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  1. Rustjive

    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    Is ‘Before Sunset’ the Best Sequel of All Time? The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin have one day to find out if they should pod together forever after rewatching Richard Linklater’s 2004 romantic drama ‘Before Sunset’. I'm BUZZING, so ready to listen to this.
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    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    Not a hot take at all - over in the 'ONE movie' thread I took Sunset as my one movie. Both are perfect - unparalleled in capturing the exact feeling that Linklater set out to capture - and despite Simmons and Co. sometimes being very 'Sports Guys', you really could hear the romantic in each of...
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    Sox to pursue early extensions with the big 3

    By this logic, every star would happily get their arb years bought out, yet that's not what happens. Clearly some/many players are happy to bet on themselves, and even more are happy to do so after the advice of their agents (Boras).
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    The HC Search

    I actually would love to hear about what the Patriots as an organization are good at. Never mind that The Patriot Way has always been so nebulous, but basically everything and everyone from the dynasty years are gone. The people left in the building have only made terrible decisions recently...
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    The HC Search

    This doesn't make sense at all. Them being public figures doesn't mean their coaching philosophies and problem solving approaches are public knowledge. Jayson Tatum is a public figure but his public persona is as PR as possible - by design, because people are allowed and want to do that - and...
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    The HC Search

    They've also only used their hiring 'process' on 1 coach in the last 20 years, and they struck out badly on that one. Other franchises have been improving in all aspects - the Krafts are relying on no improvements and RKK getting much older.
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    The HC Search

    Based on what? Popularity and vibes? How can they possibly pick THE top candidates without interviewing a larger list? How can they know that Aaron Glenn doesn't have a coaching philosophy more amenable to their ideals? Do you see the issue here? Imagine if after the process, reporters asked...
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    The HC Search

    It's such a joke if they don't do a real, full HC search and it's Vrabel (who I have no opinion on) - I am raging at the process. By his own admission, Kraft just attributed part of the Mayo debacle to essentially FOMO but he's going to repeat the same thing here? 'Measure nine times and cut...
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    A Man Can Dream: Living in a Post Mayo World?

    Yes. I want them to clean house, hire with a rigorous process, to create a FO/coaching staff that's all on the same page, and take the Krafts out of the equation as much as possible.
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    Red Sox hook Crochet for Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez

    Rizzo ended up being pretty good. Edit: Beat to the punch.
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    Sox sign Aroldis Chapman

    I would never assume that all incidents are reported - in any DV situation - but this is of course uncharitable to Chapman. For this particular case, maybe it was just a one-time thing - I wouldn't guess though that abusers involved in circumstances like this (anger issues leading to firing a...
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    Sox sign Aroldis Chapman

    Look, to preface, I value your contributions on other parts of this forum, and I understand that you're sensitive to this issue personally, but there's been quite a few people in this thread that have mentioned 'false accusations' when none of the direct parties or accounts have ever mentioned...
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    Sox sign Aroldis Chapman

    I went down a quick rabbit hole to get 'both sides' after seeing this news and saw mentions of 'well, she wasn't even there when he fired the shots' and 'her story changed' and 'he just poked her away and she fell over' and 'it wasn't choking he just pushed her way by the neck but didn't...
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    The Ringer

    2 things - first off, she isn't a film critic. Even Sean makes that distinction explicitly sometimes. Now whether being a film critic is any different than being a film enthusiast hosting a film podcast is a distinction without meaning, maybe we can quibble with that. But I would posit that...
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    The Ringer

    It's my fault for quoting you directly as a jumping off point - but my criticism isn't aimed at you specifically, necessarily, but at the complainants as a whole. Simply put, a large amount of criticism aimed towards Amanda is 'how can she hate (my) genre?, but those same people aren't...
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    The Ringer

    I mean, it sort of is, a lot of listeners will just reject Amanda's taste in movies because it skews towards things women might like. People will often rag on Amanda liking Nancy Myers (see above) and complain about her 'I'm happy that you have superhero movies' vibe, but give Sean a pass on the...
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    The Ringer

    That's why we have JMO!
  18. Rustjive

    Joe Mazzulla, come on down.

    The market seems to be in agreement with you. It's doubtful that the pre-season or just the opener changed the odds that much, and so based on just narrative at least one sportsbook has Mazzulla as the 3rd favorite at +1200 - only behind Jenkins at +1000 and Finch at +1000.
  19. Rustjive

    Sons of Arthur Bisguier -- The Chess Thread

    At the same time, if Magnus' prep was leaked and Hans looked at it (the most likely scenario, IMO), he has reason to not really let Hans off the hook. Cheating over the board with an engine is real cheating but if you prep for 30 moves (with an engine, ofc) because you know with certainty that...
  20. Rustjive

    Arsenal 22-23: Time to Deliver the Goods

    Looks like that could be the case - https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12660951/premier-league-footballer-arrested-on-suspicion-of-rape-no-longer-investigated-for-one-of-the-three-alleged-incidents
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