Johnny Hammersticks

I know. I still feel just a little bit bad about it though. ? Fair point. Like I said, I don’t feel great about what I did but I couldn’t resist. One thing I failed to mention is that we had to forfeit our final game. My Athletic Director’s rule for lacrosse is that we have to forfeit if our roster drops below 13. He says it’s not safe to play the games with such low numbers. He would have made our 13th player. A lot of disappointed players including 4 seniors who lost their opportunity to play their final game on our home field.

So I coach a varsity lacrosse team here in Vermont. I have a player who is one of my better players, but he is very immature, is a horrible student which makes him ineligible frequently, and he lies all the time to get out of practice. Up until now I have just ignored it. I don’t have the numbers to bench him when he does show, and I don’t think he has the best role models at home. He’s generally a pretty decent kid so I let him slide. If I confronted him he’d probably just quit. Anyway, yesterday (sat) was our final game of the season. I was already low on numbers with a couple kids injured. He texted me a few hours before the bus was supposed to leave and said that his grandfather had emergency surgery, and that he had to drive down alone to NY to be with him in the hospital because his parents couldn’t make it down there right away. I didn’t question him, and just wished him and his grandfather the best. Even though, deep down, I suspected that he was full of crap. I have a Facebook page set up to communicate with my players and parents, and this morning I noticed that he posted a picture of he and his friend trout fishing (caught some nice brookies). I commented on his photo “You’ll have to let me know your secret spot is, Pseudonym Paul. I hope your grandfather is on the mend. You’re a good kid for going down to support him in his time of need.” Either a nice comment or trap set ? I went out and mowed the lawn, and when I came back inside I checked my FB. Sure as hell, the next comment below mine is from his mother. “What the hell is going on, Pseudonymn Paul?!?! What is wrong with Papa? You didn’t go to NY...you had a bonfire with your friends last night in my backyard!!” I kinda feel guilty, but I kinda feel like he had it coming. Jerk move?

Bringing my son to the NCAA lacrosse championship in Foxboro tomorrow. Ticket prices dropped more than 65% since before the final 4. Got lower level, 45 yard line, 10 rows up for $44/ticket. Right behind the team bench areas. I’m super pumped about this. Looking to make this a tradition with my boy.

58 Does this mean that I’m not on the Autism Spectrum?

I’m in the same boat, man. I try to play online with my friends who play all the time and it isn’t even fun. I usually just play the missions.

Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey is my fav. My go-to when I take the fam out for IC is mint chocolate chip.

Oooooh, lighten up Phyllis. We Cuse and Bona fans co-exist just fine around here. Just some good-natured ball breaking. It is, however, a Syracuse basketball thread. Just sayin.... Is there some rule dictating that in order to start a thread about your team, they need to have name recognition beyond a 30 mile radius of the university? Serious question. Mods?

Even a blind squirrel finds a but every once in a while. Syracuse will keep Bona on their schedule. They like to play at least one D-3 squad every year, and I hear SUNY Binghamton’s schedule is already filled.

Battlefront II is a lot of fun. Doom got me hooked for a while. I think I got it used for like $12. My go-to is NHL18.

Guns don’t kill people. People with full face tattoos kill people.

Depends. When does the XFL start again?

Doubt it. He’s completely burned that bridge, IMO. Along with Ray Rice and Colin Keapernick....welcome to the NFL black list, Ritchie. I hope he gets help, but I never want to see him in a Bills uni ever again. Buh bye ?

Why not? Need QB’s in camp, brah. If he doesn’t look better than McCarron in camp, he will either be released or placed on the practice squad.

Uggh....good babysitters are so hard to come by!!

Agreed. Vaping is dumb and makes people look even more stupid than they already are. What is wet lung, and can you get that from bong hits?

I was thinking a young Tommy Lasorda

It certainly seems as though Ritchie is now showing his true colors. If he signed a restructured contract, he should absolutely adhere to that contract. If he feels that he was "duped" by either the Bills or his agent, and signed the contract without understanding the full ramifications/details, then too bad for him. I receive a new contract every March for the following school year, and I'm given 14 calendar days to review and sign (or dispute if I disagree). It's my choice, and I read and try to understand every last word on the document before I sign. No different here. The way he has handled this in public, IMO, has been a complete bag over the head punch in the face to the only organization that was willing to give him a second chance. Karma is a B word, Ritchie.

Congrats. Probably better for both parties anyway. Like I said, he would not have seen many minutes this year for SU.

Osun to Bona. Battle to NBA draft. Heard from a couple “sources” now. FWIW

As much as I want him for depth, if he’s smart he’ll pick Bona or G’Town where he’ll actually get some minutes next year. By all accounts, Sidibe will be healthy with Chukwu being the starter. I think he goes Bona, honestly.

My Father is probably the most amazing person I have ever met. Truly a hard working, loving, dedicated parent. He just couldn't keep his d**k in his pants when I was a little kid. He would work doing construction during the week, and then he was a bartender on Friday and Saturday nights. I remember just about every Saturday morning, while eating cereal in my underwear watching morning cartoons, another bar skag would stumble out of my Father's room and out the door. We joke about it to this day.

My parents were not married when I was conceived/born. In fact, my father was married to another woman when he and my mother conceived me. Talk about an oops baby.....

The comparison is Phillips to Suh?? Common, man!

Interesting. I thought last summer’s batch was the best it has been in a few years. I saw it yesterday at my beer store. I’ll have to give it a try today.

Assault? Dang.