Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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#143,613
Happy Thursday. One day away.

March 27, 2025: Breakthrough is imminent. You have come a long way and have patiently waited for an opportunity to move ahead, and now is the time when the proverbial fog will clear and the sun will break through the clouds. You can now forge ahead with clarity of mind and renewed strength. A new day is dawning, says the Lord. Psalm 42:11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.
 
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Rishvol said:
Who did Knecht anger? I thought the Lakers are better with him playing
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My conspiracy theory is when Lebron is healthy he doesn't play partly due to Knecht being notoriously reluctant to pass to Bronnie. It also doesn't help you have too many guys and Knecht is the rook who occasionally doesn't play great defense. He has gotten much better on defense though. He got his minutes recently due to injury, which included a Lebron injury. I honestly don't believe Knecht is long for the Lakers which I think is in his best interests. He's a medium fish in the pacific ocean there, but at other clubs he'd be the great white in a koi pond.
 
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screenthis said:
Such a great message from LaagerVol. Kindness and patience is not something in abundance in our society. Just go out for a drive, drive a little too slow, and see what happens. I'd love for us to behave largely the way we did after 9/11. Together and supportive.
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TL;DR incoming

I’ve learned a lot (God has shown me a lot) in the last 5 years about being a better person, and I still have a way to go. I’ve always been respectful (have NOT always made the right decisions and have done some bad things along the way that hurt myself and others, but that’s a different story) and thought I was kind, but my eyes have been opened to more. The little things we do or don’t do make a difference. I believe that any time I am out in public it should be obvious that I follow Christ. From opening the door for a stranger, to showing kindness to that wait staff who is having a rough day and messed up my order, even the way I drive and the way I post on Volnation (which has been a struggle for me. I have always had a sarcastic nature and my volnation posts definitely fall short of who God wants me to be).

When I drive, do I give people grace and let them in line, or do I run up on the bumper of the person in front of me? A can say that’s a work in progress because I have little patience for people who drive stupid, but I’m getting better about just relaxing, slowing down, and backing up.

When I post on volnation do I allow others their opinion even when I think it’s a bad take? Or do I ridicule them. I STRUGGLE with that one.

If more of us, self included, could do what Jesus said, and put the feelings of others before our own, the world would be much better place. That goes against our very nature. We are a self centered bunch of flawed humans.

One last story I will try to make quick.

If you’ve ever been to Lambert’s restaurant in Gulf Shores, you know you’re looking at minimum 1 hour wait to get in. Last time we went we got seated right before a party of 5-7 people and the guy “leading” that group immediately told the waiter how big of a hurry they were in and let him know his expectations lol.

1. If you have time to wait an hour to get in you should have time to wait on your food.

So the young waiter is immediately stressing and starts bending over backwards to accommodate this man. Each time he comes to their table the man cussed him because he didn’t do something right or quick enough. The waiter was very obviously going out of his way to accommodate but nothing was good enough. As that party was finishing their meal and cussing the waiter for not getting the check to them quickly enough, he finally had time to take our DRINK order. Mind you we sat down just before the other group.

Man I felt awful for the waiter and it was all I could do (and my wife telling me to stay calm) not to say something to that man.

Never be THAT guy, who everyone looks at and thinks “what a jerk”. Be the person who gives kindness even if your waiter/waitress is having a bad day

Have a blessed day Volnation
 
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