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We ARE God
You want to know why religious fundamentalists hate science so much? It is because little by little we have attained 'powers' once only attributed to the supernatural. We are cracking the codes of the universe, slowly but surely, and making the religious concept of God obsolete as a byproduct.
Think about it, if we were to somehow go back in time with the technology we have now...one thousand, two thousand...ten thousand years ago...we would be as gods to the people we met.
Think about it, if we were to somehow go back in time with the technology we have now...one thousand, two thousand...ten thousand years ago...we would be as gods to the people we met.
05 August 2005
Mark McHale
Mark McHale is FSU's new offensive line coach. We got to listen to him speak last night at a College Avenue Seminoles meeting. He's a good speaker, and seemed like a straight shooter. I left there feeling a lot more confident in Bowden's choice for the position and for the future of the team.
There was a Q&A potion, and of course someone asked a question insinuating that he would be the real play caller with Jeff Bowden as a figurehead (which is what everyone in the world suspects is the case). To his credit, McHale handled this question appropriately I thought. He said (rough quote) 'Jeff Bowden is the offensive coordinator, I am the offensive line coach, and Jeff Bowden will be calling plays.' He said it in a fairly forceful way too. If he had said it in a sort of *nudge nudge wink wink* way, I think that would have been bad for the program in general. When you do something like that and players see it, it sows a seed of dissent in their minds and they lose respect for the chain of command. Same thing for other coaches hearing that. And of course, if media and fans get ahold of it...well pretty soon you've got a whole field full of dissent, and that's not what you want to harvest. We've had enough infighting over the past few years, and I hope that stops now.
Someone also asked him if he would comment about what kinds of things were wrong with the offensive line last year, and again to his credit, he wouldn't answer. Everyone knows we had ..uh...issues last year on the line, but McHale didn't spend time bashing someone who wasn't there to defend himseld, and I respect that. He did seem pretty focused on moving forward and teaching his style of O-Line play with zone blocking schemes and whatnot, and he seemed very competent.
I asked him if we might see some spread offense this year and he jumped all over that, shooting it down. His point though was that with a beat up line and two redshirt freshmen QB's, we're probably going to be seeing a very simple offense. Spread offenses are not simple. I did talk to him a bit more about it after the meeting and he seemed pretty excited about the future once we've got a healthy deep line and more experienced QB's. His eyes lit up when talking about the atheletes he has to work with, which are clearly some of the best he's had to work with.
So, so far I like the guy. He's nice and he's funny, which I think will mesh in well with the staff and players we have.
There was a Q&A potion, and of course someone asked a question insinuating that he would be the real play caller with Jeff Bowden as a figurehead (which is what everyone in the world suspects is the case). To his credit, McHale handled this question appropriately I thought. He said (rough quote) 'Jeff Bowden is the offensive coordinator, I am the offensive line coach, and Jeff Bowden will be calling plays.' He said it in a fairly forceful way too. If he had said it in a sort of *nudge nudge wink wink* way, I think that would have been bad for the program in general. When you do something like that and players see it, it sows a seed of dissent in their minds and they lose respect for the chain of command. Same thing for other coaches hearing that. And of course, if media and fans get ahold of it...well pretty soon you've got a whole field full of dissent, and that's not what you want to harvest. We've had enough infighting over the past few years, and I hope that stops now.
Someone also asked him if he would comment about what kinds of things were wrong with the offensive line last year, and again to his credit, he wouldn't answer. Everyone knows we had ..uh...issues last year on the line, but McHale didn't spend time bashing someone who wasn't there to defend himseld, and I respect that. He did seem pretty focused on moving forward and teaching his style of O-Line play with zone blocking schemes and whatnot, and he seemed very competent.
I asked him if we might see some spread offense this year and he jumped all over that, shooting it down. His point though was that with a beat up line and two redshirt freshmen QB's, we're probably going to be seeing a very simple offense. Spread offenses are not simple. I did talk to him a bit more about it after the meeting and he seemed pretty excited about the future once we've got a healthy deep line and more experienced QB's. His eyes lit up when talking about the atheletes he has to work with, which are clearly some of the best he's had to work with.
So, so far I like the guy. He's nice and he's funny, which I think will mesh in well with the staff and players we have.
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