Quote from: JWags85 on Today at 11:24:44 AMIts like "athlete funny".  Some athletes are genuinely hilarious in any context (Blake Griffin comes to mind) but you have other guys who are funny or clever, but they wouldn't stand out as anything but pretty funny in a normal group of people, but among other dim or weirdo athletes, they seem f-ing hysterical.

Bryson is a smart dude by any realistic measure (physics major at very good college, extremely high spatial recognition, unique and thoughtful/reasoned approach to the "science of golf" regardless how much you buy into what he thinks or does), but among the dull and flat realm of professional golf, he seems profoundly special and brilliant for a shallow and snapshot view of a player.  So its super easy to latch onto for lazy commentators.

But as for the angles, totally agree.  The self awareness he's seemingly developed over the last few years, plus the credibility winning a major got him, has allowed him to not only build brand and identity over what he's interested in, but also pull all the right levers to make golf media fawn over it.

I think the most impressive thing to me is that he's absolutely not just a nerd, but a dork, but he's been able to shape everything around that so it comes off as the aforementioned cool genius mad scientist, and not a total doofus like a number of other dorks on tour.

My BIL once said, after a few drinks when he got venting over some of the pros he's dealt with, "with a few obvious exceptions, the coolest guys on tour aren't some impressive aura athletes like the NBA or NFL, they are normal dudes you'd have a beer with...but the rest of them are awkward 30 going on 50 year old guys who seem like the type who would have had a rolling backpack in HS and melt down if their routine or worldview is disrupted"

Golfers are the most insular athletes in the world, well, on the American side of the sport.  Shane Ryan's "Slaying the Tiger" was a real eye-opener in this regard.  These guys are insulated by their teams and the tour.

Always second hand but the stories about Jerry Kelly in Wisconsin golf circles paint the picture of a total douchebag.  Then you read Gary D'Amato write about him and you get a different picture.  I tend to believe the people inside Wisconsin golf because they get the real Jerry Kelly, not the polished media Jerry Kelly.

Quote from: The Sultan on Today at 11:12:52 AMYeah, this is an incredible story.

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Weird.  Owners tell us they need a salary cap because they can't afford paying players what they're really worth.

This will be a fun proving ground for Adam Silver's credibility.

Last time I remember severe salary cap shenanigans getting caught was the TWolves trying to game Joe Smith's cap hits.  I think it was 3 consecutive cheap 1 year deals and then like an $80MM long term deal after the last of the 3 years.  The details came out in discovery during a legal dispute between Smith's agent and his former Agency and David Stern bish slapped them, suspending Kevin McHale for a year and initially stripping 5 first rounders.

Knowing Silver, its probably a few million dollar fine and a 2nd round pick lost at worst.

Quote from: Uncle Rico on Today at 10:11:03 AMGolf announcers proclaiming him a "professor" and "mad genius" need to take a lot of the blame for High Noon bros elevating Bryson into being popular

Quote from: RJax55 on Today at 10:51:31 AMI don't like Bryson, but he knows how to work an angle. He's got some pro wrestler in him.

Golf announcers are a pretty dumb group, so not the hardest group to work, but he knew the right buttons to push. Same goes with the golf bros he works on YouTube.

Its like "athlete funny".  Some athletes are genuinely hilarious in any context (Blake Griffin comes to mind) but you have other guys who are funny or clever, but they wouldn't stand out as anything but pretty funny in a normal group of people, but among other dim or weirdo athletes, they seem f-ing hysterical.

Bryson is a smart dude by any realistic measure (physics major at very good college, extremely high spatial recognition, unique and thoughtful/reasoned approach to the "science of golf" regardless how much you buy into what he thinks or does), but among the dull and flat realm of professional golf, he seems profoundly special and brilliant for a shallow and snapshot view of a player.  So its super easy to latch onto for lazy commentators.

But as for the angles, totally agree.  The self awareness he's seemingly developed over the last few years, plus the credibility winning a major got him, has allowed him to not only build brand and identity over what he's interested in, but also pull all the right levers to make golf media fawn over it.

I think the most impressive thing to me is that he's absolutely not just a nerd, but a dork, but he's been able to shape everything around that so it comes off as the aforementioned cool genius mad scientist, and not a total doofus like a number of other dorks on tour.

My BIL once said, after a few drinks when he got venting over some of the pros he's dealt with, "with a few obvious exceptions, the coolest guys on tour aren't some impressive aura athletes like the NBA or NFL, they are normal dudes you'd have a beer with...but the rest of them are awkward 30 going on 50 year old guys who seem like the type who would have had a rolling backpack in HS and melt down if their routine or worldview is disrupted"

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Today I learned planting trees is a lucrative business.

Quote from: Uncle Rico on Today at 10:11:40 AMMatt Patricia had a nice debut

Helps when all but 1 of your defensive starters are returning upper classmen from a National Championship team including your LBs anchored by an All-B10 senior and the secondary by arguably the best DB in the country in Caleb Downs.  All of that at home against a QB in his 3rd career start.

They definitely were really good but Patricia's playing with most of the difficulty sliders all the way down.  They lost a lot to the draft but still have 2-3 first round picks on that side of the ball, and a few guys who could be in the conversation but haven't gotten the shine yet cause they were behind monsters last year.

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Junior Caminero hits his 40th HR.  Pretty remarkable for a barely 22 year old in his first full season.  Having a really good season but fully taking advantage of the minor league ballpark they are playing in, hitting .262/.304/.539 on the year.  But his splits are CRAZY.

Home: .327/.366/.634
Away: .198/.243/.447

His HR split is pretty equal 21/19 home and way.  Then you look and see obviously the 21 at home is helped being a righty pull hitting with a 315 wall in left, but away, 15 of his 19 HRs are in stadiums with a LF wall under 325 (Cleveland, Houston, Athletics, Boston, Yankees).

Obviously a good hitter, but that would be a hell of a concern if he was hitting FA soon.

Quote from: RJax55 on Today at 10:51:31 AMI don't like Bryson, but he knows how to work an angle. He's got some pro wrestler in him.

Golf announcers are a pretty dumb group, so not the hardest group to work, but he knew the right buttons to push. Same goes with the golf bros he works on YouTube.

Watching Paul Azinger the last decade was quite enlightening about how dumb they are.  And how out of touch they are with golf outside the professional level.