ruinac said:

you understood my point.

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My point was to remind everyone about the Miracle Mets. 😁

The only thing I've wondered about with regards to his training regimen is how sustainable it is over time, taking injuries and aging into consideration. Father time is undefeated and nobody has been able to truly defy it.

And yes, I'd still be wondering this if he came to RU. Can't wait to watch him though. I'd rather see Jax join him and have the talent spread out more.

dbegleiter said:

People complain about everything. People complaining about this are probably the same people who complain about playing at MSG

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Ah..Another guy complaining about so-called complainers. Par for the course.

mdk01 said:

I was off topic? Then what was the quote I responded to?

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I said "we," meaning the thread as a whole.

NickRU714 said:

Also, the "guys don't want to work for Schiano" is a little confusing.

I'm sure it's true - I don't know any better.
I'm not talking to coaches or sources.

But then why are guys coming back to Schiano?
I would imagine the guys must likely to not want to work for Schiano are guys who already had to "endure" Schiano micromanaging them.

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some people said that about him in GS 1.0 he was young , fiesty, determined to make RU succeed and was supper motivated and passionate. not all coaches felt that way , for some it was a gig nothing more.

NickKnight 1 said:

Car

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Battery

dbegleiter said:

People complain about everything. People complaining about this are probably the same people who complain about playing at MSG

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I wouldn’t say that calling out incompetence is really complaining.

It’s common sense that if they want fans to wear Black they should be promoting it well in advance of the game and sending out the communications via text / email in advance of gameday.

As others have mentioned a lot of folks head to games from work or other locations (not straight from home).

They’re usually pretty good at promoting these things and for whatever reason there was almost no communication other than today.

RULoyal said:

Space Farms woodchuck sees early spring

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I just looked up the difference between a groundhog and a woodchuck - to my surprise, they're the same. Both are Marmota monax.

MadRU said:

Electric

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RUPete said:

Dixiecrat or Democrat? It would be disingenuous not to consider the time and place in history. Either way, we're way off topic on this now, sadly...again. The NTSB investigations typically take 1-2 years. So we wait.

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I was off topic? Then what was the quote I responded to?

fluoxetine said:

Look, it's always on the head coach to put together a roster with more margin for error and/or misfortune than we had. That said, unless you think Ace's development is a fluke (which I do not), you need to look realistically:

From beginning of season to end 2024, Rutgers played like the ~90th best team while healthy. Dylan Harper was one of the best 5-10 players in the entire country over this period.

From 1/1/2025 to now, Rutgers played like the ~63rd best team, significantly better. Dylan Harper over this period played probably 1.5-2 games where we was arguably at full strength, has missed three games, and was rendered completely ineffective by injury or illness the rest of the time. During this stretch Ace Bailey (and to a lesser extent the supporting cast) improved so dramatically that the team overall played better.

If you accept the Bailey development as real (and I do, because he is expected to be a top 3 pick) then the current team with a healthy Harper is actually probably pretty good. It's unclear if we'll ever actually get to see it, but it is there in theory.

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the first 14 games are almost half the schedule so you cannot really seperate it from teams dna, its all part of the resume

got to be ready to play..full body of work and rutgers wasnt and picked up zero out of conference wins of note and put up 1 really bad loss and had another slip up...it made the margin of error incredibly small even if dylan didnt have flu or anke trouble....solid teams overcome stuff, rutgers lacked any depth to do that

12Z models are in and are snowier and a bit wetter, in general. Tough forecast. Could see the NWS maybe bumping the initial snowfall thump up a little bit, but maybe not, as perhaps they have confidence in the warm air aloft coming in sooner, holding down snow/sleet amounts to the 1-2" forecast for most N of 276/195. We'll see.

• For the global models, the Euro and CMC are both about 2-4" for folks N of 276/195 (and 1-2" south of there for Philly and northern SNJ), UK is 3-5" for the whole Philly-NJ-NYC region, while the GFS is 1-2" along/N of 276/195, but 2-4" for NENJ/NYC.
• For the meso/short-term models, the HRRR and RAP are very bullish, still, with 3-5" for the entire region (a bit less for far SNJ), the RGEM shows 2-3" N of 276/195 (1" or so south of there)
  • The NAM and NAM 3km are huge outliers showing <1" south of 80, with a bit of freezing rain, but mostly rain falling (1/4-1/2") and 1-2" of snow to freezing rain and rain north of there. Hard to take them too seriously given how much of an outlier they are - would be a huge coup if they were right.
• Almost all of the models showing a few inches or more of snow above do eventually show a changeover to sleet and rain (1/4" or more as temps go above freezing in the mid/late morning for most) with some showing a brief transition featuring freezing rain first, especially along/NW of 95

ruinac said:

And in 1964 the NY Mets were 40-120

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And the quote was still wrongfully attributed to Republicans.

It's a novel idea, but that wouldnt win a championship. Now if all five schools could chip in, buy a portable Fieldhouse to move with all the players, we'd have a chance every five years. Maybe we should solicit the company used for The Boardwalk. They took an entire setup to the bowl game. They should be able to transport the portable Fieldhouse.

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dbegleiter said:

People complain about everything. People complaining about this are probably the same people who complain about playing at MSG

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Nobody complains about the concept. The place looks good when done properly. Usually RU is all over communicating these.

This one is amateur hour though. And the team isn't even wearing black

BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine said:

No the 'qualifications' questions won't be ignored. The ONLY question about DEI is whether less qualified folks-male/female/black/white/gay/straight/bi/whatever--are being pushed and promoted ahead of better qualified folks because of the DEI policy.

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The problem here is how quantifiable the definition of qualified is. In most cases qualification is a combination of factors, some quantifiable and some not(think about hiring/promotion decisions, there is no purely analytical process for hiring someone). Now the military tends be be more transparent than most, but even there, we will never know specifically why this person was chosen aviation branch over someone else. And therefore some folks will continue to push the DEI factor simply because she wasn't a white male and no one will be able to "prove" that she was better qualified than someone else not chosen.

I can understand some of the concerns about "lowering" or different standards for women in military specialties where upper body strength is a core job requirement. As a tanker, I had concerns whether women could handle being a loader on my tank - where the requirements include rapidly moving 50lb shells inside the confines of the turret or using the extraction straps built into the back of my nomex "flightsuit" aka CVC to allow someone to lift me out of the turret through a top hatch if I was injured and couldn't climb out myself. But if a woman was able to meet those functional physical standards, then I have no problem with her being selected for Armor.

Pilots are not one of those specialties where upper body strength is a core job requirement. Key standards I expect would include spatial awareness, eye/hand coordination, planning skills, communication, etc, etc. None of which have a gender based bias which might require "lowering" standards for women.

mdk01 said:

Uttered by a Democrat who later became an independent. Never a Republican. And more Republicans (as a %) voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than Democrats.

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Dixiecrat or Democrat? It would be disingenuous not to consider the time and place in history. Either way, we're way off topic on this now, sadly...again. The NTSB investigations typically take 1-2 years. So we wait.

29PAS said:

Guitar

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Electric

e5fdny said:

Not forced but as @tom1944 says...give it time. Once there is physically no more room and the branching out begins, as it is now, it could happen. Not the merging but just having a big enough presence to get things done the way they want.

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Oh I know. But the last 4 pages were in response to a call to action, posted by Tom, real time to “force” the merger. Not some time in the future through vote but through forced merger.
As you know the towns they are encroaching upon will not sit idly by and allow this to happen. As I said this can lead to an all out physical conflict.