(08-01-2014 12:36 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:20 PM)Mick Light Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:15 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I think criticizing somebody for the list they give is lame. It's not the critics' damn list. It's his. They can make their own friggin' list, and let the rest of us criticize it, lol.

Being young, aware of how fortunate he is, and completely focused on his job, it sounds like a perfectly logical list to me.

Mine would be different, but I'm in a completely different place in life.

Thomas Edison - I'd like to learn more about all the experimental failures he endured to get to the successes that define him now.

Charles Darwin - I'd like to understand how he came to his conclusions, and discuss with him how he dealt with the skeptics.

Abraham Lincoln - I'd like to discover all the unknown decisions and dilemmas he faced during the Civil War, and what his private thinking process was.

Robin Williams - With all the seriousness going on at that dinner party, we'd need one guy to make us laugh.

Oh, and the party would be a tailgate on Tiger Lane, catered by Steven Reichlen. Except I'd make him use charcoal or wood (to hell with the rules, lol). And we would have unlimited craft beer, ice cold. On a clear, crisp October day.

Edison is a great choice. If you are ever in south Florida hit Fort Myers and visit his winter home there. Amazing.

But I didn't know we could invite the deceased.

Mark Twain would be a cool deceased one.

Yeah, Twain would be in my next four.

(08-01-2014 12:37 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:36 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:20 PM)Mick Light Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:15 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I think criticizing somebody for the list they give is lame. It's not the critics' damn list. It's his. They can make their own friggin' list, and let the rest of us criticize it, lol.

Being young, aware of how fortunate he is, and completely focused on his job, it sounds like a perfectly logical list to me.

Mine would be different, but I'm in a completely different place in life.

Thomas Edison - I'd like to learn more about all the experimental failures he endured to get to the successes that define him now.

Charles Darwin - I'd like to understand how he came to his conclusions, and discuss with him how he dealt with the skeptics.

Abraham Lincoln - I'd like to discover all the unknown decisions and dilemmas he faced during the Civil War, and what his private thinking process was.

Robin Williams - With all the seriousness going on at that dinner party, we'd need one guy to make us laugh.

Oh, and the party would be a tailgate on Tiger Lane, catered by Steven Reichlen. Except I'd make him use charcoal or wood (to hell with the rules, lol). And we would have unlimited craft beer, ice cold. On a clear, crisp October day.

Edison is a great choice. If you are ever in south Florida hit Fort Myers and visit his winter home there. Amazing.

But I didn't know we could invite the deceased.

Mark Twain would be a cool deceased one.

Yeah, Twain would be in my next four.

Let's just have a banquet.

(08-01-2014 12:29 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  I'd invite the three Bronte sisters and Emily Dickinson and try to get a five way going.

#irrationalexuberance

(08-01-2014 12:20 PM)Mick Light Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:15 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I think criticizing somebody for the list they give is lame. It's not the critics' damn list. It's his. They can make their own friggin' list, and let the rest of us criticize it, lol.

Being young, aware of how fortunate he is, and completely focused on his job, it sounds like a perfectly logical list to me.

Mine would be different, but I'm in a completely different place in life.

Thomas Edison - I'd like to learn more about all the experimental failures he endured to get to the successes that define him now.

Charles Darwin - I'd like to understand how he came to his conclusions, and discuss with him how he dealt with the skeptics.

Abraham Lincoln - I'd like to discover all the unknown decisions and dilemmas he faced during the Civil War, and what his private thinking process was.

Robin Williams - With all the seriousness going on at that dinner party, we'd need one guy to make us laugh.

Oh, and the party would be a tailgate on Tiger Lane, catered by Steven Reichlen. Except I'd make him use charcoal or wood (to hell with the rules, lol). And we would have unlimited craft beer, ice cold. On a clear, crisp October day.

Edison is a great choice. If you are ever in south Florida hit Fort Myers and visit his winter home there. Amazing.

But I didn't know we could invite the deceased.

I invited three living, but I had to include HST, I find him fascinating.

Your list is damn cool AAA

(08-01-2014 12:45 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:20 PM)Mick Light Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:15 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I think criticizing somebody for the list they give is lame. It's not the critics' damn list. It's his. They can make their own friggin' list, and let the rest of us criticize it, lol.

Being young, aware of how fortunate he is, and completely focused on his job, it sounds like a perfectly logical list to me.

Mine would be different, but I'm in a completely different place in life.

Thomas Edison - I'd like to learn more about all the experimental failures he endured to get to the successes that define him now.

Charles Darwin - I'd like to understand how he came to his conclusions, and discuss with him how he dealt with the skeptics.

Abraham Lincoln - I'd like to discover all the unknown decisions and dilemmas he faced during the Civil War, and what his private thinking process was.

Robin Williams - With all the seriousness going on at that dinner party, we'd need one guy to make us laugh.

Oh, and the party would be a tailgate on Tiger Lane, catered by Steven Reichlen. Except I'd make him use charcoal or wood (to hell with the rules, lol). And we would have unlimited craft beer, ice cold. On a clear, crisp October day.

Edison is a great choice. If you are ever in south Florida hit Fort Myers and visit his winter home there. Amazing.

But I didn't know we could invite the deceased.

I invited three living, but I had to include HST, I find him fascinating.

Your list is damn cool AAA

Hunter Thompson? Is that who you mean? I knew his brother.

(08-01-2014 11:50 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  it's pretty easy to see the connection...Those are the people he is grateful to for getting him the gig here:
Lute mentored him
Cal hired him here.
RC promoted him to Head Coach.
Tom Bowen signed him to a multiple year contract.

He is appreciative of who gave him this opportunity to do something really special.

Now, I agree with the poster here that said he would not want to be sitting next to Rick in an Italian restaurant. ---I would just like to amend that to include any restaurant, bar or grill.

Josh Pastner was one of those rare individuals born not-hating people; the rest of us...well...lol

I read all of the answers in this thread before I actually read the article. Reading the replies gave me the impression the Coach was way off base, minus a few that thought his responses made sense. And after reading the article i'm convinced even more that those that don't like Coach will find anything to bash him about. Even John Martin, and this is only my opinion, has taken on the personality of GP, and that is to at every chance, stir up the segment of the masses that want to bash. It's a smaller, but WAAAAY more vocal group than those that are either pleased, or somewhat pleased with the progress of the program. This will guarantee responses either in comments, or calls on the radio program. There was nothing wrong with his list, and for someone to make the veiled comment basically calling Coach a boy, because of course, all of the other coaches are grown men, is someone that simply doesn't like CJP. His list was fine in my opinion.

bring out your dead

(08-01-2014 11:40 AM)TIGER7880 Wrote:  Mine would be BTiger, CapCityTiger, Wahoowa and Zach Galifianakis.

That's one person, who are the other three?

(08-01-2014 01:19 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:45 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:20 PM)Mick Light Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 12:15 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I think criticizing somebody for the list they give is lame. It's not the critics' damn list. It's his. They can make their own friggin' list, and let the rest of us criticize it, lol.

Being young, aware of how fortunate he is, and completely focused on his job, it sounds like a perfectly logical list to me.

Mine would be different, but I'm in a completely different place in life.

Thomas Edison - I'd like to learn more about all the experimental failures he endured to get to the successes that define him now.

Charles Darwin - I'd like to understand how he came to his conclusions, and discuss with him how he dealt with the skeptics.

Abraham Lincoln - I'd like to discover all the unknown decisions and dilemmas he faced during the Civil War, and what his private thinking process was.

Robin Williams - With all the seriousness going on at that dinner party, we'd need one guy to make us laugh.

Oh, and the party would be a tailgate on Tiger Lane, catered by Steven Reichlen. Except I'd make him use charcoal or wood (to hell with the rules, lol). And we would have unlimited craft beer, ice cold. On a clear, crisp October day.

Edison is a great choice. If you are ever in south Florida hit Fort Myers and visit his winter home there. Amazing.

But I didn't know we could invite the deceased.

I invited three living, but I had to include HST, I find him fascinating.

Your list is damn cool AAA

Hunter Thompson? Is that who you mean? I knew his brother.

Absolutely, perhaps our most interesting American Author (a stretch, but one that is defensible in my book). F/L on the campaign trail '74 is still one of my favorite all time reads.

His brother? Interesting.

(08-01-2014 11:00 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 10:49 AM)tiger2000 Wrote:  Bruce Pearl - Location: That’s easy. A barbecue at my house.


Didn't he learn his lesson about BBQs at his house?

I don't know if I would want to be sitting next to Pitino in an Italian restaurant.

That is probably safer than being next to the sweat hog at a BBQ...

(08-01-2014 01:27 PM)truest blue tiger Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 11:50 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  it's pretty easy to see the connection...Those are the people he is grateful to for getting him the gig here:
Lute mentored him
Cal hired him here.
RC promoted him to Head Coach.
Tom Bowen signed him to a multiple year contract.

He is appreciative of who gave him this opportunity to do something really special.

Now, I agree with the poster here that said he would not want to be sitting next to Rick in an Italian restaurant. ---I would just like to amend that to include any restaurant, bar or grill.

Josh Pastner was one of those rare individuals born not-hating people; the rest of us...well...lol

I read all of the answers in this thread before I actually read the article. Reading the replies gave me the impression the Coach was way off base, minus a few that thought his responses made sense. And after reading the article i'm convinced even more that those that don't like Coach will find anything to bash him about. 1. Even John Martin, and this is only my opinion, has taken on the personality of GP, and that is to at every chance, stir up the segment of the masses that want to bash. 2. It's a smaller, but WAAAAY more vocal group than those that are either pleased, or somewhat pleased with the progress of the program. This will guarantee responses either in comments, or calls on the radio program. There was nothing wrong with his list, and for someone to make the veiled comment basically calling Coach a boy, because of course, all of the other coaches are grown men, is someone that simply doesn't like CJP. 3. His list was fine in my opinion.

1. I have my fingers crossed, but that seems to be the direction he is pursuing; JM is young, still impressionable. He's got a lot of choices left to make. Maybe the trend will change.

2. I've no psychology expert, but I've been involved in groups of polarized folks. It's pretty easy to see that the ones who attack the loudest are disturbed about a lot of stuff in their lives....much more than just the object of their attack. Those who see the direction we want to go as a university and a community are often silent when the others do their schtick, one reason being that the attackers melt down into that puddle about their rights as fans being violated. While it doesn't bother me so much that these people want to criticize and condemn until their dying day, I am going to point at them. lol

3. Yea, it was a list that he probably shot off the top of his head...one person just naturally following the next. If CJP wanted to devote hours to pondering his answer, he might have made a different list. But Josh Pastner is the master recruiter. He probably gave the question less than 30 seconds of his time.

Two slightly different groups...
1. Bill Hicks
2. Sam Kinison
3. Gilbert Gottfried
4. Howard Stern

1. Kurt Vonnegut
2. Bill Gates
3. Socrates (NOT Saluki)
4. Bill Lee

GP
Verno
Keef
John Martin

(08-01-2014 02:23 PM)Stammers Wrote:  Two slightly different groups...
1. Bill Hicks
2. Sam Kinison
3. Gilbert Gottfried
4. Howard Stern

1. Kurt Vonnegut
2. Bill Gates
3. Socrates (NOT Saluki)
4. Bill Lee

two of the best.

both discovered by Dangerfield... He'd be on my list
along with Richard Pryor.

Don't think we'd be hungry for dinner though, if you get my drift.

*sniff sniff*

(08-01-2014 03:40 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  both discovered by Dangerfield... He'd be on my list
along with Richard Pryor.

Don't think we'd be hungry for dinner though, if you get my drift.

*sniff sniff*

I don't get it. You'd be cryin at the sight of meeting him?

(08-01-2014 03:40 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  

(08-01-2014 02:23 PM)Stammers Wrote:  Two slightly different groups...
1. Bill Hicks
2. Sam Kinison
3. Gilbert Gottfried
4. Howard Stern

1. Kurt Vonnegut
2. Bill Gates
3. Socrates (NOT Saluki)
4. Bill Lee

two of the best.

both discovered by Dangerfield... He'd be on my list
along with Richard Pryor.

Don't think we'd be hungry for dinner though, if you get my drift.

*sniff sniff*

I did stand-up. High amateur level, had a couple of rooms I ran, but never got to the paid/pro level.

My understanding is that Rodney Dangerfield was universally loved by comics. He failed early, worked his way back, and was supposedly ALWAYS supportive of comics coming up. Comedy is a very solo experience and not something that people are generally supportive of.

I've heard tons of stories of Dangerfield going up to a starting comic and complementing them while offering good advice about their bits.

Sounds like a class, class guy. I'd be honored to meet him if he were still alive...

Dangerfield didn't get a lot of respect.

(08-01-2014 12:30 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Living:

Robin Williams
Chuck Yeager
Arnold Palmer
Jimmy Buffett

Same setting: Tiger tailgate

Buffett is not all that cool plus he may end up throwing some of the food at you if he does not like something you have to say. Trust me on this one.

No love for George Carlin?

W.C. Fields
Thomas Jefferson
Albert Einstein
Winston Churchill