Some of you need to chastize Coach Mainieri...

He used the dreaded "GB" words in an article!

"We might have 3-2 games all next weekend," said Mainieri, whose team scored 36 runs in last weekend's regional championship. "Those aren't going to be 'gorilla ball' games. We have to figure out how to win those games, too."

Sick 'em, Gorilla Ball Police!:hihi:

The rest of the article...

http://www.nola.com/sports/index.ssf/2008/06/lsu_knows_anteaters_thrive_on.html

 

Not meant to hijack your thread Fish but where have you been? Haven't seen you any over at Tidefans and rarely over here the past few weeks, heck maybe months. Oh, btw, the wife said NO to the bass boat. She gave me a laundry list of reasons why we didn't need it and why I wasn't getting it. Dang women!!! Why do they have to control everything?! :dis:

 

Anyone else think this was a little bush league? Kind of surprised me to hear he said this.

"By my count, that's four championships," Mainieri said. "We won the SEC West. We won our bracket at the SEC tournament. We won the SEC tournament championship game and we won the regional."

 

Well, I guess since it's my thread...I can continue with the hijack.

I've been what is commonly known in MS as "hooked up". Busy busy busy. I still frequent Tigerforums regularly...pretty much daily...but lately, just peruse Tidefans every now and then. I was there tonight, in fact...lurking.:yelwink2:

Women control everything? It can be summed up by a story I once heard.

A man and woman were married, and on the wedding night, he decided to set the record straight up front. He told his new bride to put HIS pants on. She said "I can't wear your pants!". To which he replied "That's right...I wear the pants in the family!". She responded quickly by telling him to put HER panties on. He said "I can't get in your panties!"...to which she replied, "And you never will with an attitude like THAT!!". :hihi:

Moral of the story? Women control EVERYTHING! :thumb: Now that we've got that straight, I guess I can quit looking for you a boat.:lol:

Rerail---SECRocks...Unless somebody has video evidence of Mainieri in bed with a puppy, he can say whatever he wants right about now. That comes with the territory of a 23 game win streak. Besides, he's RIGHT! The thread was intended to poke fun at a few who have been very touchy anytime any of us have mentioned the term "Gorilla Ball"...which conjures up memories of LSU teams of the 90's. We have been chastized vehemently...corrected by a few who present facts that, in fact, this team hasn't hit nearly as many HR's as the teams of the 90's did annually. Just thought it was funny that Mainieri used the term in the article.

 

Can't you just buy her some shoes? That greases the tracks at my house.:grin:

 

And exactly how is it bush league? He is just saying what they have accomplished during the streak. You are also taking it out of context. He was pointing out that what he told the team before the Auburn series was that from then on out, every series of games, every weekend, they would be playing for a championship and that they have taken that to heart.

 

She 'bout killed me this weekend when I built her new flower bed in the back yard. Just when I thought I was finished tilling she'd want the flower bed a little bigger. Before I knew it the damn thing was big enough to start our own garden.

But she loved it and I still can't get my bass boat.

 

You have to learn to look at things from a "glass half FULL" perspective. In this case, less grass to cut.

Your wife apparently somehow figured out what the acronym is within the word "BOAT".

Bring
On
Another
Thousand

Especially buying a used boat, they are simply money pits. Batty asked me a few weeks ago what all they would need to really have the boat water ready...and IF they bought all I told them...they spent some jack. And I only told them the necessities!

Our boat came standard with what we considered to be every option we could ever use. Yet, somehow...trying to get 2-3 mph more...in no time, we had "Brought On Another Thousand"...just buying, tweaking stainless steel props. Also, we have a 60 gallon gas tank. I think you can figure out where I'm going with this, but considering we spent all that money to make it faster...we HAVE to run it wide open as much as possible:insane:...bringing the MPG down from about 4-5 to 2-3. :sob: You were buying a fishing boat, which automatically means new fishing equipment, right? Bring on another thousand.

One day, you'll make the mistake of fishing a tournament...and get hooked yet again. Next thing you know, you'll be justifying more tournies...(it's only a couple hundred bucks for the entry fee, right?)...not thinking (or in my case, not MENTIONING to the wife) about lodging, days spent pre-fishing, (gotta practice if ya' gonna be any good), traveling expenses, etc...you guessed it, bring on another thousand(s).


It's a vicious cycle...I LOVE IT!!!! It's worth every thousand, IMHO.:thumb:

 

Bamabuzzard, that's very sweet hearing about how you did the whole backyard flower garden to get your wife on your side with the boat. So here's a tip: don't make it sound like the boat is for you, or for your fishing trips with your friends, or for your fishing tournaments, etc. If you want your boat, you have to sell your wife on the idea that the boat is for her... you obviously know your wife better than anyone else, so think of all the romantic stuff she'd love that you could only do for her with a boat, all the ways having a boat would make her more happy. Since you were sweet enough to do the backyard garden thing, I believe you'd live up to your promises to your wife about how the boat would benefit her happiness... and once you've got her hook, line, and sinker on that issue, then you've got the boat for all the fishing trips and tournaments that you want :thumb:

 

Out of all the fishing trips my wife and I did in our boat(s), it's my daughter that has the fondest memories. I sold the last boat about 3 years ago. I'm probably gonna have to borrow or rent one soon to take her fishing again. I've still got a storage shed full of rod and reels, equip, etc.

And Fishhead is correct. A boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into. :shock: