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Bobcat205

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Forum: NHL4 déc. 2023 à 10 h 47
Sujet: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #2: Early Overreactions
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>I've noticed a lot of good character development surrounding this CBJ team in the weeks gone by, the most prevalent and stabilizing of which being that we're not immediately keeling over and dying when we give up 2 early goals (or a goal within the first minute)

Under Larsen (and to a lesser extent in the last year under Torts) if we gave up two goals in 7 minutes like we did against Ottawa last Friday, everything would have just shut down and we'd lose 5-1 or something, but we fought back and won. We're actually making some progress, as much as those in the HFBoards community don't think so.</div></div>

I've tried to catch a few of the CBJ games when I can to watch Fantilli. What I do see that would give me hope as a fan is that Werenski, Lowry, and Jenner seem to be "lead from the front" type of leaders that refuse to backdown for anything or anyone; or allow themselves to make excuses. There are times where you can clearly see that the Jackets are outclassed skill-wise but they fight hard. With Gaudreau playing better and the Russian line providing a nice change of pace; they just need someone else on the blueline to step up. If the D can activate regularly without committing blunders then they could be more consistent. It seems like their transition game is the part that is choppy and a solid 2nd pair will help with that. Not sold on Provorov unless he has a real steady partner (same MO as in Philly).
Forum: The Box26 sept. 2023 à 11 h 10
Sujet: All Topics Discussion Thread PT2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>I've had this "dream IndyCar schedule" doc in my drive for years that i've been continuously updating, i intended for it to be somewhat short but the amount of stuff i want to see spiraled into the schedule being <em>thirty races long.</em> Oops.

Round 1: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Street Course)
Round 2: SiriusXM 300 (Homestead-Miami Speedway)
Round 3: Indy Grand Prix of North Carolina (Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval)
Round 4: Truist Bank 250 (Richmond Raceway)
Round 5: Firestone Indy 300 (Nashville Superspeedway)
Round 6: Music City Grand Prix (Nashville Street Course)
Round 7: Quaker State Indy 300 (Kentucky Speedway)
Round 8: Kroger 200 (Indianapolis Raceway Park)
Round 9: Gallagher Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC)
Round 10: Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Round 11: BorgWarner-Delphi Indy 300 (Chicagoland Speedway)
Round 12: Firestone Indy 400 (Michigan International Speedway)
Round 13: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (Detroit Street Course)
Round 14: Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America (Road America)
Round 15: HyVee Salute to Farmers 300 (Iowa Speedway)
Round 16: Honda Indy 200 (Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course)
Round 17: Wisconsin 250 (Milwaukee Mile)
Round 18: Cheez-It Indy At The Glen (Watkins Glen International)
Round 19: ABC Supply 500 (Pocono Raceway)
Round 20: Bommarito Automotive Group 500 (Gateway Motorsports Park)
Round 21: Charter Communications 300 (Kansas Speedway)
Round 22: Honda Grand Prix of Alabama (Barber Motorsports Park)
Round 23: Indy Grand Prix of Dallas (Circuit of the Americas)
Round 24: Bombardier Learjet Indy 500K (Texas Motor Speedway)
Round 25: Indy Grand Prix of Mexico City (Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez)
Round 26: Desert Diamond Indy 300 (Phoenix Raceway)
Round 27: Indy Grand Prix of Portland (Portland International Raceway)
Round 28: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma Raceway)
Round 29: Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca Raceway)
Finale: Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach Street Course)

Much more national, and it makes some semblance of sense on a map. Starting in mid-March in Florida, and ending in the fall in California.</div></div>

Roval would be a chaotic but enjoyable mess.
Forum: The Box25 sept. 2023 à 14 h 36
Sujet: All Topics Discussion Thread PT2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>Yeah, that sucks, the race last year was really good, but apparently the dates couldn't match between IndyCar and TMS's management.

I'm surprised they couldn't agree on one of the off weeks:

- May 5th, between Barber and the Indy GP

- July 28th or August 4th, between Toronto and Gateway

- September 5th, between Milwaukee and Nashville

It's a shame.</div></div>

Don't think they'd be able to justify a non-indy race or event in the month of may but the other dates would have been perfectly fine, i agree. The map of where races are occurring is also disappointing to see, barely branching out from a straight line north-south of Indy and a couple races on the west coast. I'd have hoped they would find places to go that would make it more national and more interesting.
Forum: The Box21 sept. 2023 à 11 h 24
Sujet: All Topics Discussion Thread PT2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>recently fallen in love with the new <a href="https://classics.nascar.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">NASCAR Classics</a> page, getting to live through some old memories is an amazing feeling

I've loved watching some old stuff from like 2009-2011 with the Sprint commercials boasting about 4G internet. Y'all remember when that was novel technology?

It's not yet a full archive of every broadcasted race (we're still missing most of the 2008 season) and some broadcasts are edited (see: 2007 Sonoma, where we don't hear Kyle Petty yelling "WHAT THE F*CK WAS THAT" on live TV), but it's still an amazing asset to my NASCAR fandom.</div></div>

full 2007 daytona 500 goes hard

but where is the Kyle Petty cut? #NascarReleaseTheKylePettyCut
Forum: The Box12 sept. 2023 à 11 h 17
Sujet: All Topics Discussion Thread PT2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>so uh, week 1 was cool

Browns-Bengals was fun to listen to on the radio. Between Jim Donovan for the Browns, Tom Hamilton for the Guardians and Bob McElligott for the Jackets, i'm pretty damn spoiled for radio options.

If the Bengals felt the same way my dad and i do, they would <em>never</em> let Joe Burrow play in the rain again. He was <em>awful</em>, and Zac Taylor's playcalling (especially on that 4th down with 10 minutes left) didn't really help much.

I didn't know much about this Jerome Ford guy coming into this year, but based on his play from this Sunday, he's a totally adequate backup for Nick. Not bad for a rookie in his first game.

Deshaun... was still Deshaun. Overthrows and underthrows abound, but he got it done on his feet. At what point do we bring in DTR?</div></div>

DTR! DTR! DTR! DTR!
Forum: The Box30 août 2023 à 10 h 13
Sujet: All Topics Discussion Thread PT2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div><div class="yt_out_cont"><div class="yt_cont"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DoOuVPKNkYA" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div>

I think it's long enough now, i can talk about what happened here.

Everyone blaming this on the underbody of the Next Gen car has no idea what they're talking about. You could throw anything sideways at 200 mph and it'll catch air. It's just physics.

With that being said, this is the most Hot Wheels-*ss wreck i've seen in a long time. Glad to hear Ryan's okay.

(what is it with guys named Ryan and wrecking horrifically at Daytona in recent years)</div></div>

Next Gen car may be completely terrible when it comes to driver safety but I'd agree it's not at fault for Preece's crash. We've seen cars do crazy things the moment they dig into that infield dirt (see Buescher's Rocket League looking crash at Charlotte), thankfully the safety mechanisms did what they were supposed to do. What somehow is being overlooked in all the chaos of Blaney's crash, Preece's flip, and Keselowski's donuts, is that RFK had an absolute masterclass in teamwork to win. Keselowski and Buescher did everything perfectly to make sure no one could get enough of a run to split the two or get around them, and those RFK boys look good going into the playoffs.