Dilemma ...

[buckeyehoppy]

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Lonbull: $$$ first post on The Planet. And not a moment too soon, I might add. A week before Steelers Bowl VII. Great timing!!!

Looking forward to the coming Triple Crown season and your take on the thoroughbreds.

Welcome Lonbull!

[AngryAsian]

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SanAntonio -

If you really want a suggestion here's my .02, and I'm going to put this in a language I know you'll understand.

I'm sure you remember the Giants game and you remember that Greg Warren our long-snapper was injured and it was a lack of a back-up plan to his injury that probably cost us that game. Luckily for us it didn't cost us a chance to go to the Super Bowl - but let's face it the Patriots were 11-5 and they didn't get in - so one additional loss to this one might have cost us a playoff bid.

I'm sure you were angry - and I was on a messageboard where many fans wanted an immediate firing of our special teams coach, and thought that this mistake was a sure sign that Mike Tomlin clearly wasn't ready for this job -after all how could he have let this happen?

I'll ask you all this - were any of you really satisfied with Tomlin's answers as to why such a simple amount of preparation never took place? Didn't you wonder about a lack of commitment? Looking back this game could have cost us a Super Bowl.

So let me break it down for you in how this relates to your recent decision regarding the Steelers and your family.

James Harrison = your 12 year old son. He's just doing the best he can - but somehow / someway he's to blame because his swim meet landed on your Steelers game.

Mike Tomlin = your wife. She's the one who has to explain your decision (and lack of prepartion and lack of commitment) to other family members, other people at the swim meet, and probably to your son as well. She's the one facing the fact that (from this example) when it came between your family and the Steelers - you picked a group of people who don't even know your very bad word name.

Bob Ligashesky (the guy everyone wanted to fire immediately) = You. Someone who obviously didn't put very much preparation into this event, and did practically nothing to assist in making it any better - hence responsible for blowing (what could have been) a very big game in our season.

Now I certainly understand there's going to be a large contingent on this board who will say "hey everyone knows you're a HUGE Steeler fan" - and it goes with the territory. However that kind of thinking isn't going to help this matter.

So here is my suggestion to you - first man up that you made a huge mistake. You should have gone to the swim meet. You are one of maybe 6 of your son's fans - in fact you may be his biggest - the Steelers had plenty of fans that day - who needed you more? Wouldn't you have been plenty angry if during the AFC Championship game Heinz Field was empty - that's your wife's perspective. Your son's "Heinz Field" was empty.

If you really want to fix this - You clearly need to "plug" in as they say to your family and just get on the ball (so to speak) with your scheduling. That's all that seems to be missing here. Seriously. When the schedule comes out for the Steelers simply block out the times that they will be playing including all possible Playoff games and the Super Bowl. Someone already mentioned a 5 hour window - and that's a very solid suggestion.

Then you can make sure that when it comes to the Steelers and the rest of your life you won't be surprising anyone with your decisions (ala your wife). And she can work around that schedule - If she doesn't know how many guys are on a playing field I doubt very seriously she has the schedule memorized.

Don't let anybody fool you - Being a man in this case is admiting you made a very bad judgement call and making sure that if you can't reschedule something (like a swim meet) it's family first. And you'll just have to tape / record the game - Good Dad or Good Steeler Fan it's up to you champ.

The fact that your wife is indifferent to your decision right now....is a very bad sign. VERY VERY bad sign. If you remember there were times when Coach Cowher would scream and yell at a player - that's because he felt the player had potential but just needed a kick in the butt. The guys who made mistakes and then were benched or ignored usually didn't stay on the team very long did they?

I would buy a day planner / calendar immediately and start scheduling something with your son asap. Camping, fishing something that gives you and your son a lot of quality time away from television and/or sports.

And I would suggest you include your wife on this OR if she decides to opt out buy her a day at the spa or something that she enjoys - added bonus take a camera with you on this outing of you and your son, take a ton of pictures and make an album for her. That will mean more to a woman worth being married too than jewerly.

Good luck.

L.B.

Lonbull uncensored and in high definition. Bro, that's some serious Man-Beast posting right there. Welcome aboard and glad to finally have you on the Planet. BTW, your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my abode.

[Lonbull]

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Gentlemen -

I appreciate the welcome.

I've been keeping tabs on this website since Ghost emailed me about it, and I certainly have appreciated all of the Steeler updates. I haven't posted because recently I've decided/needed to be more focused on some life "stuff". But I hope when this passes I can get back to writing about our beloved Black & Gold.

However I felt I needed to address this particular thread. I'm certainly not trying to "come down" on SanAntonio Steel - I just had an idea and thought I'd run with it.

Hope you're all well and next Monday we can start discussing what we're going to do with the 32nd pick in the draft.

*Glad to hear that the Scampi is still keeping the FBI happy.

L.B.

[MeetJoeGreene]

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Lonbull uncensored and in high definition. Bro, that's some serious Man-Beast posting right there. Welcome aboard and glad to finally have you on the Planet. BTW, your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my abode.

I read that WAY to quickly my first pass and then did a doubletake as I thought it said your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my ahole.

[Iron Shiek]

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Lonbull uncensored and in high definition. Bro, that's some serious Man-Beast posting right there. Welcome aboard and glad to finally have you on the Planet. BTW, your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my abode.

I read that WAY to quickly my first pass and then did a doubletake as I thought it said your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my ahole.

Awesome MJG...that would be a sore site (or feeling...ouch)


Lonbull, welcome and great analogy. That was simply outstanding. And you're right...DVR is man's best friend. While I've never recorded a game because I hate having to try to avoid hearing the result all day, its a good fall back.

[MeetJoeGreene]

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Lonbull uncensored and in high definition. Bro, that's some serious Man-Beast posting right there. Welcome aboard and glad to finally have you on the Planet. BTW, your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my abode.

I read that WAY to quickly my first pass and then did a doubletake as I thought it said your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my ahole.

Awesome MJG...that would be a sore site (or feeling...ouch)


Lonbull, welcome and great analogy. That was simply outstanding. And you're right...DVR is man's best friend. While I've never recorded a game because I hate having to try to avoid hearing the result all day, its a good fall back.

True Story. My brother DVR'ed the San Diego game due to a family commitment and didn't listen to or watch anything in order to be surprised. (I was not aware of this fact). He got home and listened to his answering machine messages - never dreaming that there would be an almost incoherent rant from his older brother (me) who happened to be AT THE GAME shouting we are kicking their Azzes and the like. Oooops.

[ikestops85]

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Look, just tell your wife that watching a steeler game is a family event and as a family event she needs to participate. One of the rules are if a steeler QB takes a knee in the game she has to get on her knees as part of the victory celebration. If she is willing to "celebrate" at the church SB party then you have no objection in going.

[ColumbusSteelerFan]

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Lonbull uncensored and in high definition. Bro, that's some serious Man-Beast posting right there. Welcome aboard and glad to finally have you on the Planet. BTW, your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my abode.

I read that WAY to quickly my first pass and then did a doubletake as I thought it said your shrimp scampi is still a hit at my ahole.

Awesome MJG...that would be a sore site (or feeling...ouch)


Lonbull, welcome and great analogy. That was simply outstanding. And you're right...DVR is man's best friend. While I've never recorded a game because I hate having to try to avoid hearing the result all day, its a good fall back.

True Story. My brother DVR'ed the San Diego game due to a family commitment and didn't listen to or watch anything in order to be surprised. (I was not aware of this fact). He got home and listened to his answering machine messages - never dreaming that there would be an almost incoherent rant from his older brother (me) who happened to be AT THE GAME shouting we are kicking their Azzes and the like. Oooops.

Had a similar situation during the Jets playoff game in 2005 (what a way to start Ben's playoff career). The maid of honor at our wedding's wedding happened to fall on the same day. Uh oh. Plus, they were married in her husband's hometown outside of Marietta, Ohio (southeast Ohio for those not familiar). The reception, as it turned out, was smack dab in the middle of the game. With no over-the-air TV station nearby to pick up the game, the best we had was whatever reception we got from WWVA out of Wheeling and the spotty cell phone coverage we could get for scoring updates.

Adding to our dilemma, our friend's grandfather was taping the game at home and did NOT want to hear anything about it until he got home. So imaging about fifty Steelers fan getting sporadic updates and trying not too cheer too loudly unless the Old Man would hear about it. Oh man it was tough, especially once hearing about the missed field goal, going to overtime, and the eventual win. But he didn't hear any of it, so we succeeded. Next time any of our friends get married, we'll make sure it's during the summer

[ghettoscott]

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Do whatever the hell you want to. It's how I do things.

Of course, I am divorced. Happily.

AND you are a Sith Lord...best of both worlds