Recent content by roostra

This has been a really fun thread to read. It is nice to a have another team to pull for! (Is there any way to watch any of your team's games on the net from here in the states?)

I have to admit, I am feeling better about this hire. I like what Antawn is saying and I did like the press conference clips I've seen. Cautiously optimistic.

To me, the right change is merely taking a full season to plan a transition. We would have been better served to wait one season to make the change. We can't control who is available, but we can control how much effort and care we put into planning the change.

Then UNC sits down with the donors and says "Look, we hear you. We are working on a long term plan to replace Coach Davis. We need a year to get it in place. We will need NIL to get us there. If we can't get a decent roster next year, it will be that much harder to hire a new coach." And...

If it is true that the donors said that they would have withheld donations to NIL and that caused the University to make the decision it made, that is very disappointing. I don't like that they have that kind of power over the university and its sports programs, but as far as complaining about...

I don't see a lot of evidence that good planning went into the transition. I don't know for sure that it didn't either. But this decision to start over was very much a snap decision - it wasn't made until after we lost in the tourney, so there is only so much planning that could have gone into...

I guess there aren't many rightward folks left around here to argue with, but I don't think that there is much to be gained by engaging with Zen. He does not argue in good faith. ETA - I say that like it is easy to do, but I fall off the wagon every 6 months or so.

I honestly do not see what point you are trying to make. At near as I can tell, you are upset at Mamdani not calling out the fact that the bombers were Islamic? Why is that his responsibility and what is the effect of his failure to do so? Maybe you could lay out that out in very plain...

What, pray tell, is the Islamification of NYC?

Even if we take your wild stretch of an interpretation at face value (and I don't), there is still no portrayal of the bombers as victims on the Mayor's part. At worst, you are saying the Mayor did not sufficiently call them out for being Islamic extremists (he certainly called out their...

What part of ""What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the anthesis of who we are."" makes the bombers out to be the victims?

I just want to say thanks for taking the time to share all these stories. It is fascinating to me

The main reason not to take military action is the effect on Iran's leadership after this conflict. Best case scenario: Iran transitions to a liberal democracy. I would truly love to see this. My understanding of history leads me to believe that there is very little chance of this outcome...

I think the current state of events shows why exactly Iran thinks they need a nuclear deterrent. Do you think we would be launching airstrikes against them if they had a secure second strike nuclear capability? Looks at the history of Iran since the revolution. Invaded by Iraq (leading to the...

I don't want to see Iran possess nuclear weapons, but I think it is highly unlikely they use one if they had them. Their only real value to Iran would be their deterrent value. See, for example, North Korean nuclear weapons.