tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post4178511453875659284..comments2024-03-22T03:17:47.335-04:00Comments on Armchair Linebacker - a New Writing blog: The Philosophy Of Greatness, And Other Tales Of Gibberish As We Venture Back Down The Rabbit HoleRaven Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00777849609532782535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-10284200579525631972011-05-06T15:37:36.136-04:002011-05-06T15:37:36.136-04:00I like that, the idea of turning the Failure Demon...I like that, the idea of turning the Failure Demons on all of our enemies, of channeling our shared pain into one big ball of nasty mean shit, like we finally turned around in hell, flung the gates outward and now here we come and hell's coming with us.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300561079216508635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-65720270115850421822011-05-06T14:19:48.881-04:002011-05-06T14:19:48.881-04:00I remember when picks 8 and 9 were coming around a...I remember when picks 8 and 9 were coming around and I looked at my friends that I was watching the draft with and said, "I can't believe Fairley is still on the board. Can you imagine a D-line with him, Suh, Williams, KVB, and Avril?"<br /><br />We all laughed about it thinking first there was no way he'd make it all the way to 13 and second we all thought the Lions were either going to get Amukumara or trade down but we all said it would be the stuff of legends.<br /><br />When the pick went out and they read Fairley's name, we all kind of looked at each other in abject awe.<br /><br />It's unfathomable the kind of things the line is capable of. I foresee Jay Cutler with bandages on his head, one arm in a sling, and a tree branch crutch like some beat up Civil War soldier. I foresee (lol)Christian Ponder running screaming from the NFL from the horrors he witnessed in Detroit. I foresee Aaron Rodgers offering his championship belt and Super Bowl ring to the King of the House of Spears as recompense for even considering taking a snap against them.<br /><br />It's almost as if Mayhew and Schwartz broke and tamed the failure demons that had plagued the Lions for so long, coalesced their spirits into Fairley and Suh, and set them against anyone unlucky enough to line up opposite them.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07816161893794147338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-16972590068892728392011-05-06T13:24:46.918-04:002011-05-06T13:24:46.918-04:00"About Fairley, you hit right on the head. Wi..."About Fairley, you hit right on the head. Without the change of culture on the team and specifically the D-Line, at worst he would be what you described. At best he would have been Shaun Rogers, flashing brilliance and talent one minute and then disappearing for days at a time the next.<br /><br />When people were talking about Jimmy Smith and his attitude/character concerns before the draft I immediately thought that he would fit in perfect in Baltimore. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed are not going to put up with any shit from him. If we had Baltimore's linebackers/secondary Smith would have fit here, we don't so he didn't.<br />Every team needs an identity - Steel Curtain, Hogs, Dawg Pound. We have not had one since I can remember. No we are creating one, dominate D-Line, game changing D-Line, take your best shot you can't stop our D-Line. Remember Suh pushing away Santana Moss last year in the end zone after his fumble recovery? The look on Suh's face said, get away little man I have bigger things to do than be worried about you. The whole D-Line is going to have that same attitude - and more importantly- the skills to show that same attitude to opposing offenses."<br /><br />Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Lord Anonymous, this is precisely what I was trying to say.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300561079216508635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-78298674131033820322011-05-06T13:22:52.124-04:002011-05-06T13:22:52.124-04:00Maybe I should just change my blogger and twitter ...Maybe I should just change my blogger and twitter name to The Fool on the Hill.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300561079216508635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-54747349651997659852011-05-06T10:41:38.551-04:002011-05-06T10:41:38.551-04:00About Fairley, you hit right on the head. Without...About Fairley, you hit right on the head. Without the change of culture on the team and specifically the D-Line, at worst he would be what you described. At best he would have been Shaun Rogers, flashing brilliance and talent one minute and then disappearing for days at a time the next. <br /><br />When people were talking about Jimmy Smith and his attitude/character concerns before the draft I immediately thought that he would fit in perfect in Baltimore. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed are not going to put up with any shit from him. If we had Baltimore's linebackers/secondary Smith would have fit here, we don't so he didn't. <br />Every team needs an identity - Steel Curtain, Hogs, Dawg Pound. We have not had one since I can remember. No we are creating one, dominate D-Line, game changing D-Line, take your best shot you can't stop our D-Line. Remember Suh pushing away Santana Moss last year in the end zone after his fumble recovery? The look on Suh's face said, get away little man I have bigger things to do than be worried about you. The whole D-Line is going to have that same attitude - and more importantly- the skills to show that same attitude to opposing offenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-28609177816007512652011-05-06T10:32:38.285-04:002011-05-06T10:32:38.285-04:00Neil,
You said a lot (too much?) about how you st...Neil, <br />You said a lot (too much?) about how you struggle to understand what you know you or to know what you don't know or understand what you know or understand what you know you don't know. Whatever, that is why we love you. To us you are our Idiot Savant, spewing out random thoughts that have little meaning by themselves but appear to have coherence, structure and insight when taken as a whole. You are the Beatles' Fool on the Hill.<br /><br />Day after day, alone on the hill,<br /><br />The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still.<br /><br />But nobody wants to know him,<br /><br />They can see that he's just a fool.<br /><br />And he never gives an answer .....<br /><br />But the fool on the hill,<br />Sees the sun going down.<br />And the eyes in his head,<br />See the world spinning around.<br /><br />Well on his way, his head in a cloud,<br />The man of a thousand voices, talking perfectly loud.<br /><br />But nobody ever hears him,<br />Or the sound he appears to make.<br /><br />And he never seems to notice .....<br /><br />But the fool on the hill,<br />Sees the sun going down.<br />And the eyes in his head,<br />See the world spinning around.<br /><br />And nobody seems to like him,<br /><br />They can tell what he wants to do.<br /><br />And he never shows his feelings,<br /><br />But the fool on the hill,<br />Sees the sun going down.<br />And the eyes in his head,<br />See the world spinning around.<br /><br />Stay cool man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-47891828832030969122011-05-06T01:17:59.397-04:002011-05-06T01:17:59.397-04:00Well played, Steven . . . well played.Well played, Steven . . . well played.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300561079216508635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-69198757302794426142011-05-06T00:17:31.999-04:002011-05-06T00:17:31.999-04:00ehhh dont fret Neil.... most punctuation is overra...ehhh dont fret Neil.... most punctuation is overrated anyway.....????!!!! ??? wha? huh>>? idk?? shit ...stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311534329351260801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-37289315817690258562011-05-05T22:59:32.531-04:002011-05-05T22:59:32.531-04:00It was an artistic choice. (This will be funnier/w...It was an artistic choice. (This will be funnier/will make complete sense once my newest Guyism article goes up.)<br /><br />No, but really, stylistically, that out of control run on thing is probably one of my favorite things to do. Also, I think I know the paragraph you were talking about and it really was intentional. The way it reads is the way it sounded in my head, which really is the whole point, no?Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300561079216508635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580115438716980446.post-70534289108100518462011-05-05T22:32:40.844-04:002011-05-05T22:32:40.844-04:00I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly,...I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I think around paragraph 3 there was a sentence where even Cormac McCarthy would have added a couple commas.UpHrenoreply@blogger.com