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Craig James's son is Adam James. He has been alightly used TE/WR type who has played little this year. Apparently he had a concussion at some point. He showed up to practice with sunglasses on and Leach told him to take them off, James said his doctor told him to avoid the sunlight because of mild concussion symptoms. James argued with Leach and was quite the smart ***, so Leach told him to sit in the equipment room for a couple of hours where it was nice and dark. James calls his dad who rained down hell on Tech AD (former BB coach) Gerald Myers and the Tech President. They fear James's political and media power and they scurried to suspend Leach while an investigation is ongoing. Leach has a long history of taking no guff off of players and he had several episodes this season where he showed diminishing tolerance of prima donna players and selfish behaviors. Many of you saw on youtube his rant about "fat little girlfriends" He just pushed the wrong kid at the wrong time here. Concussions are dangerous and football (college and pro) are taking them more seriously. Leach assumed since the MDs had cleared Adam to play with full contact that there wouldn't be any restrictions. James did not have a doctor's note or letter authorizing the sunglasses. He's stepped in it, for sure, but I am more on leach's side in this deal than i am on James's. Leach was on record as saying that the Mangino stuff was a witch hunt and he said that every disgruntled kid who had been ridden hard or shown any discipline was going to spring into action and lawyer up. James is pretty much a pariah among his teammates. The entire team is put on media hush orders and have been told if they talk to reporters or if they tweet etc about this, they'll be suspended, too. Plenty depends upon how hard the James family wants to push (apparently pretty d**n hard to choose to drop this bomb during bowl week) and whether or not Leach will be contrite and apologetic. He'll probably tell them to kiss his *** and then walk away. Also this: - The kid was kept out of sunlight. He wasn't in a dungeon. One time he was in an equipment room and another time he was in an air conditioned media room. At this point there wasn't any reason for him to be at practice, but Leach has a policy that you don't miss practice for injuries. Usually injured players (unless they need treatment in the treatment rooms) are on the sidelines and at team drills, even if they aren't participating. Leach was, admittedly, ticked off at the kid's long record of malingering. His injury list and reasons he said he couldn't practice this season is amazing. Leach was also ticked off at the frequent phone calls and e-mails from daddy with suggestions on how to get his boy into the lineup etc etc. This was a straw that broke the camel's back, but don't portray it as cruel and unusual punishment. It would be one thing if the kid had a concussion and Leach made him do tackle drills. OR if Leach made him play in sunlight against doctor's orders. Neither of those happened. He put him in a dark room. BFD. Leach lost a starting QB to a concussion in game three or four this year and the kid never missed a practice or meeting. He lost a starting DE for three weeks to a concussion and broken jaw and the kid never missed a practice. he's old school about injuries, but he didn't risk anything in this case. - It is a garage-sized shed next to the outdoor practice field. Players are sent there when they overheat or need to lie down. One player, now an NFL starter, had asthma and used to go there to recover and take his meds before resuming practice. When someone checked on James the first day, he was found lying down, asleep. That is why Leach had the sitting options removed and a stationary bike placed in there. Once again, James was cleared to practice. This was not an acute concussion and there's some significant medical doubt he had a concussion. There's no scan or blood test for concussion-it is based primarily on history and reported symptoms. The docs were doubtful about his story but were cautious. Leach did zip to enadanger the kid. Zip..

: Do you ever stop?

The H2O jerkbaits are rather poor quality in my experience.

Fishing tungsten is like riding bareback.

I would say the maids hated our smoke last April. Our maid wasn't to happy either, one morning she walked in and turned right back around without saying a word to us. ;D We were also dipping JJ's in the room.

I think your melon is easily as big as mine, so look for a L/XL frame. ManOWar is a good place to start. Fathom and Hammerhead both feature L/XL frames. http://www.costadelmar.com/store/Departments/Sunglasses/Expedition.aspx

Call Shimano and ask if they have any other options. I hated that handle when I bought my first FH's. Got used to it after a while.

Used it? What did you think about it? Getting tired of my net taking up almost my entire starboard locker.

What is it that you don't like about it?

I would say the maids hated our smoke last April.

Never pull out a pack of smokes around SB. After two days on the boat you'll be completely out.

Urban Liar just doesn't want to lose half his 2010 class.

Nobody likes a quitter.

Please tell me you placed the order on 12/24 and expected an immediate response. :

Electric razors suck, no matter the style, unless you have the facial hair of a 12 year old girl.

Being ticked off and receiving crappy gifts.

Too much message, too much eye candy. Lots of impressionable minds watching that claptrap.

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Probably snowed in.

Costa or Maui Jim. I prefer Costa due to their earpiece design (I hate straight earpieces). Find a quality retailer and try on several different pairs. Don't buy blind. The main selling point for the CDM's is the 400 or 580 glass lens. They will not scratch and the optical quality of the glass is second to none. My wife has a pair of MJ's and while they're very nice, I don't care for the poly lens.

You should be able to order the unit with the TM transducer.

: You had your mind made up before you handled anything.

That reel has ARB bearings (should be open) and is approved for saltwater use. Check your spool support bearings. They could probably use a good cleaning.

It is the best fluoro on the market. Abrasion resistance is close to PLine CXX, strength is above average. Less memory than CXX.