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The transformation of the University of Idaho basketball programs

The transformation of the University of Idaho men’s and women’s basketball programs is well underway.
Last Monday, Athletic Director Rob Spear introduced the new men’s basketball head coach Don Verlin. Verlin comes from Utah State where he was serving as the assistant coach. He ran the offense for the Aggies and for the last 9 seasons, the Aggies have had a winning record and post-season appearances.

Verlin has yet to coach a team that had a losing record. Continue reading “The transformation of the University of Idaho basketball programs”

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Delta’s pre-flight safety video a hit

Delta Air Lines has a new safety video that it shows before flights and it is becoming quite the hit on YouTube. It currently has over 460,000 views.
I am not sure what is causing it to get so many views, but it was entertaining and different than what you currently get.

Check it out:

The only thing I noticed is that I never see that much room in between seats anymore on flights.

You can read more about the video on Delta’s blog, Who Says Safety Can’t Be Sassy?.

Update: I improperly used the term Delta Airlines instead of Delta Air Lines. I have fixed this in the post.

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IOC’s Rogge employing ‘silent diplomacy’ with China-Tibet protests

ESPN – IOC’s Rogge employing ‘silent diplomacy’ with China-Tibet protests – Olympics
The pressure is beginning to build on China, but they are not relenting and are again telling lies to the world and their citizens.

“Beijing’s official death toll from the rioting is 22, but the Dalai Lama’s government-in-exile has said 99 Tibetans have been killed.” To me, China does not want to admit that they are the reason for this problem. The are trying to blame the Dalai Lama for this problem, but it is China’s intolerance to anything that challenges their belief.

This is why they Olympics should never had been awarded to them until they clean up their human rights abuses. They do not tolerate any dissent in their country, they jail and kidnap anyone who disagrees with them, and they encourage genocide in other countries (see Sudan and Darfur).

Even the Olympic organization was putting down protests today by not allowing protesters at the lighting of the Olympic Flame today in Greece.

Protestor stopped at Olympic Flame Lighting for Beijing Games.

China should get their act together soon or the games won’t go as smoothly as they want. The world will see that it is not all roses in a country that will see more dissent and controversy as the years go by.

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For some strange reason I want more quarterlife

For some strange reason I have become quite interested in quarterlife. The part of the site that I am interested in is an internet only broadcast that follows a group of twenty-somethings who are trying to find their place in life.
The segments are only about 7-10 minutes and they have now hit the 36 episodes they have produced, but I want more. Marshall Herskovitz, one of the creators has posted that, “To our new viewers and members — yes, we’ve come to the end of the 36 episodes that we produced — but we’re working very hard to bring you new episodes as soon as we can. Keep watching the site for announcements — also for announcements about new content we’re producing.”

Here, check out the trailer. Continue reading “For some strange reason I want more quarterlife”

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Idaho to hire Verlin as Men’s Basketball Coach

FoxSports is reporting that the University of Idaho will hire Utah State associate head coach Don Verlin as the new Head Coach.
Verlin has been coaching with Stew Morrill for the past 15 seasons, the last 10 at Utah State.

This seems awfully quick to me. There are a bunch of good coaches out there, many of them are still coaching in the NCAA Tournament. To make a decision this quick, Spear was set on one person and he was going to get that person.

That may or may not be a good thing.

According to FoxSports, a press conference will be held on Monday at 8:00 P.M.

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UI Men’s Baskeball Coach George Pfeifer Fired

University of Idaho Men’s Basketball Coach was fired today after two years of leading the helm. It is tough to see an alum and a nice person go, but changes had to be made.
As the search goes on, it will be interesting to see who is interviewed and who is hired.

According to the Idaho Statesman, alum Dan Monson is not interested. But several names are being mentioned.

mong the names that might crop up for the job: Don Verlin (Utah State assistant), Gib Arnold (USC assistant), Ray Giacolleti (Gonzaga assistant) and Leon Rice (Gonzaga assistant).

One name that is not being mentioned in this group is Jeff Hironaka of Seattle Pacific. He is a recruiting fiend and knows the Northwest and he is a native of Weiser, Idaho. He has done a tremendous job at Seattle Pacific and I think deserves a shot at being the next coach at Idaho.

Let’s get a good coach in and bring this program back.

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As Campaign Drags On, Aides Put Lives on Hold

As Campaign Drags On, Aides Put Lives on Hold – New York Times
This is an interesting look at the campaign to be the Democratic nominee and the personal toll it is taking on the staff and reporters that are covering it for their respective outlets.

I don’t think that this is going to end anytime soon and it has to be tough on the staffers. But, not to sound callous, but they choose this. It is an intense and extremely busy job and you have to be going 24/7 to try and get your candidate elected.

For the reporters, I think the media outlets should have the opportunity to get some of them a break. It is going to be busy several months until the Democrat National Convention in Denver and then it is right into the General Election. It is going to be a long few months and if the outlets want quality work, they need to get them a break.

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A fun day for our family

Well it was a fun day for my family. We were taking it easy and I hadleft to run some errands.

My wife and son were upstairs and my daughter was dancing ballet
downstairs when something went crash and my daughter was pinned by a
crendenza.

How this thing fell, I don’t know, this thing is heavy and we can barely
move it. We haven’t been able to get it out of here.

Well now we are at Childrens Hospital of Denver Urgent Care Center
getting her leg checked out. She is moving it around and can walk on it.
It is just sore.

She is even laughing and sitting up on her knees. I don’t think much is
wrong.

Needless to say that I will be securing this thing to the wall. What a
way to end a weekend.

We are getting to know the Urgent Care Center in Broomfield to well. Our
son knew too well where to go.