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03-13-22, 12:14 PM | #31 |
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INEVITABLE FALLOUT: That old gent who wrote his PhD on the foxtrot! was a second father to me. I was his go-to guy: front line or goalie as needed incl. liming the the field for games. <the 2 of us '71 Unfortunately, he died during the summer on a summer architecture trip to Italy twixt my junior and senior year; costing me the expected A-team goaltender position. The new coach, a braggart Norwegian national team import, was a jerk and brought in a basket-baller who proceeded to have a miserable season. So I simply practised soccer, which allowed the team to hold full-game practises; but played both fall and spring Rugby senior year on the weekends all over the midwest incl tournements; which pißed off the Norge coach who wasn't using me anyway primarily 'cause I was having too much fun for the imported English professor, (actually from Rugby, England); who'd introduced the club-sport my freshman year-incl. my liming the pitch, and procuring the postgame Hamm's kegs!?? My soccer teammates understood I'd been deprived after 3 years as B team goalie/A team inside, never missing a practice in 4 years; and demanded the athletic dept award me a letter which it did...the petty politics I tells ya! 4 of them later joined me on the Spring season pitch, giving Rugby a tryout!
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03-13-22, 02:15 PM | #32 | |
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I'm very sorry for your loss. Great coaches / teachers / mentors have impacts that lasts a lifetime. I have had a few that i have lost. It sounds like you have had great times and have great memories with your former team mates. I have my souvenirs from my playing days in the form of many aches and pains, something you pointed out earlier. My knees and ankles are prone to changes in the weather and just ache. I see at least one knee replacement in my future. By the way, You're a good sport. I knew when I cast a bit of " shade " your way, that it would be taken in the fun loving way I meant it. I would expect nothing less of a sea faring, hockey loving, truck driving, former Rugby rogue. It's always great fun when you can " needle " another member here who has a great sense of humor. Of course, we have many other members here with a great sense of humor as well. It makes Subsim fun and helps to give Subsim the friendly and awesome reputation it currently enjoys. I Hope you had a great birthday yesterday with your family and friends. |
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03-15-22, 12:00 AM | #34 |
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Hold the phone.....breaking news!
He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
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03-15-22, 12:04 AM | #35 | |
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St. Olaf?:Kaleu n_Salute: And by "72", you mean 72 AD?
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03-15-22, 04:09 PM | #36 |
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Just a minor detour from the topic. My previous post, just in case anyond wondered, was in jest, in my own peculiar way. Not that I expect attention was paid but I just like to clear it up.
That being said. I still say calcio storico is where it's at... :p |
03-15-22, 04:43 PM | #37 | |
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03-16-22, 09:42 AM | #38 | |
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I called it. You don't walk away from something that you love, something that has been your entire life up to that point. Not saying that has never happened but like Brett Farve it's very difficult to give up something so central to ones identity. Especially while people are throwing you buckets of cash to come play for them. There has been speculation that this was a ploy by Brady to get out of his Buccaneers contract and go play for a third team, maybe the 49ers, but the Buccs weren't willing to let him go like Robert Kraft did back in '20.
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<support yer local hooker BBY!
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03-21-22, 01:34 AM | #40 | |
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05-13-22, 06:12 PM | #41 | |
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If we can hold out....till 2031!
RUGBY BETS IT CAN CONQUER AMERIKA WITH ITS WORLD CUP
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05-13-22, 06:22 PM | #42 | |
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It was all good and in a thread like this, we take things " with a grain of salt." Like everyone else, I thought the Rugby stories were humorous and interesting which is what we need here and frequently get, in Subsim. Don't sweat the small stuff. Everyone here gets " needled " from time to time. |
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05-21-22, 04:16 AM | #43 |
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Used to play it in high school. Rugby League not Union. Got a lovely broken nose. Character building.
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12-17-22, 12:54 AM | #44 |
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Rules: wear your mouth-guard; in-scrum ear-cover(Cauliflowering)& run like hell!
(pssst) it helps to be able to run the 40(yards) in 4.6 seconds! It'll save yer scrawny 145 lb ass over 7 years!
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12-17-22, 01:03 AM | #45 | |
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