I’m not sure how coherent this season was now that it’s over. A lot of loose ends that weren’t tied up, which is fine, but there were loose ends that were tied up in ways that undermined what came before. I really don’t see why the show implied that Hayes and his daughter had some huge falling out that has had…

We’re not gonna mention the coach falling on his face at the end of the clip? Okay then...

The paternalistic garbage argument always struck me as pretextual. The real reason was that the NBA recognized that young pros were more marketable and valuable to teams if they’d been exposed to national attention by playing college ball, and the NCAA recognized that they were losing out on billions of revenue by…

How did the Nats fuck over the city? Navy Yard has become one of the go to communities in the city. Heck, Forbes listed Navy Yard as one of the 12 best neighborhoods in the world to live in. They had the misfortune of completing the stadium right around the time the entire global economy fell apart, but once the…

Sure, but you’re premise seems to rely on this notion that one can choose between lots of second rounders and a few top five picks. Why not use the second rounders to obtain other assets you’re more sure of (like free agents)? Or, as Ernie says, use them to get cash, and then if you actually want to draft a particular…

I’m with you until that last paragraph. Isn’t the fact that you’ve got a VERY small chance of actually drafting a halfway decent player in the second round evidence that you might as well use that bargaining chip to make improvements in other ways? I’m a Wizards fan, so of course I think Grunfeld is a moron, but on…

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Who the hell thought paying Chris Webber to call games was a good idea?

“I’ll never understand why reporters waste so much time and effort (not to mention readers’ and viewers’ time) asking questions which will either produce rote answers or solicit zero new information.”

“it is probably very annoying to come to work every day”

So he’s essentially sullenly saying he should make tens of millions of dollars to play a game without ever having to participate in anything he finds boring or meaningless or have people be upset with him for silly things. And he’s saying OTHER people need to grow up. Give me a break. Part of being a grown up is…

I love how she framed it as if the officer was victim blaming, when what he was actually doing was cataloging details that are entirely relevant to the determination of whether a crime was committed. Pointing out that the victim admitted that she engaged in behavior that made it legally permissible for Brown to…

Sure, but I think your read on WHY the inconsistencies are there is more generous than mine. For people to point it out and realize how inconsistent he’s being would require the writers to have intended his character to be a hypocrite who was driven by moral motivations. I don’t think that’s what’s happening at all. I…

“If there’s ever an occasion where, thanks to bad writing, he does, he pays for it - usually by turning himself in.”

1) He said maybe after explicitly chastising Clark for what he did. He told him that “we had talked about this. You have to keep this part of you a secret.” The whole framing of that entire conversation is that Pa Kent was clearly admonishing him and telling him his actions were wrong. He follows up the “maybe” with…

The hypocrisy and inconsistency of the characters in the movie are one of its worst features. The characters completely change their views on things depending on whatever scene they’re in, and it seems to be driven solely by what message Snyder wants to convey scene-to-scene, regardless of whether or not it makes any…

“we needed more scenes of Clark interacting with his mom, traveling the world, just general character stuff. He is kept to the audience at a distance.”

I was actually someone who supported the Zod killing when Man of Steel came out. It seemed like a logical and natural choice for Supes to make. However, that was in part because I figured that it was used to develop the character further for future installments- we would see Supes deal with the aftermath of his…

100%. I’ve literally never seen a Nadal loss where he didn’t say he was hurt afterwards. I think he is one of the worst losers on the tour. He’ll always say things like “Opponent X played well. Hats off to him.”, which must be what the other commenter is focusing on. But everytime he does that he’s got ice packs all…

I’m not sure what’s so incredible about making a wide open three pointer to win the game. He got free and was able to get a fantastic look at an easy shot- nothing about this play is all that amazing.