I put this in the comments of the diary, but for you board users:
While I was in school, I was one of the cameramen for Michigan Replay. My first season was 2007 (Carr's last season). We would film immediately following home games, but after the Minnesota game, there was a big tech issue that delayed getting the highlight package ready. So while coach was waiting, he asked us to bring a TV into the studio to watch another game. Brandy was out chatting with people so I was kind of lingering in the studio while Coach Carr watched TV. Annoyed by my awkward presence, he demanded I sit and watch with him so I would stop looming over him. Did not have to ask me twice.
So I sit and try to just watch, but the moment gets the better of me and I start asking questions about what he's watching: "What would you say to THAT guy?" and "Was that a good call?" Really intelligent stuff. He was nice enough about it, but mostly through short, grunting replies. His eyes never left the game.
In desperation, I remembered that the next week was the MSU game, so I came up with the question that I was sure would really get coach to talk: "So coach, what do you think about Michigan State next week?" For the first time, he fully turned his attention towards me. He said, "VicValiant… I know two things about MSU. They are green. And they are assholes. And I don't plan on giving them any more thought than that." And he went back to watching the game. 7 days later, we beat them in East Lansing (not a comfortable win, by any means, but he got the job done).
Hate week will always be the week of the green assholes to me.
This seems like the right place for my first comment. A story:
While I was in school, I was one of the cameramen for Michigan Replay. My first season was 2007 (Carr's last season). We would film immediately following home games, but after the Minnesota game, there was a big tech issue that delayed getting the highlight package ready. So while coach was waiting, he asked us to bring a TV into the studio to watch another game. Brandy was out chatting with people so I was kind of lingering in the studio while Coach Carr watched TV. Annoyed by my awkward presence, he demanded I sit and watch with him so I would stop looming over him. Did not have to ask me twice.
So I sit and try to just watch, but the moment gets the better of me and I start asking questions about what he's watching: "What would you say to THAT guy?" and "Was that a good call?" Really intelligent stuff. He was nice enough about it, but mostly through short, grunting replies. His eyes never left the game.
In desperation, I remembered that the next week was the MSU game, so I came up with the question that I was sure would really get coach to talk: "So coach, what do you think about Michigan State next week?" For the first time, he fully turned his attention towards me. He said, "VicValiant… I know two things about MSU. They are green. And they are assholes. And I don't plan on giving them any more thought than that." And he went back to watching the game. 7 days later, we beat them in East Lansing (not a comfortable win, by any means, but he got the job done).
Hate week will always be the week of the green assholes to me.
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Or when you double post?? Haha
Don’t you hate when you’re raging so hard at a 21 year old making a smart financial decision that you accidentally typo your way into the right take?
Probably the right call. Get healed up, get ready for the draft, and get to the league. He gave everything he had to this school.
A few podcasts I’d recommend to pretty much anyone:
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99% Invisible
Serial (Season 1 is the grand daddy of all podcasting. Seasons 2 and 3 are fine but not necessary.)
This American Life
Radiolab
Mystery Show (Only one season but it was amazing)
I put this in the comments of the diary, but for you board users:
While I was in school, I was one of the cameramen for Michigan Replay. My first season was 2007 (Carr's last season). We would film immediately following home games, but after the Minnesota game, there was a big tech issue that delayed getting the highlight package ready. So while coach was waiting, he asked us to bring a TV into the studio to watch another game. Brandy was out chatting with people so I was kind of lingering in the studio while Coach Carr watched TV. Annoyed by my awkward presence, he demanded I sit and watch with him so I would stop looming over him. Did not have to ask me twice.
So I sit and try to just watch, but the moment gets the better of me and I start asking questions about what he's watching: "What would you say to THAT guy?" and "Was that a good call?" Really intelligent stuff. He was nice enough about it, but mostly through short, grunting replies. His eyes never left the game.
In desperation, I remembered that the next week was the MSU game, so I came up with the question that I was sure would really get coach to talk: "So coach, what do you think about Michigan State next week?" For the first time, he fully turned his attention towards me. He said, "VicValiant… I know two things about MSU. They are green. And they are assholes. And I don't plan on giving them any more thought than that." And he went back to watching the game. 7 days later, we beat them in East Lansing (not a comfortable win, by any means, but he got the job done).
Hate week will always be the week of the green assholes to me.
This seems like the right place for my first comment. A story:
While I was in school, I was one of the cameramen for Michigan Replay. My first season was 2007 (Carr's last season). We would film immediately following home games, but after the Minnesota game, there was a big tech issue that delayed getting the highlight package ready. So while coach was waiting, he asked us to bring a TV into the studio to watch another game. Brandy was out chatting with people so I was kind of lingering in the studio while Coach Carr watched TV. Annoyed by my awkward presence, he demanded I sit and watch with him so I would stop looming over him. Did not have to ask me twice.
So I sit and try to just watch, but the moment gets the better of me and I start asking questions about what he's watching: "What would you say to THAT guy?" and "Was that a good call?" Really intelligent stuff. He was nice enough about it, but mostly through short, grunting replies. His eyes never left the game.
In desperation, I remembered that the next week was the MSU game, so I came up with the question that I was sure would really get coach to talk: "So coach, what do you think about Michigan State next week?" For the first time, he fully turned his attention towards me. He said, "VicValiant… I know two things about MSU. They are green. And they are assholes. And I don't plan on giving them any more thought than that." And he went back to watching the game. 7 days later, we beat them in East Lansing (not a comfortable win, by any means, but he got the job done).
Hate week will always be the week of the green assholes to me.