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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:

    Love the sport. Only sports above it to me are baseball, football(ours), and basketball.

    Yeah, all of our best players we'll never know about because they play in the NFL. The rest of the world's equivalent is rugby, so that's why they usually have this incredible advantage.

    I have been saying since I moved to Philly that I was either going to get back into Rugby or Soccer. Neither has happened, but there are a lot of good spots for both and I would love to make it happen. Fado always seems to have a great rugby crowd.

    Dude, I play - or played - for Schuylkill River. I would like to play again, but I need to get my shoulders fixed first. Dislocated both of them and continued trying to keep playing, but as little as putting my hands on a scrum made them pop out. Fucking kills me.

    They practice at 18th and Washington - or at least we used to. I haven't played since '08 so I don't know if things have changed. I just go for the parties and drinks ups here and then.

    Go to O'Neal's. It's our sponsoring bar.

    All good to know dude. Funny, I have a decent friend from England that plays "pro" in NYC. He works for "Play Rugby USA" as his day job. I have been trying to get involved with it locally but with no success, very unorganized here.. Would love to get involved with a Rugby or Soccer program in Philly.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    All good to know dude. Funny, I have a decent friend from England that plays "pro" in NYC. He works for "Play Rugby USA" as his day job. I have been trying to get involved with it locally but with no success, very unorganized here.. Would love to get involved with a Rugby or Soccer program in Philly.

    He probably plays for Old Blue then. Any dude from outside of the US playing here is most definitely getting paid by their club.

    www.skillrugby.com if it fancies you to check out.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    All good to know dude. Funny, I have a decent friend from England that plays "pro" in NYC. He works for "Play Rugby USA" as his day job. I have been trying to get involved with it locally but with no success, very unorganized here.. Would love to get involved with a Rugby or Soccer program in Philly.

    He probably plays for Old Blue then. Any dude from outside of the US playing here is most definitely getting paid by their club.

    http://www.skillrugby.com if it fancies you to check out.

    Yeah, hes defintely getting paid, Rugby is his green card..

    Some good sized motherfuckers in that picture.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    All good to know dude. Funny, I have a decent friend from England that plays "pro" in NYC. He works for "Play Rugby USA" as his day job. I have been trying to get involved with it locally but with no success, very unorganized here.. Would love to get involved with a Rugby or Soccer program in Philly.

    He probably plays for Old Blue then. Any dude from outside of the US playing here is most definitely getting paid by their club.

    http://www.skillrugby.com if it fancies you to check out.

    Yeah, hes defintely getting paid, Rugby is his green card..

    Some good sized motherfuckers in that picture.

    Yeah, division 1. Good competition. I'm in there somewhere - biggest claim to fame is my super gay picture of the three dudes taking a picture in the Halloween pics - I'm the one with the Magnum PI get-up going on. Ahhh, good times.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    ahaha, thats pretty fucking funny dude. Good on ya.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    so i stepped into the sixers thread... and a rugby match broke out...
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    The Jeagler wrote:
    so i stepped into the sixers thread... and a rugby match broke out...

    :thumbup:
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Stephen A. Smith: Drafting Turner a necessary next step for 76ers
    POSTED: June 22, 2010

    By Stephen A. Smith

    The NBA draft is approximately 48 hours away, and here's what we know about where the 76ers are right now:

    They've got the No. 2 pick in the draft. Barring a blockbuster offer, the Sixers are not about to trade that pick; they will take Ohio State's Evan Turner, instead.

    New head coach Doug Collins is not running the show. That responsibility still falls on the shoulders of president-general manager Ed Stefanski. But since Stefanski still hasn't received an official vote of confidence from chairman Ed Snider and his cohorts, potential chaos lurks perpetually around the corner. Stefanski is making the decisions even as he dangles in the wind.

    Welcome to the Sixers' interpretation of progress.

    "We're looking forward to the draft," Stefanski told me a few days ago. "We like a few people we've talked to. [Turner] is definitely one of those people. He simply knows how to play the game of basketball. Whatever decision we make, whatever direction we go in, we would hope to go in the direction of a player of his caliber. You'll have to wait until Thursday to see who that player is."

    When you're the Sixers , you have no choice but to pick a player of Turner's caliber, and it has very little to do with the two triple-doubles he registered against suspect competition last season or the 20 points per game he averaged in the Big Ten.

    Every NBA scout worth his salt applauds Turner's basketball IQ, his scoring ability, and the potential for him to play shooting guard, small forward, and point guard.

    Almost in unison, NBA scouts have said Turner "has a great feel for the game. He's the most skilled player in the draft behind [expected No. 1 pick] Kentucky's John Wall. The question is not whether he's the right pick for the Sixers."

    Essentially, it's whether they can take a talent like Turner and put the right pieces in place for him to shine.

    "I have no doubt that they can and they will," Turner told me just days ago. "It would be one thing if I were some one-dimensional ballplayer, but I'm not. I consider myself versatile. I'm not a scorer or a rebounder anymore than I'm a point guard or shooting guard. I'm a ballplayer. That's what I pride myself on being. And I work on my game every single day to prove just that. Nothing will change in that regard."

    Give Turner credit for this much: Evidently, he does his homework.

    The Sixers' troubles are arguably the worst-kept secret in the NBA. Everyone knows they have a potential star in Andre Iguodala, who still has a ways to go before validating that status. They also know the Sixers, outside of Iguodala, have absolutely nothing else close to that right now.

    Last year's rookie point guard Jrue Holiday doesn't suffice, at least as of yet. Elton Brand will never be that all-star caliber forward again, no matter how stubborn the Sixers are in reaching this realization.

    Whatever potential Thaddeus Young has is, somewhat, inhibited by Iguodala's presence. If newly acquired center Spencer Hawes and forward Andres Nocioni were that much to brag about, they'd still be in Sacramento. And is there really anyone else worth talking about with these Sixers?

    "Actually, that remains to be seen," Stefanski continued. "And I wouldn't rule out any possibilities. We've got our work cut out for us; there's no doubt about that. But a majority of the talent that's on this roster was in the playoffs a couple of years ago. Now we've got a great new coach, some of those parts still remain, we've added offense and toughness with the Samuel Dalembert trade [Hawes and Nocioni], and we've got the No. 2 pick in the draft. I'll say this much: I don't think things are looking down."

    Hiring Collins, an astute basketball mind if ever there was one, was a step in the right direction. Keeping Stefanski on board, albeit precariously, hasn't hurt, either. Both situations, combined with Dalembert's departure, demonstrate Snider meant precisely what he said was opining: "We are not happy with this [Sixers] situation. We expected much better than a 27-55 season. We didn't get it, and we will address it. No matter who it hurts."

    That statement immediately followed the end of last season. Since that time, the Sixers appear to be doing everything to make amends.

    Snider said they'll "never stand pat and accept mediocrity." The cynic in us all would argue it has certainly appeared that way for far too many years.

    So all we can do is wait and see. Starting Thursday.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i can't stand Smith. pompous ass
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    81 wrote:
    i can't stand Smith. pompous ass

    agreed. he knows basketball though.
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  • 81
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    The Jeagler wrote:
    81 wrote:
    i can't stand Smith. pompous ass

    agreed. he knows basketball though.


    not that i ever had much respect for his loud mouth, but during the 04 Stanley Cup playoffs he was bashing hockey pretty hard on espn. one of the other talking heads (stu or wilbon) asked if he had ever been to a playoff game. nope. obviously, we all know that a hockey playoff game is one of the greatest sporting events around. anyways, lots of poeple know basketball and i turn the tv any time that clown is on.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    The Jeagler wrote:
    81 wrote:
    i can't stand Smith. pompous ass

    agreed. he knows basketball though.

    And it's the only sport he knows. I'm sick of him chiming in on all the rest.

    Things must be rough for him if he had to leave TV and come back to the Inquirer. So wish he was out of this city - again.
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    he's not on ESPN anymore? good. :lol:
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    81 wrote:
    he's not on ESPN anymore? good. :lol:

    Not that I know of - or at least not as much. And thank God that shitty show of his is gone as well.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    espn insider is saying it's a lock that the sixers are taking turner. so everyone can chill
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    81 wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    81 wrote:
    i can't stand Smith. pompous ass

    agreed. he knows basketball though.


    not that i ever had much respect for his loud mouth, but during the 04 Stanley Cup playoffs he was bashing hockey pretty hard on espn. one of the other talking heads (stu or wilbon) asked if he had ever been to a playoff game. nope. obviously, we all know that a hockey playoff game is one of the greatest sporting events around. anyways, lots of poeple know basketball and i turn the tv any time that clown is on.

    he should legally not be allowed to talk about anything not nba basketball related.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    i love listening to doug collins talk about this team and this city...perfect fit for this team. he all but said turner's the guy tomorrow night unless some team overwhelms them with a trade offer....
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    I suspect Collins lasts 3 years max.

    Go Buckeyes
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    81 wrote:
    I suspect Collins lasts 3 years max.

    Go Buckeyes

    sweet.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    won't be long now.

    anyone else think it's funny that collins/stefanski keep saying brand can play the 5? He can't even play the 4. This team might not get a rebound all season

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