*Merged* Cold Pizza saying Andy Reid to take a leave of absence

[Aikbach]

Not to make light of the man's crisis, that needs prayer and respect, however from a football perspective that is going to leave him outta the loop with the draft and preparing to court free agents.

I guess Jim Johnson will serve a type of interim capacity.

In all honesty Reid might decide to retire to spend time raising his children, something he probably feels right now he hasn't done well because of football.

The Eagles will be lost if Reid leaves but i do wish him well in helping redeem his children.

 

[The30YardSlant]

The kids in Bleu Star's post aren't Andy Reids kids.

Of course they arent, they are the infamous "Icy Hot Stuntaz", e-legends in their own right

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[The30YardSlant]

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[ABQCOWBOY]

Well, if there not Andy's kids, they must be rappers from Georgia or somewheres.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Well, if there not Andy's kids, they must be rappers from Georgia or somewheres.

Actually, they are 16 year old HS idiots who put those pictures up on ******* and got photshopped into infamy

I can't say my space? What the Hell?

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Actually, they are 16 year old HS idiots who put those pictures up on ******* and got photshopped into infamy

I can't say my space? What the Hell?

As usual, a wealth of knowledge HH. Welcome back to the board.

 

[LittleRed212]

Actually, they are 16 year old HS idiots who put those pictures up on ******* and got photshopped into infamy

I can't say my space? What the Hell?

The sad thing is kids like that really think they're all that. There are so many in my area.

 

[Aikbach]

Actually, they are 16 year old HS idiots who put those pictures up on ******* and got photshopped into infamy

I can't say my space? What the Hell?

I just figured they were some of your fellow aggies. Fake military, fake gangsta, real cult.

 

[The30YardSlant]

I just figured they were some of your fellow aggies. Fake military, fake gangsta, real cult.

That's uncalled for. A university that has produced 9 Medal of Honor recepients and more total servicemen than all the service academies combined is hardly one I would associate "fake military" with.

 

[Aikbach]

That's uncalled for. A university that has produced 9 Medal of Honor recepients and more total servicemen than all the service academies combined is hardly one I would associate "fake military" with.

Right after they pulled their swords on a Rice band member during a football game, yes very honorable.

To put them in the same breath with the acadamies is an insult to the services and frankly only an aggie would.

I also call BS on your stats.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Right after they pulled their swords on a Rice band member during a football game, yes very honorable.

It was one guy who pulled a sword on an SMU cheerleader



He was kicked out of school 3 hours after this was taken. It happened over 30 years ago. Get over it.

To put them in the same breath with the acadamies is an insult to the services and frankly only an aggie would.

I didnt put them in the same category as the service academies. Service is required from them, it is not from A&M. I said A&M has far too much military history to be called a "fake" military school.

I also call BS on your stats.

I don't care what you do, frankly

Texas A&M Medal of Honor recipients:
George D. Keathley
Lloyd H. Hughes
William Harrell
Thomas W. Fowler
Turney W. Leonard
Eli Whiteley
Horace S. Carswell, Jr.
James Earl Rudder
Otto P. Weyland

A&M has enlisted nearly twice as many men into the US military through history as all the service academies. Granted, this is due to the much, much larger student population at A&M, but it still speaks volumes.

Now stop disgracing yourself and your country's armed forces. Despite what you may believe, not every stereotype you hear on the 40 acres about "aggy" is true. Grow up.

 

[The30YardSlant]

My grandfather graduated from Texas A&M in 1942 and then enlisted in the Marines, during the heart of WWII. He was awarded a puple heart after being shot in the leg during the invasion of the island of Iwo Jima. Two of his friends from A&M were also part of the invading force. Neither even made it off the landing craft.

I'd love to see you tell him how "fake" Texas A&M's military tradition is

 

[Aikbach]

My grandfather graduated from Texas A&M in 1942 and then enlisted in the Marines, during the heart of WWII. He was awarded a puple heart after being shot in the leg during the invasion of the island of Iwo Jima. Two of his friends from A&M were also part of the invading force. Neither even made it off the landing craft.

I'd love to see you tell him how "fake" Texas A&M's military tradition is

There are graduates from every ROTC in the country that have fought and died for this nation, A&M is not special in this distinction and making an emotional argument to substitute for facts appeals to the old law school adage "If you have the facts then pound the facts, if you have the law then pound the law, if you have neither on your side then pound the table."

The Corp is overwhelmingly a sham, a loophole for poor students to make it in the univsersity by way of the back door, I know numerous military personnel from the REAL armed forces that are very much insulted by their conduct and masquerading about in a uniform.

The percentage of Corp "cadets" who serve the country is miniscule, it is a social club that plays dressup and sports buzz cuts.

 

[The30YardSlant]

The Corp is overwhelmingly a sham, a loophole for poor students to make it in the univsersity by way of the back door

False. Going into the corp will not help a poor student get into A&M. 80% of them graduated in the top 10 percent of their HS class, similar to the ratio of the student body as a whole.

If you step back, it's obvious. You have to have a real work ethic to go into the corp, and that translates to hard work in other aspects of one's life.

I know numerous military personnel from the REAL armed forces that are very much insulted by their conduct and masquerading about in a uniform.

No, you don't

The percentage of Corp "cadets" who serve the country is miniscule, it is a social club that plays dressup and sports buzz cuts.

Also false. Over 60% of the cadets serve in the military after graduation

 

[Aikbach]

False. Going into the corp will not help a poor student get into A&M. 80% of them graduated in the top 10 percent of their HS class, similar to the ratio of the student body as a whole.

If you step back, it's obvious. You have to have a real work ethic to go into the corp, and that translates to hard work in other aspects of one's life.



No, you don't



Also false. Over 60% of the cadets serve in the military after graduation

More factual, intuitive and insightful observations by the HH huckster.

Thank you for bending over backwards "not caring" about how the public perceives and truthfully knows that the A&M Corp operates.

Do take off the maroon covered glasses from time to time.

60% do not serve, they may attempt basic training but an enormous amount don't even finish that, that is how battle hardened A&M makes them.

It doesn't take a real ethic to be in the corp anymore than it does to be in a frat, it is for show, it places dapper uniforms and cultic tradition in place of kegs and hazing and then it does the kegs and hazing back in the "barracks".

 

[The30YardSlant]

More factual, intuitive and insightful observations by the HH huckster.

Thank you for bending over backwards "not caring" about how the public perceives and truthfully knows that the A&M Corp operates.

Do take off the maroon covered glasses from time to time.

60% do not serve, they may attempt basic training but an enormous amount don't even finish that, that is how battle hardened A&M makes them.

It doesn't take a real ethic to be in the corp anymore than it does to be in a frat, it is for show, it places dapper uniforms and cultic tradition in place of kegs and hazing.

It's sad that you are so narrow minded that you take all the stereotypes perpetuated by A&M haters without looking any of the information up. I'm not arguing with you on the subject anymore because you are so off base and not even attempting to correct your ignorance by reading the facts. If you wish to believe A&M has a "fake" military history, then fine, shame on you, but fine. Those 20,000 former corp members who served in WWII and 50,000 former corp members who have served overall would beg to disagree with you, however.

 

[Aikbach]

It's sad that you are so narrow minded that you take all the stereotypes perpetuated by A&M haters without looking any of the information up. I'm not arguing with you on the subject anymore because you are so off base and not even attempting to correct your ignorance by reading the facts. If you wish to believe A&M has a "fake" military history, then fine, shame on you, but fine. Those 20,000 former corp members who served in WWII and 50,000 former corp members who have served overall would beg to disagree with you, however.

Keep pounding the table, what is sad is that you have taken an off the cuf ribbing and hijacked a thread defending a pseudo-militia that patrols a collegiate sideline and has a dog for a commanding officer.

You simply have no sense of humor, no sense of reality, and no common sense.

Oh and seeming that A&M's total population hardly exceeded 3,000 as late as 1960 it is highly unlikely that 20,000 served in WWII.

Farewell my hard headed little curmudgeon, I know reality is a harsh mistress but she cannot be ignored forever.

Pray for Andy Reid and HH, the intellectual huckster.

 

[iceberg]

well at least no one is calling anyone an idiot, so none of this can be considered insulting.

 

[The30YardSlant]

well at least no one is calling anyone an idiot, so none of this can be considered insulting.

He's not an idiot, he's just mislead. It's really easy to buy into sweeping stereotypes when you don't look at the real numbers.

I stopped arguing with him because even after posting the facts to correct his misguided nature, he still refuses to do anything but carry on about how "fake" A&M's military is.

 

[zonecat]

Texas A&M Medal of Honor recipients:
George D. Keathley
Lloyd H. Hughes
William Harrell
Thomas W. Fowler
Turney W. Leonard
Eli Whiteley
Horace S. Carswell, Jr.
James Earl Rudder
Otto P. Weyland

Actually, there are seven (7) Texas Aggie Medal of Honor recipients:

2nd Lt. Lloyd Herbert Hughes '43 was the first. (Please note the middle name. You got the middle initial wrong. If you argue this point you will lose. Hughes was my uncle.)
Lt. Thomas W. Fowler '43
Sgt. George D. Keathley '37
Maj. Horace S. Carswell, Jr. '38
Lt. Turney W. Leonard '42
Lt. Eli L. Whiteley '41
Sgt. William G. Harrell '43

Both James Earl Rudder and Otto P. Weyland are listed in Texas Aggies Go to War By Henry C. Dethloff, but neither Rudder nor Weyland received the Medal of Honor. See also www.homeofheroes.com. Please state your sources if you want to argue your case. (By the way, Wikipedia is not considered a good source.)