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If they had to pay for tickets they would be.
Perfect reply.
If they had to pay for tickets they would be.
I had the same thought but trying to see the glass as half full and he stays home.It would be sickening if KARE broadcasts it, he chooses Notre Dame, and then they follow up with the... "And you can watch his games, right here on KARE 11!!!" as if we are all going to be Notre Dame fans because a MN kid goes there.
ND is a good school. They re football tradition is fine. They have a huge contract w NBC...fine.
If the kid wants to go there...fine! Go. It's just to announce, on local TV that hes smiting the local school that has already been beaten down for so long?!?? Sucks man. Heartbreak after heartbreak
My sentiments exactly. I am not a big fan of the giant signing ceremonies in general though.Agreed, bold move to commit to Notre Dame over the Gophs on live local television. Call me bitter... Made me sick to my stomach watching all the local media fawn over Ragnow yesterday as well. I wish the kids well and recognize their god given rights to choose their school but absurd how a guy like Ragnow and now Carroll will be viewed as "local heros" by the local media.
Why is it heartbreak after heartbreak? We landed Coughlin a few years ago who had a similar ranking, and Jeff Jones before that. We haven’t really lost a top flight recruit that we really wanted since Cornell in 2015.
It's the misses in both football and basketball; especially BB.
The Carroll defection is huge as dad was a Gopher great and program supporter. And then you throw in this Kare11 Notre Dame garbage- it sucks.
It's appropriate that you would like him...His kid is a lot better than the pompous Mike Max and Rosen is just hard to take seriously.
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No doubt missing out on Carroll sucks, especially because his dad played for the U and pimped Notre Dame to him as a kid.
My point was that we've been getting most of the top players in the state for a while. Carroll is an outlier.
After pondering all this. From all accounts that I hear, Carroll is a great Christian guy. One who cares about family, friends, teammates along with the community. I can't picture him rubbing salt to the wound to the local fans if he were decide to go elsewhere on tv. I believe he is a Gopher.
I'm just saying as a general gopher fan... we catch no breaks. We have gotten some good in state kids lately but what have they amounted to so far?
Lou Holtz, the metrodome, hiring Wacker, michigan 03, TT 06, the Wisconsin losing streak....heartbreak after heartbreak
There's no way you go on local TV to announce you've changed your name to Benedict Arnold. If he really follows through and announces on Channel 11, then it's a commit to the U.
There's no way you go on local TV to announce you've changed your name to Benedict Arnold. If he really follows through and announces on Channel 11, then it's a commit to the U.
Other than GHers and the Subway owner that let PJ put an oar on his shop's wall, no one else watching him pick ND on a local MN TV station will think anything negative about it.
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With rare exceptions, the current generation of HS athletes is the most self-absorbed, narcissistic group in history. It's all about Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me.
Other than GHers and the Subway owner that let PJ put an oar on his shop's wall, no one else watching him pick ND on a local MN TV station will think anything negative about it.
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So says every generation about the next.
Yet, a whole thread has been created and some who never watch KARE will now watch.
My disgust with KARE is the obvious nepotism in hiring Randy Shaver's son for sports broadcasting. The kid is not very good and should have honed his skill up in Rhinelander or some other backwoods market, but daddy has pull at KARE. If I watch local sports I turn to WCCO.
Let's be real here. For better or worse, the kids that do the "hat ceremonies" and live, on-camera announcements are not thinking about how their announcement will impact local fans, or impact the U of MN. They're thinking about how their announcement will impact them.
With rare exceptions, the current generation of HS athletes is the most self-absorbed, narcissistic group in history. It's all about Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me.
Why - because we - the fans - have made it that way. The fans fawn over these kids - treat them like royalty from the time they're in junior high - follow their every move on social media. Is it any wonder they all have this "me first" attitude?
A few kids have parents who are strong enough to keep the kids focused and keep them from falling prey to the adulation and the flattery. But most of the parents are just as bad, if not worse, than the kids.