Points to ponder...

[noeynox]

Of all the decisions open for argument in this game, both ends of that punt situation were the most obvious combination of stubborn and scared coaching that plagues this team at crucial points every week. It proves there's a cement ceiling in place that Coach D will never rise above in terms of philosophy and game situations. The operative term is never. It's year 3 and they are trying to open up the offense the best way they know how but they're playing catch-up and still on their own learning curve.

I've called it on the job training. theyre never ahead of the curve and must be burned by a,situation before learning from it. How many times have we seen a play reviewed where we,should be rushing to the line to get a play off? it hasn't burned them yet so they do nothing to correct this. it's criminal that 2 million a year buys you that type of coaching awareness.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I was born in 1987, myself and pretty much people who were in undergrad the same time as me should be considered millenials. Born probably between 82-92. Although people stretch the timeframe, any younger and you're probably pushing it because I think the term is really meant to describe people who "came of age" during the beginning of the 2000s. If your first phone was a smart phone, don't remember AIM, dialup, mySpace or facebook before the newsfeed you definitely aren't in that generation.

Not that any of this really matters. Just a slow Tuesday morning.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I was born in 1987, myself and people pretty much people who were in undergrad the same time as me should be considered millenials. Born probably between 82-92. Although people stretch the timeframe, any younger and you're probably pushing it because I think the term is really meant to describe people who "came of age" during the beginning of the 2000s. If your first phone was a smart phone, don't remember AIM, dialup, mySpace or facebook before the newsfeed you definitely aren't in that generation.

Not that any of this really matters. Just a slow Tuesday morning.

Thanks. Not that it matters, but it's hard for someone like me, who was a junior at UConn when you were born, to come to grips with the distinctions. My daughter is 13, I have no idea what generation that is. But the differences seem minor for anyone who is "post internet", or at least broadband. It may be a skewed perception, but things seem more or less the same to me now as they were around 2000. Aside from smartphones and HDTV, not much has changed really, and neither of those are really that big a deal. It occurs to me that this probably means I'm getting old.

 

[mikedog10]

Thanks. Not that it matters, but it's hard for someone like me, who was a junior at UConn when you were born, to come to grips with the distinctions. My daughter is 13, I have no idea what generation that is. But the differences seem minor for anyone who is "post internet", or at least broadband. It may be a skewed perception, but things seem more or less the same to me now as they were around 2000. Aside from smartphones and HDTV, not much has changed really, and neither of those are really that big a deal. It occurs to me that this probably means I'm getting old.

Like DiacosArmy, I was your daughter's age in 2000. Seinfeld had just gone off the air, how often does your daughter come home from school and watch Seinfeld? When I was 13, not everyone had a computer and social media didn't exists. News was in the paper, not tweets. I only knew landlines, your daughter probably has only known smartphones. In 2000, kids learned about new music from MTV... that's right, MTV still played music! Do kids today even know what the "M" in MTV stands for? In 2000, Vermont just legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. In 2000, Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win a grand slam. In 2000, you could accompany airline travelers all the way to their gate, and sit in the terminal watching their flight leave! Maybe this stuff doesn't seem like a big deal to you, but it certainly feels like a world of difference to me.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Like DiacosArmy, I was your daughter's age in 2000. Seinfeld had just gone off the air, how often does your daughter come home from school and watch Seinfeld? When I was 13, not everyone had a computer and social media didn't exists. News was in the paper, not tweets. I only knew landlines, your daughter probably has only known smartphones. In 2000, kids learned about new music from MTV... that's right, MTV still played music! Do kids today even know what the "M" in MTV stands for? In 2000, Vermont just legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. In 2000, Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win a grand slam. In 2000, you could accompany airline travelers all the way to their gate, and sit in the terminal watching their flight leave! Maybe this stuff doesn't seem like a big deal to you, but it certainly feels like a world of difference to me.

My daughter does like Friends, but hasn't watched Sienfeld. She's a Supernatural junkie right now. I went to one of those civil unions back in 2000. I remember when MTV was launched...so remembering the time when it became irrelevant is really nothing. I remember when PC's first came into existence, so 2000, when they were really everywhere (most people had them in the early 90's..I bought my first in 1991) isn't much. I had color TV most of my life...but CRTs, not LCD, and I remember when cable first came out. I remember when VHS first came out, and CDs, and cassette tapes, and the Walkman, and DVD then Blu-ray. I had the first "pong" game system, then Coleco, before Nintendo came out and Xbox/Playstation. I was on the internet via a 2400 baud modem early on, when the WWW was just text, with underlined hyperlinks. Usenet was the equivalent of this forum. Good times.

I'll give you credit for news in newspapers, and no social media, no mobile phones, plus the security related changes from 9/11/01. Those stand out to me since 2000. I can only imagine what it will seem like in 30 more years.

 

[mikedog10]

My daughter does like Friends, but hasn't watched Sienfeld. She's a Supernatural junkie right now. I went to one of those civil unions back in 2000. I remember when MTV was launched...so remembering the time when it became irrelevant is really nothing. I remember when PC's first came into existence, so 2000, when they were really everywhere (most people had them in the early 90's..I bought my first in 1991) isn't much. I had color TV most of my life...but CRTs, not LCD, and I remember when cable first came out. I remember when VHS first came out, and CDs, and cassette tapes, and the Walkman, and DVD then Blu-ray. I had the first "pong" game system, then Coleco, before Nintendo came out and Xbox/Playstation. I was on the internet via a 2400 baud modem early on, when the WWW was just text, with underlined hyperlinks. Usenet was the equivalent of this forum. Good times.

I'll give you credit for news in newspapers, and no social media, no mobile phones, plus the security related changes from 9/11/01. Those stand out to me since 2000. I can only imagine what it will seem like in 30 more years.

Good stuff. Let's not forget my favorite new technology, DVR. I used to set the timer on my VCR so I could record shows I wouldn't be home to watch... then got in trouble for taping over home videos! Sounds like you've always been on the leading edge of new tech. Can't wait to see what cool gadgets we're talking about in 15 years!

This conversation is way more fun than talking about the actual football team. Let's hope they aren't obsolete in 15 years... who knows, maybe bend-don't-break defense and power running games will be all the rage then!

 

[Palatine]

We don't have enough points to ponder any of them.

Each point we have scored needs to be cherished. There are so precious few of them, we have none to waste.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Got a problem that needs a vague non-solution response? Blame Millenials!