Great. Now it reminds me of the Kennedy family, specifically JFK, one of the worst presidents in American history. Maybe not the worst given the stiffness of the competition there, but probably the most overrated.
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One of the advantages of dying young is you tend to get credit for everything great you may have done in your life. There was a girl from my High School that got murdered by a 40+ year old, married man she had been sleeping with. The Des Moines Register made her sound like a cross between Madame Curie and Mother Theresa.
It wasn't at grave risk to the world. The Freedom of Information laws revealed documents regarding the stunning lead the United States had over Russia in nearly every military metric, the detailed knowledge of everything going on in Cuba, and the preparedness we had over them. In the end, Russia's bluff was called. That aside, Kennedy was a great man and was destined, I believe, to be an even greater president.Kennedy had serious moral issues but as president, he performed pretty well. He got the Russians out of Cuba at great risk to the world. But they took their warheads out.
He had valiantly served his country during WWII unlike many of the draft-dodging cowards who followed him in that office.
He cut taxes and saw real GDP growth.
He was a great orator, beloved and respected around the world. Americans and many others cried when he was murdered.
He'll do no better than Herman. He was mediocre at both Washington and USC. This will be his 3rd failure at a high profile job.
The Texas job has always been a tough job because there are wayyyyy too many cooks in the kitchen.Wow. At his first press conference Sark claims players will proudly sing "The Eyes of Texas". Pretty bold statement considering he has not met with team. If I were in his shoes I'd walk gingerly around this topic until he gets a feel for the team. That comment may come back to bite him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...rns-the-eyes-of-texas-school-song/6649392002/
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the livelong day.
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Do not think you can escape them
At night or early in the morn --
The Eyes of Texas are upon you
Til Gabriel blows his horn.
The Texas job has always been a tough job because there are wayyyyy too many cooks in the kitchen.
-too many high profile boosters to please, too many rich egos, a mammoth athletic dept as a whole, being in a bursting metro like Austin is. There's many reasons why they are somewhat a blue blood, but the job isn't as good as it appears because of these structural issues.
In hindsight it's hilarious they canned Mack Brown. For what having a couple 9-3 years? They have been a ship lost at sea ever since.
In regards to your post there have been comments that the Texas fight song has "racial undertones". Which that expression is used a lot in 2021 and I don't quite understand it to be frank with you. Here are the lyrics by the way:
The statement, "The Eyes of Texas are upon you," was said by a University of Texas president in a speech. However, it was a direct reference to Robert E Lee's quote that "the eyes of the south are upon you." It's like a politician saying "Countries need to make sure that they have enough living space for their citizens," which would be a reference to the "lebensraum" concept.In regards to your post there have been comments that the Texas fight song has "racial undertones". Which that expression is used a lot in 2021 and I don't quite understand it to be frank with you. Here are the lyrics by the way:
The statement, "The Eyes of Texas are upon you," was said by a University of Texas president in a speech. However, it was a direct reference to Robert E Lee's quote that "the eyes of the south are upon you." It's like a politician saying "Countries need to make sure that they have enough living space for their citizens," which would be a reference to the "lebensraum" concept.
Edit: I think article, while just being interesting, does a good job laying out why some people have a problem with the song. https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/ut-austin-eyes-of-texas-song-racist/
While Robert E. Lee was clearly a racist, this particular quote doesn't seem racially charged. What am I missing? I hate siding with the right, but this one really does feel like an overreaction in as much as the amount of racism present in this is pretty similar to the amount of racism that's inherently baked into America in the first place.
Just because a racist does something, doesn't mean that action or statement is racist.
it was performed at minstrel shows. I think that’s the problem with it.
either way, it’s fine that white fans still like the song, I guess. But it’s stupid to force players to like the song.
I think tom Herman is a real ******* but I give him a ton of credit for letting his players do what they think is right.
The song's ties to racism are pretty ******* tenuous, if we're being honest. The backlash seems very think skinned and classic woke mob outrage. I mean, if doing anything a racist did is considered racism in and of itself, where do you draw the line? Racists eat, ****, and breathe. Does that mean every time you eat, ****, or breathe you're emulating a racist and therefore being racist yourself? That's the logic being advanced here to some degree.
That said, the willingness of the donors to burn everything down over a silly song is just comical. It always cracks me up how the "EVERYONE GETS TOO OFFENDED" crowd gets so ******* offended when other people don't react to songs the same way they do. This is like the outrage over kneeling during the anthem all over again. They just rewrote the lyrics to "I've Been Working on the Railroad". I started laughing the first time I saw Texas fans singing it en masse.