>AMA FORMAT: at /r/CFB the mods set up the AMA thread so our guest can just show up at a scheduled time and start answering; look out for Aaron McMann using /u/aaronmcmann, answers begin at 2pm ET on Wednesday, 9/25!
# AARON MCMANN, Michigan beat writer for MLive Media Group
MLive has a new series Jim Harbaugh and the author is joining us this week for an AMA!
(this was planned before last weekend's Wisconsin game)
Here are some recent pieces from the series "Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football"
- Main one: The cash is flowing but the trophy case is empty
- Offense still looking for stability after four seasons
- How a Gator Bowl loss changed the course of Michigan football and opened the door for the Harbaugh era
>Jim Harbaugh made a splash when he was hired at Michigan in December 2014. A successful head coach at Stanford and with the San Francisco 49ers, many outside observers thought he'd bring football championships back to Ann Arbor. Four seasons later (and counting), that has not happened. Yet Harbaugh, who came a steep cost to begin with, and the football program continue to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year for the Michigan athletic department. He's worth the cost of business, but how long are Michigan fans willing to wait for title glory? > >MLive's Aaron McMann helped co-author a series of series on Harbaugh and his first four seasons at Michigan last week. He is in his third season covering Harbaugh and the Michigan football team for The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News and MLive.com.
Links:
- Aaron's articles for MLive: http://connect.mlive.com/staff/amcmann1/posts.html
- Follow Aaron McMann on Twitter via @AaronMcMann.
##Aaron McMann will be here to answer your questions on WEDNESDAY (9/25) at 2pm ET!
Howdy, all! I'm the Jim McCann who writes comics, not the Jim McCann from 1-800-FLOWERS, so you can ask me about comics and I can answer, but flowers...not so much.
I have 2 series at Image: MIND THE GAP and launching Weds (3/6) is LOST VEGAS, which I'm teaming back up with my RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN collaborator and artist Janet Lee! (If you voted for us in winning the Eisner for that, we thank you VERY much; if you read it, you rock too!)
I was also the PR guy at Marvel for 6 years before writing a bunch of books there, including most things Mockingbird and almost all things with Hawkeye when he wore purple for about 3 years.
I'll be here tomorrow (Tuesday 3/5) until 7 pm PST (I live in LA) off and on. This is my first AMA, so be gentle.
If you like what I'm saying, or just want to follow a fool, find me on Twitter: @JimMcCann
This is my absolute favorite version of this song. He performs it live and I believe solo. The video is just a recording to a static background not actual live footage. I can't find this anywhere! It used to be a simple Google search away and now no joy. Any help finding this would be much appreciated!
-Don wouldn't have given Duck Phillips the Head of Accounts job out of spite
-Duck wouldn't have initiated the Sterling Cooper transaction to PPL, and thus no need for SCDP to form
-Lucky Strike still would've left Sterling Cooper eventually, but they'd have more accounts to stay solvent
-They wouldn't have been aware of their chance with Jaguar, and Roger wouldn't feel as inclined to pull an audition for Chevy together, so no need for SCDP to merge with CDC, so Ted and Jim get to live happily
-Don doesn't write the letter, continues philandering with women
-Don never hires Stan or Ginsberg
-Peggy doesn't leave Sterling Cooper for CGC and just doesn't grow as much in general
-Joan never becomes partner and never ventures out on her own
-Roger still falls in love with Jane, prompting an expensive divorce from Mona, and coupled with Bert's still forgone death, prompting a still likely acquisition from McCann at some point
-Pete still views life as a constant competition with Kenny, does not get the opportunity to shine at SCDP and get his eventual jet job
-Kenny rises to the top
What are other interesting "what if" scenarios that you could extrapolate if a small character interaction or plot point went differently?
#The Kesler Trade
I'm sure the Canucks owners absolutely get too involved with their hockey team... but you cannot possibly convince me they orchestrated all of this while Benning was just a figurehead. This shit sandwich just has too many layers.
Sorry if it's tough to follow; summary is at the end.
June 24th, 2014
Out:
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2015-VAN-3rd
In:
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24th OV
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85th OV
Before we look at the players in this return...
June 24th, 2014 (later the same day)
Out: 85th OV
In: Derek Dorsett
At the time, what you were getting in Dorsett was well known. He was 27 years old with 331 games over 6 seasons, contributing 73 points and 855 penalty minutes while mostly playing 11-12 mins/game. A face-punching 4th liner, albeit one that produces some points. In his first year with the Canucks he became a fan favourite, recording 25 points and 175 penalty minutes... but under the surface it was ugly:
> ... proved a significant drag in nearly every aspect of the game ... exactly zero of Dorsett’s teammates benefited as a result of skating alongside Dorsett ... the Canucks are hemorrhaging [10 bell] scoring chances with Dorsett on the ice.
What did Benning do with his 4th line face-puncher? A 4-year, $10.6m extension. Now making $2.65m, the next season he "continued along his career path of being a unique combination of punching faces while being an average fourth liner":
> the Canucks were better off in every measure above [goal based, scoring chances, shot attempts] without Dorsett on the ice coupled with the alarming amount of scoring chances against ...
Dorsett's career would unfortunately end with injury after that, playing just 34 games over his last 2 seasons.
The Canucks used their newly acquired 24th OV to select Jared McCann, who spent another year in junior before surprising everyone by making the Canucks for opening night, jumping straight to the NHL for 69 games at age 19. CanucksArmy had [this to say](
... keep reading on reddit ➡Christmas Eve stocking stuffer sale:
Choose any five (5) titles from below for $25 shipped - ships anywhere in the US via USPS media mail. Payment through PayPal only please.
All grade at VG/VG or better unless otherwise noted. Pressings may be a mix of US original, reissues, foreign presses and promos.
Rock/Pop
A. B. Skhy – A. B. Skhy
Aviary – Aviary
Axe - Nemesis
Jackson Browne - Hold Out
The Buggs – The Beetle Beat: The Original Liverpool Sound
Eric Burdon & The Animals – The Twain Shall Meet
Eric Burdon & The Animals – Every One Of Us
The Byrds - Farther Along
Cecilio & Kapono – Life's Different Now
Country Joe And The Fish – Together
The Paul deLay Band – American Voodoo
Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Dog Soldier - S/T
Free - Heartbreaker
Art Garfunkel - Fate For Breakfast
Art Garfunkel - Watermark
Groundhogs - Black Diamond
Jade Warrior - Floating Waves
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places
Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
Julie London – The End Of The World
Darrell Mansfield Band – Get Ready
Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left
Matthews' Southern Comfort – Matthews' Southern Comfort
John Mayall - Blues From Laurel Canyon
John Mayall - The Blues Alone
John Mayall - Empty Rooms
John Mayall - Looking Back
John Mayall - USA Union
Patti Page - The Waltz Queen
Rainbow - On Stage
The Rolling Stones - Sucking In The 70's
Spirit - The Family That Plays Together
Stoneground - Family Album
Stoneground - Stoneground 3
Supertramp - Paris
Traffic - S/T
Traffic - Shootout At The Fantasy Factory
Johnny Winter And - S/T
Johnny Winter - S/T
Johnny Winter - About Blues
Johnny Winter - Second Winter
Jazz/Blues
Sidney Bechet, Vernon Brown, Baby Dodds, Pops Foster, Art Hodes, James P. Johnson, Mezz Mezzrow, Miff Mole, Pee Wee Russell, Muggzy Spanier, George Wettling, J. Windhurst – Jazz Of The Forties: Volume One
Paul Bryant & Curtis Amy - This Is The Blues
Erroll Garner - The Most Happy Piano
Eydie Gormé – Eydie Gormé
Bill Henderson - A Tribute To Johnny Mercer
Stanley Jordan - Magic Touch
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Pot Luck
Chuck Mangione - Friends & Love Concert 2LP
Joe Masters - The Jazz Masters
Les McCann Ltd - The Gospel Truth
Mark-Almond – Mark-Almond
Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Recorded In Boston At Storyville (Cover G)
Shorty Rogers And His Giants - S/T
Linda Ronstadt With Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – For Sentimental Reasons
... keep reading on reddit ➡These will be the eligible new additions to the ballots in each year. Who do you think will be getting the call?
2023:
-Carlos Beltran
-Matt Cain
-Andre Ethier
-John Lackey
-Mike Napoli
-Jhonny Peralta
-Francisco Rodriguez
-Huston Street
-Jered Weaver
-Jayson Werth
2024:
-Jose Bautista
-Adrian Beltre
-Big Sexy
-Adrian Gonzalez
-Matt Holiday
-Jim Johnson
-Victor Martinez
-Joe Mauer
-Brandon Phillips
-Jose Reyes
-James Shields
-Chase Utley
-David Wright
-Brad Ziegler
2025:
-Melky Cabrera
-Carlos Gomez
-Carlos Gonzalez
-Curtis Granderson
-David Freese
-Adam Jones
-Ian Kinsler
-Brian McCann
-Kendrys Morales
-Dustin Pedroia
-Martin Prado
-Hanley Ramirez
-Mark Reynolds
-Fernando Rodney
-CC Sabathia
-Ichiro
-Troy Tulowitzki
-Ben Zobrist
2026:
-Ryan Braun
-Gio Gonzalez
-Alex Gordon
-Nick Markakis
-Daniel Murphy
-Hunter Pence
-Neil Walker
2027:
-Jay Bruce
-Wade Davis
-Buster Posey
-Joakim Soria
-Jordan Zimmermann
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
He just disappeared after the McCann deal in season 7 episode 7.
