Another Reason To Love Your Houston Texans' Front Office: Message Discipline
by bigfatdrunk on Feb 1, 2012 3:57 PM CST
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PrintOver the years, we've talked plenty about the message discipline from your Houston Texans. If it seems like everything the team says --- from Uncle Bob McNair to Rick Smith to (FIRE!) Gary Kubiak to even low-level team-involved employees --- has a specific message and code, that's because it does. Whenever you hear Pancakes spout rubbish about how the Texans are definitely going to draft Ryan Mathews or sign Leigh Bodden or whatever, give Pancakes all the credibility he deserves: none.
After the jump, let's use a simple example as to why our messaging is such a wise strategy.
Via nj.com (h/t rotoworld.com):
Put simply: Victor Cruz was almost waived when the Giants trimmed their roster to 53 players in September 2010. Put even more bluntly: For a few minutes, he was waived with the hope he’d go unclaimed and land on the Giants’ practice squad. But a few of the decision-makers that day reversed a decision that could’ve had a huge impact on this Super Bowl season following the loss of wide receiver Steve Smith.
"He wouldn’t have made it to the practice squad," Mara said, indicating a team would’ve claimed Cruz. "I mean, was it a matter of him maybe playing in a Jet uniform?" Or in any uniform, for that matter. "No," Mara interjected to emphasize his point. "I said in a Jet uniform."
Wow, that's interesting. Giants GM Jerry Reese was worried the Jets would claim Cruz? That seems kinda paranoid, does it not? I understand the two teams are rivals and all, but were the Giants truly worried the Jets would snatch up their scraps?
The Giants would’ve preferred to stash Cruz on the practice squad while he made the adjustment from UMass to the NFL. But his three-touchdown performance against the Jets in the preseason opener, the film that came with it and a quote from Rex Ryan all combined to save his Giants career. "I hope they cut him," Ryan said after Cruz torched his backup defensive backs. "I know one team that would be ready to sign him, and that’d be us."
Ah, I guess that pretty much explains Reese's paranoia.
So let's get this straight, shall we? Foot fetishist extraordinaire Rex Ryan expressed forbidden love for Victor Cruz, which meant the Giants didn't cut Cruz, ultimately (possibly) causing Ryan to lose Cruz. Do you think this mistake is made by the Texans' front office?
No, I don't think so, either. The Houston Texans lead the league in message discipline, and the example above is precisely why. When Kubiak, Smith and the gang make comments, they are thought out and always on message, nothing else.
Whenever a Pancakes babbles endlessly about his inside information and how he's tight with the front office and blah blah blah, recognize Pancakes is being fed a company line, not the truth. The Texans' FO has become especially adept at using Pancakes as their marionette, making him dance at will.
Remember all this as we near the draft and free agency. The Texans won't talk about in whom they're interested, but they will drop the occasional nugget about players. If a player is mentioned? Ignore him. It's purely a smoke screen. Finally, just because we don't hear names tied directly to the Texans during free agency, once again, don't fret. Last year, there was massive doom and gloom around here after the first dad-gum day because we hadn't signed every free agent available. I'd say our free agency turned out pretty nicely, wouldn't you?
And doesn't it all make sense? After all, when you're playing poker, do you show your cards to the table? The Texans do not want us to know their evil plan for world NFL domination. That discipline is a strong positive for the team, even if we don't know what they're thinking.
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Finally! Boring and sometimes maddening FO pays dividends!
#Winning
lol but well noted points about Cruz and the Jets. I had no idea. I did watch him in preseason the last couple years and thought he should be starting.
Thank God for football!
Sheen'd
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 5:30 PM CST up reply actions
That game that Cruz scored three TD's
I remember because he wore a kickers number and Eli got his wig split.
Damn you vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your vile womb ...
Didn't someone say the Texans were talking to Ta'amu after the Senior Bowl?
Guess we can cross him off the list of potential draftees then.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
In order to keep people from picking up on his habits though
He is eventually going to have to actually draft one of the players he talks to. Bluffs only work if the other players have seen you actually do have a hand once in a while.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
you cant pick up a player if someone has already drafted him!
Maybe he wants some other team with a need at that position to draft him so we can get the guy they passed on!
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
~Muhammad Ali
not to sound oblivious
but is pancakes Mcclain or who is it?
It's McClain.
Former Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.
Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 1, 2012 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
BFD
It is almost as if you hold Pancakes in less than high regard, lol. I tend to think of him as a lap dog CONTROLLED by a marionette with the FO pulling the strings. But, then again, someone would need an incredibly large lap.
I am really looking forward to how things play out this offseason, but man, why does time just drag between seasons?
Oh, did the pepper mash turn out okay? I screwed up and didn’t start mine yet. Now I have to make a habanero/MegaDeath/Insanity sauce for my wings this weekend.
Super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
I'm interested in seeing this
Dog puppeteer you mentioned above. Pics or it didn’t happen
True arrogance has been displayed here- WestministerRavensfan or something
Hi My name is Jack, why don't you help me off?
Most folks offer a substantial cash down payment, hehe
Super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
No
It spoiled. I’m not sure where I went wrong, but I’ll try again this weekend.
re: Pancakes
I’ve long loathed the traditional sports media, especially after some experiences I had in college where I was co-hosting a sports radio show for three years. Most of them are just bloviating ass-wipes with no common sense and less knowledge of sports. Yet, they feed their giant egos with niceties such as “insider information.” It’s all bullshit, and it always has been. Sure, they might get a nugget here or there, but most insider information they actually get deserves to go into the gossip section, not sports.
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by bigfatdrunk on Feb 1, 2012 4:30 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I'll let you know how my mash turns out
and we’ll compare notes.
Yeah, McClain is a blowhard. I really did especially love your comments to him a couple years back. I still imagine him spluttering all over his desktop, lmao!
Super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
Best Description Ever!!
Because I feel the exact same about them and the lame stream media having had personal exposure to them "bloviating asswipes with no common sense…awesome!
by Hangbok on Feb 1, 2012 5:03 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Nice Try, BFD
Like I’d buy the idea that the radio was invented when you were in college.
Ecstatic that Texans fandom no longer means that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Feb 1, 2012 5:07 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Who else fits this description?
“bloviating ass-wipes with no common sense and less knowledge of sports”
hmmm – something in my throat -
cough solomon cough
Oh – much better.
"And now", said Max, "let the wild rumpus start!"
I was a bit surprised when I saw how much contempt you guys had for McClain back on DGDB&D
But as I read what was written there, and eventually here, I began to see just how full of shit he was a lot of the time. But still, I thought, “Well, dude needs a job, he’s just going by what he hears, etc., etc.” Then came a game this year where he was publicly ripping Mario Williams for his performance after a pre-season game (I think it was the second one), when in fact, Mario had played a decent game. Turns out McClain hadn’t even watched the game, he was just going by the stat sheet, which showed Mario had 0 tackles and 0 sacks. But Mario had been getting good pressure all night, and was definitely a factor in the game.
After that, any remaining respect I had for McClain’s journalistic integrity was gone. Pancakes he is, and Pancakes he shall remain until he somehow redeems himself.
BTW, good article. Rec’d.
"...Andre, thank you for knowing when being a consummate professional needs to give way to just beating some mouthy punk's bitch ass. Because that was awesome. - MDC
"I like to get out to Vegas at least once a year for a heavyweight title bout. Because that's basically like the Oscars for hookers." - Sterling Archer
I've gotten emails from people who say they're "put off" by the harsh attitude
And that’s understandable.
But blogging is clearly an alternative view of the “news,” one in which interaction and opinions are elicited, not squelched. Everything about blogging is different from traditional media, In my case, I blog in large part because I hold traditional media in contempt.
And ego stroking, natch. :-)
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Yer so awesome!
/fifty bucks please
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Feb 1, 2012 7:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Say what you will about Pancakes,
but he is directly responsible for my Oilers helmet signed by Dan Pastorini and Bum Phillips. He’s OK in my book.
Damn you vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your vile womb ...
Heh
Yeah, you and I have to agree to disagree on this one.
Though you are clearly wrong. :-)
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"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot
Not really
This past year I have adopted your opinion of his journalistic talents, as previous to 2011, he was my primary source of Texans info and had no point of reference. I thank you and the other writers of this blog for that. But, for one night at a comedy club for his roast, he was a cordial enough fellow, downright nice.
Damn you vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your vile womb ...
I've heard the same
This is all about journalism, nothing personal. And I’ve heard from more than one person, yourself included, about what a great guy he is. I have no problem believing this.
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot
I've said it before but I think it bears repeating, I have to think you BFD
And the BRB writing staff as a whole for helping me move away from the chronicle 3 years ago. I remember before I found this site always being a bit confused by pancakes coverage. There were many times that I felt like what he was saying ranged from misguided to flat out wrong. But he had been a football writer for decades and I was just some snot nosed high school kid who played some football, I figured he must have known something that I didn’t because he was an “insider.” I found this site and realized that maybe I knew a couple things after all, that the media isn’t some all knowing force in sports.
So again, thank you BRB writers and all the commenters here for opening my eyes
by maroonedTexan on Feb 1, 2012 8:56 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Speechless
Thank you.
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http://www.battleredblog.com
"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot
Wait
something does not jive…
:P
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
All you guys deserve it.
You guys deliver some of the most consistent high quality writing anywhere.
by maroonedTexan on Feb 1, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
He is a pretty nice guy.
A couple years ago he offered to buy anyone lunch who predicted what the Texans prime time game would be and I did. He was very nice and very entertaining. I learned a lot about the history of the Oilers and the personalities of our Texans front office and players that day and it was really interesting to talk to someone who has been around them.
I get why people don’t like him though, too. I also do think there is something to the conclusion that he is used as a smokescreen by the Texans, especially around the draft.
You might as well thank Beelzebud.
Without him, there would have been no Oilers, no Bum, no Pastorini, no helmet.
But he’s still a douche.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Or Pete Rozelle. Or Bum's mom. Or the guys at Ridell. Or the guy on eBay I bought the helmet from. Where does it stop?
Damn you vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your vile womb ...
He's OK in my book too.
He seems like a nice guy, and doesn’t go out of his way to bash people just to get a response.
I have sympathy for Pancakes and the position he's in,
but does he HAVE to print flat-out bullshit? No.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Well Said
I recommend this post.
Ecstatic that Texans fandom no longer means that April is the highlight of my season...
The reason BRB isn't talked about by the team?
They really love us :)
Great post, BFD. Lovely information!
My thoughts are like Brian Cushing on the field: Everywhere.
You could teach pancakes a lot about journalism
Really enjoyed the article
Love this one, BFD.
Rick Smith is turning into quite the Machiavelli, isn’t he? I’m hoping he’ll manage a a real coup one of these days, à la the Herschel Walker trade.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Considering what we see all over the NFL lately
I am glad the front office operates the way they do.
You pointed out some of the really bad ones like the Jest. (rec by the way)
We could be Irsay’d by McNair, but he is just way too classy for that.
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
It's funny
Brandon Harris said no one from the texans showed any interest. He was shocked on draft day
@THEREALALLENOU on twitter - "The man, the verb, the legend" OU'd
by AllenOU on Feb 1, 2012 7:01 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Nice nugget
Following the MO to a T.
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot
Rick outsmarted himself?
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Except for Carr,
I have never guessed a draft pick right. It’s not the prop bet I would take.
Damn you vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your vile womb ...
I got the Ben Tate pick right
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
Our Andre, who art from Heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Canton.
A bfd post?
Who is up next, DreKeem?
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 1, 2012 9:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions 6 recs
And yes
I realize the irony.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 1, 2012 9:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
So you made that post ironically?
Hipster.
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Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 1, 2012 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
That's not irony!
Irony is like rain on a wedding day. Or a free ride, when you’ve already paid.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
by Jordann on Feb 1, 2012 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
It's a good advice that you just didn't take!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
MAKE IT STOP!!!!
Former Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.
Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 2, 2012 12:34 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
And who would have thought?
It figures…
Houston Texans fan, first and foremost.
College football teams: Army, Syracuse, Texas, Auburn.
It rained on my wedding day
not sure what that means
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
It's ironic!
Don’t you think?
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
I really don't get it
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 11:23 PM CST up reply actions
Relax
you’ve been Morissette’d
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Feb 1, 2012 11:37 PM CST up reply actions
Not uptight
And who the hell is Morissette?
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:04 AM CST up reply actions
I love you
For not knowing who this is.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 2, 2012 12:06 AM CST up reply actions
Um, thanks
/slowly backs away
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by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:08 AM CST up reply actions
THATS ironic!
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by Carter Liles on Feb 2, 2012 12:14 AM CST up reply actions
She was an annoying pop singer from the mid-90's
Sorry to do this to you, but here she is.
Fairly warned be thee.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
I was ready not to be reminded.
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"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Feb 2, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
Saw her on HDNET Concerts the other night
Gotta admit, she wasn’t bad and she actually looked kinda cute. I’d hit it.
/ducks
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Musical quality is, of course, subjective
but you’re so fucking wrong it’s unbelievable.
:P
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Feb 2, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
I bet I am older than you
And I have not been much a fan of pop music ever
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
"Sometimes my ninjitsu styles come out when I don’t even want ‘em to,"—Antonio Smith.
It's not like that.
It’s not like that at all!!!
::twitching::
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Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 2, 2012 12:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Why use a spoon?
Because it’s dull, it’ll hurt more
Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."
by The Night Owl on Feb 2, 2012 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
No.
Former Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.
Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 2, 2012 12:33 AM CST up reply actions
Flagged on so many levels.
Former Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.
Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 1, 2012 11:31 PM CST up reply actions
I keep forgetting how to do the sarcasm font
by brightshinies on Feb 1, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
Put @ at the beginning and end of your statement
My thoughts are like Brian Cushing on the field: Everywhere.
What is this fuckery?!
=P
P.S. Saturday Night Tunes is mine for this off-season. Back off!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
Like you will show up :P
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
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by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 9:48 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I'll prove you wrong!
When I stop being lazy lol
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
I think you forfeited the right to do Saturday Night Tunes when you started quoting Alanis Morrissette songs.
Former Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.
Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
Supreme Galactic Editor of Battle Red Onion.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Feb 3, 2012 12:22 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I am sure pancakes would say so.
What else could he say?
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
Let's be honest
We’ve all been grateful for pancakes at some point in our lives, like on a cold morning with a side of bacon and eggs.
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Never use a long word where a short one will do.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 1, 2012 10:47 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
pancakes after sex is always the best
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
by Jordann on Feb 1, 2012 11:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Somehow
This comment sounds so wrong at BRB
/McClain’d
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
It's pathetic.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Feb 2, 2012 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
It gets too sticky.
Voice of experience.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
So its ok for BattleRed to have a naked guy as the background but we cant have naked girls
we have needs too
Yes, Tim should fix this
That guy has been degrading my eyesight for the past few days
Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."
by The Night Owl on Feb 1, 2012 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
I see all black as the background
My eyes are safe.
Madame de Staël once said, "One must choose in life between boredom and suffering." De Staël is dead but there is always an alternative.
This is where the cool is.
AdBlock ftw
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If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Never use the passive where you can use the active.
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 2, 2012 12:06 AM CST up reply actions
what adblock program do you use?
and I wonder if THEY are the ones behind this advertising nightmare through adult swim to get more business….
I need something to help block this crap before I just refuse to read BRB until that ad contract expires.
Aha! It worked.
I used AdBlock for Chrome. Just google it, it’s free. Or google adblock for ____ (whatever browser you use).
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Except IE
Which is the only browser some people can use at work (on breaks, of course…)
Houston Texans fan, first and foremost.
College football teams: Army, Syracuse, Texas, Auburn.
That is because IE
Is one big malware program
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:21 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
And rec
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Feb 2, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
And yet the training system....
for the company I work for will ONLY recognize IE. I went through my entire training syllabus once using firefox and three days later got a nasty gram from my boss telling me I needed to finish my training. (procrastination FTL) I had to go back and do all of it with IE because the system wouldn’t give me credit for completing the course when I used firefox.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
It's called IE Tab.
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"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Feb 3, 2012 10:43 PM CST up reply actions
Tried it, still didn't work.
Several other sites internal to the company are the same way….will only work on true IE.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
SMH
I don’t recall IE Tab ever not work.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Feb 3, 2012 11:36 PM CST up reply actions
I use NoScript for Firefox
But haven’t figured out what to block for the side ads yet
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
I refuse to use adblock on principle
but damnit SBNation is testing my resolve
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
/sighs
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 1, 2012 11:24 PM CST up reply actions
It's not our call to make.
Believe me, I’d just as soon not see those Delocated ads either; also the show sucks.
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by UprootedTexan on Feb 1, 2012 11:32 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever delocated is... I guess I agree
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
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by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:04 AM CST up reply actions
kinda awkward
when people walk by me, and they see a naked guy on my screen while i’m reading through comments. sigh.
Lurking BRB since 2008.
by FandomEst2002 on Feb 2, 2012 2:53 AM CST up reply actions
Can someone at BRB send a message to the SBnation folks and ask them to cool it with the multiple ugly naked dude ads?!!! SERIOUSLY!!!
by MeMongo on Feb 2, 2012 12:41 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
Yeah, WTF! Are they purposely wanting people to log off?
Do they not know GUYS usually roam this site? I’d rather see bewbz, even if they’re covered. Shit, advertise TLC or some other chick channel, I don’t care.
"Sometimes my ninjitsu styles come out when I don’t even want ‘em to,"—Antonio Smith.
I actually like some content at Adult Swim (robot chicken), but I assure you this show is never getting my attention
after it has annoyed me to this degree on my favorite blog.
GTFO with the ugly naked dude already.
I sent SB Nation an email
Apparently it’s on all the football blogs only (not baseball or other sports).
"Sometimes my ninjitsu styles come out when I don’t even want ‘em to,"—Antonio Smith.
I did too
Seriously, WTH is wrong with the ad guys at SB Nation? Their conversation must have gone something like this:
Marketing Guy 1: “Let’s have a background/banner ad that will give visitors a positive impression of SB Nation, and make them want to visit more often and stay longer on our network of sites.”
Marketing Guy 2: “I know! We can have a large picture of a dude in tighty-whiteys and a bondage mask! Nothing says ‘hanging out with the boys’ like football, uncomfortable underwear, and S&M!”
Marketing Guy 1: “Brilliant!”
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"Delocated" is an awesome show.
Jon Glaser cracks me up. But I will agree that the ads are intrusive.
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by Stupendous Man on Feb 2, 2012 7:38 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I've Already E-Mailed SBN Support About It
Ecstatic that Texans fandom no longer means that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Feb 2, 2012 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
What...are they trying to rub it in because we bitched about it?
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
Should Be Fixed Now
Ecstatic that Texans fandom no longer means that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Feb 2, 2012 1:02 PM CST up reply actions
So modest
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Never use the passive where you can use the active.
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 3, 2012 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
The ads are based on your computer's browsing history
Time to have that “talk” with your son.
The Houston Texans: The Ron Paul of the NFL.
talk with him?
If this is what hes looking at, might have to disown him
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
At least now I know what the complaints are about
Since I could not see this nonsense.
BRB bans bewbs, but allows this crap?
/smh
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I am Barry - I am from Texas
by Barryfromtexas on Feb 2, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
Tim should enact a one week reprieve on the bewb ban to cleanse our eyes after this debacle
Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."
by The Night Owl on Feb 2, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
Since bewbz are now a controlled substance on BRB
We demand it on medical grounds to alleviate pain and suffering. This week’s been acutely bad.
What we don't want
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Feb 2, 2012 12:09 PM CST reply actions 14 recs
/About to post a .gif of a speedo-clad John McClain miming the juxtaposition of the tragic and comedic in “Ironic”, all while drinking a Natty Light.
//Thinks better of it.
The image you just put in my head should be grounds for capital punishment...
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
It's not my fault that you've enough brain cells left for imagination.
Dr. Nick’s Rx?: More TV/booze/Xbox.
^^THIS^^
May have to go home and either strip the gf naked or look at porn to clear my mind of THAT hideous image.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
"...strip the gf naked..."
OK, we can’t have pic’s, but can we have a link?
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-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Gotta love
All the little things this franchise does right.
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by Carter Liles on Feb 2, 2012 1:24 PM CST via mobile reply actions
If I win a big poker hand with a blatant bluff, I like to show my hand
Yes, this is not really relative to bfd’s example above, because I am showing my hand after the betting is done and the chips are already stacked in front of me. I do it to feed the other players the idea that I just may be bluffing again, hopefully enticing them to bet against me the next time I bet, thinking that I will be bluffing, when indeed, I have the nuts.
In bfd’s example above, he is talking about showing the hand before the betting is done.
"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster
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