Falcons’ defenders preferring Nolan to VanGorder
Mike Nolan's scheme and the way he's coaching it is paying dividends. (Curtis Compton/AJC)
SAN DIEGO — When the Falcons ended last season with another early playoff meltdown, it didn’t matter if anybody else in the organization preached patience and threw daffodils about the franchise’s future, because owner Arthur Blank’s vote would trump them all. Self-made billionaires tend to be results-driven, particularly ones who type emails in a red font. If significant changes weren’t made in personnel, they certainly would be made in scheme and philosophy.
Which is why before you could say, “season-ticket sales,” Mike Mularkey and Brian VanGorder were gone.
It’s true that both coordinators left for other jobs. But both may have beaten the Falcons to the punch. Mularkey filled Jacksonville’s head coaching vacancy, but his exit probably was cemented when the Falcons’ offense shot blanks in the playoff loss to New York. VanGorder’s future was no better than tenuous when he left for Auburn because some defensive players had started to tune him out.
That’s certainly not an issue now. The Falcons won Monday’s game over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in large part because of Mike Nolan, their new defensive coordinator. His schemes, heavy on nickel and well-disguised coverages and blitzes, fooled one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Most important, the team’s defensive backs have taken to the quieter Nolan after having their ears singed for too many weeks by VanGorder, the screaming sort.
William Moore had an interception and a sack against Peyton Manning. (Jason Getz/AJC)
To quote safety Thomas DeCoud, who accounted for one of Manning’s interceptions, said: “It just got to the point where we had to pick and choose what to listen to and what not to. You learned to take some things with a grain of salt. Brian was a passionate coach. He wanted his guys to be out there playing tough, strong and perfect football. You can’t fault a man for that. But it was just one of those things where you had to learn how to take your coach for who he was.”
William Moore, who had an interception and a sack of Manning last week, echoed those sentiments, adding: “I was one of the guys he yelled at the most. He also pulled me to the side and would explain things, but he didn’t show that side of him on the field. That’s not a knock on VanGorder. It just the way he coaches. Coach Nolan doesn’t do that. Everybody’s a man. This is just a job. You’ve got a responsibility, and you have a job to do. If you’re not doing it, there’s no reason to yell at you. They’ll just replace you.”
The defense’s performance against Denver (four turnovers, seven points allowed in the first three-plus quarters) would have been impressive even in normal circumstances. But it came against Manning, and after losing cornerback Brent Grimes for the season the week before, and Asante Samuel and Christopher Owens for stretches of the Broncos game. Reserves Robert McClain, inactive in Week 1, and Dominique Franks, both were pressed into full-time duty. McClain had an interception.
DeCoud described Nolan’s scheme as “an offensive approach to defense. Changing the math and making sure the offense is adjusting to us. We’re dictating the pace and tempo, rather than vice versa.”
What’s clear is the confidence they are playing with and how they’ve taken to Nolan. He has them believing in his system, regardless of the circumstances. They also enjoy not being yelled at. VanGorder was revered at Georgia. He didn’t achieve the same level of success as an NFL coordinator, but there hasn’t been an abundance of talent on the Falcons’ defense either, and there also was some question about how much freedom he was given from coach Mike Smith.
Nolan, for what it’s worth, said he used to be more of a screamer.
“I think everybody has to coach in their own style,” he said. “There was a time when I screamed more. I think as we all get older it’s no different than raising your kids and you get frustrated by everything. Then after a while you get … I think when you know how to parent is when you become a grandparent. So, I think coaching is a little bit the same way. As you get older, you say less and let them play more.”
Whatever his methods, they are paying early dividends.
By Jeff Schultz
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Greg Mendel
September 21st, 2012
6:25 pm
First, let me say that’s good stuff, Jeff
Greg Mendel
September 21st, 2012
6:26 pm
Second, I can’t stand all this “first!” nonsense.
Greg Mendel
September 21st, 2012
6:27 pm
Third!
JSS
September 21st, 2012
6:33 pm
Ha ha, these guys are rich! Knew it… Wait till December Jeff Schultz, this has short term written all over it (the smoke and mirrors aspects) like it has everywhere he’s gone… When the video finally gets enough of a knowledge base for the rest of the league to see how far the personnel on hand can go, it is going to be like his previous stops… And then the babble will be what happened?
Delbert D.
September 21st, 2012
6:35 pm
Not a BVG fan. Good luck with the AU Tigers.
Really?
September 21st, 2012
7:26 pm
jss cries herself to sleep a lot.
SCFalcon
September 21st, 2012
7:33 pm
I’m betting that Nolan is not a one trick pony and will adapt the scheme as needed. There is plenty of footage on Nolan’s previous teams and on the talent of the current Falcon players. It didn’t help the Broncos Monday night. The biggest problem last year was predictability. The Chiefs had success on our D in the first half, but at half time Nolan made adjustments then the Falcons took control of the game.
No team has it all in place from year to year, just ask the Saints….. We will ride the train as long as we can. The biggest thing in these first two games is that the back ups are stepping up and filling the gaps.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
7:42 pm
You cry yourself to sleep in December and January…
Spend less time trying to be snarky and look at his history (y’all are suppose to be so big on that)…
He’s been a career .500 second half coordinator (62-62-1). That is not even counting those disaster years in SF. Read it and weep, he may pull a single or two season anomaly like he did in NYG before the league finally figured out his personnel and their limits…
So till then I’ll leave it till his traditional equilibrium period kicks in… Have fun till then, enjoy!
Nolan by the numbers
1993 NYG
Final 8 games
6-2, 1-1 playoffs
1994 NYG
Final 8 games
6-2, no playoffs
1995 NYG
Final 8 games
2-6, no playoffs
1996 NYG
Final 8 games
3-5, no playoffs
1997 NYG
Final 8 games
4-3-1, no playoffs
1998 NYG
Final 8 games
5-3, no playoffs
1999 WAS
Final 8 games
5-3, 1-1 in playoffs
2000 NYJ
FInal 8 games
3-5, no playoffs
2001 BAL (year after Super Bowl win)
Final 8 games
5-3, 1-1 in playoffs
2002 BAL
Final 8 games
4-4, no playoffs
2003 BAL
Final 8 games
5-3, 0-1 in playoffs
2004 BAL
Final 8 games
4-4, no playoffs
2005-2008 SF head coach
Final 8 games
11-20 in SF, no playoffs
2009 DEN
Final 8 games
2-6, no playoffs
2010 MIA
Final 8 games
3-5, no playoffs
2011 MIA
Final 8 games
5-3, no playoffs
Over his career as a coordinator, he’s been 62-62-1 over final 8 games
3-4 in the playoff games
Include his time in SF as a HC, he was 11-20 there. That is 73-82-1
So till then I’ll leave it till his traditional equilibrium period… Have fun till then, enjoy!
Jamaaliver
September 21st, 2012
7:44 pm
Jeff, has Nolan ever coached a defense with an OFFENSE as talented as ours on the other side of the ball? Miami, Denver, San Francisco all had solid defenses but underwhelming offenses.
Do you think having a competent QB and greater offensive talent affect his approach to coaching? Maybe allowing him to be MORE aggressive and gamble more?
Also, admit it, you were about to call Peyton the greatest QB in NFL History weren’t you? =)
SCFalcon
September 21st, 2012
7:50 pm
Excluding the head coach role, he was over .500 in seven of 15 seasons and broke even in two of the others. This is the NFL you know.
How about a deeper analysis next time…..
The Grinch
September 21st, 2012
7:52 pm
If you’re really interested in us “having fun,” that would likely be a lot easier for most/all of us if you’d **** off and go somewhere where people give a damn what you have to say, assuming such a place exists. Anyone here besides JSS disagree with me on that? Let’s take a poll.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
7:57 pm
Not in 2nd halves… That is when “you” generally make “playoffs! 15 years as a coordinator, and only F-O-U-R years of playoff appearances! Yeah, that is some “deep analysis” you pondered there!
Jaded
September 21st, 2012
7:58 pm
I still don’t think it’s a very talented defense, but Nolan seems to have a good idea of how to minimize our weaknesses, which is a hallmark of any good coach. If we had a consistent pass rusher (Abraham is still good but not an every-down guy anymore), I think Nolan could really do some work with this crew.
SCFalcon
September 21st, 2012
7:59 pm
All, is JSS promising that he won’t be back until mid-season?
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
September 21st, 2012
8:01 pm
i like his style. lets go round 2 with Rivers.
Tonyb
September 21st, 2012
8:01 pm
Notice how well players are developing under Nolan. Witherspoon is on his way way to the pro bowl, and Decoud is playing like he did two years ago. But the guy that is really standing out is William Moore. For a player noted early in his career as a hard hitting run support safety, he is becoming a ball hawk and outstanding all around player. Under Nolan, I could see him becoming one of the top safeties in all of the NFL. Great coaches bring out the very best in their players, and Nolan is certainly getting the best from this team.
CSP
September 21st, 2012
8:06 pm
@ JSS, always so negative. Your wife must really love that about you!
SCFalcon
September 21st, 2012
8:06 pm
@ Jaded you are correct that the talent on defense is not strong. With the cap, it is tough to get and keep top notch players on boths sides of the ball. Nolan’s job is to make the most of what he has. McClain’s interception looked promising to me. Three picks in the first three drives against Manning, is not bad.
I have a life to get back too. You guys keep JSS company. I would hate to see him/her hurt themselves.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
September 21st, 2012
8:07 pm
VanGorder will be gone from AU at the end of this year. He doesn’t take order from Pat Dye. He actually booted one of Dye’s boys from his meeting this week. Cheezstraw is at the mercy of Les Miles this week but the problem is Les has teams below him in the polls pushing him to score many points. LSU 41 Barn 13
CSP
September 21st, 2012
8:08 pm
Dude you can spout all the stats and opinion you want. To me it’s blahblahblah. You just always sound like a D*CK. You should get some counseling or adopt a dog…
JSS
September 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
Poor SC, nope you get what you get every year… I’m in Mexico from October 18th to November 4th enjoying the largest city in North America… Of course this fact will hold true, about 6 of my stalkers will come on here and post under my user-name as they do every year… Then another 4 stalkers will come on here everyday and boast about how they’ve run me off or I’m scared, or a coward (along that line)… And right after the week of the Presidential election, I’ll be back to tell you all to KMBA! Like I said, enjoy your first half… Good times!
JSS
September 21st, 2012
8:15 pm
“Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!!!” See the commas help… Helping you out on your reading comprehension…
Paul in NH
September 21st, 2012
8:16 pm
Some coaches are better in college – some are better in the pros. The kind of rah-rah screaming that may motivate a college player is never going to work on a seasoned professional.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
Hey Paul, you may have a “stalker” now, sorry about that happening…
Great Falconi
September 21st, 2012
8:25 pm
As long as Nolan is providing the necessary change on defense (creativity), which was obvious to anyone who watched the Falcons play the same tired Cover 2 zones the last few years, then I’m going to back him. VanGorder wouldn’t have fooled Manning. We would have been leaving guys open in short and medium routes all game long. That’s just stupid. You have eleven players on defense. Use them to confuse and attack the offense.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
8:34 pm
CSP, ever heard the term: “Know your audience?” Difference, I actually care about her (the wife-to-be)…
Jeff Schultz
September 21st, 2012
9:07 pm
JSS — As always, thanks for keeping it lively! Haha.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
9:16 pm
@ Jeff Schultz…
Hope the High Holiday brought you peace and the gateway to prosperity and good health… May you (and yours) have an observant Yom Kippur next week…
DeCoud
September 21st, 2012
9:17 pm
JSS is a clown.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
9:22 pm
DeCoud
September 21st, 2012
9:17 pm
“JSS is a clown.”
Ha ha, yeah right… “Self analysis is a heck of a thing (again)…”
http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/07/23/00/slideshow_1002377828_APTOPIX_Falcons_Report_Foot.jpg
SCFalcon
September 21st, 2012
9:25 pm
JSS you care about her? Then why to do spend so much time on here squaking about a team you don’t even like? Does she not have what it takes to draw you away from all of us?
If she is your “wife to be” I hope you don’t let her read your “mussing” on here. Unless you tell us her name is SeenThisB4! That might explain a lot!
Enjoy Mexico buddy. If you plan to spend all that time in Mexico City, watch your back. Seriously!
JSS
September 21st, 2012
9:40 pm
Ha ha, Dude, there’s a time difference and we have lives where we do what we do professionally and see each and keep the home fires burning… Sad, you guys are like robots, stuck in this vaccum in one way fits everyone dictates…
No worries about the DF (Mexico City), I’ve been to the DF many times and I’m safer there than in most parts of the SE US… Now last year while we living next to Monterrey, that had some interesting military moments, but the people are 95% great…
By the way, She thinks you guys are crazy… All of the psychoanalysis here kept her chuckling for the entire time she was here last Summer and this past July when she went to her first Braves game…
JSS
September 21st, 2012
9:52 pm
And ‘Seen This Before 4′ is a grown man somewhere with his own mind and his own motives… It is sad what you guys have done to one of great formerly non-hostile rivalries in the NFL… I had many a fun ride down to NOLA or when they came here and the fans partied the entire weekend… Win, lose, love or hate… Now, it is just sad…
JSS
September 21st, 2012
9:54 pm
@ Jeff Schultz…
Who is covering East Lake this weekend?
Georgiana Bulltiger
September 21st, 2012
9:59 pm
Greg Mendel
Very good stuff, bro.
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Hillbilly D
September 21st, 2012
11:06 pm
You’ve got a responsibility, and you have a job to do. If you’re not doing it, there’s no reason to yell at you. They’ll just replace you
Sounds like a common sense approach to me.
JSS
September 21st, 2012
11:41 pm
@ Hillbilly…
Yep, but remember, it takes credibility to pull that off… The Mora clan let too many play and never took the other side of that coin seriously… Some players can’t handle freedom… But they should…
StingerSplash
September 21st, 2012
11:48 pm
No one in Statesboro is surprised at all. Good riddance to VanGorder. Auburn soon will have buyer’s remorse.
P B Orr
September 22nd, 2012
12:08 am
Most entertaining! Well written! I wonder when we’ll start seeing MOORE 25 shirts around town?
rm
September 22nd, 2012
12:46 am
@JSS (y’all are suppose to be so big on that)…
What the hell is that suppose to mean?
redcoat
September 22nd, 2012
5:40 am
Have you ever coached JSS?
redcoat
September 22nd, 2012
5:45 am
JSS……..Have you ever played and at what level?
Ted M
September 22nd, 2012
7:23 am
People in general, I think, are giving Peyton Manning too much credit. Not of course for what he did in his career but for what he is right now.
D man
September 22nd, 2012
7:40 am
JSS – one problem with your second half theory, that was not the Falcons and that was not Matty Ice, Roddy White, Julio Jones, Gonzo, etc. these Falcons are a much better team than Nolan had in the past. You can’t judge a team on defense alone. I like the research but it just doesn’t apply here.
jerry
September 22nd, 2012
8:17 am
According to the 2012 Football Outsiders Almanac, the 2009 Broncos had the second-largest improvement in defensive efficiency from the previous season.
2011 Miami Dolphins were 1-7 in 1st 8 games, 5-3 in last 8 games. What drop off?
Nolan improved 2010 Dolphins from 25th to 14th in points allowed.
JSS’s theory: apocryphal, beguiling, bogus, casuistic, concocted, contrary to fact, cooked-up, counterfactual, deceitful, deceiving, delusive, dishonest, distorted, erroneous, ersatz*, fake, fallacious, fanciful, faulty, fictitious, fishy, fraudulent, illusive, imaginary, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, lying, mendacious, misleading, misrepresentative, mistaken, off the mark, phony, sham, sophistical, specious, spurious, trumped up, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, untruthful
Ron Zook
September 22nd, 2012
8:50 am
I thought The Gorder was overrated too.
Paddy
September 22nd, 2012
8:50 am
Once the season starts, the fun of football is to just watch it. Not pick it apart. Pre-season analysis is ok. Watching the games for its entertainment value is what I wait all year for. I guess we all enjoy the sport in different ways. Believe I will stick to my game plan and look forward to Sat & Sun. with going and watching the action. This approach may not be for everyone.
Nite Owl
September 22nd, 2012
9:18 am
It doesn’t matter what the Falcons do, haters like JSS are gonna hate.
If we do win in December and January, he’ll say that we won’t do it again next year, and that this year was a fluke. Blah blah blah.
I’m enjoying my Falcons, and win or lose, I’m a fan. It was pretty satisfying to rain on the Peyton Manning parade. Maybe we lose to San Diego, maybe we take care of business. I’ll still support my guys either way.
The real point is that we have become a solid football franchise that’s headed in the right direction and should be relevant as long as Matt Ryan stays upright. The Saints, meanwhile, are a complete train wreck and Drew Brees is starting to look pretty creaky.
Have a nice weekend, Falcons fans.
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
10:01 am
I just figured this out! JSS is put on the blog to be the voice of negative words. Its like the wrestling, everyone knows he will be here everday (even when he is is Mexico enjoying the life….yea right but you show up on the blog to bash a team you dont like……thats living a fun life….hahahahah) and Schultz I am a little disappointed that you provide encouragement……no one likes this guy but I guess you have to have a bad guy in wrestling so everyone can boo him…he likes that role. If I was on in Mexico I sure as heck could find 1000 things to do instead of post blogs on a website of a team I dont like….just saying! Funny also that good teams adjust to the opponent! Looks like that is what the Falcons are doing….dont matter how many records you can google up (while you in Mexico “having fun” does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?) The fact remains that the guy has impressed and will continue to do so. Get a grip JSS go do something nice with your wife in New Mexico (I said that with a straight face……really I did!)
Greg Mendel
September 22nd, 2012
10:03 am
@Nite Owl:
I’m with you and Paddy. I certainly don’t mind the analyses others post, but I’m just a fan — and a fan who’s endured years of Falcon failure since 1966. As I commented on another blog in regard to “SmittyBall,” there’s MIKE SmittyBall and RANKIN SmittyBall, and I’m still pretty happy with the MIKE version.
We may not beat the Chargers on Sunday, but Arthur Blank has finally built a Falcons team that simply cannot be taken for granted. Simply becoming a consistent contender is a big deal in the NFL. Playoff wins and championships will come. I’m not above nitpicking and grousing when we play poorly or lose, but I’m really enjoying the Birds these days.
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
10:37 am
JSS,
“No worries about the DF (Mexico City), I’ve been to the DF many times and I’m safer there than in most parts of the SE US…”
Well, they know who you are in the SE US. (HA HA)
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
11:03 am
Winning out in SD will be tough, but a 3-0 start would be great. The following three are winnable (CAR, WAS, OAK.) Then you get BYE (at least not a loss.) The BYE can help or hurt, you never know, but the three following BYE is the hardest three-set on the schedule (PHI, DAL, NO.)
8-1, or 7-2 with six to go would be sweet.
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
11:06 am
sorry, seven to go…………….wow, aging and arithmetic don’t go together.
Playoffs?? Plaaaaayoffs???
September 22nd, 2012
11:21 am
Tacky to attack the 70’s porn mustache man when he’s gone….he will not be the reason for auburn’s demise. Chizhead already created the sinking ship. That’s why OC malzone took a pay cut and left last year.
70’s porn mustache man will arise again, possibly as UK head coach…..hmmmm.
htwo0rider
September 22nd, 2012
11:21 am
jss,
you are one bitter dude regarding Nolan…did you google for an hour or so to show us how knowledgeable you are.
reached his pinnacle at UGA
September 22nd, 2012
11:24 am
VanGorder – all hail the porn ’stache
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
11:27 am
htwoOrider, got to hand it to JSS. Once he gets his terrier teeth into someone, he’ll beat em down,
ad nauseum.
Paddy
September 22nd, 2012
11:29 am
Falcon Jim……math and aging, I could not agree more. Directly related to why I can never find my cell phone and car keys. Damn young wippersnappers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paddy
September 22nd, 2012
11:31 am
Or is it whippersnappers? There I go again. Martha, seen my phone?
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
11:38 am
Answer This…
“everyone knows he will be here everday (even when he is is Mexico enjoying the life…”
Again, a “wrong assumption” made by a person unwilling to back it up with research… From October 16, 2011-November 4, 2011, I did not post one comment on any AJC blog… Between February 1, 2010- March 1, 2010, no post while I was in Auckland, NZ…. You guys see hosts and it all boils down to this, I had the balls to say that your precious football team was not built to win playoff games on three different occasions… Moreover, I took the ungodly positions of questioning your sainted QB’s post season capacity since he the day before he took his first playoff, his second playoff snap (hello Mr. Williams), and again his latest great display in post-season performance that produced “cero, zero, nada, nin” points by the mighty offense. It gets under your craw, and because your chosen football team has not been able to take that glaring fact off the table…
“If I was on in Mexico I sure as heck could find 1000 things to do instead of post blogs on a website of a team I dont like…”
Pssst… You’re jumping the gun, I leave for the DF (that is Mexico City for you gringos) on October 12th… Then it will be: “while you are in Mexico!” And a little more “reading comprehension” might help your issues, it’s “wife-to-be.”
Leave WWE type conspiracies to the showrunners at that Titan Sports… It is not that complicated, Dimitroff did not draft well, you lack quality depth, the team is depending on teams not having time to get either get “adjustments” of their own or scheming weaknesses away, and your hoping that time with as many issues as possible does not adjust or correct their internal ship… And anyone who does not hold your warped views “hates” or is a “hater.” Sorry, not believing in something does not make it “hating.” Pssst, I don’t think the Patriots can win the Super Bowl too, guess that means I “hate” them too? Till then, stay out the human blog analysis building, it is not your strength!
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
11:43 am
bow down, grease up, and enjoy it………………………
I don't want no stinkin' union
September 22nd, 2012
11:45 am
Roger Goodell for President!
It's my ball and I'm going home
September 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
Mike Nolan playing quarterback or coaching defense in that picture?
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
JSS, I would like to see the Defensive stats on your second half analysis. Doesn’t quite tell the whole picture without them. Could be the teams offense contributed more to second half collapses? Could be your right but not enough info to really tell. Reeks of cherry picking stats as it stands.
While in Mexico City make sure to go to the San Angel Inn, For cocktails at least but the food is top notch as well. One of my favorite spots.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
10:37 am
JSS,
“Well, they know who you are in the SE US. (HA HA)”
According to you blog geniuses, that is not the case (this supposedly being so anonymous and all)
…
Nope, leaving politics out of it, but in Mexico (even as a obvious minority) people go out of their way to be nice and sociable (not a smarmy version of charm or manners)… Yeah, they have their issues, and unlike TV paints it, the majority of the people are pained by it, and not because it is life-threatening. However, all that said, take a wrong turn in these parts on the wrong occasion, not so much… Luckily I was born here…
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
Paddy, we have to develop tricks to survive. There was a period that I was packing my lunches (healthier and cheaper) to take to work. I kept forgetting to take it in the hubbub of the morning. So I would pack my car keys with the lunch that night before. Couldn’t leave without my lunch. We may lose a little sharpness when we age, but we gain seasoning.
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
11:51 am
JSS,
I would like to see the defensive stats in your second half analysis. Did they get signifigantly worse? You could be right but without more info it just appears to be cherry picking data.
Also, While in Mexico City be sure to swing by the San Angel Inn for cocktails at last and dinner if you can. Superb atmosphere, service and food. One of my favorite spots there.
Fall Saturdays are heaven on earth
September 22nd, 2012
11:52 am
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
11:53 am
JSS, I’ve lived in the SE for fifty-seven years and I’m not paranoid about it. Never been to Mexico and really don’t believe I would want to go right now. But I do like the people.
jerry
September 22nd, 2012
11:55 am
Human beings are social creatures and need social interaction, feedback, and validation of their worth. The emotionally mature person doesn’t need to go hunting for these; they gain it naturally from their daily life, especially from their work and from stable relationships. Daniel Goleman calls emotional maturity emotional intelligence, or EQ; he believes, and I agree, that EQ is a much better indicator of a person’s character and value than intelligence quotient, or IQ.
The emotionally immature person, however, has low levels of self-esteem and self-confidence and consequently feels insecure; to counter these feelings of insecurity they will spend a large proportion of their lives creating situations in which they become the centre of attention. It may be that the need for attention is inversely proportional to emotional maturity, therefore anyone indulging in attention-seeking behaviours is telling you how emotionally immature they are.
Anyone on here fit the profile?
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
12:02 pm
ME ! ! ! …………………but I’m self-confident enough to admit it.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
12:03 pm
As far as this supposed “Nolan hating,” he’s a fine (not great DC)… Problem is, he has a past and time does not that fact… “Hours Googling?” Man, you must be stuck in the 19th century, still using ‘Facts on File?’ I’ve had that one stored away since the day they hired him… It’s been a known matter, he’s not seen a playoffs since 2003, and his teams haven’t won (at leat one game) since 2002. Mike Nolan has failed in second halves of seasons with greater defensive talent. You folks swear that the goal is a Super Bowl championship, but you keep trying to make a 1979 Ford Pinto (that defense) into a dependable car. You’ll get 5000 miles out of it and then the problems will resurface… He’s an upgrade over VanGorder. Still, serious point, Mike Smith was standing there the entire time and did nothing to get his DC on a different page or work to get his management style to change and you kept him… They have a term for that in MBA schools. “Google” it, Enjoy…
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:04 pm
JSS, without defensive stats to go with your second half analysis it comes off as cherry picking stats. you may well be right but just can’t tell if the defense lead to second half collapses or not.
While in Mexico City be sure to go by the San Angel Inn for cocktails at least and dinner if you can swing it. Atmosphere, service, and food are all of the charts. One of my favorite spots.
it's saturday, talk nfl tomorrow
September 22nd, 2012
12:05 pm
Grantham versus 70’s porn ’stache man at auburn nov. 10. ’stache man is now the enemy.
Dawgs win again.
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:05 pm
Nice blog monster. 4 post in a row eaten. What a joke.
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:08 pm
JSS, without defensive stats to go with your second half analysis it comes off as cherry picking stats. you may well be right but just can’t tell if the defense lead to second half collapses or not. Defense is only one third of the equation.
While in Mexico City be sure to go by the San Angel Inn for cocktails at least and dinner if you can swing it. Atmosphere, service, and food are all of the charts. One of my favorite spots.
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:08 pm
Sigh, make it 6 post. Seems I cant wirte about anything but how crappy the blog software is.
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
12:09 pm
ad nauseum
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:10 pm
AJC your paper is dying. Your website is the only thing generating $. I suggest you get it in working order.
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:11 pm
JSS, without defensive stats to go with your second half analysis it comes off as cherry picking stats. you may well be right but just can’t tell if the defense lead to second half collapses or not. Defense, offense and ST determine the final score.
While in Mexico City be sure to go by the San Angel Inn for drinks at least and dinner if you can swing it. Atmosphere, service, and food are all of the charts. One of my favorite spots.
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
12:12 pm
Does MBA stand for Major Bull$h!+ Artist?
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
12:13 pm
“Goleman,” than you’re familiar with John Antonakis’ counter argument in refuting Goleman’s claims? You need to quit, unless you’re licensed to practice… Are you?
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
12:16 pm
MBA ?
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
12:17 pm
Mike Jay, thanks, but I look at that point to, he threw up some stinkers especially in Washington, go look at 1998…
As far as drinks, don’t partake but I tend to go on the girlfriend’s choices since she is the expert of authentic Mexican cuisine and service… She hasn’t stirred me wrong in 3 years…
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
12:19 pm
@ Falcon Jim…
Still doesn’t change the term, Smith has perfected it…
And what’s wrong with that?
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
12:19 pm
MBA.
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
12:21 pm
I only have a BBA (Big Bull Artist.)
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
12:33 pm
Bout time for another quasi psychoanalyst to post… Oops, forgot king college football is on, they’ll be distracted most of the afternoon…
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:43 pm
Jss, No you actually didin’t. You cheery picked. I just looked at his defensive stats from 2008 – 20011. The only second half that was bad was 2009 in Denver.
2008 18.8 pts pergame
2009 bad
2010 15.6
2011 16.3
1998 you say? ARe you sure you want to look at the second half collapse? Ok then. Last 9 games his defense gave up a whopping 9.1 pts per game. Ugg terrible. Though you did say Washington so maybe you meant his 99 season with them? 16.2 per game that second half.
So if we take a real look at the defensive stats and not just win loss records your whole rant seems to….well fall apart honestly.
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
12:49 pm
LOL I just looked at the rest of the seasons on your list. The only bad second half was with Denver. you do not want to take a closer look at the rest.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
12:57 pm
I said he threw up stinkers in 98… They got in some turnover fest that year, that 0-7 start did not help… The three loses were consistent (Arizona twice, and Dallas)… Despite turning over Arizona team, they still got evenly mauled by those two teams in passing and rush yards… And by the way, that 32.3 points per game in those 3 losses… But oops, that is “cherry-picking!”
Seven Faces
September 22nd, 2012
1:00 pm
Narcissism is a term with a wide range of meanings, depending on whether it is used to describe a central concept of psychoanalytic theory, a mental illness, a social or cultural problem, or simply a personality trait. Except in the sense of primary narcissism or healthy self-love, “narcissism” usually is used to describe some kind of problem in a person or group’s relationships with self and others. In everyday speech, “narcissism” often means egoism, vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness. Applied to a social group, it is sometimes used to denote elitism or an indifference to the plight of others. In psychology, the term is used to describe both normal self-love and unhealthy self-absorption due to a disturbance in the sense of self.
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
1:07 pm
Great to have people to hold you to your BS google search! Lol JSS you are one miserable person! You actually hold the dates and times you post? Man never put that in black and white again it really makes you look very unbalanced! As for you holding that stat about Nolan since he was hired! Dude you are a miserable little man! Please tell us why you come here to blog again? You dislike this team correct? Why would someone go through so much to prove how much they dislike something? Are you sure tou taking your meds Macho Man? Lol! You are to easy and the bloggers see it! No one on here has anything good to say about you…..coincidence? No way at all. You like your roll of official Falcon basher (and by the way I dont like the Patriots either but you dont see me on a New England blog bashing that team). The world you live in is dark with no flowers or color….and you are not liked by many….which tells me you were not hugged much as a kid. As for the “wife to be” my condolence to her! As for you holding warped views, hater, and all that ranting you doing Macho Man, I care less if you dont like the Falcons my only question to you is why in the heck come on here to give us all your genius stats (that appear to be cherry picked) and continue to bash them? Highlight of the day for you? 98% of the people in the rooms are fans so it speaks to who you are and how miserable you are in your life to continue to come back with such wrong facts and so mucg negativity. I hope the “wife to be”my (Mrs. Elizabeth….hahah thats funny) gets the other side of you or much like your untruth facts and your predictions ……..it wont last long!
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
1:10 pm
BTW
I think Seven Faces is directing his post at you JSS…..just saying.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
1:11 pm
I said he was “.500″ second half coordinator, fact stands… And the 09 Broncos were at least a competitive defense (giving him credit there), they didn’t fold like a tent until the last game… Poor Nolan, he could not decide what to stop, some teams ran over him, other teams passed on him… Good grief and then KC did both things to him!
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
1:13 pm
Wow. Pretty harsh. JSS is a fun foil to play with. It’s fun and OK to banter, argue and chide; but no reason to go personal.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
1:14 pm
I see the multiple user-name personality disorder suffer finally played his daily hand… How’s life? Oops, forgot that is social behavior!
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
1:17 pm
Why not, it is his cottage industry… I survived the wrath of the Kevin Smith wanna-be… This too will pass… Just like raw sewage…
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
1:31 pm
you can’t say he was .500 coordinator the second half. You can say the teams he coached finished with a .500 record the second half. He was only in charge of the defense and can’t control the other 2 portions of the football game : offense and ST. It is disingenuous at best and lame stat picking to try and prove an invalid point at worst.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
1:32 pm
OK, going riding for the next 3 hours, don’t have stroke trying to overwhelm the “Columnist’s” blog!
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
1:32 pm
And yet you now avoid the most important question…..why are you here? Why come to a teams blog that you so hate? Dude please stick to topic…..not about you saying others have multiple names….who cares if they have 50 names? Why are you here to bash a whole organization that you show you have no like for. Makes no sense like all of that rambling you doing…….go smell the flowers and relax man; I feel sorry for anyone who saves post to put on a blog and who actually records the times and dates he post?! What the heck man! Are you serious!? Tell you what JSS I will ignore your post and your untrue facts and all of the sewage you spew and just let you be you…..the Falcins are a good team and so is the organization….I am tired of going back and forth with you (look at Seven Faces post again) it describes you perfectly…..so perfect its scary! Let me say it again, I am a fan have been ao since I was born and will die a fan…..thats what fans do! We dont quit no matter how bad you think it is or was or could get! Fan! Real fan! Go Falcons, on Sunday, next Sunday, 2 years from now on a Sunday and 22 years from now on a Sunday!
Mike Jay
September 22nd, 2012
1:35 pm
PS my stats are all wrong as well, I was testing you.
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
1:43 pm
Hahahaha funny! My stats are correct…..Falcons 2 and 0!
Falcon Jim
September 22nd, 2012
2:22 pm
What head games………all around………….too funny.
(Aren’t blogs like this supposed to be fun, or, funny? Surely, one has a true problem if you take them seriously…………………like, apparently, some folks do.)
Dr. Warren
September 22nd, 2012
3:02 pm
Damn good article. He let the quotes say everything.
Eric
September 22nd, 2012
4:48 pm
JSS, no reason to troll. We will all find out what kind of coach Nolan is in due time. Meanwhile let the man enjoy some much deserved credit for coaching his butt of in week 2. Nothing you say can take that away….
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
6:25 pm
@ Eric, call the others “trolls.” They spent an entire morning and into the afternoon worrying about assumptions EQ, EI (and 5 factors supposedly accounting for a lack it), narcissism, my relationship and why is not supposedly going to last…
All I gave was a historical perspective, and it is 62 wins – 62 loses and 1 tie over the span of his DC career. Like I side, “Enjoy!”
“You are what your record says you are.” – Bill Parcells
GTT
September 22nd, 2012
9:29 pm
Speaking of defense. Chan Gailey could recruit good defensive players, so how come the current staff cannot?
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
9:30 pm
And you still did not answer my question Mr. Prespective! Why do you come here! Cant be for the chicken wings! You hate this organization! Why spend your time here?
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
9:30 pm
And you still did not answer my question Mr. Prespective! Why do you come here! Cant be for the chicken wings! You hate this organization! Why spend your time here?
Answer this
September 22nd, 2012
9:58 pm
Like I thought! Lol.
Getaway
September 22nd, 2012
10:10 pm
Oh is JSS posting again? Has he said who he pulls for? Didn’t think so.
Wake me when he decides to commit. Until then, I don’t care what he has to say.
JSS
September 22nd, 2012
10:26 pm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That was heck of one person conversation the multiple personality user-name stalker had going between 9:30 and 10:10P… However, things started getting very dyslexic like in nature with all of that gibberish… Hope he didn’t blow a gasket again… Stroke therapy is rather expensive…
HUH?????
September 22nd, 2012
10:35 pm
” VanGorder’s future was no better than tenuous when he left for Auburn”
If I’m not mistaken, the Falcons had the 6th best defense in the NFL last year. It’s not his fault Matt Ryan sucks in the post season.
HUH?????
September 22nd, 2012
10:36 pm
By the way Jeff, that BVG defense held LSU to one td. Not bad for a 1-2 Auburn squad against the 2nd ranked team in the country.
HUH?????
September 22nd, 2012
10:38 pm
“LSU 41 Barn 13″
Stick to delivering pizzas, ma’am.
HUH?????
September 22nd, 2012
10:39 pm
What’s the deal with people in GA hating Auburn so much? Is it because UGA hasn’t won anything since Jimmy Carter was in office? Is it because there is only one team in Atlanta sports history that has won a championship?
HUH?????
September 22nd, 2012
10:40 pm
” But it came against Manning”
Yes, and older and slower Manning. A Manning who hasn’t played in the NFL in two years. As I recall, the Falcons barely escaped with a win.
HUH?????
September 22nd, 2012
10:44 pm
“That’s not a knock on VanGorder.”
Nah, you just decided to write a column about how the Falcons prefer the new defensive coordinator over VG. No contradictions there, huh Shultz?
You say you don’t “hate” Auburn yet you make snide remarks about them any chance you get. I guess you’re still upset that they won a national championship and your precious UGA teams can not.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
September 22nd, 2012
10:47 pm
” That’s why OC malzone took a pay cut and left last year.”
I love pathetic dawg fans. Their teams can’t win national championships so they have to resort to lying about other teams/coaches. How many times did dawg fans predict the death penalty for Auburn? Countless. UGA can not beat top ranked teams and they will lose to USC and UF.
Matty Bicep
September 23rd, 2012
1:05 am
Even if we play .500 from here on out, I think we will win the south. New Orleans is a mess, Carolina? Bwwahhaha…Just hope Cam has a better financial planner than Vince….Only threat it Tampa Bay, but they have too many holes.
Matty Bicep
September 23rd, 2012
1:08 am
And those who were concerned about Cams superman garbage as flaw were right on….How does an NFL QB do a stupid dance when getting hammered by 30 pts, then cry line a little biotch at the presser 20 minutes later. …. THANK GOD FOR MATTY ICE. He might have his limitations, but at least he does not get his manhood questioned by his own teammates.
Thomas Brown
September 23rd, 2012
3:45 am
The Strength of Schedule of all of our opponents this 2012 regular season was # 54 in the nation before Saturday; however, Georgie tek took another loss to an unranked opponent as neither Miami of Florida nor Virginia Tech are ranked but both beat Georgie tek.
Missouri, our “signature win” on the season, marched on to their obvious 6-Loss or worse season in a 10-31 loss to South Carolina. Recall they lost to us 20-41.
South Carolina, after next week, faces Georgia, LSU and Florida before ending their season against Clemson. Check back with me what South Carolina is ranked after playing those games.
Florida, as well, starts next week against LSU, South Carolina, Georgia, and finishes against Florida State.
Florida nor South Carolina’s ranking today is what it will be after their games coming-up. Check back with me after these games they play.
Right ?
Georgia Southern who lost to lowly Citadel last week, barely squeaked by Elon yesterday 26-23.
Auburn lost again. Unranked Auburn. 1-3 Auburn. But, that was supposed to be our “signature win” last season.
Ole Miss has “wins” over Central Arkansas, UTEP and Tulane colleges. That’s it. They are unranked anyway.
Kentucky has only a win over Kent State.
What a hodge-podge of a “schedule” we play. Still, it was a hot afternoon at Sanford as the boo-birds did not show and we put up quite a performance against a sorry Vandie team who came in the # 68 NCAA Total Offense with a loud-mouth losing record coach, who is 7-10 in his career. It was a beautiful night in Athens as Aaron Murray, again, looked great against inferior opposition, and as our running backs proved once again, that Buck Belue handing the football off is our best offense. Late the game, Mark Richt brought in Parker Welsh at QB.
We emptied the bench and tried to make statements about our walk-ons.
At the very end, Christian LeMay got to run once for 5 yards.
Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley showed they are exactly what everyone expected. More than a bunch of people tried to tell us that Todd Gurley was a bruising man, and he is every bit of that. Keith Marshall added 2 touchdowns on way to his career total of more than 30 touchdowns at Georgia in his 3-year career. He and Todd Gurley will both go in the NFL Draft.
Walk-ons were indifferent yet again last night. I have no idea what Merritt Hall was doing with no Vandie player within 15-yards of him, catching the kick-off and putting his knee to the ground without so much as handing the ball to Todd Gurley standing right there for the hand-off. I mean if you are afraid you might fumble the football, grow a pair.
Opponents on our schedule has a very poor showing last night, while we looked the part of # 5 against yet again, another hapless opponent. How good does the win against Mizzou look now ?
We welcome unranked vols next week. You keep feeling like we are building toward something, and still then you look at your tickets and see who we have next.
vols. A hapless vols’ team. An unranked hapless vols’ team. An unranked hapless vols’ team who have wins over opponents who all season have put up a grand total of 1-win combined by all their “opponents” they have wins over. An unranked hapless vols’ team with dubious wins themselves, who can neither run the football even nor stop the run.
We have such an easy schedule, and South Carolina is going to drop like a ton of bricks in the rankings playing us, Clemson, LSU, and Clemson. Florida, too, drops a lot worse like a ton a bricks in the rankings starting next week against LSU, South Carolina, us and Florida State.
On this night, we got home earlier on a beautiful evening, and complete win as I have resigned myself to such “wins” with no signature game until we play Alabama. The talk will be big, and the X and O we will see will be what it has been all 12 years when we finally do play our 1-game season.
______________
Mark Richt era –
What have SEC done against teams who made AP Poll Top 10 ?
____________________________________________________
11 Wins LSU # 1
11 Wins Auburn # 2
10 Wins Florida # 3
6 Wins Alabama # 4
6 Wins vols # 5
4 Wins Arkansas # 6
3 Wins Texas A & M # 7
3 Wins UGA # 8
We are a BCS-buster with one game at the end of the season against Alabama. That leaves us with a bowl game, as our only hope of doing anything about this, as none of the “opponents” on our schedule will make the AP Poll Top 10 besides our impending date with Alabama.
Eric C.
September 23rd, 2012
4:29 am
Just looking at the teams Nolan coached for…I’m guessing they were not offensive juggernauts. I would speculate that Nolan’s defense picked up a lot of the slack on those teams. Anyone have the stats on this? I don’t feel like looking it up right now. Anyway, Nolan’s scheming against one of the masters of MNF was nothing short of brilliant.
Aside from Nolan and the defense, this team will live and die with Ryan…so as long as the defense gets a few stops and remains opportunistic, not too concerned.
As for the game today, not feeling good about it…but will take 2-1 after two road games and a tough MNF game.
NCBravesFan
September 23rd, 2012
6:19 am
JSS: “And right after the week of the Presidential election, I’ll be back to tell you all to KMBA.”
I LOLd.
dean
September 23rd, 2012
7:40 am
I couldn’t read past the first page. Too much hate.
I am just going to sit back and enjoy watching a competitive team. They won’t win them all but they will be close in all.
Mr. Blank has restored a sense of dignity to the place. And no matter what one particular poster stated on page 1, November 6 is when we begin restoring our national dignity. That poster should stay in MX.
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
7:45 am
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
12:30 am
“I will be safer in Mexico than in the SE US. I know you can take a wrong turn at the wrong time, even here in Georgia. See, I was taking a canoe trip up in the mountains with some of my friends………………………………………………….”
I can see why you idiots think I’m on here 24/7, With all of the great mental disabilities being displayed, multiple user-name stealers, and funny postings littering numerous AJC blogs bearing my moniker, but in no way having been by J _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _! Therefore, I guess the easily swayed, and calling a “spade a spade” just downright stupid would think so to say the least… (Oh yeah, 3 dots is an ellipse if you’re going to a good fake poster
)
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
7:51 am
Dean…
Are you a moron, seriously? That was not a political statement, that was a statement on when I’ll return to blog… Paranoid and making assumption due to your mental limitations is no way to go thru life or to the polls… Enjoy, you are special!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
8:15 am
Eric C.
September 23rd, 2012
4:29 am
“Just looking at the teams Nolan coached for…I’m guessing they were not offensive juggernauts. I would speculate that Nolan’s defense picked up a lot of the slack on those teams.”
7 teams associated with Nolan during his 15 years as a coordinator have finished in the upper 15 teams in the offensive categories.
When he had a highly efficient and productive offense like the 1999 Redskins 2nd in points scored & in yards, his defense was lowly ranked 24th in points and 30th in yards allowed.
Answer this
September 23rd, 2012
9:32 am
Sad little unhappy man……
dean
September 23rd, 2012
9:32 am
@Jss
I don’t get into the name-calling game, but one thing is for certain: after listening to your condescension of others for too long I’ve come to the conclusion that you need professional help. Have a nice trip.
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
9:51 am
Answer this
September 23rd, 2012
9:32 am
“Sad little unhappy man……”
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Again, self-analysis is a heck of a thing!
Sun is out this morning in my world! Is there a dark storm raging in yours? I’m whistling and getting ready to enjoy a plate of quality NFL games, shoot I might enjoy that game in San Diego!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
9:56 am
dean
September 23rd, 2012
9:32 am
“@Jss, I don’t get into the name-calling game”
Name-calling would be “You are a moron!” Whereas, I asked “Are you a moron?” Problem is you made an assumption and jump the shark… You can take the professional help from the folks who can explain the difference between “statements and questions” for you…
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
10:00 am
Hey multiple user-name name stealer, we just finished off some delicious waffles and hickory bacon with the godkids, want us to leave the scraps for you on the side of the road?
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
10:02 am
Oops, was that “condescension?”
Matty Bicep
September 23rd, 2012
10:55 am
Well, Nolan is an old pro, and he has a ring, that goes a long way in keeping the players attention. When you compare that to a lifetime college coordinator, it is an upgrade. Especially when you see how Ice has been committed to his craft and worked this offseason to improve the physical part of his game to match is superior mental abilities, you have a formula for success, the #1 rated QB in the NFL and an agressive, attacking D….
7 teams associated with Nolan during his 15 years as a coordinator have finished in the upper 15 teams in the offensive categories.
Sooo, the mean AVERAGE offense was in the lower 15 offensive catagories…..Thanks for doing to researh to prove out Deans theory.
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
11:46 am
Sorry Matty, you can snip but gloss over that does not necessarily mean that his defenses played up to the par of those at the same time… Thanks, pick up your consolation prize on the way out the door… I.E. 1999 in Washington…
I left my heart in San Diego
September 23rd, 2012
12:07 pm
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rise up
Matty Bicep
September 23rd, 2012
1:29 pm
What Nolan is doing is basically playing the old Buddy Ryan Chicago D. As teams move from the West Coast to more downfield passing Defenses, the 46 will be more effective in that we either will not give the QB time to throw, or we will have time to drop into coverage after showing pressure. It is the short hitting passes that exposes this type of D. So it is a good scheme for todays NFL and shows Nolans old Savvy.
But we don’t have a MLB, and we lost our best CB for the season, so are not going to ride our D to a superbowl like the 2000 Ravens, but if Ryan continues to perform at level he has, an average D is good enough.
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
1:37 pm
There were “gods” and the concepts of god children way before “Christians” ever tried the concept… Don’t let your frustrations with other folk having self-determination get you in a huff on a beautiful Sunday… Are you scared of your melting pot?
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
1:43 pm
Falcon Jim, did you try to clone Charles Foster Dulles? You prefer Gaddafi, Mubarak, and Assad?
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
1:54 pm
Dictator lover, nuff said…
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
1:55 pm
P.P.S. It’s “Arab Spring”
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
2:08 pm
Not for freedom… Hate freedom? Hate Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin too? Or only when it is convenient and not a bit ugly?
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
2:10 pm
Let me be careful, you might try to go all Blogging Black Ops on me…
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
2:46 pm
No, I asked you if you hate freedom… Paine was a “founding father, you bet… Hmmm, great philosopher of the Revolution, such a liberal he went to France when he returned and died and only 6 folks came to his funeral because he had the nerve to question “Christianity…” You paint “liberals” with some silly brush and palette of conjectures… Don’t be a “pot calling the kettle black.” Go enjoy your “game” before you blow a gasket
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
2:50 pm
Ha ha, you going out wrong, “Saints?” Ha ha, I don’t care they win! See, that is what happens when you assume and not listen…. Rather be “AH” than a sheep! Ha ha, hilarious!!!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
3:07 pm
Does your savior know you talk like that?
Whew!!! That is American Taliban like language, so un-Christian like!!!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
3:14 pm
A certain “saved” person has been hanging some mighty low places! Day of Atonement is on Tuesday, you may need to change faiths!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
3:25 pm
Ha ha!!!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
3:29 pm
Try insert special symbols!
JSS
September 23rd, 2012
3:44 pm
Oh boooooooooooooooooooooooo, that was some of the best profanity ever displayed in the public square since Chris Jackson had a Turret’s explosion!
Matty Bicep
September 23rd, 2012
7:46 pm
Well, yea, JSS….You might want to think about professional help….At least do ti for the MRS JSS.