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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2h

Dudes rock

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 25m

okay

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 31m

Serious answer that I could actually see: Jelly Roll?

Honest answer: Nobody because there's zero good faith in their criticisms

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 33m

yeah you're a weirdo, I don't want to talk to weirdos with bad energy.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 40m

Okay man you can go yell at someone else about this now

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 44m

nobody said it isn't an advantage at all.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 51m

because nobody really thinks any of that stuff is *why* they were good.

Bobhisattva @doctorsyrup.bsky.social · 1h

Why is everyone forgetting that he's a big stinky cheater? Everything he's ever done is suspect and you can't talk about his "accomplishments" without mentioning that.

He was always a fraud.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 52m

Morgan Wallen is the biggest star in country music *and* has enmeshed himself in the culture wars, he’s gotta be wondering what more he needs to do to become their go-to for this kinda thing

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Will Harris @sandwichpick.bsky.social · 3h

Gaijin Baseball's comment on the bottom captures perfectly how I feel

GE Galijin Baseball外国人野球 @GalinBaseball・5h
Trevor Bauer just gave up 5 runs to Nippon Express' corporate ball team in a scrimmage...

cp Gaijin Basebal/外国人野球 @Gaijin Baseball ・ 5h
Like, I know I should stop talking about him, but he just keeps giving us stuff to talk about.

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chris walla, pumpkin command LLC @calculizer.bsky.social · 1h

this is such an exceptional book

Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 1h

Celebrate prime day by buying my book from Bookshop dot org (with free shipping and a little discount) or your fave indie bookstore.

Fuck Jeff Bezos, books don't need him.

Bookshop dot org: is.gd/iMcYEA

a book, with a blue cover and gradient red to yellow font that reads the dad rock that made me a woman by Niko Stratis. it's sitting on a wooden tabletop, behind it are records and a lamp and whatnot.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 1h

if all it took to be good was "prime randy moss" the Raiders wouldn't have traded him, y'know?

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 1h

EXTREMELY different jobs, especially in 2025.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1h

This is true but I also don’t like him so it’s funnier to pretend he was Mr Bean in a cut off hoodie and Tom Brady was calling audibles out of play calls like “tall man MUST touch down”

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

Bill Belichick won 10 games with Matt Cassell and then made the playoffs with Mac Jones, so I don't think the UNC thing necessarily proves that he was always a fraud, like some folks are saying.

I think it proves he is *currently* a fraud, though.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 1h

I mean, he's one of four coaches ever to win 11 games with the Browns, and one of the other ones was the guy in the 40s that they subsequently named the team after.

I'm not saying the Cleveland stint is some huge feather in his cap, but some context is helpful.

Bonesito @bonesito.bsky.social · 1h

He sucked before and after his time with the Pats. Even when Brady wasn’t playing he had a positive impact on the roster… the 2008 roster was insane and the 2021 team got destroyed in the wild card round.

I’m not saying he sucked the entire time but the non-Brady evidence is extremely thin.

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Eephus Tosser @eephustosser.bsky.social · 2h

I think every loathsome, successful person should get an era at the end of their career where they’re still loathsome but no longer successful. It's good for public morale.

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

Bill Belichick won 10 games with Matt Cassell and then made the playoffs with Mac Jones, so I don't think the UNC thing necessarily proves that he was always a fraud, like some folks are saying.

I think it proves he is *currently* a fraud, though.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2h

disagree, we’re taking away one Super Bowl ring for every game he finishes under .500 this year

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

Bill Belichick won 10 games with Matt Cassell and then made the playoffs with Mac Jones, so I don't think the UNC thing necessarily proves that he was always a fraud, like some folks are saying.

I think it proves he is *currently* a fraud, though.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

it was very funny to read an article the other day and realize he has multiple sons working for him now

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

So: Let this be a lesson to everyone in sports media who will work to rehabilitate Jon Gruden's image when he eventually gets hired by some desperate college football program. That may not be the wagon you want to hitch your star to.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

What I don't think this is is a Jon Gruden situation, where his subsequent coaching experience does actually raise questions about whether he was ever worth the hype.

I think Bill Belichick is just washed.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

pretty bad!

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, just a total miscalculation by a guy with an ego too massive to accept his limitations. And it's very funny to watch!

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

But I think the likeliest explanation is that he was a great coach in his prime and is a significantly less great coach outside of his prime.

Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Aaron Rodgers all had pretty embarrassing moments/seasons outside of their primes, too.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2h

Bill Belichick won 10 games with Matt Cassell and then made the playoffs with Mac Jones, so I don't think the UNC thing necessarily proves that he was always a fraud, like some folks are saying.

I think it proves he is *currently* a fraud, though.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 3h

Back on the other site, people got really mad at me for pointing out (accurately) that Derek Jeter is uncool.

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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 13h

Also: THAT’S the near-100 mph pitch he homered off????

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely shocked Judge has never hit a homer on a 100 mph pitch. 75 players have done it since he entered the league, which isn’t a ton, but still, Judge isn’t one of them?

James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 14h

on the Aaron Judge home run off the pole:

99.7 MPH is the fastest pitch he's ever hit for a homer

1.2 feet is the furthest-inside pitch he's ever hit for a homer

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