The 25 year old Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini is the current edition of a family of condottieri and robber barons which has been a long line of thorns in the Papal crown. This time, however, it looks like the Malatesta Lords of Rimini will finally be stamped out as Cesare Borgia's men are fast approaching outside the walls, and the people of Rimini within are calling for Pandolfo's head. He is not totally without options, however. There is always the chance that the Pope, as a Christian, will be forgiving! Alternatively, the Riminis have long-running ties with Italian states like Venice and Naples and families like the House of Este, who would no doubt provide safe harbour to such a famous condottiero.
The storm brewing within Siena arrived in the summer of 1500.
The sources were many. The gradual shift within Sienese politics away from true republicanism towards centralized authority. The conflicting affinities for French, Neapolitan, Papal, and Austrian influence. The struggle between traditionalist and moderate. A disagreement on methods of corruption.
But the eye of the storm centered around two men. Father-in-law and Son-in-law. Niccolo Borghesi. And Pandolfo Petrucci.
It seems that no bond can survive the pursuit of power. The marriage of Pandolfo to Niccolo’s daughter Aurelia was initially a moment celebrated by both men, and young Pandolfo’s political career was greatly accelerated by his connection to the powerful Borghesi family. Both served on the Balia of Siena, the de facto oligarchical body of the city. The men even belonged to the same political party, the Nove, and had suffered exile for several years at the Court of Naples while the Nove had fallen out of power. But upon their return to Siena in 1487, the winds changed. They disagreed on the best course for Siena: Borghesi’s pursuit of single party rule versus Petrucci’s “moderate” method of engagement with the other 4 parties. They diverged in foreign policy decisions: Borghesi for relations with Pisa and an alliance with Venice, Petrucci with his affection for France. But perhaps most of all, underlying the official disagreements and political arguments, were deep human emotions. Jealousy. Resentment. Petrucci had gained too much wealth, too much power, much too fast.
The thunder rumbled over the Borgia situation. Boghesi wholeheartedly supported the League of Rimini, as did Leonardo Bellanti, Petrucci’s only other significant political rival. Both were members of the “old guard” of the Nove, with strong ties to Naples, and happy to thwart French influence in the North. Petrucci, in parallel, negotiated a loan to the French King, in order to further cement French protection for Siena, after the 1499 guarantee by Louis XII of Siena’s present government and territories. Lightning flashed when the Pope threatened excommunication for the Balia, each faction blaming the other for the situation. When the Duke of Urbino fled with the loan and the League of Rimini collapsed, the storm exploded:
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Petrucci declared Borghesi and Bellanti senile, for causing the loss of Siena’s treasury.
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Bellanti called for an emergency re-election of t
Blake Coleman was a great player for the devils. Gave everything he had. But he was only with the team for a handful of years - not any memorable years (for a franchise like the devils, I don’t consider losing in 5 games in first round of playoffs memorable).
Jay Pandolfo played 13 years for the devils. Him and John Madden are the reason I took penalty killing serious as a hockey player myself. The unsung heroes of the devils dynasty.
He’s the reason Robbie Ftorek threw a bench on the ice in 2000. I’ll never forget the amount of stitches he had to get after that game: 84.
The man won 2 Stanley Cups with the Devils. He never went anywhere else in free agency. He was the definition of a role player, and an excellent one at that.
Though Coleman may be a better overall player than Pandolfo, I think Pandolfo should get the edge over Coleman for #20 User Flair.
What are we if we don’t take pride in our past? There’s other key factors that played roles in our cup years other than 3, 4, 26, 27, and 30 (and 18).
(I hope it's ok to post this on r/jazz. It's about an earlier musical tradition of improvisation, but it might be of interest to jazz fans.)
Much of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries was improvised. Bach was famous as a great improviser, and his son C.P.E. Bach writes at length on how to improvise in his great book, Essay on the True Art of Playing the Keyboard. Unfortunately, by the mid 19th century classical music focused increasingly on precisely following the score, and the art of improvising was lost -- only to be later rediscovered in jazz. (I know I'm simplifying here, there were many other folk and non-Western traditions where it never went away. )
Today, a number of performers are trying to recover the older traditions of "classical" improvisation, from the Baroque and later periods. I don't think any of them is better than viola da gamba player Paolo Pandolfo. This is an extraordinary half hour of music, beginning with pretty straightforward (though virtuosic!) improvisation in a 17th century style, and getting more and more modern by the end.
https://youtu.be/M_k_4AGkshw
So this season we take a shot every time Pandolfo's expression changes. I got to take a shot about 5 games ago when I was able to convince everyone that I saw his left eye brow move a bit.
does anyone know what the final will be like? I haven't been doing the readings so I'm kinda concerned lol
Meldola, Sarsina, San Marino, and now Rimini. Cesare's army, though it had met setbacks, was unstoppable, by the Malatestas at least.
First, at Meldola, the city walls, though they held firm, were only held by 200 men. Though they fought valiantly against Borgian assaults, they could not hope to hold the walls for any meaningful amount of time, and retreated to the Rocco in the centre of town. After some brief cannon fire, the castle was surrendered to Cesare.
Next, at Sarsina, there were no walls to spare the defenders from Cesare's fury. Storming the town, any who held arms against Cesare was cut down where they stood. The Lord of Sarsina was not well loved, so not many men stood to defend the town in the name of its lord, and thus the city was spared from a sack, as was the impressive cathedral.
Next, Cesare managed to bamboozle the Lord of Rimini, the infamous Pandolfo IV Malatesta. He expected Cesare to attack. The most logical place to do so would be from the Northwest, to cross through the city of Cesena, a Papal holding, before descending upon Rimini. Pandolfo, thus, focused his defences there.
Attempting to raise men, Pandolfo found little love for him among the residents. He found little help from mercenaries, too. What mercenary would defend a dead man? It was suicide.
Cesare marched, not to Cesena, but to San Marino, where he found the city caught by surprise, and quickly surrendered. Giving Cesare a hostage, the Captain of Fiorento, the army proceeded to pass through, leaving a small garrison to make sure everyone in San Marino played nice, onwards to Rimini.
Pandolfo had discovered that Cesare had approached from the south only the night before they were set to reach the city. That night was hell.
Pandolfo had few men willing to protect him. Treacherous and self-preserving, they put a knife to his back, and a rope around his neck. Dropping him from the Gate of Augustus, Cesare, approaching in the morning, found the corpse of the hated Lord of Rimini dangling, his back filled with knives. The men standing on the walls made no effort to stop Cesare from entering the city with his own army.
Throughout Pandolfo's holdings, in fact, once word of his death spread, the holdings made no effort to oppose Cesare, wilfully surrendering castles and keeps without a fight. Thus, Cesare continued along the Adriatic Coast,
... keep reading on reddit ➡Jay Pandolfo is in his third season as an assistant coach with the team, having joined the coaching staff on May 24, 2016 following two years in the club's front office working in player development.
The native of Burlington, MA joined the Boston management team following a 15-year playing career, first as a player development coach in the 2014-15 season and in 2015-16 as the team's Director of Player Development, during which time he worked with the team's drafted prospects throughout their system.
Drafted by the New Jersey Devils as their second pick, 32nd overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Pandolfo played
899 NHL games with New Jersey, New York Islanders and Boston and had career NHL totals of 100 goals, 126 assists and 226 points. He won two Stanley Cup championships with the Devils in 1999-2000 and 2002-03 and formally retired as a player in January, 2014 after playing his last season with Boston in 2012-13.
The left wing played four years of college hockey at Boston University from 1992-1996 with career college totals of 79 goals and 169 points in 136 games. That included a 38-goal, 67-point season in 40 games as captain in 1995-96 when he was a Hobey Baker Award finalist. He won an NCAA championship with the Terriers in 1994-95.
Pandolfo and his wife Juliane have two children, son Sam and daughter Liv.
I'm really curious what both have done to warrant NHL coaching jobs.
Sacco's career as a coach (assistant/head -- AHL/NHL) is beyond pathetic. One playoff appearance (Avalanche lost in the 1st round) since 2005-2006; when he became a coach. If the Bruins miss this season, he will have one playoff appearance in 12 seasons.
On Pandolfo, this guy has zero track record as a coach. Why is he here? There were no better options than a guy with ZERO coaching experience?
A lot point the finger at Julien and blame him.... The only other qualified coach is Cassidy. Maybe I'm out to lunch on this one, but I think this plays a part in the lack of success by the Bruins. They're listening to 1.) a perennial loser and 2.) a guy some were playing with 3 years ago w/ zero coaching experience.
A far cry from Jarvis and Houda; who are actually respectable coaches.
