Catholic hospitals usually have a quickie communion service, no music, no homily, my family used to (literally) worship. 30 minutes give or take if the priest got buzzed upstairs for some last rites.
GYERO ARCHIVE
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Between my freshman and sophomore years of college I had a bad jet ski wreck (head on collision with a 12 year old kid that had no business operating a jet ski) that I had to be rescued from. The guy that saved my life pulled me back to the beach by my right arm.
Doctors were worried about my head and lungs, but my arm was darn near useless where ol' boy saved me by dragging me through the ocean.
When I was cleared to return to basketball activities, I shot a free throw to start my first workout. I was a 90% ft shooter in high school, mind you. That first shot since the accident went about 10 feet.
Nerve damage. Muscle memory was fine but I had nothing back there to get the ball to the rim. Killed my confidence and I was pretty much done as a college athlete after that. Things came back around, but I still had to change my shot a bit. Just a weird feeling to have that happen, and I could sure see how that would mess with a person's psychology, especially if it was the way they made their living.
Doctors were worried about my head and lungs, but my arm was darn near useless where ol' boy saved me by dragging me through the ocean.
When I was cleared to return to basketball activities, I shot a free throw to start my first workout. I was a 90% ft shooter in high school, mind you. That first shot since the accident went about 10 feet.
Nerve damage. Muscle memory was fine but I had nothing back there to get the ball to the rim. Killed my confidence and I was pretty much done as a college athlete after that. Things came back around, but I still had to change my shot a bit. Just a weird feeling to have that happen, and I could sure see how that would mess with a person's psychology, especially if it was the way they made their living.
So Maxx and his entire family went to church in the bereavement room of a hospital in order to avoid music, homily, etc...:joy:
That sounds like an incredible "life hack".
That sounds like an incredible "life hack".
We sold it to ourselves and to the Lord as being the only time we could all go as a family what with parent working at the hospital and such.
I’m just here sharing wisdom.
Glad the left arm is ok for waving.
And what about this Judas guy, folks? Wow. Woooowwwwwwwwww. Where I come from, we call that guy a jagoff. Judas Jagoff - how's that sound?
It's pretty clear and many who would know have said there was an injury at some point. Athletes at that level don't catch the yips for nearly a year straight... They go cold for a stretch, but they don't suddenly forget how to execute their shooting stroke completely and wind up with a ridiculous, jerk-hitch in their shot. Seems pretty clear and it's been reported that he either injured his shoulder messing with his shot or had to try and reinvent his shot based on an injury. Either way, for whatever reason he can no longer execute his previous shooting stroke. If he could he'd be at least attempting to go back to it. His current stroke isn't even attempting to go back to what worked. He can't physically perform that motion, or he can't do it without pain.
The only thing I don't believe about Strokin's story is the 90% free throw percentage. You're a gyero-man. It had to have been 95-97%.
To be fair this was pre-GYERO for him (I assume)
-The only major sports injury I can't (LOL) remember is the CTE I died from a few years ago.
-The world needs more Fat Tuesday daiquiri bars IMO. I mean, one smack in the middle of Anytown, USA's nightlife district could really turn things up a few notches.
-Lass emailed and wants CAJUN FOOD tonight! K! I'll stand in line outstide in the cold for ****** J Gumbo's while you cozy up on the couch... home around 8:30!
-The world needs more Fat Tuesday daiquiri bars IMO. I mean, one smack in the middle of Anytown, USA's nightlife district could really turn things up a few notches.
-Lass emailed and wants CAJUN FOOD tonight! K! I'll stand in line outstide in the cold for ****** J Gumbo's while you cozy up on the couch... home around 8:30!
I actually really like it when my wife asks to me run errands after work because that's just quiet alone time
Walk in and hand her a Zatarains packet.
Good on her supporting krazykats like that. Everyone needs help. Some more than others.
You, that's who.
You're the dumbest poster in the Paddock, bar none. Don't believe me? Name another poster who, when they found out about Patti's Restaurant burning, was more worried about the ******* petting zoo than the kitchen. "Who gives a damn about what generates between $15,000 - $20,000 in DAILY receipts, I just hope the goats are ok."
Leave. Don't come back. Ever.
Did not care anything about the kitchen Queef. I was more worried about the GD mini golf course. At least I can touching read. I did not really give a touch about any part of it TBK, glad you love OMG Two inch pork chops sooooo much to defend the place. Get bent and choke on a 12 inch pork chop from Mr. Patti if you choose. Thanks for taking the time to create a new account just to respond to the poster everyone loves to hate. I have to lead the "create new accounts to reply to a ****** post" category.
Back to lurking..... until......
Back to lurking..... until......
Ken Pomeroy
Last October I identified five trends worth watching this season. There was a lot of low-hanging fruit in there, and most of the trends have held up.
Shooting continues to improve. For the third consecutive season, free-throw percentage and 3-point attempts are at all-time highs. For the second consecutive season, 2-point percentage is at an all-time high. And 3-point percentage is the highest it’s been since the line was moved to its current location 10 seasons ago.
All of the great shooting has led to teams making a collective 51.0 percent (effective FG) of their attempts, which would break the all-time record of 50.5 set last season. Teams are scoring an average 1.039 points per possession, and if recent history holds, that will rise a tiny bit down the stretch. That figure, however, would not be a record, falling short of the 1.045 points per possession scored in 2014.
The inquisitive fan may wonder why offensive efficiency is not setting a record when shooting numbers across the board are unprecedented. Let’s compare the four factors across the two seasons to get a sense of what’s happening.
Season PPP eFG% OR% TO% FTR
2014 1.045 49.6 31.4 18.3 40.5
2018 1.039 51.0 28.9 18.7 33.6
The substantial rise in shooting is offset by differences in the other three categories. Offensive rebounding is probably as its lowest since the game was invented. That’s a natural consequence of coaches trying to prevent transition and offensive players spending more time outside the 3-point line. Turnovers are slightly higher than they were in 2014, although the difference is small and will continue to shrink over the course of the season.
The most dramatic change is in the number of free throws being shot. I haven’t heard any discussion of this, but fouls are noticeably down. Like, way down. There have been 18.3 fouls per game compared to 18.9 last season and 19.4 two seasons ago. In 2014, there were 19.2 fouls per game. The resulting free throws that season helped bump up efficiency to a level we won’t reach this season despite much better shooting.
Along the same lines, teams have shot an average of 19.5 free throws per game compared to 22.3 in 2014. This season will have the fewest free throws since 1974, when there were 18.9 attempts per game.
The per-game comparisons between 2014 and 2018 aren’t completely fair, however. On average, games in 2014 had three fewer possessions than this season. With more possessions, there are more opportunities for fouls to be called, yet we are seeing fewer whistles even without accounting for pace. Naturally, on a per-possession basis the trend is even more obvious. There have been 25.9 fouls per 100 possessions. That’s the lowest figure since at least the early 1990s.
This all sounds fantastic. The game features better shooting than ever with more possessions and fewer fouls than at any time in recent history. What’s next? An end-game without replay reviews and multiple timeouts? Bring it on.
But as someone who obsesses over statistical trends, I had to wonder if this is too good to be true. The spike in fouls in 2014 was a response to a prolonged era of officials allowing extremely physical defense, which led to longer possessions and reduced offensive efficiency. Just because there have been fewer fouls called doesn’t mean there have been fewer fouls committed.
One thing worth investigating is whether officials have suddenly abdicated their responsibility mid-season and are letting players get away with more than in the recent past. This thought hit home on Saturday after watching the Virginia-Virginia Tech game, in which a total of 16 fouls were called during the 40 minutes of regulation. To see if anything usual is going on, I plotted fouls per game by week of the season, comparing this season’s values to the ones from the past four seasons of elevated foul rates.
Well, this is reassuring. This season has followed the typical pattern of seeing foul rates drop dramatically during the first month of the season before a more subtle trend develops over the rest of the year. It turns out I had witnessed the perfect storm: a game involving a Virginia team that rarely draws or commits fouls officiated by a Roger Ayers-led crew that tends to call fewer fouls than average.
I also wanted to check whether there has been any difference in 2-point shooting in the paint. We can get a feel for this by looking at all shots in the play-by-play labeled as layups, dunks or tip-ins. These numbers are trending up as well, from 58.9 percent in 2014 to 59.6 percent last season and 60.1 percent this year. Even more impressive is that the improvement is occurring while players are getting to the rim more often. In 2014, 54.9 percent of all 2-point attempts were near the rim. That figure has risen to 56.1 percent this season. So it certainly doesn’t seem as if officials calling fewer fouls is inviting more physical defense.
The decline in fouls may be due to the players adjusting to the multi-year effort to encourage freedom of movement, but it’s probably also a side effect of the way the game is evolving. With more 3-pointers, there are fewer chances for fouls. And with more space on the floor, there’s less help available on drives to the rim.
There’s another factor I believe has been overlooked. With the reduction of the shot clock and the associated increase in possessions, defenders have to be less aggressive than they used to be. On a per-minute basis, they are facing more shot attempts than they used to. If they want to stay on the floor, they can’t be as aggressive as they were in the slow-down days before 2014.
While some folks were plenty concerned about offenses adjusting to the 30-second clock, there was little talk about how defenses would have to adjust. But being more selective in when to challenge shots or drives is a natural reaction given the increased possessions.
There were some painful moments in recent seasons watching foul-fests as officials cracked down on physical play. But we’re finally seeing the fruits of those efforts. Foul rates are at their lowest in a generation, but it’s not because officials are letting players get more physical. It is another example of how college basketball has come a long way since the early part of this decade, when physical, low-scoring games were all too common.
Last October I identified five trends worth watching this season. There was a lot of low-hanging fruit in there, and most of the trends have held up.
Shooting continues to improve. For the third consecutive season, free-throw percentage and 3-point attempts are at all-time highs. For the second consecutive season, 2-point percentage is at an all-time high. And 3-point percentage is the highest it’s been since the line was moved to its current location 10 seasons ago.
All of the great shooting has led to teams making a collective 51.0 percent (effective FG) of their attempts, which would break the all-time record of 50.5 set last season. Teams are scoring an average 1.039 points per possession, and if recent history holds, that will rise a tiny bit down the stretch. That figure, however, would not be a record, falling short of the 1.045 points per possession scored in 2014.
The inquisitive fan may wonder why offensive efficiency is not setting a record when shooting numbers across the board are unprecedented. Let’s compare the four factors across the two seasons to get a sense of what’s happening.
Season PPP eFG% OR% TO% FTR
2014 1.045 49.6 31.4 18.3 40.5
2018 1.039 51.0 28.9 18.7 33.6
The substantial rise in shooting is offset by differences in the other three categories. Offensive rebounding is probably as its lowest since the game was invented. That’s a natural consequence of coaches trying to prevent transition and offensive players spending more time outside the 3-point line. Turnovers are slightly higher than they were in 2014, although the difference is small and will continue to shrink over the course of the season.
The most dramatic change is in the number of free throws being shot. I haven’t heard any discussion of this, but fouls are noticeably down. Like, way down. There have been 18.3 fouls per game compared to 18.9 last season and 19.4 two seasons ago. In 2014, there were 19.2 fouls per game. The resulting free throws that season helped bump up efficiency to a level we won’t reach this season despite much better shooting.
Along the same lines, teams have shot an average of 19.5 free throws per game compared to 22.3 in 2014. This season will have the fewest free throws since 1974, when there were 18.9 attempts per game.
The per-game comparisons between 2014 and 2018 aren’t completely fair, however. On average, games in 2014 had three fewer possessions than this season. With more possessions, there are more opportunities for fouls to be called, yet we are seeing fewer whistles even without accounting for pace. Naturally, on a per-possession basis the trend is even more obvious. There have been 25.9 fouls per 100 possessions. That’s the lowest figure since at least the early 1990s.
This all sounds fantastic. The game features better shooting than ever with more possessions and fewer fouls than at any time in recent history. What’s next? An end-game without replay reviews and multiple timeouts? Bring it on.
But as someone who obsesses over statistical trends, I had to wonder if this is too good to be true. The spike in fouls in 2014 was a response to a prolonged era of officials allowing extremely physical defense, which led to longer possessions and reduced offensive efficiency. Just because there have been fewer fouls called doesn’t mean there have been fewer fouls committed.
One thing worth investigating is whether officials have suddenly abdicated their responsibility mid-season and are letting players get away with more than in the recent past. This thought hit home on Saturday after watching the Virginia-Virginia Tech game, in which a total of 16 fouls were called during the 40 minutes of regulation. To see if anything usual is going on, I plotted fouls per game by week of the season, comparing this season’s values to the ones from the past four seasons of elevated foul rates.
Well, this is reassuring. This season has followed the typical pattern of seeing foul rates drop dramatically during the first month of the season before a more subtle trend develops over the rest of the year. It turns out I had witnessed the perfect storm: a game involving a Virginia team that rarely draws or commits fouls officiated by a Roger Ayers-led crew that tends to call fewer fouls than average.
I also wanted to check whether there has been any difference in 2-point shooting in the paint. We can get a feel for this by looking at all shots in the play-by-play labeled as layups, dunks or tip-ins. These numbers are trending up as well, from 58.9 percent in 2014 to 59.6 percent last season and 60.1 percent this year. Even more impressive is that the improvement is occurring while players are getting to the rim more often. In 2014, 54.9 percent of all 2-point attempts were near the rim. That figure has risen to 56.1 percent this season. So it certainly doesn’t seem as if officials calling fewer fouls is inviting more physical defense.
The decline in fouls may be due to the players adjusting to the multi-year effort to encourage freedom of movement, but it’s probably also a side effect of the way the game is evolving. With more 3-pointers, there are fewer chances for fouls. And with more space on the floor, there’s less help available on drives to the rim.
There’s another factor I believe has been overlooked. With the reduction of the shot clock and the associated increase in possessions, defenders have to be less aggressive than they used to be. On a per-minute basis, they are facing more shot attempts than they used to. If they want to stay on the floor, they can’t be as aggressive as they were in the slow-down days before 2014.
While some folks were plenty concerned about offenses adjusting to the 30-second clock, there was little talk about how defenses would have to adjust. But being more selective in when to challenge shots or drives is a natural reaction given the increased possessions.
There were some painful moments in recent seasons watching foul-fests as officials cracked down on physical play. But we’re finally seeing the fruits of those efforts. Foul rates are at their lowest in a generation, but it’s not because officials are letting players get more physical. It is another example of how college basketball has come a long way since the early part of this decade, when physical, low-scoring games were all too common.
Are dunks up or down? I'm tracking 71 dunks for the Cards this year.
Fix the charge call. Fix the game.
Kenpom is useful in years the CATS have a good team. When the CATS are down, ol' Kenny can take a hike.
Agree. I’m ALL IN on RPI this season. Cats are actually pretty good I’ve found out lately.
Was waiting until PlayBall was outraged enough for the US to be banned from the Olympics.
Five loaves and two fish to feed the masses , water to wine, some of you guys think you poop ice cream, this guy could poop ice cream!
That’ll do for now.
Dear God.
Just scrolled through about the last 10 of his tweets.
His wokeness is :100points::100points::100points:
Just scrolled through about the last 10 of his tweets.
His wokeness is :100points::100points::100points:
Wait is that a real article?
This is usually the only day of year I eat Cajun (sorry KrazyKats) but thoroughly enjoy it and find it delicious - just too heavy to eat regularly. Couple places here do a live jazz band and a king cake and the whole works, fun time, would love to experience it in New Orleans at some point in my life, I'm sure it's a blast.
This is usually the only day of year I eat Cajun (sorry KrazyKats) but thoroughly enjoy it and find it delicious - just too heavy to eat regularly. Couple places here do a live jazz band and a king cake and the whole works, fun time, would love to experience it in New Orleans at some point in my life, I'm sure it's a blast.
No surprise that a competition in which citizens cheer for athletes and the success of America has some up in arms.
What's next? Media gonna start defending/praising North Korea?
What's next? Media gonna start defending/praising North Korea?
Abused Olympic Athletes Banned from Olympics, per PlayDipshit06.
Quit clicking on huffington post articles.
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@Travis_Waldron
Great kid and really impressive rise to his career. His writing is great. He's just crazy negative and stays on these ill-informed topics.
Great kid and really impressive rise to his career. His writing is great. He's just crazy negative and stays on these ill-informed topics.
Makes complete sense to ban the abused athletes rather than athletes that knowingly took banned PEDs.
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