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Oh I see, I dunno, I think Zucker has really taken some real nice steps forward this year. Reminds me of a young mans/poor mans Parise a bit in how he plays.
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Yeah, I imagine they can figure out a way to have him waive the clause. There is like zero chance Las Vegas would take him anyways, especially when they have the option of some solid Dmen instead.
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They could trade a defense man for a stud top 6 young fwd potentially. At the very least they should look for a guy like Boyle etc, Boyle becomes an excellent depth piece (Coyle can stay on the wing) and becomes an important depth guy in case one of the top 3 Centers get injured. Last thing the Wild want to do is have to move Granlund back to C in a pinch.
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I dunno about that, Koivu is having an amazing year as a C, not sure Haula is a top 6 guy yet.
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Trade deadline coming up: Wild linked to Brian Boyle, I would like the move as it gives them a veteran center who can anchor the 3rd or 4th line if need be. Shouldn't cost much more than a 4th rounder or so. With that said, there are a lot of nice players on the block as well, if Fletcher was ever going to pull the trigger on a young stud fwd, maybe now is the time? Especially since the young D men seem to be stepping up?
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Yeah, that line has been amazing, and could be a key line for this team for the next few years.
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There is NO WAY you can let Zucker go. The Granlund-Koivu-Zucker line might be one of the top 2 or 3 lines in all of hockey. Losing one of the D men is the way to go, it sucks, but they have a lot of depth, Oolfasseun (spelling) has been playing really real lately, and you have guys like Reilly/Folin who can step up as well.
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Haha that is too perfect.
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Can someone fill me in on Sweeden gate?
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Also last thing I'm trying to do is belittle teachers and what they do, was trying to point out that it's a disaster in bad districts and a lot of states. Yes parents share a good chunk of the burden, but the unions, teachers themselves and most of all the states/cities/county deserve blame.
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Never said 3/4ths of all teachers, have said 5x now that it was 3/4ths of the ones I dealt with in bad districts
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Fair points, but even you have to admit that the not as smart Southern California kids were probably hurt quite a bit by attending a school that you called pretty bad. I think the solution still has to come from The schools themselves. At the end of the day if you ask 100 sets of parents the question of: Your kid can goto school A which is in the bottom 10% nationally or school B which is average nationally, 90+ of them will choose B. I know it's an over simplification but you see what I'm getting at. Also imagine how different your life would have been if you spent all 12 years in that bad South cali district, instead of just 4 years, and 8 "good" prior.
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That's great, but keep in mind you live in one of the better public schools systems in the country. It's not an apples to apples comparison when you are talking about terrible public schools vs average to good public schools. If I end up in Washington, Minnesota, or a handful of other states, public school all the way. Nyc? Highly doubtful (unless we happen to be in one of the very very few ok public school districts)
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I didn't say 75% across the board, I said 75% at the schools I specifically went to in bad public education states. I'd say across the board it's prob closer to 65-75% "good" 25-35% bad (which could be said about most industries, jobs etc etc) Feel free to get off the cross anytime as well. I commend the work teachers do and as I have said numerous times support anything and everything that will help the good ones get paid more (and attract better teachers as a whole) but self martyrdom doesn't help anything.
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There are different levels of sacrifice, asking parents to send their children to BAD schools is too much of a sacrifice. That's a non solution and not realistic at all.
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The states, cities, country's etc don't want to fix the problem, I'd argue that they are the problem, not people who want their kids to be in a decent school.
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So wanting your children to have a good education is being part of the problem? Got it. Sorry Lev, I'm not putting my kids in some crappy school where they will have little chance to learn, succeed etc. I'd imagine most other people would do the same if they had the choice. Fix the public schools and it would be different. If I do send them to public schools we will definitely be moving to a city that has good public schools. If that's part of the problem, so be it.
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Again I am all for putting a ton of money into schools, develop better curriculum and pay teachers a significantly better salary to attract talent. That is how you can start to "fix" the problem across the board.
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I'm not sending my kid to a school that has serious educational issues, it's not a black and white thing, it's a quality thing. Also my children will only be 50% "white" anyways, so stop with this projection nonsense. The nyc school systems are an absolute mess, so no, I'm not going to send them to it when I can afford to send them to a good school. If we move out of NYC I will re evaluate the schools there, but more than likely? Private school, which I hate, but it's the reality of the situation unless we move to a good district in Connecticut, NJ, or some other state. Believe me, I would love nothing more than to NOt have to spend 35k a year in NYC just to have my kid goto a decent school (private) fix the public schools and it will be different. I'd be much more willing to pay more in taxes for it, that's for sure! Spread the money around as well, 100%, but don't say I'm the problem because I don't want my kids going to some crappy school.
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I know a lot too who qualify that, but I also know a lot who aren't good/hard working and are basically lazy. At some point maybe they were good/hard working, but the union system of rewarding tenure rather then quality of work beats people down eventually. Ditto with poor pay, it just beats people down. It's not a coincidence that most of my "good" teachers were under 35 and most of the ones who were terrible were over 50.
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That is all really interesting, thanks for sharing! I actually looked to start a business/office in downtown Vegas in the last couple years, one of the big benefits I saw were the low taxes and subsidies the state would give you if you hired in market talent (universities) It's not exactly related, but it seemed to be a good program at the time in order to build up a tech industry. I know Tony Hsieh has done a lot of good things.
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I don't think 75% are terrible, just that 75% are Terrible in the states I lived in (I also said Montana and Washington were quite good overall!) I think that we need to revamp high school overall quite a bit, and prepare our youngsters with training that will actually help them. Not everyone needs to goto college, not everyone needs to take 4 years of calculus etc Our school systems should be set up to let the student choose their own path/education somewhat. Also if you pay teachers more you will get better candidates, that's just the reality of it.
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Five Years of Twins Daily - BYTO Edition
DaveW replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
spoiler alert: He didn't. Every few months we come across him going nuts on the Twins Facebook page. -
I would fire a lot of them. Or if I don't fire them I would give them a kick in the ass to make them worthwhile. Bring in better talent and better teachers.
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Five Years of Twins Daily - BYTO Edition
DaveW replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
yeah BYtO was on the way out, but that was because we were all too busy (let's be honest, lazy) to create any sort of real "content" for the site. It was a great forum though I do think forums like this are a great thing though, Twitter is a complete cesspool of humanity, why anyone would try to seriously discuss sports on it blows my mind! It's nothing but trolls and nasty folks as far as the eye can see. FB is a little better, still not ideal though.
