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Kirby Smart and the vision thing
So, Dean Legge is getting virtual nods and back pats over his "Critics Are Missing Kirby Smart's Vision" post yesterday. It's basically a more optimistic version of where the program appears to be after Smart's first four games than my post on the same subject from last weekend.
Legge is putting all his eggs in the faith basket based on Smart's proven recruiting prowess and his experience as an Alabama assistant. And he may well turn out to be right based on that. It's too early to tell. But this passage lines up nicely with one of the points I made:
I'm watching the games – obviously – but what I'm watching closer is where Kirby is trying to take UGA. The results of this program (Ole Miss should never beat UGA 45-14 in any sport let alone football), are important in the moment for sure, but Kirby has a vision for where UGA should be now, where it should be in the future and what it will take to get there. For the record: No one ever said this was going to be pretty. More than anything else that matters… and this is important… Kirby is willing to do something about it.
This is the sort of thing that has been sorely lacking not just in the football program or athletic department at Georgia, but the academic institution itself. Even with the new medical school, the University of Georgia is still trying to figure out if it should compete at a national level as a major research institution or just churn out the top in-state students who will go out and make this state a better place.
Vision has been missing there, quite frankly, too. Kirby doesn't have that problem. His situation, obviously, is much simpler.
Still, vision has been missing in the athletic department and football for some time now…
I can't argue with a single word there. There's a problem, though: Kirby may have a vision, but, other than "win more games than Mark Richt", none of the people he answers to have one. That only works out in the long run if Smart is able to bring his vision to fruition before the AD, the school president and — perhaps most importantly — the big boosters lose patience with his approach. I have no idea as I type this how long a time frame that is, but I feel certain it's a good deal shorter than the one Mark Richt was allotted.
Some of it will have to do with how ugly things get in the short run. And the results from the first quarter of the season certainly qualify as ugly, as even Legge admits. If Kirby sticks to his guns, something I expect, and the wins come slowly as he adjusts the program, what's the patience level from Butts-Mehre going to be like?
To make matters worse, while lists like this don't mean shit right now, if they become the general perception of things after the season, you're kidding yourself if you don't think McGarity will get some serious grumbling thrown his way over it. No, that doesn't mean that Smart gets canned after one season. It just means that his leadership will be questioned more by people who, as I said before, don't have a clue. You tell me if that's any way to run a railroad.
146 responses to "Kirby Smart and the vision thing"
What's new? It's a bottom line business. You can be an idiot like Les and keep your job if you're winning. You can be the best football coach ever and if you aren't winning you're out. Belichick's stint at Cleveland is an example. This dynamic doesn't concern me because it's everywhere, not just UGA. If saban were to win 9 one year, he'd feel it at Alabama. The people that judge the quality of a football coach: fans, boosters, media-types and administrators don't have a clue. All they can tell you is the record or the score.
What does concern me are the perceptions of recruits. You recruit well when you are perceived as on the way to the top or because you are at the top. Programs that have plateaued don't recruit as well.
We fired a guy that won 10 the last two years. What will recruits think (or be told) if there is backslide in 2016? What if CMR has a big year at UM at the same time? How can we not be concerned about what an 8 win season means come February? And if signing day suffers how do we finish the process?
We can be the most disciplined, physically-minded, fundamentally sound team in the world, but without talent you're getting beat in this league. This is what I worry about if we continue to struggle to do basic things like RTDB.
It'll take more than a year for recruits to sour on Smart and Georgia.
I think that you are right, but I also think that the margins are extremely thin when it comes to recruiting for Smart. He is basically trying to go from being a .300 hitter to a .350 hitter.
One or 2 recruits per cycle that he needs to pick up.
They guy has a tough job ahead of him.
It's more nuanced than just needing 2 more recruits a cycling. It's signing complete classes, making sure you're backfilling well in advance, not letting the numbers get to 68 scholarship players ever, ever again.
Roster management is the #1 biggest reason IMO that the program hasn't been able to get to a higher level.
I agree with you Derek, but one area I'm not worried about with Kirby is his ability to recruit extremely well. It would take a lot longer than Kirby's coaching runway for recruits to sour on him and UGA. After all, he can sell them guaranteed playing time the next year or two.
I'd feel a lot better if Trevor Lawrence committed for 2018 and our 2017 class started to fill up.
Watched that kid tear up my Cedartown Bulldogs last friday.
Thinking it through as an example, we have depth and talent issues at receiver. If I'm a talented receiver coming out of high school, who would I want to play for? Clemson with Deshaun, OM with Chad Kelly, Alabama because they're Alabama, or UGA with Hutson Mason or GL? I'm playing with the team that will most likely help me shine at my position, ergo anyone on that list but UGA.
My point is, decisions made by the previous staff affected the team's future for several years. What we are seeing this year was going to happen no matter who the coach was or is and it isn't going to be fixed overnight.
Do you really think the "leadership" expected results overnight? And more importantly,that Kirby did not pre-warn of rough seas prior to calming the waters? And Richt #1 after blowout wins v FAMU, Fla Intl & ApSt don't really mean shit. He's about to get into the meat of his schedule and WE ALL know what that means….
Maybe you haven't heard all the "we're Georgia" crap I've heard for years, folks pretending that the program is better than the top-15 place it's occupied historically, Kirby's warnings notwithstanding.
If you think Richt underperformed and Smart is Saban 2.0, yeah, you're expecting Georgia not to miss a beat in claiming its rightful place in the college football universe. And don't forget McGarity has to sell this program to people who think like that.
Richt arguably has a better QB and better overall defense at Miami than we have this year. I expect him to do quite well, even in the meat of his schedule.
Of course you do…..
Said "meat" being far easier to chew than what UGA's gone through as well. Dawgs have played one home game so far, and are away from Sanford more than they're playing at home for 2/3rds of the season. (Though I will say, based on small sample size, they've played far better away from home so far.)
cjwerner
Big time football games are won in the trenches. I'm watching us recruit maulers on both lines right now. A top 3 class in 17 and 18 we will have the pieces in place to compete at the highest level. This year will be tough. 17 will be better and 18 we will be in Atlanta competing for the league title.
I trust Kirby's recruiting prowess and his vision in that area. He has been extremely successful in his first 9 months in that area.
I don't trust his offensive strategy and especially his offensive staff. Watching this offense is about as exciting as watching paint dry, and I may be insulting paint by saying that.
I didn't expect to compete for a championship this year even after UNC, so I can say I'm willing to wait patiently.
Daniel Simpson Day
I think we should wait to judge the offense until we have a functioning OL and a non-freshmen QB. The other way to look at it is to postulate what Shotty could have managed with the same tools (minus Catalina and Herrien). Patience brother…I'm seeing a lot of freshmen in the OL rotation next year, so…
I thought from day 1 that Chaney was the big (literally and figuratively) question mark on the staff. He hasn't done anything special since he had Brees at Purdue. I'm convinced Kirby wanted Pittman to coach the offensive line, and to get Pittman, he had to hire Chaney.
Everyone thinks Bama now just lines up with power and knocks you off the ball. Yes, they can do that when they want to, but Junior has turned that offense into a multiple pro-style offense that can play with finesse when they want to as well. I just don't see Chaney as this great offensive mind.
I'm just not going to come to conclusions on Chaney just yet. So far not thrilled with what I see, but I'm going to give him some time.
Everyone realized very quickly what a disaster Schottenheimer was. I'm very worried that we have something similar with Chaney. The guy couldn't come up with a scheme to score 40+ on an FCS opponent. Given our history with FCS schools, that should have alarm bells going off everywhere.
Maybe you and all of us are a little gun shy because of what we perceived as the offense problems last year.
I don't think we have enough of a sample size to make any rational(?) judgements about much of anything yet.
I am not saying you are necessarily wrong, but that you could be wrong…or right, for that matter.
I would feel better if Kirby, at his initial press conference had said something like…."Glad to be here, gonna have to change a lot of things, may take a couple years, so be patient, and we will win as many as we can in the meantime."
But some folks would have been unhappy with that.
In the meantime…what the hell do you do about a hat?????? Really, do you throw out all the old ones and start over? or do you pick what you got and go with em? What the hell do you do??
Definitely get a new hat. And a new shirt. I got both yesterday.
So you are dumping all your old hats…all those 10-win season hats? All those great win hats? For something shiny and new?
I have been thinking about it.
I got a black fedora hat that is, today, 3-1, it didn't do a great job against Ole Miss, but I am sticking with it, in a couple years it might be a great hat…too good to sit on a shelf and gather dust.
I'm stickin.
I'm worried too, but I already feel he is worlds better than Schotty. I rewatched that Missouri game and feel ok. His line was getting punked, but he got creative to get Sony and IMac and Godwin the ball. One Chubb got hurt last year, it was as if Schotty had absolutely no clue what to do.
Granted, Lamber didn't help
Missouri game … I agree with you. Chaney adapted some.
Ole Miss? I saw zero creativity that was almost like, "Oh, ****, now what do we do?".
I'm not sold and haven't been sold on him since day 1.
Yeah, I still find him far preferable/more creative than Schotty…but the lack of outside running post-UNC remains headscratching to me, and the "formation giving away run pass" has me nervous too. They did try to get out of that a bit in Ole Miss, but…yeah, nothing really worked on either side of the ball there.
The one thing that has me a little more optimistic is that it looked to me that in 2nd half of Ole Miss, they ditched man blocking and went back to a zone scheme. I think maybe they're done bearing their head against the wall on that one.
Don;t know how the Pittman – Chaney hire shook out – but it seems that with them amount of time the defense is spending in the backfield, Pittman's unit is the first problem in trying to get a play up and going. Despite the calls for more creativity, we've seen a lot of formations and I think they're really trying to find something that works (hoping they don't Tripp Rochester to tackle) but you can't run a sweep every time. Maybe Chaney doesn't get it done, maybe Kirby changes his philosophy on offensive style – IDK. You're exactly right about Kiffen though and it's interesting to see Saban evolving in his offense. Here's hoping Kirby can do the same.
No doubt. The offensive line hasn't played well. Some of that is talent … it sounds like some of that is scheme and change. If you can't block an FCS defensive line (even if one guy was featured on a Netflix series) consistently, the problem is deeper than talent alone.
I don't doubt they're trying to find something that works given the team's talent constraints and experience. I just don't think the guy's track record qualifies him as this offensive genius.
The problem now is that you can't go to the 4th different scheme in 4 years unless Bobo gets run out of Fort Collins and came to work with his buddy.
Yes, but in the here and now, certainly we should be running the ball straight up the middle less, right? Because that plays into our biggest weaknesses, when what Chaney and Smart should be doing is trying to scheme around them.
In a larger sense, maybe they're trying to make a point to the team ("this is how we play") and recruits ("see how much we need you?") and are therefore wiling to sacrifice winning games today for a possibly better future in 2 or 3 years.
But the thing is, I bought season tickets for this season, not 2019, and I think it's reasonable to expect the coaching staff to use its best efforts to win immediately, this Saturday. And not to deliberately employ a sub-optimal strategy to try and prove something in the hopes of future success.
I get Kirby's vision, but if he's not careful he will get labeled as Muschamp 2.0 on the recruiting trail.
That's a little bit of a concern for me too, but I also look at it like this: but all accounts recruits and HS coaches love Kirby and enjoy being around him.
Muschamp seems to be universally regarded as an asshole by basically everyone that comes in contact with him.
Smart is a great recruiter that's for sure, but his job would be a hell of a lot easier if he shows some flashes of what is to come.
Eason threw the ball 55 times. Wonder what that looks like to a receiving recruit.
Or an OT.
I would guess that recruits like that we fed the rock to Chubb against UNC, and aired it out against Mizzou. The flip side is I bet a lot weren't impressed with our blocking of Nichols or the ass kicking we received from Ole Miss.
Win-win.
Flashes of what's to come……. opportunities.
CaliDawg
Muschamp's players generally love him.
Actually, interpersonally, people that work with him really think highly of him. Trust me, I get to hear about it all the damn time.
Kirby's window is certainly not 15 years, but it's not 2 either. I suspect anyone who is 'sure' this isn't going to work out has never really led anything. After 2007, I was pretty confident that Bama had made a huge mistake with Saban. The next recruiting class (2008) had Julio, Ingram, Mark Barron, Terrence Cody, Marcell Dareus, Dont'a Hightower, Barrett Jones, & Courtney Upshaw. Good gracious what a ridiculous bunch.
I would align Kirby's situation much closer to Dabo's. Bowden had built a good, but not great program at Clemson. Dabo took over in 2008. In his first full season they won the division. In year 3 (2011) they won the conference. In 2012 & '13 they won 11, beating LSU and Ohio St. in Bowls. They won 10 in Watson's freshman year and played for the big one in '15.
I think Kirby inherited a better situation than Dabo, but I also think he plays in a much tougher league. This is a process, for lack of a better term. I'm always amazed at how people (not you, Senator) are so ready to judge. Can we let them play the dadgum games and assess where we're at? Can we let him have more than 2 months to recruit a class. Lord, I get the instant gratification society, but it's a little ridiculous.
Chris Petersen can flat coach, but it has taken him a few years to get that program at UDub turned around, and now they're looking pretty strong.
Agree re: Peterson. Absolute stud. West Coast guy that is in the perfect place. Gonna beat Stanford tomorrow night.
I heard that David Shaw can coach a little bit as well
Yep, and that's why I thought the AD should have parked a couple of Brinks trucks in front of his house in Palo Alto …
And Tom Herman
Eh…I don't think Shaw works in the SEC. Not all the guys can handle the media and fan scrutiny. Their stadium was half empty for that Friday night kickoff to the season vs. Kansas State. I really like Shaw. I think he's a lifer there unless he goes to the NFL.
I would have made him say no. Their stadium was half empty because people in the Bay Area care a little more about Stanford football than people in the Triangle care about Duke football.
He would have done fine in the SEC if he wanted a job. He recruits the southeast (Davis Mills this year, Demetris Robertson wanted to go to Stanford, Bryce Love from NC last year are a couple of examples). He wins big at Stanford for goodness sake … the guy can flat out coach.
IMHO, the reason he doesn't leave Palo Alto even for an NFL job is that he's a Stanford alum.
We weren't ever going to go after Herman or Shaw. That ship sailed the moment Spurrier quit and Carolina got told no by Herman. We moved quickly because we couldn't handle having Kirby in Columbia. Simple as that. I don't think LSU will be using our "search firm" either. 😉
I get it … I've made myself go back and read the Senator's post from Sunday multiple times now. 😉
This big question that i have is; would Kirby really have gone to USCe? I think of Gus turning Vandy down because it wasn't a good career starter (or whatever) – but would Kirby actually want to start his head coaching career in a delusional town with a total dumpster fire of a team? Seems like he could be an also-ran if he didn't hit it big.
What SCAR needs is a great recruiter.
I totally agree. I was hoping that he and Mark Dantnio were on the top of the short list. Now we know that the AD probably never had a short list.
Shaw is a west coast guy that played at Stanford. It's home plus the Bay Area is incredible.
His next job is the 49ers or Raiders. He wasn't/isn't leaving for a college job.
I said that further down, but I would have made it darn difficult for him to say no. I don't think he's going to leave for an NFL job. I've definitely been wrong before and will be again.;)
Peterson had a decent night.
Good points. I remember thinking Saban wasn't all that great, then I chatted with my uncle, a huge huge Tide fan. I still remember that padded chair he sat in as he told me with confidence and gusto that Saban was recruiting his ass off. I just passed it off as homerism.
That's what I've been trying to say. CKS knows where he wants to take this thing, and it's going to take time to get the right people on board, to get rid of the old deck rot, and rewire this thing for the success that should be UGA's by default. Call it 2020 vision – by then we'll have an absolutely clear read on if Project CKS has been a success. We all need to have some patience because the process will be painful. What I love is that he's not only taking us up, he's taking us back to in-your-face, smash-mouth football. He knows where he's going, and it's a beautiful thing.
Of course, there are those who would argue that apart from Dooley's once in a century three-year Herschel-zone (and I'd count the '83 team as RHI (residual hershel impact), Richt actually over-performed against our historic norms. But even if that's true, at least CKS is taking us back to our junkyard roots. It's time to get all that finesse crap out of here.
Of course, there are those who would argue that apart from Dooley's once in a century three-year Herschel-zone (and I'd count the '83 team as RHI (residual hershel impact), Richt actually over-performed against our historic norms.
Those people are correct. Richt stopped living up to the same standard (for myriad reasons) that he set for himself early in his tenure and that cost him his job, but on the whole – he absolutely outperformed the historical arc of Georgia as a program. I don't understand how that's debatable.
AD, you apparently haven't tried to debate others on this blog about your premise. 😉
His point about recruiting and 93K Day were what tells me Kirby DOES have a vision. Recruiting is LIGHT years better in just a year and putting 100,000 people in Sanford was just the first step. Lots of problems in the short run no doubt and I am not fully sold on Tucker and Chaney yet. But they need time.
If UGA keeps looking this bad and has a meh season, do you think Kirby could get 93k for next year's spring game?
I'm not going to the spring game again because the management of parking and the crowd was a catastrophe. That said, having 93k+ there was pretty damn cool.
No that will likely never happen again. Its not the point. The point is, it did. Nobody else has done that. The recruiting classes (every position and depth and OL especially) is far superior to what it was under Mark Richt. That is fact just ask any of the recruiting services. The support staff is much larger than what it was under Richt so it allows to get to so many more players so much earlier and to do so much more research on each kid so we don't sign kids that end up getting asked to leave or being suspended as frequently as under Richt.
It's the revisionist history that annoys me.
Smart has now pulled in multiple recruiting classes that were light years better than anything CMR ever did.
It's alright to say that CMR did really well at recruiting but we needed to be a little better.
You dont have to act like CMR never had a top 25 class.
DP, have you bought your U gear yet?
You joke, but I have always like Miami as a 2nd team. This all worked out pretty great for me.
Good for you … I hope CMR enforces his deed on Mark Richt Stadium this weekend in Midtown.
I prefer Historic Mark Richt field myself.
That works. Vince Dooley Stadium at Historic Mark Richt Field …
AIKENDAWG
At the Ray Goff Press Box……Lets not forget he was 3-1 at that dump in ATL!!!
And his team won the fight in 1993.
Anyone else tempted to go to the Joke and pull against the bugs and then find a bar for the CBS game? It's awful tempting, but I guess I'll be at Sanford with very little optimism. It is supposed to be beautiful weather so there's that.
I'm in Sanford on Saturday as well. I was hoping that we would play Tennessee at night, so we could fill up the Joke to support CMR and the U against the Trade School.
I was hoping it'd be one of the NATS' many Thursday night games, but alas…
I'll go to the atl with ya
He was a good recruiter but lazy as hell the last few years. No way around it, just ask the recruiting experts at Scout, 247 and RIvals. Not even close how much more this staff focuses on every position (Richt was pathetic when it came to the OL recruiting) and on depth. Richt had 69 players on scholarship in 2012 that is a joke. That will NEVER happen with this staff. And yes multiple classes as in signed one, and has a huge one coming in that is already 90% done. Richt had good classes but had significant holes and 2013 was a disaster. Kirby could lose a bunch of games the next few years and it won't matter and he will get fired. But it won't be because of talent And we lost 2012 because of talent, we had zero depth on defense and couldn't get one stop. Alabama rotated a tone of players on defense and it kept them fresh. THAT was the difference.
LOL!!,,,lazy??? You do know that the dawgs were ranked #3 nationally before he was fired….right?
Don't confuse folks with the facts. Seems to me we were routinely highly ranked on offense until last year mid-season and the Chubb injury. We haven't had a great offensive line in a decade…no one really argues that. But despite that, Bobo and Richt managed to have prolific offenses. For the most part, the offense wasn't the problem with Richt's teams.
Dude you have no clue. Look at this roster. The previous 3 years classes were not close to where they should've been and the roster shows it. Show me all the NFL players? What lineman are going to be in the NFL, which DBs? Which WRs, tell me where all the junior and seniors are? Getting Eason was big just like Stafford, Murray and AJ and Knowshon. What did it get us, nothing. Because he didn't manage the roster. Class rankings mean less when you aren't signing players at every postion. I can load up five 5 star RBs and it will jack up the class rankings. Irrelevant. Its needs to be highly ranked and deep and every year.
While I agree that Kirby is a great recruiter, it was my impression that he has only signed 1 recruiting class thus far and while he did flip 2-3 players in that class, most of the class consisted of hanging onto CMR's existing commitments (which isn't always easy with a HC change). In terms of kids being "asked to leave or suspended", let's wait a few years and not get too carried away with that statement.
Correct. One class. And yes he got 3-4 players RIcht had no chance of getting. Our OL is in shambles because RIcht didn't focus near enough attention on it the last several years. Just ask any recruiting service–they are the 3rd party that validates this– and they will tell you this staff is much more aggressive and comprehensive and it showed in last years class and the one already committed and the one coming in 2018.
and took a #3 class and turned into a #7 class (up to #5 I think after post signing day additions)
Its really remarkable considering a new staff came in. That rarely ever happens that you preserve a class. The next 2 classes will be huge a deep. OL is the key.
Well that's fair, because we all no that no big time difference making recruits ever committed to Richt early, drive up the class ranking, and then flipped the week before signing day. Absolutely 0 guarantees Richt would have held that class together, especially since he was going to have to sell a new OC and DC.
The one thing Saban had at Alabama from Day 1 and that Smart will never have is 100% GM control of the team and the departmental environment that surrounds the team. At Alabama, the Athletic Department is an extension of the football team. At Georgia, it's the other way around.
It works for Alabama for 2 reasons: (1) the university as a whole is cool with that, and (2) Saban's approach is much more CEO than "just let me coach football." They are a perfect fit for each other, and both sides have benefitted enormously from it.
If Smart's program hits the afterburners at some point next year, is McGarity going to sit back and watch the team fly? Or is he going to pull a Foley and start seeding the media with McGarity: Smartest Man in College Sports exposes?
That's the most significant impediment to Georgia sports right now. McGarity wants Georgia teams to be successful, but only in the larger service of his own public image. He's not an obvious media hound, but the patterns of behavior are pretty clear at this point.
At Alabama, the Athletic Department everybody up to and including the Governor's mansion is an extension of the football team.
Post of the day!
I think the Governor of Alabama would say he reports to Little Nicky.
@AD: As an Alabama resident, you hit the nail on the head with that one. I would add the Gov, no longer answers to his wife, except in the $$$$.
Smartest thing I've heard. remember bama went through their walk in the wilderness also hiring only bama guys or whatever . Anybody that even tries to tailgate in Athens is harassed by some dip stick. It ain't like it was in the 80s . It may be politically incorrect to say this but so what, Bama doesent want their other teams to be good because it detracts from the only sport that matters or anyone cares about. When we stop winning in golf and gymnastics and stop trying to act like Virginia , then we may win an Sec title.
If we were off this week I would for sure be at Mark Richt field at Vince Dooley stadium sitting just under the Ray Goff press box!! No doubt! GATA JYD
I hope the people who read some of the sensationalized 'we're fucked' stories or comments aren't gun owners. Why do I say that? Because 2/3 of gun deaths are suicides! Before shooting self or jumping out the nearest window, an optimist would note we're 3 and 1, with two of the toughest games on the schedule behind us. A win at HOME this week would put us in the driver's seat for the division title.
A great week of practice and the team looking good this weekend would certainly help things.
But there are a lot of holes in the ground that started with "just need one good hand".
Call vegas and you can get UGA plus 4 and pay off your mortgage. Not saying we will not get going in a couple years but are you watching with your own eyes. Even if we get this one ( and we won't ) we ain't beating Florida and Auburn is no gimme or even Carolina on the road. Our best player is 18 years old and that ain't gonna work because he can't catch his own passes . Gonna take time.
Tell it to the 3,000 shot in Chicago this year .
I'm glad we have a coach with vision. I think he gets at least three years to show some significant progress in that area. I don't think Kirby has to actually get there in three but I do think he has to show some visible improvement. I'm glad we're starting Eason and I'm fully aware that doing so puts in in a position to lose some games that perhaps we shouldn't. I'm perfectly okay with that. However, we still have to show up, be prepared, know what we're doing and hustle on every play. Those things have been completely missing against Ole Miss and Nichols State. They were absent for large stretches of the Missouri game. That's what has me concerned. I've seen people screaming that the sky is falling and the whole Kirby experiment is going horribly wrong. I think they're mostly the delusional types who thought we were going to compete for an SEC championship this year. I don't think it's wrong though to be concerned when the team doesn't show up, isn't prepared, doesn't know what they're doing and doesn't hustle on every play. That's not a vision thing. Those things speak to the staff's ability to coach on a day to day basis.
I love how so many people follow "I understand it will take time," or, "I know he's got a vision," or whatever with, "But…"
Everybody I know has got a big but.
WGAS if we go 8-4 or 7-5? (Sure, I really hope those losses aren't Georgia Tech or Auburn or UF.) The point of a change was that we didn't want to linger on with topping out at the Capital One Bowl and bottoming out at the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
This program wasn't in a place to where you just insert a "better" coach, and he'll take what you have right now and turn it into an SECC caliber team.
As far as Kirby can tell, and believe it or not, as straightforward as he's sounded, I feel like he's been understating what he feels, this program was inherently flawed and in many ways, broken.
This is not the year for masking flaws to eek out an extra win or make the Ole Miss game a 41-24 loss instead of a blowout. This is the year for laying the groundwork for how you intend to build the program.
Omelette….Eggs…you "Get The Picture."
If wins & losses don't matter this year, then let's turn off the scoreboard in Sanford, run ads the entire game and keep the score on the field. If we go 7-5 with multiple losses like this past Saturday, I can pretty much guarantee that we lose to all of the Big 3 plus UTK.
No one thought this team was going to be an SECC caliber team entering the season. That doesn't mean fewer than 8 regular season wins should be an acceptable result given the talent, tradition, and past performance.
Of course they matter, but instituting a different way of going about things matters more. If they didn't then WTF would we have fired a guy who won 10 games a year? You know how many teams had more wins than Georgia since 2010? About 10. All else being equal, that's basically where we rank in the pantheon of college football – a top 10 school. But, we decided that wasn't good enough.
So, sure I want us to win. I'm hoping like mad that we upset Tennessee and go on to a great year. All I'm saying is that the result of this season cannot be judged this season. This season will ultimately be judged by how we do next year and the year after, and the year after that…
Dave, you said "WGAS if we go 8-4 or 7-5?". What is an acceptable record that we would indicate the results are meeting expectations? You can win while you turn the battleship, and I would suggest the record will indicate how much the battleship has turned during the season.
We finish 3-9, and I'll have a problem with "the vision." I'll leave it at that.
!?! … The last time we finished with a winning % of .250 or lower was 1905. The forward pass had not even been legalized at that time.
We can blame it on not having his players but we have plenty enough talent that we shouldn't get blown out by Ole Miss like that. We shouldn't be having so many dumb penalties that kill any chance to get momentum. Yea, it's only 4 games but I haven't seen any of what is expect from a Saban protege coached team. I have to see improvement in this team as the year goes on.
There is no excuse for getting blown out like we did this past Saturday and there is no excuse for not getting better with all these mistakes and not being competitive.
I keep thinking of it like we hire Smart to finish the basement of a pretty nice house and he showed up on day one and started gutting the master bedroom.
Yeah we might end up with a better house, but we have to live in a construction site for the next 2 years and pray that nothing goes wrong.
I don't agree with a word you posted, but that analogy is funny as heck.
We have the players but they are either freshmen or clustered in one position group (i.e. RB, LB, DT, TE). You can have the best talent but if your offensive line is absolute garbage your offense will suffer greatly. As per the defense, no pass rush equals no pass defense.
What happened to our great "now 2-deep" O-line that we were told we had by the O coordinator and Pittman? Seems that we just have more fodder to add to the cannon that only roars because there is no cannonball inside.
Now we hear from some here who still blame CMR for the O-line – yeah, the one that provided holes for runners for so many years and that attracted other runners to come here. Sorry boys, I don't buy your excuses for Kirby that went missing for Mark. The excuse-making is so hot and heavy that remembering the past with one present-day Chubb run makes us feel better.
The horseshit here only gets heavier and deeper. It is well intentioned by good people, but it remains horseshit.
"What happened to our great "now 2-deep" O-line that we were told we had by the O coordinator and Pittman?" – I'm sure the more honest and straightforward answer of "They suck" would have done wonders for getting the team to buy in. Protip: Coaches speak like politicians. Don't listen to what they say, watch what they do (namely scramble to get a grad transfer from Rhode Island to play LT and moving a DT on the team to guard)
"Now we hear from some here who still blame CMR for the O-line" Dude, who recruited these players for the past 3-4 years?
" the one that provided holes for runners for so many years and that attracted other runners to come here." You know this is college ball, right? players leave. Kolton Houston and John Theus left. That's 2/5 of the line from last year.
If Kirby can get us to Atlanta five times in 15 years, win 2-3 Conference titles (which will get us in at least two post-season playoffs), have us ending in the Top 10 at season's end several times, he will have achieved very highly and I will be happy. He is an excellent recruiter so talent will be there to achieve those goals, if he doesn't he won't make 15 years in Athens. Beyond that, I really don't know what everyone expects because that is overachieving. This isn't the Big Whatever, no one not named Alabama has ever dominated this conference, and even they had their downturns in the last 20 years. Expecting more means unhappy fans and continuous grumbling, that isn't fun for anyone.
+1 – good post, Mac
Florida dominated the shit out of the conference in the 90s.
Sounds like Richt.
"(Ole Miss should never beat UGA 45-14 in any sport let alone football)"
Uh, what? This was an Ole Miss team that beat Alabama two out of the last three years and the previous week was beating Alabama by 21 and eventually scored 43 points on them playing against a Georgia program whose last win against a top ten team was in 2014. An Ole Miss team with a returning ALL SEC senior quarterback playing at home against a Georgia team with a brand new coaching staff and a TRUE freshman quarterback. A Georgia team that had to get a graduate transfer from RHODE ISLAND to play LT in the SEC. But yeah sure Ole Miss should never beat UGA 45-14 even under those conditions.
Also an Ole Miss team that lost to Memphis last year….
A Memphis team that went 10-3 in 2014, 9-4 in 2015 and is currently 3-0. Yeah, what a terrible loss to a garbage team.
It's still memphis.
wildcat….wild…cat
Which is what Freeze does: get exemplary performance from his crew for some games and then surrender a "what the hell" performance in another.
I would also note that Memphis had a coach deemed worthy of replacing Frank Beamer and a 1st round QB.
ApalachDawg
well said, but don't forget to comment on their player salary and overall program sliminess is a lot higher than UGA
Another fluff piece by Legge with a lot of intangible "facts."
I think the 12 Noon matchup between the bugs and the U should be a must watch for UGA fans.
I like watching things burn, so I a tuning in for sure.
Miami 48-17.
There's a lesson here for anyone who wants to learn it!
Georgia fans and bloggers have a tendency to ignore our team weaknesses. They believe that through the magic of fairy dust and a perception "We are Georgia, therefore we are!", and all we have to do as show up and our superior talent will win the day. The reality versus perception gap here is significant. There was a reason why most analysts picked Georgia to finish 3rd in the East during SEC media week. 2016 is clearly a rebuilding year for this program, but nobody wants to admit or hear it. Wake-up, because it's reality.
Finally, on to the vision thingy. Kirby has clearly articulated his vision more than a dozen times, so it shouldn't be a mystery. He wants our players to be bigger, stronger, faster and upgrade the depth level across the board… 5 stars backing up 5 stars. He's going to leverage the methodology he learned under Saban to build a program around great recruiting, hands-on coaching, improved marketing, upgraded facilities and more fan involvement (ex. 93K Day). IMO that's the right strategy!
And the best way to implement that strategy… is to IMPLEMENT THE DAMN THING! and now… not next year or the year after when "we have the right personnel" to do it. This way the guys returning next year will be more comfortable and tougher and know what to expect, which will lead the next incoming class to follow in their footsteps… and so on and so on. Catering to the players from an old regime is not how you build long term success. This is why most new head coaches and most new staffs struggle initially. It's not like its uncommon or unique to Kirby and UGA. I swear it seems such a high percentage of our fanbase lives in Rainbow Land. Calm down and trust the process. GO DAWGS!
When do you stop trusting the process and expecting results? I'm not talking about championships. No one I've spent time with expected a championship in year 1 (frankly, McElwain got damn lucky last year), but no one expected that we would look absolutely terrible in 2 or 3 of the 4 games we've played this year.
Most reasonable people said, "Let's see the team perform. When they lose, we want to see a team that loses competitively. Let's see a team that doesn't play down to overmatched competition." Guess what we've seen both of those already.
This is the problem so far. It's too soon to expect 'the process' to completely overhaul the culture. But it's not too soon to expect competitive play from a team that looks prepared and is confident in what they are doing.
Prepared and confident … that's exactly what I expected to see this year. I haven't seen that other than the 1st week of the season. I've seen overconfident (Nicholls), unprepared and not confident (Ole Miss), and not confident (Missouri).
Hopefully, the team that played in the Dome will show back up on Saturday between the hedges.
Prepared and confident teams and a coaching staff with attention to detail was what we were told we were getting when making a change and bringing in Kirby. Unfortunately, those haven't really been showing in the early parts of his tenure and that's completely fair to criticize Kirby one while acknowledging that his overall vision is sound.
+1 – hammer meets nail
I agree… to a certain degree. I think we will get that once his system has been in place for a few years and he has his players in here who have had multiple years in that system. Our so-called "leaders" or upper-classmen this year are having to change most all of the habits and processes and preparation routines that they've had their entire careers. This doesn't happen overnight or even in a matter of months in most cases. We've been playing a lot of youngsters and on the road pretty much all year. I think that's more where the lack of consistency and attention to detail during the games has stemmed from. I do expect this team and its performance to mature and get better as the season goes on. Starting with this Saturday at home, finally.
He has IMPLEMENTED the vision! The 2016 class is half of the first step, as most of those guys were recruited by Mark Richt. You can overcome recruiting debacles like 2013/2014 over night. It's going to take at least two more years to right this ship. Oh and FWIW, don't expect our OL to become NFL caliber next year either, because when Pittman took over the cupboard was completely bare!
I like that it keeps expanding. 2013 class has issues…now the 2014 class has issues. Can't fix that overnight (2013 was 3 years ago.)
Great recruiting? Check. Hands on coaching? The jury is still out. Improved marketing? Let's hope so but I haven't seen it yet. Upgraded facilities? They're remodeling one bathroom a year at Sanford. In a facility that sits dormant nine months out of twelve. Yeah, I know, the IPC. We can thank Jeremy Pruitt for that. More fan involvement? So far Kirby has seriously limited the fans access to both players and coaches. Press gets far less than before as well. But I'll take great recruiting.
What? You haven't seen improved marketing??? Are you kidding me!? How about 93K Day!!!??? That was all marketing. We have a new Graphics department cranking out images of HS players almost on a daily basis. They've dramatically increased the number of billboards with key targets on it as well.
You need to re-evaluate your expectations, because they're entirely unrealistic!!!
We need more speed and size at WR, more size at OL, and more size coverage skills at DB. It might be hard to get impact players that can make a difference in those spots in just one year, but in any case, Smart is addressing these issues at OL and DB already, and maybe he is at WR. It's possible this team could perform a bit better under the Richt and Pruitt schemes, but I'm willing to see some growing pains as Smart tries to impose his own identity on the program. To me, the team seem to be in good position on many plays, but the players are not making plays. Hence drops at WR, DBs that are near receivers but don't react to the ball, and an OL that just isn't pushing guys around. Maybe that is coaching that causes lack of performance, but that's not the perspective I currently have.
I've no interest in re-litigating last year's hiring process, but I note that the top 3 rated coaches on that CBS Sports list all had prior head coaching experience. I really hope Kirby works out. But if not, hopefully the next search will focus on a proven winner in the HC spot.
I hope the next search will focus on a proven winner in the AD spot.
^^^, Mic drop, golf clap
Sorry ee, this guy has the post of the day.
I think the consensus around these parts (this blog) has been that if Kirby Smart wins in Athens, it will be in spite of the institutional support that he's gotten and not because of it.
If Richt goes down to Miami and wins big, will that be even more of an indictment on McGarity, or will the boosters who shouted for Richt to be oustered just forget their part in all of it anyway?
Richt looked miserable and utterly exhausted at time the past 3 years. I mean, truly awful. I think it is fair to say he needed a change if scenery too. 15 years is long enough. It was simply time for a change for both sides.
Agree completely gatriguy. anyone who's been stuck in a miserable job working for someone they know who wants them out and doesn't have their back recognizes that feeling and it was the look that Mark Richt had the past 2-3 years more times than not. A change was good all the way around.
If I worked in an environment like the one created the last 2 1/2 years (since Marshall's injury in 2013), I would be miserable, too. As I said yesterday, it doesn't look like Mark and Kathryn have looked back. Maybe we should stop looking back, too. 🙂
All Kirby has to do is improve consistently over 3-5 years.
To that end he knows making decisions for short-term gain is a bad idea. Because if he "cheats" in order to win 10 games this year, he knows there's little chance he can keep it up as the years roll on.
Instead, he knows he has to build a strong foundation. Because his goal isn't to squeak out 10-win seasons on a regular basis, but to build a strong, fast, ugly, mean, talented team that can lock down 11-12 (and the occasional 13-14) wins on a regular basis.
I believe him when he says he's building something. And that means 8-4 or 7-5 is likely this season. But that won't matter, as long as he improves year after year.
Having said that, he probably has no more than three years to put us in the SECCG.
I can argue with Legge's "wins or losses be damned this season." Kirby will do fine recruiting in 2017, but for 2018 and beyond he's gonna have to have something on the field this year and next to show the recruits he's not just "all talk", or else recruiting will suffer.
Four games in and we are talking hot seat talk. Why is our fan base so irrational? Freaking Tennessee believed in Sgt. Carter from day one even though they had no reason to do so. They continued to in the face of mediocrity. And somehow, some way, he recruited well. And right now, although I don't believe they are world beaters, they are undefeated. Kirby coaches four games and we are having existential state of the program conversations. Our fan base is freaking crazy. Our rivals are right about that.
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Situation et accès

Elle est formée d'une rue qui débute rue d'Algérie, dans la continuité de la rue Lanterne, et se termine rue de la Martinière en face du lycée La Martinière. La circulation est dans le sens de la numérotation et à double-sens cyclable.

Elle est desservie par les lignes  avec un arrêt Terreaux Tobie Robatel. Les bus possèdent une voie en site propre qui sert aussi de bande cyclable pour circuler dans le sens inverse de la numérotation, c'est-à-dire entre la rue de la Martinière et la rue d'Algérie.

La place en elle-même est située face à la rue des Augustins et sert de place de stationnement.

Origine du nom

Tobie Robatel (1850-1925) est un ancien élève de la Martinière et de l'école centrale. En 1878, il se marie avec la fille de l'industriel Benoît Buffaud dont l'entreprise devient Buffaud & Robatel. Il est ensuite président de la chambre syndicale de la métallurgie, décoré de la médaille d'or de la mutualité et fait commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur.

Histoire

Elle portait auparavant le nom de Place de la Miséricorde, du nom de la chapelle des Pénitents de la Miséricorde édifiée en 1625 par César Laure, riche teinturier de Lyon, sur un terrain du monastère des Grands Carmes. Cette chapelle était le siège de la confrérie dont le but est de secourir les prisonniers, d'accompagner les condamnés jusqu'à leur lieu d'exécution et de leur donner une sépulture religieuse.

Vers 1840, elle portait le nom de Cour des Carmes. Elle prend le nom de Tobie-Robatel le 25 novembre 1935 par décision du conseil municipal.

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Place dans le 1er arrondissement de Lyon
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Tryst é um filme estadunidense de 1994 dirigido por Peter Foldy.

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David (Chris Ferry) e Bridget (Natalia Mclennna) sofrem Um acidente na estrada e se encontram com um grupo de amigos procurando abrigo assim no Motel a beira da estrada sem saber que será um viagem sem volta.

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Barbara Carrera ... Julia
David Warner... Jason
Louise Fletcher... Maggie
Johnny La Spada... Todd
Jamie Luner... Mindy
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Cain Devore... Curtis

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Bruce Cockburn: Activist & musician to come to The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley
Entertainment | January 31, 2018
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Bruce Cockburn throughout his career has been able to capture joy, pain, fear, and faith of the human experience in song.
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KNOW & GO
WHO: The Center for the Arts presents
WHAT: An Evening with Bruce Cockburn
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Monday
WHERE: The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley
TICKETS: $47 Members, $52 General Public. Tickets at The Center for the Arts Box Office or by calling 530-274-8384 ext 14
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Canadian musical legend Bruce Cockburn returns to Grass Valley for a solo concert at The Center for the Arts on Monday.
Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while travelling to such far-flung places as Guatemala, Mali, Mozambique, and Nepal, and writing memorable songs about his ever-expanding world of wonders.
"My job," he said, "is to try and trap the spirit of things in the scratches of pen on paper and the pulling of notes out of metal."
That scratching and pulling has earned Cockburn high praise as an exceptional songwriter and a revered guitarist. His songs of romance, protest, and spiritual discovery are among the best to have emerged from Canada over the last 40 years. His guitar playing, both acoustic and electric, has placed him in the company of the world's top instrumentalists.
And he remains deeply respected for his activism on issues from native rights and land mines to the environment and Third World debt, working for organizations such as Oxfam, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and Friends of the Earth.
Throughout his career, Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith of human experience in song. Whether singing about retreating to the country or going up against chaos, tackling imperialist lies or embracing ecclesiastical truths, he has always expressed a tough yet hopeful stance: to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.
"We can't settle for things as they are," he said. "If you don't tackle the problems, they're going to get worse."
For his many achievements, the Ottawa-born artist has been honored with 12 Juno Awards, an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and a Governor General's Performing Arts Award, and has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada. But he never rests on his laurels.
"I'd rather think about what I'm going to do next," said Cockburn. "My models for graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stop working till they drop, as I fully expect to be doing, and just getting better as musicians and as human beings."

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All Partners at Family Law Firm Pollock Begg Named to 2014 Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2013 | Press Releases
All five firm leaders at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz honored for fifth consecutive year
PITTSBURGH — All five partners of family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC were recently selected for inclusion in 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.
David S. Pollock, Todd M. Begg, Candice L. Komar, Daniel H. Glasser and Brian C. Vertz were recognized among the list of practitioners of legal excellence in the United States in the area of family law. This is the fifth year in a row all five partners have been included in the publication.
Pollock has been named to Best Lawyers for more than 15 years. This is Begg's eighth year and Komar's seventh year included in the list. Glasser and Vertz have both been honored with inclusion for the past five years.
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys submit nearly 4.4 million votes regarding the legal acumen of other lawyers in their respective specialties. They are reviewed on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. Lawyers are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed, therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
About Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC
Founded in 2001, Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC is a family law practice located in Downtown Pittsburgh. Pollock Begg is one of the largest firms dedicated solely to family law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a top-tier law firm as ranked by LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell, and is a champion for attorney pro bono work, volunteerism and community involvement. For more information, visit www.pollockbegg.com.


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The Orange County Riptide is seeking host families for the 2020 season.
Host families are vital to the success of not only the Riptide as a team, but for the individual player(s) host families welcome into their homes for two months in the summer. Top notch collegiate baseball players from all over the country are headed to Orange County and are looking to join your family as they chase their dream of becoming a major league baseball player.
There are more benefits to hosting an OC Riptide player than the potential to be able to say years later that the next great MLB All-Star spent a summer in your guest room.
Hosting is a rewarding experience. Host families have the opportunity to "adopt" a player during the summer, establishing lifelong friendships and in many cases, the chance to follow "your boys" throughout their career towards Major League Baseball.
We encourage all Host Families to treat their player as if he were another member of the family. Many of these players will be playing far away from their homes and their families, some for the first time in their lives. Having a supportive, adopted family who treats their player as if they were their own son can make the summer months away from familiar surroundings more comfortable. A supportive, adopted host family allows them to concentrate on their development on the field and better prepare for a career in professional baseball.
Players arrive in late-May once their college season is over and depart, at the latest, early August. While we prefer you host for the entire season, partial season host family options are available for late arriving players.
2019 OC Riptide Outfielder Connor Aube (R) takes a break from playing for the Riptide to enjoy a meal with his host mom, CeeCee Connel
Basic requirements to be an Orange County Riptide host family:
Provide players with their own bedroom (two players in a room is fine)
Linens, towels and laundry access
Bathroom / shower access (share with family is fine)
Provide meals while team not on road trips
Host Families must live in the Orange County area
Willingness to accommodate a baseball player's schedule which includes late night games
Players are encouraged to integrate into the family as much as their schedule permits by joining the family in meals, outings and and other family activities. Many host families with children enjoy hosting a ballplayer to provide an additional positive role model in the home. Many Little League families enjoy having a baseball player in the house and some will request to host certain position players because their children play those same positions in Little League.
Taking two players is usually beneficial for the host family-player interaction but is not a requirement to host. We stress to the players prior to their arrival that they be kind, respectful and honest with their host families. We highly encourage reaching out to your assigned player prior to his arrival and also to speak with the player's parents before he arrives to play for the Orange County Riptide. This spells out clearly the house rules and expectations for all parties involved and helps eliminate any misunderstandings and miscommunication.
Our players come from colleges and universities from across the country. They have worked very hard for many years to reach this point in their baseball development. They will be very appreciative of you opening your home and your heart to them as they take this very important next step in their baseball careers.
We had the pleasure of hosting Connor Aube 2019 summer season. From the moment he drove up in his Jeep, he fit right in!
Connor's Riptide teammates who came over to our home were so courteous and respectful young men. We are so glad we hosted Connor and look forward to hosting another athlete next summer!
– CeeCee and AJ Connell
What is the process to become a host family?
The first step is to fill out the contact form below. Once we have received your notification you are interested in hosting a player, we will reach out to you to answer any additional questions not answered here. We will conduct an "interview" with the potential host family to determine if hosting is a good fit, accommodations available to the player, how long a host family can house a player, etc.
Are players randomly assigned to families?
Yes and no. Each host family and each player fills out a questionnaire. For the host family, some questions are: How many players would you like to host? Where will the player or players be staying. Do you have pets? What are the ages of your children, if any?
Player are asked if they prefer to live with or without a teammate? Preference of staying in a home with small children? Do they have any allergies regarding pets? Food allergies or any special food accommodations, i.e. vegetarian or vegan?
Also entering into the equations are factors such if a player is bringing a car and what position he plays (Pitchers and position players are often on different schedules). We try to place a player with a car at each home or nearby others so that every player has a ride to the field without inconveniencing host families.
What are the minimums required to be able to host a Riptide player?
Each host family is responsible for providing a bed and access to laundry area. We ask our host families to have foods available for the player(s) to make their own meals, normally breakfast. The player must have his own bed and we recommend that he has his own room, though it could certainly be shared with another teammate if hosting two or more players.
Do the families usually have one or more players? What do the families seem to prefer? Players?
Hosting one or more players depends on the accommodations that the family has. Some families can only take one player due to space concerns while we have a few host families host as a number of players. A few years ago, we had a host family house six players although that is a very unusual case.
As to the players, again, it is personal preference.
Do most families host a player each summer or is it more of a one and done thing?
Most of our host families will host players year after year. Our experience is that new host families will host a player for a summer and before the season is over, will already as to host a future player next summer. We are always looking to expand our host family network in order to invite and recruit more players from out of the area.
Do not think we are "full up". The Orange County Riptide can always use more host families.
How large of a responsibility is it to host players?
Hosting summer collegiate baseball players does require a certain level of commitment. Most host families take on the role of the player's surrogate family by attending as many games as possible to support and cheer for their players. Host parents also make sure that the player follows the rules of the home, the OC Riptide, the CCL and the NCAA or NAIA.
If there is one thing that you would like people to know about hosting a Riptide player, what would it be?
We would like potential host families to hear the reasons shared with us by previous host families as to why they have hosted. Those reasons would be extra bedrooms in the house; giving back to community; the experience of watching players grow, develop & showcase their talents to someday play professional baseball; to provide a family atmosphere – a home away from home – for the young men. The reasons are as varied as the people who host players.
Contact us with additional questions or to be contacted about hosting opportunities
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The Orange County Riptide is committed to providing a positive environment for young men who aspire for a higher education and to pursue professional baseball within the framework of collegiate competition.
Our sole goal is to provide player growth and development opportunities within a highly competitive environment.
The Riptide organization is committed to maintaining a foundation based on teamwork, goodwill, relationships, hard work and ethics with the goal to develop players in education, sports and in life.
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Групата е създадена през 1963 година и изиграва ключова роля за формирането на английския блус и блус рок. Освен Джон Мейол, през годините през нея преминават десетки музиканти, сред които са Ерик Клептън, Джак Брус, Питър Грийн, Мик Флийтуд, Джон Маквий, Мик Тейлър.

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Frontier League
#4 Ryne Willard - Profile
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Position: IF
In 2013, Willard spent his freshman year of college at Towson Univeristy. He hit .297 in 29 games played. He transferred to Tallahassee Community College and played in 57 games in the 2014 season. Led the team in runs scored and was second in homeruns with 7.
In 2015 & 2016 Willard play for North Carolina State University. In his junior season he hit .287 and knocked in 20 runs.
He has a four year career in the Cal Ripken league, playing three seasons with the Bethesda Big Train and one season with Rockville Express. He hit .250 in his career with the league, with 79 RBI.
In 16 games with the Eastside Diamond Hoppers he is hitting .323 with 13 RBI.
Summer 2016 East Side Diamond Hoppers 18 68 10 20 5 0 1 13 7 10 2 .294
Summer 2016 Washington Wild Things 12 32 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 16 0 .156
Total 30 100 12 25 7 0 1 13 9 26 2 .250
Batting Game Log
Sep 4 @Lake Erie L 2-10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.206 0.219 0.156 0.425
Sep 3 @Lake Erie W 9-3 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.226 0.241 0.172 0.467
Aug 28 Joliet L 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.154 0.160 0.120 0.314
Aug 27 Joliet W 13-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0.167 0.174 0.130 0.341
Aug 20 Schaumburg W 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.188 0.250 0.188 0.438
Aug 19 Schaumburg L 0-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.231 0.308 0.231 0.539
Aug 14 @Windy City W 3-2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.222 0.333 0.222 0.555
Aug 9 Lake Erie W 4-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.334
Aug 6 @River City L 2-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jul 31 @Florence W 4-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jul 30 @Florence L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jul 21 @Beavers L 1-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.346 0.412 0.294 0.758
Jul 20 @Unicorns W 7-4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.365 0.438 0.313 0.803
Jul 16 @Beavers W 4-3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.357 0.433 0.300 0.790
Jul 13 Unicorns L 2-6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.393 0.490 0.333 0.883
Jul 9 @Beavers W 7-4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.407 0.510 0.347 0.917
Jul 8 Unicorns L 10-12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.389 0.522 0.348 0.911
Jul 7 @Beavers L 5-7 4 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.420 0.571 0.381 0.991
Jul 6 Unicorns L 6-12 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.356 0.474 0.316 0.830
Jul 3 @Unicorns L 6-10 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.350 0.485 0.303 0.835
Jul 2 Beavers W 4-3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.343 0.500 0.300 0.843
Jun 30 @Beavers L 5-6 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.520 0.280 0.853
Jun 29 Unicorns W 4-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.280 0.429 0.238 0.709
Jun 22 @Beavers W 11-8 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.300 0.333 0.333 0.633
Jun 18 @Unicorns W 4-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400
Jun 17 Beavers L 0-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000


At Holland Auto we believe renting a car should be all about freedom.
The weekly prices at traditional car rental companies are often not clear. What is included?
With our private chauffeur service, you can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Our employees are fluent in both Dutch and English, so we are always able to help you with any questions you might have.
You can always rent an exclusive car with us that perfectly matches what you expect.
Renting a car should be an easy, pleasant experience. But, just like you, we have noticed that with traditional rental companies it can be quite a hassle. Leaving you stressed out before you even start driving. So we set out to radically reinvent car rental. Putting you, the customer, in the driving seat both literally and figuratively.
"Living in the city centre, it's not ideal for me to own a car. But I often need to drive one, both for business and my family. In the past, I have had unpleasant experiences with traditional rental companies. Luckily, I found Holland Auto. They offer me the freedom to go where I want to go, when I want to. No hassle, no limits. A no-brainer!"
"I love to travel by rental car. But I hate the inconveniences. Wasting an hour waiting around at a car rental company? No thanks. Having to decide upfront how many kilometers I'm going to drive? They must be joking. I predict that many traditional car rental companies will be in trouble once more people discover Holland Auto. They offer the level of service and flexibility today's consumers expect and demand. I'm never going back to traditional rental!"


Our ancestors from the Middle Ages rarely sat down to eat in the morning, but breakfast had become a daily requirement by the 1600s.
We find it hard to imagine a world without a bowl of something delicious to start the day, so we wanted to find out what changed. And what can the history of breakfast teach us about the meal we know and love today?
Breakfast was largely unheard of during 600-1066 AD and taking meals at regular times was largely based around morals rather than needs.
The word 'breakfast' literally meant 'breaking the fast' after a long night's sleep, but there were strict rules around how much you ate and the time at which you did the eating. If you were seen to eat too much then you could be accused of being gluttonous and maybe even banished from civilised life!
By the Medieval era the concept of breakfast was being established, but not quite in the way we know it. While the poorest members of society would eat as and when they could, those who were slightly better off could afford to eat three times a day.
Originally, though, these mealtimes were based on the Church's hours; more specifically, when Monks ate their food. Breakfast was often eaten very early in the morning (much earlier than we are used to!) because a Medieval "dinner" was served at 9-10am to make way for "supper" which was eaten before it got dark, often no later than 3pm during the winter months. Confusing!
Throughout this era mealtimes were so heavily debated that people began to be write about them at length. Theorists offered a number of suggestions for the optimum consumption of food, but one of the most prevalent ideas was that two meals a day was more than enough for the average person. To that end, authors sought to get rid of that pesky first feast again.
Fortunately, the English fought to defend their beloved custom and instead agreed with the alternative: they would rather give up their between-meal (lunch) or the late night snack than breakfast.
As Britain began to move into modern times, so too did it's breakfast habits. During the 18th Century, those who worked ate breakfast at around 8am to give them sufficient time to get ready, while those with a more leisurely lifestyle delayed their morning dining until 10am.
By the 20th Century, the food consumed during these meals had become strongly representative of your social status. The wealthy enjoyed a long breakfast with a plentiful menu, while farmers and poorer individuals stuck to a more modest meal.
Well, it's fair to say that breakfast has become a staple part of our diets (although, by the sounds of things, it's far less regimented than it used to be!) Depending on where we are in the country, whether it's a weekday or the weekend, or perhaps even whether we feel like it or not, breakfast seems to be eaten at any time of morning and anywhere the moment takes us. Even better, it's made up of anything we feel like it, from delicious cereals and porridges to fresh fruit jams on toast and avocados aplenty. Even the traditional Full English still has a place in our homes, with healthier versions proving popular too.
If, like us, you're feeling a bit peckish now, why not check out our moreish cereals or head over to our recipes for a bit of tasty inspiration!


One of the main feelings that stops people from achieving their goals in life and realizing their potential is fear. Specifically, the fear of failure. Setting out to achieve something difficult, no matter the size of the goal, can cause stress and discomfort within a person. This can be for a number of reasons. People are naturally hesitant to venture outside their comfort zone and this is often due to the misconception that failing to meet a desired set of objectives will cause negative feelings, often due to a personal or social reaction to the perceived failure. By learning to overcome the fear of failure people are far more likely to achieve the goals that would bring happiness to their lives.
The reason that fear of failure is such a major stumbling block for many people who are looking to develop their self is due to the combination of a powerful negative emotion, fear, and an equally potent social or personal outcome, failure. These two concepts, in combination, feed off one another so that a person's fear may make the prospect of failure seem worse, or past failures can increase a person's present fear, and so forth. It is possible to break out of this cycle of self-defeating behavior by re-examining the concepts of fear and failure and turning them from limiting and negative to enabling and positive.
Firstly, the concept of fear. Fear is a state that has been instilled in people as an evolutionary safeguard against negative outcomes which would reduce a species' ability to replicate. The reason that people are instinctively scared by heights is that a lack of fear in this area could result in death or serious injury. This is a useful, logical fear to have. The problem with fear in a modern context is that for most people it fails to serve a useful purpose in their life and the feared outcome is often made far worse mentally than it would be in actuality.
A practical way of dealing with fear is to change the personal significance it has. Instead of seeing fear as an omen of impending negative outcomes, a precursor to avoidant behavior, the nervous energy that fear manifests as can instead be usefully re-framed as excitement. Provided the fear does not relate to something genuinely dangerous or reckless then it can be utilized in order to achieve success. Over time, as people learn to associate fear as a positive sign that meaningful personal change is underway, then its previous limiting powers will diminish.
Due to the raw primal nature of fear it can be harder to address than the problem of failure. Failure lacks the raw emotional power of fear and is therefore less of a hindrance in self-development. Similarly to fear, understanding failure is the first step to mastering it and the limiting power it can have over lives. Everyone is likely to have their own personal definition of failure as well of a set of emotional reactions to it. The key is to understand how to take a personal set of ideas about the concept of failure and change them from limiting to empowering.
One technique that many people find helpful when dealing with their ideas related to failure is to simply delete the concept from their own personal beliefs entirely! This may sound extreme but is powerful when carried out properly. In order to remove failure and the power it has people need to disassociate emotional reactions with the logical realities of 'failure'. For example, if a person had a goal to reach a set body weight by a certain date, and they did not meet this goal, they could look at this outcome in two ways.
A person who believes in failure would dwell on the negative side of their experience. This might include the fact they are not where they want to be, the shame they feel in their social circle and their own negative emotional reaction to looking in the mirror. An alternative, failure-free way of dealing with the same outcome, namely body weight being higher than desired by a particular date, would be to see it as feedback. Clearly the person has learned one way not to achieve their goal within a set date, and if lessons are learnt from this, then the experience has been a valuable one overall due to illustrating future mistakes to avoid.
In the context of self-development and achieving goals there are a number of different methods that people can use to overcome their own fear of failure. To use the example of a person who wishes to reduce their body weight it may be useful for a person to take the negative emotions they have regarding failure and instead attach them to inaction. So rather than thinking about how embarrassing and time-wasting it would be to set out on a program of diet and exercise, and not meet a weight-loss goal, the person should switch their mental focus to the negative outcomes of inaction, namely high body-weight, bad self-image etc. This approach doesn't aim to make a person fearless, rather it aims to make them fearful of irrational behavior leading to undesired outcomes.
Practical and logical people may find it useful to make a rock-solid list of reasons why trying and failing to achieve a particular goal would be better than not trying to accomplish it at all. If their own reasons aren't enough for them then they can turn to countless greats from the worlds of sport, politics and every other field who praise the value of perceived failure so long as it is learned from. In the words of Thomas Edison – "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work." It is clear that this persistency and outlook can lead to great things.
The above techniques are powerful starting points for a person's journey of overcoming their fear of failure. If understood and practiced successfully they can make a real difference to goals ranging from losing five pounds of body fat to climbing Mount Everest. No matter what you want to achieve in life, overcoming your fear of failure is a powerful tool. Learning to see negative failure as positive feedback is a major step on the path to success.


Dr. Tufo shared his knowledge of homing pigeons with Mrs. Norton's reading groups. The students learned many facts about the pigeons, such as, they can fly up to 500 miles back to their homes. Also, their biggest predator is the cooper hawk. At the end of the discussion, the students watched the homing pigeons being released.


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AWC, AF&PA Applaud Markup of New Source Review Permitting Program Update at House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee
AF&PA: Chuck Fuqua / Barbara Riley (202) 463-2436, comm@afandpa.org
AWC: Heather Stegner (202) 463-4756, hstegner@awc.org
WASHINGTON – The American Wood Council and American Forest & Paper Association issued the following statement regarding the House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee markup of H.R. 3128. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), seeks to clarify which types of facility upgrades require an owner to obtain a New Source Review (NSR) permit.
Robert Glowinski, President and CEO of AWC
"The existing NSR permitting program has become a significant impediment to needed facility and environmental improvements because it relies on unrealistic modeling and emissions assumptions. Representative Griffith's bill is a badly needed update to requirements that will allow projects to move forward, while remaining consistent with the intent of the Clean Air Act to promote public health and welfare. The program is currently broken, in one example preventing a new project that would have reduced emissions. This update will encourage industry to undertake projects that will both reduce emissions as well as enhance economic opportunities."
Donna Harman, President and CEO of AF&PA
"It doesn't make sense to discourage upgrading plants already subject to myriad of other regulatory requirements, or to block beneficial projects simply due to antiquated policies. Yet, that is what is happening under an inflexible New Source Review permitting program. We thank Representative Griffith and Chairman Shimkus for their leadership on improving the New Source Review permitting program to ultimately result in more efficient manufacturing while still achieving the program's goals."
About AWC
The American Wood Council (AWC) is the voice of North American wood products manufacturing, an industry that provides approximately 400,000 men and women in the United States with family-wage jobs. AWC represents 86 percent of the structural wood products industry, and members make products that are essential to everyday life from a renewable resource that absorbs and sequesters carbon. Staff experts develop state-of-the-art engineering data, technology, and standards for wood products to assure their safe and efficient design, as well as provide information on wood design, green building, and environmental regulations. AWC also advocates for balanced government policies that affect wood products. www.awc.org | @woodcouncil
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance a sustainable U.S. pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products manufacturing industry through fact-based public policy and marketplace advocacy. AF&PA member companies make products essential for everyday life from renewable and recyclable resources and are committed to continuous improvement through the industry's sustainability initiative - Better Practices, Better Planet 2020.The forest products industry accounts for approximately 4 percent of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufactures over $200 billion in products annually, and employs more than 900,000 men and women. The industry meets a payroll of approximately $50 billion annually and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 45 states. Visit AF&PA online at afandpa.org or follow us on Twitter @ForestandPaper.


Are you looking to get out and explore more of Tennessee this spring and summer? The state has many day-trip options that can be fun for the whole family. Check out the different landscapes, the beauty, the history, and the excitement that is waiting just a few miles down the road from Nashville.
Covering more than 26,000 acres, this state park is one of the most expansive and beautiful places you will find. Home to one of the highest waterfalls in the eastern U.S., there is plenty to feast your eyes on here. Follow one of several trails to see three other waterfalls/cascades, or check out the picnic and playground areas. You won't be disappointed!
Seventy miles south of Nashville, nestled in a dry county, the oldest registered distillery in the U.S. is open for tours and tastings. The tour is available for all ages, but you must be 21 for the tastings. Come experience the history at the distillery and then venture into downtown Lynchburg to explore the quaint town square and stay for lunch at Miss Mary BoBo's.
This hillside retreat just south of Franklin is the perfect place to take your houseguests to give them a taste of the Tennessee landscape and vino. The weekends are busy as people gather with their friends and family for leisurely picnics and wine tastings. Live music sets the mood every weekend starting April 29, so be sure to check out their calendar of events.
Located in Sweetwater, Tenn., this expansive network of caverns is also home to America's largest underground lake, The Lost Sea! A tour will take you on a trail through the caverns and then you can ride a glass-bottom boat on the underground lake.
Like to drive and look at several things in one day? This stretch of highway that runs along the border of Tennessee and Kentucky offers parks, covered bridges, wineries, antique shops, tasty eateries, and the second longest yard sale in Tennessee, which stretches 100 miles long. This year's yard sale is May 20-21st.
Come see all that Tennessee has to offer!


Only the most exclusive jewelers in the world are Rolex Authorized Dealers. Jewelers Trade Shop is the only Rolex Authorized Dealer between Biloxi, Mississippi, and Destin, Florida. The store will remain open with regular business hours during the remodel.


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O piercing triangular é uma das diversas formas de piercing genital feminino. O piercing passa de um lado a outro, abaixo da base do tecido do capuz clitoridiano onde ele encontra os pequenos lábios e abaixo do clitóris. O nome é derivado do tecido onde os lábios encontram o capuz clitoridiano, que olha parece um triângulo quando comprimido. Este é o único piercing que pode estimular o clitóris por trás dele, embora ele não passe através do clitóris ou do eixo clitoridiano, há ainda a possibilidade de aumento da estimulação sexual. É dito que ele seja o piercing genital mais doloroso porque ele passa através de muito tecido e dessa forma, de muitos nervos. Ele não é possível para muitas mulheres, pois ele exige que o capuz clitoridiano sobressaia para fora do corpo em uma distância suficiente para que seja posto, o que é raro.

História
O primeiro piercing triangular é creditado a Lou Duff do Gauntlet, e foi executado em 1991 por Elayne Angel.

Referências

Ligações externas
 Body Modification E-Zine

Piercings púbicos


Our Match is in the St Mirren Matchday Thread.
Current Second Top in the SPFL meets Current Second Top in Championship.
Could hardly be tougher! But ... looking forward to it.
Celtic aside, worst possible draw. Only target now is to be one of the 4 clubs fighting for promotion. And before anyone accuses me of pessimism, please look at our historic record against the Dons up there. Enough said. We had 3 cup competitions this season, failed miserably in the first, didn't try a leg in the second and have been given the worst draw imaginable in the third. The league would always have been our priority anyway, so lets concentrate on that. The next game is one we must get something from or we will be back among the pack after a great start.
Probably no point in turning up since it's a dead cert we'll lose this game eh ?
Not for me , I prefer to think we always have chance. I do agree with you about the league though, but with this game being a 90 minute winner takes all , we very much have a chance .
Also , with this match scheduled for the 20th Jan weekend, you might find there are a lot of changes to the playing and management staff at both clubs that could have a bearing on the outcome.
For just now I'm still dreaming of a cup winning season .
We have skill and pace that is enough to cause any team problems add in the fact our players will be right up for this to prove they can play at the highest level if we dont win at least Aberdeen will know they have been in a game. Looking forward to making the trip north one of the fee games i can attend.
Fux sake, the negativity from some people!
It's a difficult draw, a very difficult draw, but not a bad one. First thing you want as a supporter in the cup is an away day against a team not in your league. Done - a good stop for chips & beer in Stonehaven and then on to the game.
Should be a crowd of about 13,000? Half of that is a decent bit of cash banked.
The game is on the 20th January, Aberdeen have three weeks off prior to the game. That's long enough for them to get rusty - we have seen it plenty of times when the top league comes back from a winter break and gets put out the cup by a lower league side. Give me competitive games against Dumbarton and Inverness any day over a break in Tenerife as preparation.
Our front line can cause anyone problems, there's no reason to think we can't go up there and get a coupe of goals. It would seem the defence has come a long way since that shambles at Patrick Thistle in the League Cup, with big Harry Davis back now I expect we will get stronger.
On our day we can beat any team in Scotland except Celtic, and even at Parkhead we have shown we can compete. Off our day we can ship a load of goals against anyone as well. Lets just travel in hope and see what comes. We certainly have nothing to do be scared of, and these are the type of games you need to win at some point if you are going to win the cup.
Will only be 13000 attending if Aberdeen Season Tickets are valid or maybe if admission prices are slashed to a fiver or less.
Would you at least agree its an awful draw ? Takes the wind out of your sails when barring a real upset we are likely out of the cup in January. I know they are not unbeatable but its some task up there. I have no interest in either chips or beer, even in Stonehaven, so wont countenance going up there.
No, the league is number one priority and if we can get one of the 4 places at the end of the season it gives us a chance of promotion. You can bet that Dundee Utd will have funds in January as they are desperate to exit this league. We are more likely to lose a player or two, so replacements will be important. Jack Ross has more than proved his worth in that respect, however.
Sorry to be pedantic, but last season we were leading Celtic then lost 4 second half goals and it could have been much more, so no, we didn't compete against them.
How many teams have been leading Celtic after 55 mins>????
A cup run would be good financially but the league is our priority. As for the draw? An excellent chance for our young lads to play against a higher standard of footballer. If we had got QOS, Plastics or Hamilton away people would moan about lack of crowd etc and likely we may stumble. The pressure is all on Aberdeen who rightfully will be favourites. No idea why this is thought of as a bad draw?
How many teams got a doing at Celtic Park? They are head and shoulders above us and you forget we could have been 2-0 up before they equalised. Brendan Rodgers praised us and you can't expect more than that.
Try and win every competitive match we play.
And we could be in the Challenge Cup Semi Final.
Prioritising might mean we end up with nothing.
WE HAVE A SQUAD OF FULL TIME TRAINED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
Wonder which dugout Jack Ross will be in when this game comes around.
All bets suspended on Alex McLeish.
No they aren't mate, skybet and paddypower still has it up, McLeish evens.


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Q: Task.Result.Exists Always Returns False I'm new on Firebase Firestore and I trying to check if certain document exist on my database, but my boolean always return false. I'm using C# with Unity and Firebase v9.3.0.
public static void CheckIfUserAreRegistered()
{
    DocumentReference doc = Database.Collection("Users").Document(FacebookManager.UserID);

    doc.GetSnapshotAsync().ContinueWithOnMainThread(task =>
    {
        if (task.Result.Exists) UserAreRegistered = DefaultState.Yes;
        else UserAreRegistered = DefaultState.No;
    });

}

Here a image of my database data with respective id I'm searching:
I don't know what could be going on, if anyone can help me, I would be immensely grateful.
Edit
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I tried to change the code to use Async/Await operators, despite my Unity not showing any log error, my Visual Studio returns CS1061 exception (Task does not have a definition to "GetAwaiter")
Here my Async/Await code:
public static async Task<DocumentSnapshot> WaitForCheckUsers()
{
    DocumentReference doc = Database.Collection("Users").Document(FacebookManager.UserID);

    return await doc.GetSnapshotAsync();
}

public static async void CheckIfUserAreRegistered()
{
    DocumentSnapshot doc = await WaitForCheckUsers();
    if (doc.Exists) UserAreRegistered = DefaultState.Yes;
    else UserAreRegistered = DefaultState.No;
    Debug.Log($"bool: {doc.Exists} UserID: {FacebookManager.UserID} Doc: {doc.Id}");
}

A: Change you method like this to use it as in the documentation you linked (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/query-data/get-data?hl=pt-br#c_1)
public static async Task CheckIfUserAreRegisteredAsync()
{
   DocumentSnapshot snapshot = await docRef.GetSnapshotAsync();
   // use snapshot to check users
}

Renaming the method to ...Async is just a convention.
Of course, that would mean that you have to change the method(s) which are calling CheckIfUserAreRegistered (and up the complete calling tree).

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Born in Hawaii on 4.8.1961, Barack Obama had to really struggle very hard to climb up the ladder to become the forty-fourth POTUS for not just one but two consecutive terms which are the maximum permissible limit under the American Constitution. There was a stage in his life, he pursued according to an Autobiography when he sat in between the graves of his father and grandfather and bitterly wept and wept for hours together. And then made up his mind for further course of action. He shifted to Chicago and started working for a group of Churches to nurse and rejuvenate certain communities who were badly hit by shutting down of steel factories.
He belonged to a typical middle – class family and had his schooling on scholarships. There were only three black students in his school. It made him fully understand the meaning of racialism pursued law studies in 1988 and became the first African- American President of the Harvard Law Journal. After graduation in 1991, he returned to Chicago and entered the legal profession. Apart from being a teacher performing the task of nurturing certain down- trodden communities on behalf of the Church, he established himself as a civil rights lawyer and also taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago.
With his widespread grassroots contacts, he started taking interest in politics. His works as an Advocate made him go for the ticket of the Democratic Party for the Senate elections in 1996 from Illinois State. As a State Senator, he worked with one and all to draft legislation on ethics. For the needy classes, he extended health care and primary education. As a Chairman of one of the Senate's Committees, he worked with Law Enforcement officials to videotape the interrogations and confessions of many innocent but implicated in death penalty cases. He was opposed to Iraq war which broke out in 2003.
These books reflect the precious personal views of the author as well. It has been penned down in the latter volume that Barack Obama used to often stand before the mirror and inspect himself as to whether all his limbs are intact? whether is he looking normal? Such was the time when he used to have a desolate feeling of abandonment and height of frustration.
Meandering his path through the Senate, Barack Obama rose to the position of being the first citizen of America in 2009 till 2017. The decisions taken by him in the administration of the United States are still being followed by the present echelons of power, if not in letter but in spirit. One of such mandates relates to the management and functioning of jails in America by the private sector rather than by Government agencies. Obama's step had affected only thirteen percent prisons housing about 22,000 people who happen to be mostly foreign nationals imprisoned for immigration violations. Trump rule has ignited a crackdown on crime and illegal immigration suggesting that Prisons Bureau could require a larger holding capacity within a short period of time. Washington's administration also reinstated private prisons for Federal Inmates. In short, Barack Obama had a scintillating career as POTUS.