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* Isiah's insight into Buddy's personality was exactly right. He just doesn't understand his players, where they come from, their upbringing, etc. In turn, he can't really relate to them, so his only way of trying to get through to them is to blow up. For example, Isiah actually needed the treatment that Kam got from Buddy, and Cam needed the Isiah treatment. I also like how Isiah pointed out how a coach's self-interest will come into play and ultimately you'll see in them that they're just using you for your athletic ability, and as a means to an end. That whole, "Molding young men," is one of the biggest lies told in all of sports in relation to college football.

* It's kind of a microcosm of sports injuries too. Grown as men telling kids they're faking, and they're not hurt because their livelihood is dependent upon them. shyt is brutal and sad.

* People are funny as fukk. I'm a lifelong FSU fan; going to be an alum twice over soon and I was reading their thread on this season on the biggest FSU site, and they were saying shyt like, "I could barely understand them.... They make me lose faith in our education system," and so on. If you switched most people's life circumstance(s) with Isiah, Rollie, DJ Law, et al., they don't even make it to Scooba. They'd already be dead or in jail before they get there. I mean, as a dude that's the first in my family to go college, little or no family resources, a high school dropout -- that whole urban tale -- it was a Herculean effort to get to this point. Moreover, I'm naturally smart as hell, my mom wasn't on drugs or no shyt like that and it was still hard as fukk. In terms of socioeconomic status and sheer probability someone like Isiah beat incredible and overwhelming odds to even make it to college. :wow:

* Misses Wagner may or may not have been sleeping with players. I will say this, it's indicative of our depravity as a society that the first thing a lot of people think is some sexual dynamic is afoot. We automatically have to make these sexual projections into situations. For me, she seems like a woman that genuinely cares and understands the plight of these dudes in a way that someone like Buddy never could. I also noticed that the players she was closest to were the players that were "seemingly" in search of something: Law, Rollie, Dakota, Tim and so on. She's not going to have the same relationship with a Deandre or John Franklin because they're not looking for the same nurturing consciously or unconsciously. She seems like a good person, regardless.

* What I find interesting about Kam is his great uncle/dad seems like a solid dude. He seems like the type of man that would cultivate the appropriate qualities in a young black man; but Kam was still a dikkhead despite it.

* Did Deandre throw 60 touchdowns? Goddamn.



That breakdown :wow:

I agree with you on a lot of those points. But I'm lazy to add my little tidbits :mjlol:
 

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Honestly after I saw that school I want them to do one with them on some bad news bears vibe. Everybody at their own school clowning them saying they werent gonna score:russ:, the rape by the lake:lupe:, milk and cookies night :noah: I was more interested in them than I was EMCC. :pachaha:


The sistas were looking good too
 

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Man this shyt crazy. I have so many personal connections with this season of the show.

  • Rivers and my younger cousin played on the D-line together in HS (my cuz is a yr older, but their line was beastly that yr). They were saying his mom always been on one lol
  • Coahoma CC is in my family hometown of Clarksdale. Them dudes prolly my kin:russ:
  • Done met/ran into a few coaches on both seasons thru my line of work

@klutch2381 had the best take on this season in this thread. Buddy doesn't get his players or know how to connect with them. Davern got the qualities of a great coach, because (1) he knows how to talk to them (2) motivate them (3) get on them if they mess up.

I'm rollin at Buddy's backslide from episode 1 (no cussin, pushups if he cussed, talkin bout the Bible) to same ol' Buddy by the end of the season


By the end everybody was tired of the cameras, I hope season 3 is about another school.
 

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Man this shyt crazy. I have so many personal connections with this season of the show.

  • Rivers and my younger cousin played on the D-line together in HS (my cuz is a yr older, but their line was beastly that yr). They were saying his mom always been on one lol
  • Coahoma CC is in my family hometown of Clarksdale. Them dudes prolly my kin:russ:
  • Done met/ran into a few coaches on both seasons thru my line of work

@klutch2381 had the best take on this season in this thread. Buddy doesn't get his players or know how to connect with them. Davern got the qualities of a great coach, because (1) he knows how to talk to them (2) motivate them (3) get on them if they mess up.

I'm rollin at Buddy's backslide from episode 1 (no cussin, pushups if he cussed, talkin bout the Bible) to same ol' Buddy by the end of the season


By the end everybody was tired of the cameras, I hope season 3 is about another school.


He's going to be a D-1 coach one day.
 

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breh that nikka's hair was moist as hell with them true religion jeans

Breh, do yall remember season 1 they did a short segment following him? He's a yesman at his church, nikka's tie was as long as the Mississippi river :mjlol:

He's going to be a D-1 coach one day.

He already has been one (Murray St and Troy) lol. I can guarantee he's turned down FCS jobs in the past few years But he deserves an FBS (200k/yr) gig. He the type of cat you need to coach up some of these country ass D-Lineman in the SEC and other big5 conferences.

That FBS (and eventually NFL) gig is goal for most FCS guys who've been in coaching for 6-7+ yrs
 

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Buddy Stephens is an absolutely terrible human being. I don't wish death on anyone, but every episode I hope he has a debilitating stroke. The guy doesn't have a decent bone in his body.

With him lookin like Mississipi Slim Jr while chewin all that tobacco, I doubt he's got much time before he suffers a serious illness
 

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Is is just me or does Snoop favor Ronald Ollie:russ:




Most of these cats remind me of dudes I went to high school with: "Mih Wagna, Mih Wagna, why I gotta go to clah Mih Wagna?"

:stopitslime::lolbron:

This show highlighted why 4-yr colleges should provide student-athletes with the opportunity to work toward a trade instead of traditional classes due to lower entrance requirements, history of poor academic performance, and the time commitment of D1 athletics. I guarantee a bunch of cats would stay in school and actually have legit marketable skills when athletics is finished.
 
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