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16 minutes ago, bugatti said:

I'm getting to that point. I was a fan of Reese, but the jealousy is much deeper for her and other players.

Same. I've defended her on numerous occasions but this is childish. 

8 minutes ago, bugatti said:

"The reason why we're watching women's basketball is not just because of 1 person. It's because of me, too. I want y'all to realize that," said Reese, via GN Sports TV on X. 

She sucks. 

Are we sure these guys really applied?

Looking specifically at Thelen's resume, outside of him being an alum, why would he want this job? Would be quite a step back from his current role. He also is not a teacher from what I can tell, does that factor in?

Others have pointed out that Sully would have to leave a pension and probably take a pay cut. That's not realistic either, IMO. 

Super Regionals are always a blast. Enjoy. 

42 minutes ago, bugatti said:

It is trending towards Clark needing to stand up for herself to gain some respect, but that can also backfire.

100%. She's going to have to stand up for herself, regardless of the optics. 

Now, she can also help herself by stopping the flopping and whining to the officials. 

10 hours ago, Randy Parker said:

I would absolutely be physical with Clark, just like I would with other players.  If it goes beyond physicality, it's Clark's teammates that should be behind her 100%.

There does seem to be a lot of envy at play.  That's pretty stupid because no one cared about the WNBA until now.

The players in the WNBA are ungrateful, envious and immature. Plays into my opinion that women don't support other women, in general. 

I'm all for physicality, and a little rookie hazing, but that's not what CC is experiencing. Cheap shots, lack of calls and lack of team mate support is what's going on. There have literally NEVER been more eyes on the league.

The one that really bothers me? Her sorry team mates. If you did my team mate like players have done CC just ONE time, I'm head hunting. I wish you would cheap shot one of my team mates...

I think they are in the 20-25 range.

1 minute ago, theguru said:

That is not how unions work no matter if we are talking about a police union, a teachers union, a labor union, etc.  Unions do a lot of good but they also vigorously protect the bad apples.  

Agreed. That's why I'm not a fan of unions, in general. 

Just now, PurplePride92 said:

I was curious.  It ain’t easy for a Leo to change their minds but we always own it when we do. 😂😂😂

Facts. 

Like I said I didn't watch very much of him at all but a rookie averaging a 20/10 double double speaks for itself. 

Just now, PurplePride92 said:

KD has the best twittter account amongst the NBA players and it ain’t close. 😂😂😂

Professional sports. Maybe all of Twitter. 

1 minute ago, PurplePride92 said:

Thanasis is the worst player in the history of the NBA.  I ain’t mad at him at all.  I love the hustle. 
 

Trash can juice.  

Until Bronny gets there. LOL

5 minutes ago, theguru said:

That is not how it works in all departments. 

Additionally, it looks pretty clear to me that LMPD tolerated a lot of bad behavior by Gillis from looking at his disciplinary record.  In other words, there is nothing good cops can do about someone like Gillis when LMPD clearly tolerates cops like Gillis.  It is systematic. 

That's my point. It seems like all departments and unions should want to protect the good guys and get rid of the bad guys. That does not seem to be the norm, unfortunately. 

We agree 100% LMPD tolerates it and that it's systemic. 

1 minute ago, Voice of Reason said:

And perhaps most of all other cops should hate lying cops.

I've never understood it. They claim to only have "a few bad apples," yet they can't get rid of them? 

Seems like that would be pretty easy to do if the 99.9% of "good cops" really wanted it done. 

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

I want the witness statements.

It matters because if the injury/damage story is made up, Gillis should be fired.

No one hates bad cops more than good cops. 

What would you be looking for in the witness statements?

He should have been fired before this incident, and with the lack of using his body camera and eye witness statements saying he lied about being dragged, there's no way he should keep his job.

To the bold, I'm sorry, but if this were true, there wouldn't be so many bad ones. 

On 5/14/2024 at 7:58 AM, PurplePride92 said:

How about now? 

Sorry I missed this. 

Granted, I watched maybe 10 minutes total of him playing this year, but his numbers tell the tale. His production was better than I thought it would be. 

1 hour ago, PurplePride92 said:

This was one of y’all wasn’t it? 😂😂😂

That's very Kevin Durant of him. 

3 minutes ago, theguru said:

But what happened before what we saw, and was what we saw the first interaction or the second interaction?  

You can say "who knows" about the injuries but that doesn't help explain anything.  If there are injuries/damage it happened somehow and that remains unanswered other than what Gillis states that no one has refuted Gillis on that point. 

On the prosecutors, don't get it twisted, some prosecutors can't stand police officers and they will drop charges in an instant if they think it is in their best interests.  

Multiple witnesses have said he was not dragged. What more do you want?

If he was "injured" somehow, it was not from being dragged by Scheffler's car. Why does it matter how they occurred if it wasn't from the story the cop told?

If I were a prosecutor, I would hate lying cops too. Most people should. 

1 hour ago, PurplePride92 said:

Let me be the first to get in line and be disrespectful because I would absolutely take Bronny over Thanasis 8 days a week.  

17 minutes ago, theguru said:

Those are just two defense attorney talking points. 

Like I mentioned earlier, I want to see the witness statements.  We do know from the initial ESPN reporter that Gillis "at one point, according to Darlington, Gillis attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car."  So we actually do have corroboration that Gillis was attached to Scheffler's car.

Also, no one has explained the injuries to Gillis' knees and wrists, or the damage to his uniform pants.  Do you (everyone) think the Gillis is lying about the injuries/damage too and somehow he was able to put that lie over on everyone and maintain that lie to this day?

On the charges being dropped, the powers that be clearly didn't want to prosecute a case they knew was going to make them look bad and they were going to lose. 

We saw video of Gillis "attaching himself" to the side of the car. He wasn't dragged, he was standing. 

Who knows what the injuries are/were. He lied about being dragged. Maybe he fell and "hurt" himself, which is why he ran up to the car and basically jumped in the window. 

The prosecutors are not going to drop the case if he was legitimately dragged and they had proof, regardless of how it may make them look. There's no logic in that. If Scheffler committed a crime and they had proof, they would pursue the charges. He was over-charged, there was no proof to sustain the charges, and they were dropped. 

8 hours ago, theguru said:

Is there definitive video that shows the complete interaction?

No video, but multiple eye witnesses didn’t corroborate his story that he was dragged.

Do you think they would have dropped the charges if he were actually dragged?

59 minutes ago, theguru said:

What did he/does he continue to lie about?

That he was dragged.

1 minute ago, theguru said:

This is really unusual to me but here it is.

Buddy continued to lie after video proof and eye witness statements. 

Romines comments after charges were dropped this afternoon.