"The IG IG/Jerry Thornton Thread"

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mikiemo83 said:
sadly I spent about an hour with Shank at a Golf tourney and he was a great guy who shared a lot of funny stories from teams I adored in my late teens/ early 20's.

That said he is still Shank and that person I met is lost in all the negativity in this city and it stinks.



Viva le Barstool!!
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I've heard similar things about both Shank and Ron Borges being good guys when they aren't working, but I suppose that Jerry was able to get on the air at least partially because they (and plenty of their peers) constantly stir up negativity to the exclusion of everything else and he is pretty upbeat by comparison.

And the nail that sticks up must be hammered down. Dan and Ronnie have plenty of practice at just that.

So, I suppose some form of thanks are in order for those guys but you won't hear me being the one to say it.
 
Hawg73 said:
I've heard similar things about both Shank and Ron Borges being good guys when they aren't working, but I suppose that Jerry was able to get on the air at least partially because they (and plenty of their peers) constantly stir up negativity to the exclusion of everything else and he is pretty upbeat by comparison.

And the nail that sticks up must be hammered down. Dan and Ronnie have plenty of practice at just that.

So, I suppose some form of thanks are in order for those guys but you won't hear me being the one to say it.
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I would go toe to toe with Borges, he has this look, like he is looking up to the sky, nose raised, looking down on people who are not reporters. It is the same look that one of my DB cousin has - that look deserves to be beat down.

Yes Ronnie, I know you are lurking, GFY.
 
Darth Despot said:
One of the things that drive me nuts about Borges and Shank is that they see themselves as the heirs to these great sportswriters but miss the fact that Montville and Ryan weren't professional assholes.
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Ryan sat with my brother and I, drinking off my beer tab, in Shittsburgh the night before the Vrabel strip sack game and I laughed my ass off the whole time. I think it was he who encouraged my to climb the walls and steal the Iron Mike beer banner.
 
RE: Butler/Marshall. Eventually they changed things up and Marshall had only like 1 catch after halftime IIRC, but it was brutal there for awhile. They've got to stop taking so long to figure crap out in game, it's going to cost them in the playoffs IMO.

If TB appears to NYJ players in a dream, it has to be creepy mattress commercial TB.

Also, maybe viagra single packs demo is "middle aged dude who is stepping out on his lady so he doesn't want to raise suspicion (among other things) by not being able to perform with wifey when he gets back from his "business trip", so he doesn't tempt himself with a whole bottle of the stuff.
 
Jerry Thornton said:
especially a guy (Fisher) who looks like he should be driving a tricked-out, cherry, 1980s Ford Econoline van with a bed in the back and a bubble window,
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ROFL

I will now call him econostache.
 
"*I hope that whatever important business Roger Goodell was attending to yesterday, it was worth skipping out on his league’s most successful franchise honoring its signature season that resulted in one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport AND the face of the league quarterback breaking the all time wins record. Just kidding. I hope he was sitting in a dark room by himself, engaged in quiet self-discovery why he is such a dick."

Good job of Jerry to end his piece on Goodell. In another time and place this would absolutely be where the NFL Commishioner would be attending and celebrating. At the very least, Goodell would have sent a congratulatory letter/emai/what-have-you.
 
Just reinforces Goodell is the biggest POS commissioner in sports.

That said, TMFB doesn't need Goodell's fake praise.
 
That was a particularly fine KJR. What is weird though, is that the commenters have really toned down the abuse they used to heap on Jerry and most are actually grateful to have him back.

You don't know what you got til it's gone.
 
"But as a mediocre Catholic, I’m just mostly glad we finally live in a world where someone we can talk about a priest wearing knee pads where it doesn’t get ugly"

Good lord. ROFL ROFL ROFL
 
*Every time I go to Gillette, I’m left to wonder why the lighthouse doesn’t look like a lighthouse. If it was up to me, I’d have that thing outfitted with the Eye of Sauron. And fire it up 24/7, ceaselessly searching for the Fifth Ring of Power.
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I recall that when the Stadium was designed I heard Bob Kraft talking about how the original plan for the lighthouse called for a beam to shoot straight up from it a mile into the air, which would have been very cool, but the FAA had problems with that and the idea had to be scrapped.

I still don't know why they don't have a revolving light like a real lighthouse, but I'd say NFL HQ probably had issues with the Patriots potentially shining it into opponent's eyes at critical moments, so we are left with some jazzy graphics and a semi-lighthouse.

The Eye of Sauron idea is tremendous, though.
 
Hawg73 said:
I still don't know why they don't have a revolving light like a real lighthouse, but I'd say NFL HQ probably had issues with the Patriots potentially shining it into opponent's eyes at critical moments
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They sure didn't have a problem with some asshole in london blinding Brock Osweiler with a green laser. Oh i forgot, the nfl picks and chooses based on crazypeople whims, not fairness. they don't want any negativity about their precious overseas games, so that story vanished pdq.
 
HSanders said:
They sure didn't have a problem with some asshole in london blinding Brock Osweiler with a green laser. Oh i forgot, the nfl picks and chooses based on crazypeople whims, not fairness. they don't want any negativity about their precious overseas games, so that story vanished pdq.
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It would be pretty awesome if we used the lighthouse to hide cameras for Spygate II.
 
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