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This. Is. Amazing. Thank you. This has made my whole day.

Well, if you are a tournament fisherman, you sure do worry about the ones that got away. The rest of us shouldn't worry about them, but we don't forget them. They always seem to grow bigger and more important as time goes by, too. Oh well, one thing is a fact...it happens, you try to learn from what went wrong, then try to do better next time.

Having an Iowa Hawkeye wife (from the Des Moines area) I've been out there quite a bit, and I love Iowa. Not so much on the Iowa winters, but outside of those months, Iowa is spectacular. I haven't spent much time in Ames, but it is not very far from Des Moines (about a 30 min ride down I-35, as I recall). Ames seemed nice, didn't get into Iowa State area, though. Des Moines is a very nice city, roughly the same size as Richmond maybe slightly larger. Agreed w/IL Hokie about the other areas too. Quad Cities seems like a pretty nice place. Iowa City is very nice.

Beckett brings the attitude. Love his film. So much will hinge on his size and reach and how that contributes to him fitting and then defeating blocks.

Yeah, one of these days we need to have the complete conversation about Seth Allen. He does so much good, but his bad is so glaringly bad that it can cover up the benefit he provides to the team. I've always found Bill Simmons' writing entertaining and he has a theory about this that, like all of his theories, is completely unprovable but is fun to think about. I keep coming back to it when I think about Seth. It's his "Ten Percent Theory". Here's a link to the piece where he throws it out the first time.

I actually ran into [Jeff] Van Gundy outside a Miami hotel on Monday night, one day before the biggest game of Westbrook's young life. I brought up his Francis comparison and threw one of my hairbrained theories at him: the "10 Percent Theory." Even the best NBA players have holes; in a best-case scenario, they're tapping into about 90 percent of their total potential, with the holes representing the other 10 percent. We can either dwell on the 90 percent or the 10 percent ... and some holes are less glaring than others. For instance, Larry Bird's biggest hole was his inability to defend quicker forwards without help. (Same for Dirk Nowitzki.) You could hide that specific hole on the right team, with the right coaches, the right teammates and even the right matchups. But something like Rajon Rondo's shaky jumpshot, or the Botox Face that afflicted Karl Malone in crunch time? There's a case of the 10 percent flashing like a neon sign. Again, some holes are more glaring than others. But EVERYONE has holes.

On Oklahoma City, it's tougher to see Kevin Durant's 10 percent (he's not strong enough yet to prevent defenders like Shane Battier from hounding him 25 feet from the basket and denying him the ball, and he's not a consistently good enough defender yet) than Westbrook's 10 percent (his recklessness, which permeates everything he does, good and bad). You notice when Westbrook shoots 27 times, you notice when he bricks an ill-fated 3 in a huge spot, and you notice when he's bowling someone over for a charge because he thought he could dunk over three guys.

Seth Allen fits this perfectly. His energy getting to the rim scores us a lot of points and provides a spark for the rest of the team. I think LeDay has benefited greatly from Seth Allen because defense has to help stop Seth, leaving LeDay the chance to clean up. BUT... Seth Allen's energy and aggressiveness leads him to take an ill-advised 3 with 27 seconds left on the shot clock late in a game where we have to hold onto a lead. That's a pretty brutal 10 percent of his game that is a glaring fault.

That of course leads to the question of is it "worth it" to have Allen on the court. Even though I am developing ulcers and consistently wish I had a prescription of Xanax, I give a resounding YES to Allen getting the amount of playing time he gets. His energy is irreplaceable and his points are key to keeping us in games. And he really could work on these faults. He just needs to listen to the voice in his head saying "DON'T SHOOT!" whenever there are 27 seconds left on the shot clock.

One more question: Do you all get the feeling that Buzz is hesitant to pull him back or make him be less aggressive?

Maybe Momma Bailey had a heart-to-heart with him this morning.

I completely understand why everyone is upset about this. We thought he was a lock and every action he has made up until this morning only supported that fact. But to be honest, this case of "missing a recruit" is a lot easier to swallow than others we've had in the past.

Am I happy he's going to Iowa State? Absolutely not. But at least I can understand this decision instead of one that doesn't make sense (i.e. a defensive recruit picking UNC over VT because of UNC's "defense" and "academics")

Fantastic!

Well, if there's a pretty woman in a picture, I guarantee I'm going to notice her, and so to you I bequeath a couple of legs, regardless of what you were thinking.

So Joe, French others in the know answer me this please. Can Tech go offer other kids today? Is there a time limit on offers going out? Find a kid who got spurned by his top choice and offer him? It happens for medical residencies why not for football?

This is exactly the type of guy I was hoping they would offer a scholarship. He is a football player he makes plays. He's not the biggest not the tallest he's not the fastest but his football IQ is off the charts any just makes plays. And he really wants to come to Tech and made that known for a while

Just means we try to get more early enrollees for the 2017 cycle or we put some walk-ons on scholarship.