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Oh my, let`s not get into the Cockrell debacle again! The angst that was thrown around on this board about such a clearly awful move, wow, pages and pages of angst. After Russ got his second All-pro nod in three seasons as a steeler, my goodness, folks were throwing themselves onto flaming tables while simultaneously trying to drown women in alcohol using the curious method of pouring it down their backside. Times like these are better left forgotten for fear of the next massive personnel failure.

I see that being a bigger deal than brady retiring.

Doesn't seem like the ST slot is available because of roberts this year, we've added in his area of value (speed) and he's going to be hard pressed to make it even without us drafting a wr. So with drafting one he's going to be lucky to make the practice squad.

It's kind of time for a new avatar

Point of clarity please, is that Friday the day, or Friday's, short for TGI Friday's and long for where you have lunch every day? ?

Between that article and the one on incognitio returning, I thought I was reading the onion or some other parody site.

Sure, 2nd/3rd round, not so much

Through his trade ups, it seems like Beane has created/used his surplus draft capital for the current year, not the future. It will be interesting to me to see if/when he trades up because he doesn't have all the additional picks this year so either that philosophy will change or we will get a clearer picture of what Beane values. Given that we have a qb now, I think it's more likely we stand at 9 and take the best player for us. I also don't see us trading down because we need more talent now that we have filled the potholes in the roster with some cold patch.

Well, at least Culley won't have to worry about hitching his wagon to Nate Peterman anymore.

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

I may have a chance with the local high school, and we have a turf field. I don't know if I will be able to practice there because of after school sports, but I am hoping to play games there. The grass practice fields are used year round, in the spring they use them for softball and track. The turf would be nice for the kids and we won't have to worry about cancelling if the weather is wet. I don't see us using the turf this spring because the season starts April 7th and I think permission would probably have to go through the school board. Your thoughts on that? Here is an example of my frustration with the rec board. Over the years the one field at the park seems to be slowly sinking (the creek overflows onto it in the spring) so at some point we will have to bring in a tri-axle or two of dirt to stop the puddles from causing us to cancel games. I will expect the same support I got after a rec board event put deep ravines in one of the fields from a fire truck (I was the president of the club at the time) - nothing. I did make a deal with the guy who works at the park and gave him a $50 gift certificate to help spread the 40+ tons of dirt with a front loader, and was expressly told that needed to be between me and him. The only thing I'll say about the local football program is if you want a successful high school program you need those feeder leagues well run so they can deliver kids to you. If you, the school board and the parents don't care about winning then no worries. Really can't blame you though, no need to offer it if the rules can't be respected. It's interesting the high school coach wouldn't have told them to get their stuff straight since he will be the one effected if the pipeline of talented kids dries up. Sorry to ramble, this stuff really gets to me because I try to make things nice for the kids and it seems like I just get kicked in the nuts for caring. One of the reasons I had to step down from being the president.

Well, Saturdays and Sundays are gamedays, so we're okay there. The clubs play on separate days by design of the state soccer association. As I mentioned earlier, the my local area has recently come into extra cash due to fracking, not to mention they have recently added a gazebo for $50 grand and rent that for $50 a pop. I think I've seen it used twice in the 4 years it's been around. They are going to put an ampitheater in this year, don't know how much that's running, I'm sure I could find out if I really want to.

I would never publicly condone something like this, do you think I'm some kind of idiot? Cue dc tom

One of the local radio guys is from Buffalo, so they always go out of their way to bust his chops. Don't take it personally.

That's a nice thought, the first one. Unfortunately for the second, it's not just me, it's three other teams that need to fit two practices per team in 3 days instead of 5.

School administrators for now, I will be talking to them. At best, we hopefully will use the fields for the older kids. I just found out about this today and the season kicks off April 7th. Oh, there might be some insurance issues, but hopefully we can work that out. Insurance companies are running the world anymore.

Not aware of a process, we had some issues a few years ago and the township manager stood behind our use of the fields. He has been helpful so I'll probably start there. I know there is a process for other rental's in the park, maybe I can get the township to agree to something where we can have our exclusive use somehow put in writing, thanks.

I think our township has like 7,000 residents, we have been in on the natural gas fracking boon in the area so there really isn't a great need for the cash. I'd almost liken this to providing local government services to another area and leaving your area short on services. Really in the end, I don't know what a solution would be. They knowingly took away time from our kids and gave it to kids from outside the area. So they're making a decision that is based on money and not (as far as I am concerned) helping the local families who are their constituents. It's just kind of a dick move, and it's not the first from this rec board and it won't be the last. It really just sucks since we're all volunteers trying to give these kids a decent experience and it's a struggle where it doesn't need to be.

He must pee a lot and sits when he does.

Here in western pa there isn't a whole ton of flat land around. I have an acre but it's better for sledding than for soccer. I used to fantasize about winning the lottery and building my own fields for the kids so I wouldn't have to deal with those *********.

2 grand is on the low side and does not include traveling to tournaments ($400+ per). It is for the entire year and you get a lot for your money, but a lot of those type of clubs have their own fields. I will look into the high school field but that will only take care of the older kids, the ones that can play 11v11. In a perfect world the power is with the taxpayers, but trying to get enough of them irritated and showing up to a township meeting sounds like a monster task. People like to B word but when it comes time to do something there is usually a litany of other things to do. Which in turn is why government sucks.

We have been using these fields since probably the early nineties, maybe the 80's. It's not like we're from another area and are just paying to use them. The park is local and being used by local kids.

Sure, it's just screwing your local kids, and in turn the local schools because if my local club can't function then the school teams won't have a chance to compete. I wouldn't mind so much if they at least put the money back into the fields, or in some way, shape or form find a way to the local club. It's like dealing with a different township instead of one where you'd think you would be taken care of.

It might be a possiblity, that's a good idea, but their kids' parents are paying $2,000+ per year for their kids to get professional coaching so I don't know if they would want to spend that time scrimmaging us. Nice, I will consider it.