If mexican restaurants have names like, Salsaritas, Mexicos, El Sombrero, Poblanos, Wholly Guacamole... Why don't American restaurants have names like Ketchups, Mustards, The Baseball Hat, Peeled Onion, etc?
And the same with Chinese... Bamboo House, Panda Express, Asian Wok.
Why are American ones not named Brick Mansion, Black Bear Express, American Frying Pan?
I'm just sayin...
6.22.2010
6.17.2010
The G-Spout
No that is not a typo. I'm sitting here with the pups, downloading some music from my external drive to my dad's computer, while watching tv. I'm totally not really paying attention to the tv when my ears hear "Your kids will the love the (I thought I heard) g-spot. There is no mess and the g-spot won't drip all over you counter"
WHAT THE......?!?!?!?!?!
So I look up and see that the product is called the "G-Spout," and is a rubber thing that you attach to pots, pans and mixing bowls.
Whoever came up with that is a sick, sick person LOL That might have just made my day.
"It's good for your family"
"Doesn't that look delicious?"
"No more sticky balls."
LMAOOOOOO You can't make this stuff up. Check out the video below!
The G-Spout Commercial
WHAT THE......?!?!?!?!?!
So I look up and see that the product is called the "G-Spout," and is a rubber thing that you attach to pots, pans and mixing bowls.
Whoever came up with that is a sick, sick person LOL That might have just made my day.
"It's good for your family"
"Doesn't that look delicious?"
"No more sticky balls."
LMAOOOOOO You can't make this stuff up. Check out the video below!
The G-Spout Commercial
6.02.2010
The Art of Manipulation
I just read an article on ESPN that made me sick. Literally my stomach started churning. In a sentence, a women's college basketball coach was recently fired because of player mistreatment and a losing record after numerous seasons.
LaVonda Wagner was the coach. While I was being recruited by just about everyone, she was the top assistant and recruiter at Duke. Back then, Duke was my DREAM school, but they weren't recruiting me as heavily as UConn or any of the others. It bugged me, but I look back now and I'm thankful because it would have been another bad situation for me. While this coach was at Duke, so was the former head coach Gail Goestenkors. She was known as an infamous hardass and overall royal pain in the ass. I was used to asshole coaches though.
During recruiting, you work closely with the assistants more so than the head coach. It is their job to attract you to the program and lay the foundation for the head coach to close the deal. Unfortunately, as I found out the hard way, most of the assistants are master manipulators and are full of shit. They are so buddy-buddy, hey we're your best friend when you come here, while they are recruiting you. But boy once you set foot on campus...it's all over. You become just another piece of a puzzle. Your feelings don't matter. Your personal needs don't matter. It's awful. You're just a being on a squad of robots controlled by their coaches.
But not everywhere. I was lucky enough to experience both ends of the spectrum, and it taught me A LOT for what I want to do in the future. My assistants at UConn were terrible. The only person I ever felt who actually cared about me the tiniest bit was Tonya. She later became the head coach at Temple, which was in the A10 with Richmond, so I was able to see her and talk to her about everything. But I digress- My assistants at Richmond were amazing. They listened to you, they were always available to you to talk about anything. Richmond was a mid-major. Connecticut was a 'major.'
LaVonda Wagner left Duke for the head coaching job at Oregon State. It is in a major conference, so it is considered a major institution. When I read the story yesterday, my heart was flooded with anger. She intimidated her players, controlled them a number of ways...one example was that she told a girl on her team who weighed 165lbs that she would have to go on Weight Watchers or else she was kicking her off the team. A number of these examples brought back a lot of memories for me. Things like being forced to play though injuries...making YOU think that YOU'RE crazy or that YOU'RE WEAK for even hinting at the fact that you are in pain. It is such bull shit!
At the conclusion of this season, 8 players left her team, leaving her roster with 4 players on it. WOW. Since she began her tenure there, 15 people have left the program. Players, coaches and support staff. I am SO happy that the school stepped in.
My dream job is to be a college coach one day. My experiences, although hard at times and good at others, have given me perspective on how I need to act as a coach. I don't ever want to be something or someone I'm not to a kid I'm recruiting. Even if I am at a major school, I will never lie or manipulate a kid into thinking they are getting into something completely different than they really are. I won't do that. I don't know how those coaches sleep at night. I really don't.
To the coaches who are called out on it, I hope you realize that you destroy and alter people's lives. And for what? Winning a freaking game. Nothing is worth putting someone through that. The athlete and the family suffer. Luckily for me, my family helped me be stronger than that.
"Ooh I can't stand people who are not considadet" -Glozell
LaVonda Wagner was the coach. While I was being recruited by just about everyone, she was the top assistant and recruiter at Duke. Back then, Duke was my DREAM school, but they weren't recruiting me as heavily as UConn or any of the others. It bugged me, but I look back now and I'm thankful because it would have been another bad situation for me. While this coach was at Duke, so was the former head coach Gail Goestenkors. She was known as an infamous hardass and overall royal pain in the ass. I was used to asshole coaches though.
During recruiting, you work closely with the assistants more so than the head coach. It is their job to attract you to the program and lay the foundation for the head coach to close the deal. Unfortunately, as I found out the hard way, most of the assistants are master manipulators and are full of shit. They are so buddy-buddy, hey we're your best friend when you come here, while they are recruiting you. But boy once you set foot on campus...it's all over. You become just another piece of a puzzle. Your feelings don't matter. Your personal needs don't matter. It's awful. You're just a being on a squad of robots controlled by their coaches.
But not everywhere. I was lucky enough to experience both ends of the spectrum, and it taught me A LOT for what I want to do in the future. My assistants at UConn were terrible. The only person I ever felt who actually cared about me the tiniest bit was Tonya. She later became the head coach at Temple, which was in the A10 with Richmond, so I was able to see her and talk to her about everything. But I digress- My assistants at Richmond were amazing. They listened to you, they were always available to you to talk about anything. Richmond was a mid-major. Connecticut was a 'major.'
LaVonda Wagner left Duke for the head coaching job at Oregon State. It is in a major conference, so it is considered a major institution. When I read the story yesterday, my heart was flooded with anger. She intimidated her players, controlled them a number of ways...one example was that she told a girl on her team who weighed 165lbs that she would have to go on Weight Watchers or else she was kicking her off the team. A number of these examples brought back a lot of memories for me. Things like being forced to play though injuries...making YOU think that YOU'RE crazy or that YOU'RE WEAK for even hinting at the fact that you are in pain. It is such bull shit!
At the conclusion of this season, 8 players left her team, leaving her roster with 4 players on it. WOW. Since she began her tenure there, 15 people have left the program. Players, coaches and support staff. I am SO happy that the school stepped in.
My dream job is to be a college coach one day. My experiences, although hard at times and good at others, have given me perspective on how I need to act as a coach. I don't ever want to be something or someone I'm not to a kid I'm recruiting. Even if I am at a major school, I will never lie or manipulate a kid into thinking they are getting into something completely different than they really are. I won't do that. I don't know how those coaches sleep at night. I really don't.
To the coaches who are called out on it, I hope you realize that you destroy and alter people's lives. And for what? Winning a freaking game. Nothing is worth putting someone through that. The athlete and the family suffer. Luckily for me, my family helped me be stronger than that.
"Ooh I can't stand people who are not considadet" -Glozell
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