<p>Did students turn out to see this years team?</p>
<p>Probably not.</p>
<p>i have a friend who is recruited as a defensive lineman for next year.</p>
<p>Approximately 30 freshman and sophomores played Varsity this year, and many freshman started or saw significant playing time. The Class of 2011, 2012, and 2013 will win an Ivy ring and Championship. There is a substantiall investment being made in the program.</p>
<p>My son looked to be recruited for football but just a little too late for a tip. But that the coach said, "let us know when you hear. We'd love to see you on the team" could have meant little. Thing is.. my son goes to a small private school where we just don't grow them all that big so at 6' 1" 210, this typical full back was played on the line for two years so he didn't really try to be recruited for football because well.. he's too small to be a lineman. In any event, this year he finally got his spot as fullback, and had a GREAT season rushing AND receiving. His biggest strength is his strength and making the short yardage while dragging guys behind him because his specialty. ALso.. he was a helluva blocker for the RB and the pass. But he didn't have these stats until this year so he missed the "recruiting" boat. He started for three years, played every game both ways and never missed a game or suffered injury that kept him off the field for more than a day or two. He was captain and all conference for two years. But who knows if the coach was merely saying something nice.. or if he'd say to admissions.. look this kid has potential so if his numbers work, we'd love to see him... would this have ANY weight whatsoever? I agree... I'd love to see the Big Green do better.</p>
<p>It definitely has a weight. I know a lot of student-athlete types that got here on their own and walked on to a sport. Being a top athlete counts as a significant EC (as long as one is a top student too).</p>
<p>Paulson is a bright guy.
Stop assuming everyone who worked for the Bush administration is incompetent.
For some reason, that assumption really bugs me.</p>
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Stop assuming everyone who worked for the Bush administration is incompetent.
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<p>No one here said anything to the contrary. However, he is extremely unpopular right now, which is why I am not proud of him at the moment. Chill.</p>
<p>I didn't know that he's unpopular. His decisions may be controversial, but that doesn't make him bad/wrong. I'm very pleased with the job he's doing. It reflects well on the school that he is making the right but unpopular decisions.</p>
<p>His decisions may be right in theory, but that there is so little accountability or oversight from an industry to which Paulson was so intimately connected is a little disappointing. It smacks of the greed that got us in this position in the first place.</p>
<p>Back to football:</p>
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<p>I just did a search of last year's recruiting class/season stats again and it seems they ended up with a few solid players for sure, but they are a really young team overall. I know for a fact that Teevens is a great guy (AD knows him well) and I would love my son to play for him. Frankly, based on their rushing stats? They could surely use a guy like my son who is, in a word, a tank when it comes to picking up yards, plus he can really block for the quick feet of other, perhaps more nimble RBs. However, let's face it, I'm his mom and despite the fact that the kid comes from a lineage of All American football players (3 out of 5 uncles), I don't think moms count for much. :)</p>
<p>PS one recruit went missing from the reg season roster, but see no walk ons in a class of 34 recruits - which seems like quite a few.</p>
<p>opinion:</a> Fire Hank Paulson
Hank</a> Paulson, Naked Emperor by Michelle Malkin on National Review Online
Hank</a> Paulson's bailout 419 letter - Boing Boing
Hank</a> Paulson has turned a drama into a crisis | Anatole Kaletsky - Times Online</p>
<p>If you simply google Hank Paulson, you will either find objective topics on him, such as his bio, etc, or you will find Hank Paulson hate rants.</p>
<p>The way something like this works is that those who disagree with Paulson or his policies will be loud about it. Those who agree wont be celebrating him either, because we still have a major crisis on our hands. Therefore, you cannot judge how well someone is doing in a situation like this simply based on the volume (or even the strength, for that matter) of the opinions being presented about him. If someone were able to implements the theoretical optimal strategy of economic recovery, it would still take a year or two for things to be going well. By that time, Geithner will be given all the credit.</p>
<p>The only way that we can know that Paulson is doing a good job is for the fact that Geithner has worked closely with Paulson, and he supports all of Paulson's decisions. Obama chose Geithner, which means that he must also agree with Paulson. I'm hoping that a strategy that is endorsed by both the Republican president and the future Democratic president is a good one. (Otherwise, we have much bigger problems on our hands!)</p>
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The way something like this works is that those who disagree with Paulson or his policies will be loud about it. Those who agree wont be celebrating him either, because we still have a major crisis on our hands. Therefore, you cannot judge how well someone is doing in a situation like this simply based on the volume (or even the strength, for that matter) of the opinions being presented about him. If someone were able to implements the theoretical optimal strategy of economic recovery, it would still take a year or two for things to be going well. By that time, Geithner will be given all the credit.</p>
<p>The only way that we can know that Paulson is doing a good job is for the fact that Geithner has worked closely with Paulson, and he supports all of Paulson's decisions. Obama chose Geithner, which means that he must also agree with Paulson. I'm hoping that a strategy that is endorsed by both the Republican president and the future Democratic president is a good one. (Otherwise, we have much bigger problems on our hands!)
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<p>I'm not arguing that Paulson is good or bad. All I'm saying is that more people than not think Paulson is doing a crappy job, and I'm not proud of it. I'm not making any implications as to whether his policies are ineffective or how much of an impact he has on the economy or ANYTHING.</p>