Someone do me a favor re: EagleAction

[bignick33]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

You ought to give up on EA and post here instead. It's more fun.

EA is connected to the city sewer system. Any hate there gets sent in the big pipe to Deer Island where it gets treated, and then children swim in it at Nantasket Beach.

They still have the boardwalk at Nantasket Beach?

Yes. And it's cleaner than it used to be.

[bignick33]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

You ought to give up on EA and post here instead. It's more fun.

EA is connected to the city sewer system. Any hate there gets sent in the big pipe to Deer Island where it gets treated, and then children swim in it at Nantasket Beach.

They still have the boardwalk at Nantasket Beach?

Yes. And it's cleaner than it used to be.

There has never been a boardwalk at Nantasket Beach.

Damn it, Campion is right. There is a concrete ledge that serves the purpose of a boardwalk with bars, restaurants, mini golf, carousel, etc across the street. It serves the practical purpose of a boardwalk, and it is still there.

[eagle9903]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

You ought to give up on EA and post here instead. It's more fun.

EA is connected to the city sewer system. Any hate there gets sent in the big pipe to Deer Island where it gets treated, and then children swim in it at Nantasket Beach.

They still have the boardwalk at Nantasket Beach?

Yes. And it's cleaner than it used to be.

There has never been a boardwalk at Nantasket Beach.

Damn it, Campion is right. There is a concrete ledge that serves the purpose of a boardwalk with bars, restaurants, mini golf, carousel, etc across the street. It serves the practical purpose of a boardwalk, and it is still there.

I've been there for reasons not clear to me now. Many flabby pasty Marsh vegas skanks.

[pick6pedro]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

You ought to give up on EA and post here instead. It's more fun.

EA is connected to the city sewer system. Any hate there gets sent in the big pipe to Deer Island where it gets treated, and then children swim in it at Nantasket Beach.

They still have the boardwalk at Nantasket Beach?

Yes. And it's cleaner than it used to be.

There has never been a boardwalk at Nantasket Beach.

Damn it, Campion is right. There is a concrete ledge that serves the purpose of a boardwalk with bars, restaurants, mini golf, carousel, etc across the street. It serves the practical purpose of a boardwalk, and it is still there.

What about the practical purpose of bums getting each other off? And just because they share the same resevoir tip doesn't mean it's any cleaner down there.

[bignick33]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

You ought to give up on EA and post here instead. It's more fun.

EA is connected to the city sewer system. Any hate there gets sent in the big pipe to Deer Island where it gets treated, and then children swim in it at Nantasket Beach.

They still have the boardwalk at Nantasket Beach?

Yes. And it's cleaner than it used to be.

There has never been a boardwalk at Nantasket Beach.

Damn it, Campion is right. There is a concrete ledge that serves the purpose of a boardwalk with bars, restaurants, mini golf, carousel, etc across the street. It serves the practical purpose of a boardwalk, and it is still there.

I've been there for reasons not clear to me now. Many flabby pasty Marsh vegas skanks.

Indeed. In the few instances over the last few years that I've found myself there, I've usually spent about 45 minutes in the sun then walked across the street to one of the bars with a roofdeck. The bars are much more pleasant than the beach. I think people like it because they think it's closer to Boston than a lot of nicer beaches that are further south or north, except it isn't really due to its peninsula-ing.

[eagle9903]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

You ought to give up on EA and post here instead. It's more fun.

EA is connected to the city sewer system. Any hate there gets sent in the big pipe to Deer Island where it gets treated, and then children swim in it at Nantasket Beach.

They still have the boardwalk at Nantasket Beach?

Yes. And it's cleaner than it used to be.

There has never been a boardwalk at Nantasket Beach.

Damn it, Campion is right. There is a concrete ledge that serves the purpose of a boardwalk with bars, restaurants, mini golf, carousel, etc across the street. It serves the practical purpose of a boardwalk, and it is still there.

http://eagleoutsider.com/phpbb/posting.php?mode=quote&f=4&p=243911#

I've been there for reasons not clear to me now. Many flabby pasty Marsh vegas skanks.

They are Southie skanks, pardon me. A Marshfield skank is usually a slightly more affluent descendant of a Southie skank, and they have their own beaches.

And it isn't a "concrete ledge." There is a sea wall designed to keep the north Atlantic in line.

I've learned something today.

[Reverend Mike]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

Nothing wrong with what you posted if that is how you feel. I think that is the whole idea of a message board... a place to transcribe your raw opinion. That said... you should be prepared for the same unvarnished responses... upon which is something this board (and it's previous incarnation as EagleInsider) has always prided itself.

As I mentioned to fake Nick Rossi, if there is anyone who supports giving this staff another year, I would welcome the rationale.

Lets not coat it in pussysugar. If I posted the same thing, you would be rightly ripping my asshole like a sheet of tissue paper.

Herzlax22 could shit on an American flag, post a picture of it, and the merrymen would line up to fellate him while muttering "ya know, he's makes some good points..."

[BCWest]

What can I say. Not my finest hour! Actually pretty amazing most of the words were spelled correctly.

Passion matters. At least you have it for BC football.

[bcnyceagle]

Am I wrong to assume that this week should provide a bit more material than usual?

[2001Eagle]

Its a valid point and one that should be brought up. You can complain because you donate. You have a vested financial stake in the program. Many of us will not donate again until Spazerelli is gone. I gave more in Jags's 2 years then the 5 years before that, but even then the schools sees our money through ticket sales and every game costs me a small fortune on concessions, new crap at the bookstore etc.

I didn't mean to suggest that you CAN'T complain if you don't donate. That is akin to tomcat (who stupidly supported Spaz so much that he was predicting an 11-win season) saying that you had to play football at BC to be able to comment about BC football on a message board.

What I am suggesting is that someone who does not support the program has no standing to complain about the manner in which I support the program. Look... I'm a hypocrite. I still bought a seat and donated to the Flynn Fund this year. While I dropped 5 season tix and cut my donation by 90%, I still gave and bought a seat (though I gave a buddy who still attends games the tix and the accompanying parking pass). I won't go to another game so long as Spaz is there. But, I don't mind donating a token amount because (a) I still support the student-athletes and (b) I feel it gives me a seat at the table from which to gripe.

Herzy is a fan of Spaz and Gene. They are the guys who looked after his son for 5 years (2 of which were very difficult). That's fine... that's the bias he brings to the table. In comparison, I'm a fan of Boston College... the institution. As such, I am also a fan of the students who will soon join my ranks as fellow alums. Who I owe no allegence to are the hired guns who are paid MILLIONS to head-up BC's athletic teams. When these transient professionals are woefully under-performing, I feel it is every alum's OBLIGATION to object... as our future fellow alumni simply deserve better. And, our university has better ways in which to expend its resources.

Simply... Gene DeFilippo and Frank Spaziani are not Boston College. They are simply well-paid proxy-holders who are acting on our behalf. Their continued representation is always at our whim.

I believe this is your best post.

[claver2010]

Not going to lie, whenever I saw herzylax on 60 minutes last night I thought of him getting hammered, posting on TOS and challenging people to a fight.

[cvilleagle]

Not going to lie, whenever I saw herzylax on 60 minutes last night I thought of him getting hammered, posting on TOS and challenging people to a fight.

I was thinking about that too, actually.

[hansen]

Not going to lie, whenever I saw herzylax on 60 minutes last night I thought of him getting hammered, posting on TOS and challenging people to a fight.

you can leave the cesspool, but the cesspool can't leave you

[DomingoOrtiz]

From Morano:

"Congratulations to:
1. The team for hanging together and beating Maryland under adverse conditions.
2. Gene D. for establishing and maintaiining a program where our student athletes are actually graduating, and maintaining our position both scholastically and athletically with the top schools in the country. For hiring a basketball coach who looks outstanding. He did not desert the ship when problems arose, as did many reading this. Incidentally, he does have some fans on this board.
3. And coach Spaz has some fans as well. He seems to have kept the morale of the team high even with some early season problems. He lost some of his best players for one reason or another and was forced to use many younger players both red shirt freshmen and even just plain freshmen. I do believe the team is getting better every game. Wasn't Spaz the coach who recruited one of the best running backs in the ACC, and recruited also an utterly fantastic line backer who might be the best in the country. I am looking forward to seeing how well he can do when he has all his horses next year.
4. If there are many comments generated by this memo, let them show some class. By that I mean no books to the writer, Leach would have definitely been an embarrasment to the whole school. No contributions of $1.000 for any flyovers. No nasty language either, just write as though your son or daughter would be reading it - mine will be. Thanks"

[cvilleagle]

That guy's screen name is spelled wrong.

[DuchesneEast]

Wasn't Spaz the coach who recruited one of the best running backs in the ACC, and recruited also an utterly fantastic line backer who might be the best in the country. I am looking forward to seeing how well he can do when he has all his horses next year.

UMMMMMMMMMMMM, didnt Jags get Montel to commit and Luke was recruited under Jags, I just dont remember if he committed or confirmed under Spaz (not that tough considering Spaz was the DC anyway)

[PhillyandBCEagles]

Wasn't Spaz the coach who recruited one of the best running backs in the ACC, and recruited also an utterly fantastic line backer who might be the best in the country. I am looking forward to seeing how well he can do when he has all his horses next year.

UMMMMMMMMMMMM, didnt Jags get Montel to commit and Luke was recruited under Jags, I just dont remember if he committed or confirmed under Spaz (not that tough considering Spaz was the DC anyway)

Luke committed a week or 2 after the coaching change but was a heavy BC lean before it

[eagle9903]

HA, Legend of Section T thinks Morano and EaglegradCC are aliases from here.

If they are that would be awesome, however, I don't think this is the case, but have certainly been wrong about such things before.

[ATLeagle]

Is there anyone on EA still defending Spaz and this mess of a season?

[HJS]

According to JConman, there are a few like bcrulz, Legrand and a couple other (I think he mentioned someone like mcrimmins). For them, this is all Jags' fault and Spaz is an innocent victim who he needs more time to show what he can do. Personally, I think they are all Worst Generation types who have immense sympathy for a fellow member who similarly failed upward and despise the rest of us expecting some sort of results.

That said, apparently something like 90% of the board is in the Fire Spaz camp. But about 95% are in the Fire Gene camp (some of those who want to give Spaz more time blame GDF for Spaz's failure). Basically, Gene and Spaz are the great unifiers of the BC fandom.

[DomingoOrtiz]

Is there anyone on EA still defending Spaz and this mess of a season?

Only a few new posters who I suspect are family members or minions. That said, the Merrymen still hate Jags and give him most of the blame.

[eagle9903]

According to JConman, there are a few like bcrulz, Legrand and a couple other (I think he mentioned someone like mcrimmins). For them, this is all Jags' fault and Spaz is an innocent victim who he needs more time to show what he can do. Personally, I think they are all Worst Generation types who have immense sympathy for a fellow member who similarly failed upward and despise the rest of us expecting some sort of results.

That said, apparently something like 90% of the board is in the Fire Spaz camp. But about 95% are in the Fire Gene camp (some of those who want to give Spaz more time blame GDF for Spaz's failure). Basically, Gene and Spaz are the great unifiers of the BC fandom.

That morano poster whose post is above loves Spaz, by the way if he read this board his monocle would not be long for this world. There are a few others like that, I believe they are mostly very elderly - like alive during WWI. The mcrimmins poster has seen the light. BCrulz claims BC had a bad offense with Matt Ryan in '07 so he is a retarded person who's opinion is less valued than the others. The Legrands of the world, I get the impression aren't happy with Spaz but seem to be of the ilk that think it is outside the role of a sports fan to complain about performance in such sport.

As domingo posted, despite the near consensus that Spaz is embarrassingly overmatched, the merry majority still caveat everything with "realizing the team is young," "even though Jags didn't recruit for 2 years," "despite the Jags attrition," etc. I guess its improvement over when somehow after watching the Clemson '09 game they came away with the conclusion that Spaz could possibly be the guy to lead BC. Also they had this turn back to maybe Spaz is turning things around after Maryland and immediate reversal after FSU which was just silly.

One thing that I guarantee will happen, is if Spaz is not fired after a 2-11ish season, that board will forget how bad the season was by roughly February and there will again be sycophants praising the brilliance of the cushion and cursing the name of the spread in favor of "three yards and a cloud of dust."

[bcnyceagle]

One thing that I guarantee will happen, is if Spaz is not fired after a 2-11ish season, that board will forget how bad the season was by roughly February and there will again be sycophants praising the brilliance of the cushion and cursing the name of the spread in favor of "three yards and a cloud of dust."

This. And they will cite optimistic posts from MF, Hoffses and rossinc as evidence that the real insiders in the program (which excludes anybody else who says anything about BC football besides herzylax) know this is going to be a great team next year.

[janebc]

Why does Boston College have such an institutionalized tendency to hire bad coaches-and then spend wasted years making excuses for his performance? Every school has a bad hire, but the tolerance is usually limited and fans demand change. A large percentage of BC fans, on the other hand, exhibit a masochistic desire to defend the the likes of Henning,Spaz and long after the passage of their expiration dates. Chlebeck is the only case I can recall where an inept coach was quickly shown the door.

[janebc]

I didn't realize he was there that long. I do remember the guy on the BC beat for the Herald repeatedly questioning how long the school would tolerate Henning; I have seen nothing of the same re: Spaz.

[Mosi]

when someone asks for a definition of a "MerryMan" show them this:

PatriotGolfer


Re: SPAZ MUST GO Reply
Mav,
I think it is universally agreed Spaz isn't the guy for the job, but do you need to call him an "incompetent buffoon" and "moron"?

Seriously....the guy has been an accomplished football coach for decades. He has been a loyal soldier at BC since 1997.

He's obviously NOT a buffoon or moron because his resume as a DC was excellent.....care to count how many NFL players he prepared for the NFL in those years??

[bcnyceagle]

when someone asks for a definition of a "MerryMan" show them this:

PatriotGolfer


Re: SPAZ MUST GO Reply
Mav,
I think it is universally agreed Spaz isn't the guy for the job, but do you need to call him an "incompetent buffoon" and "moron"?

Seriously....the guy has been an accomplished football coach for decades. He has been a loyal soldier at BC since 1997.

He's obviously NOT a buffoon or moron because his resume as a DC was excellent.....care to count how many NFL players he prepared for the NFL in those years??

I'm just shocked that PatriotGolfer even admits that he's on the #FireSpaz wagon. Virtually every single post of his for my time at EA were in defense of the staff and Spaz. I'm talking serious merryman psychosis; long posts attempting debunk anything and everything negative that could be said about the staff (including blatantly objective statistics). Did any of these hypocritical assholes give a mea culpa before they decided to admit that everything they've said for the past few years was complete and utter bullshit?

[31southst]

Presented without comment:

Guys I know I'll be whacked in the thread for my comments but I have been bored with the negativity of the board and terribly disappointed in the play of the team.
I am a contributor (very small) to the Barber head coaching chair at BC and have been for many years. I made my choice to donate specifically for that chair because out of all I see in FB success the one constant is continuity. I feel I am qualified to comment as I have been a 35 year fan and a season ticket holder for over 13 yrs.

Our issues are several and all well documented youth, injuries etc. One thing we do not share much thought on the board is the QB. Its been a hole in the BC team now for 3 yrs. In other years we have had a supporting cast of good players around average QB's leading to winning records.
Chase Rettig has not progressed, not shown flashes of brilliance, not made plays with his feet. Its time we addressed the real issue on the field. I love the kids heart, his short throws to the wideouts but he is now gunshy from getting hit and his decision making is getting worse.

You can have good solid players around an average QB and win and then every now and again speacial QB's come along and you get some great years. In my BC fan history I have watched QB's elevate their teamates Kruchek, Flutie, Halloran (senior yr only)Foley, Peterson and Ryan. Take anyone of those QB's off the field for any reason and those teams would have looked like a .500 club. So my point is that our problem is QB.

Continuity is more important than the next Media savvy coach that is all about coming in to BC and predicting instant success. I am so sick and tired of this season and the money influences in CFB and the distortion and the distortion it has created in the game I love. Whether it be Oregon recruiting, Miami donors, Penn St scandels, ND death and rapes I want to stay the course and not go for the quick hope to find a better coach.

If anyone thinks this staff has forgotten the X&O's you're dumb and if your think that this staff lost the team emotionally all you had to do was see the game yesterday from the stands. They played hard and never gave up.

The issue of recruiting is still an open quesiton and it is the hardest one for me to give Spaz a waiver on. But having watched the team all year and Tivo the games and watch them during the week you can see where some of the younger players are playing much better. Including Aspirilla, Duggan and deVitto on D and Vardaro, Evans on the KO team.
Where we are not getting progress is at QB and I would propose this is a sophmore slump and a clear regression for Chase.

Finally we knnow this team is young. As all former players can attest its one thing to get on the field as a frosh or sophmore its another to sense when a play is coming and to pick up the little signs in the speed of the game to make a play.
Its not coincidence that yesterday our stars were upperclassman, watch the replay of Fletchers interception and note he broke for the corner before the receiver did, thats experience, Max made the exact same play he won the game at Duke with last year when he blocked an inside slant play, thats expereince and Kukes was just a monster with what 9 or 10 tackles in the last 8 mins?
Without an above average QB you need upperclassman to win games, unfortunately this yr we have a below average QB and not enough upper classman.

I vote SPAZ stays and much like WF who had a disaster season last year, we stay the course and put together a winning season next year and beyond.

Jack 76

[HJS]

"Continuity" is what got us here. "Continuity" is the reason why Spaz was hired. "Continuity" is the reason why 75% of the assistants were retained from Jags. "Continuity" is why BC is what it is.

If anyone thinks this staff has forgotten the X&O's you're dumb

If anyone thinks this this staff ever knew the X&O's you're dumb (as the sentence structure of that statement would suggest).

[Reverend Mike]

Presented without comment:

I am a contributor (very small) to the Barber head coaching chair at BC and have been for many years. I made my choice to donate specifically for that chair because out of all I see in FB success the one constant is continuity.

I am so sick and tired of this season and the money influences in CFB and the distortion and the distortion it has created in the game I love.

I vote SPAZ stays and much like WF who had a disaster season last year, we stay the course and put together a winning season next year and beyond.

Jack 76

So this asshole doesn't like the fact that donors call the shots in college football, but he wants a vote on who the coach is because he donates money.