign for winning the league but losing both games to their top rival. Or losing a knockout game to a rival despite winning other trophies. It's not a guarantee and many survive that, but fans definitely start grumbling about it when it happens.

that's what I sort of thought you were saying. My only exposure to any of that is playing Championship Manager for a bit and being surprised at how strongly the board of directors acted when I lost to a rival. In EHM (same developers), they'd never do that.

I think a lot of it comes down to how large the coaching field is perceived to be, and how similar the game is played pretty much everywhere. A Premier League team can recruit from Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, etc., in addition to domestically. NA hockey isn't like that. IIHF rules make the game different enough that we don't trust the results of the KHL, SM-Liiga, SHL, etc., which makes our world much smaller.

 

[Felonious Python]

this is also the thread we talk about butts.

 

[LonLon Lei]

Ouch reading Hoek's post now I remember.(That story sounds like it comes from a high school btw) I've completely forgotten how crazy those soccer fans can be!! That must play a huge role, too.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[These Are The Days]

Hey everyone! Time to pick a new username for LC!

Electrophobia Catalyst is my selection

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Hey everyone! Time to pick a new username for LC!

Electrophobia Catalyst is my selection

The potential is there. Not bad.

Achievemephobia Catalyst. Just like The Lightning seem to have

Phobophobia Catalyst

Panophobia Catalyst

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Catalyst.

Edit: According to the site I can change again in 118 days. Sept 28. I guess my sponsor status no longer allows early changes.

 

[JoVel]

Don't know what it means but I like the sound of panophobia.