SB Nation User Blog: Philthyanimal

Junk Drawer 6/7 - Most Embarrassing Moment Edition

Philthyanimal — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:27:22 -0000

I was kind of hoping to save this for a midweek JD, but since there isn't a JD posted I just thought I'd go ahead and post it. OK Bedgers...what's the most embarrassing story you are willing to admit to BE Nation? Did you pass gas in front of someone you really wanted to impress? Did you drunk dial/text/confess your feelings to someone? Did you get caught with your pants down (a la Paul Pierce and Sam Adams)?

I've had numerous embarrassing moments over the years...but the most embarrassing came during the final week of my senior year in HS. I had recently pranked a friend of mine...and he had vowed to return the favor. Only he returned it in a very big way. At the time I had a HS crush that was only known to my close friends. I never really worked up the courage to express my interest in her. So to get back at me...my friends constructed a 15 foot animated poster that confessed my love to her. They made it in a way that seemed like I had a hand in this (however I was completely surprised). So during a school assembly...when the entire school was present, they walked along the stage with the sign, and hung it up on the banister. My face turned bright red as I shook my head in disbelief. What was even more embarrassing was that the object of my affection thought it was sweet of me to do this and took a picture with me with the entire school watching. That last week of school was rough, bc every hour someone had to bring up that story again. I'm sure it'll be talked about during my reunion as well.

Well everyone...what is your most embarrassing moment?

Where are you going to watch Game 6? Impromtu BEdge meetup?

Philthyanimal — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:43:32 -0000

Where are you going to watch Game 6? Impromtu BEdge meetup?

Just wondering where everyone is planning on going to watch Portland beat the Rockets to force game 7? I'm thinking of Fire On The Mountain, bc its local, it tastes better than Buffalo Wild Wings, and its not downtown. Maybe we can do a BEdge meet up somewhere?

Your opinion of the Refs + Poll

Philthyanimal — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:06:24 -0000

A common topic that has been coming up a lot here lately is the officiating in the series. In 5 games so far the referees have called 107 fouls against Houston and 113 against Portland. Only a -6 foul differential! We've seen comments and posts for the first 4 games about how biased the officiating has been. Some have speculated that there is a conspiracy by Stern to draw in more Chinese fans by advancing Houston to the next round. Looking at the margin of fouls called makes me wonder, are we just homers that are blinded by love of our hometown team? If the officiating was really that poor in the first 4 games, you would expect there to be a larger margin of fouls called.

While strolling over to The Dream Shake, they are complaining about the same thing many BEdgers are...poor officating. So we are complaining about poor officiating, they are complaining about poor officiating. So is one team being favored here? Or is the officating equally poor for both teams?

Poll

Which statement do you feel accurately describes the referees in this series?

Bad - too many calls in favor of Portland

5 votes

Bad - too many calls in favor of Houston

60 votes

Bad - equally bad for both teams

49 votes

Average - some mistakes but basketball is a hard game to ref perfectly

25 votes

Good - everything is being called fairly

1 votes

140 votes | Poll has closed

Have we learned anything?

Philthyanimal — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:57:01 -0000

As a team, our Blazers have been challenged numerous times. Each time we have learned from our past/mistakes and have overcome those challenges. Every question we have had about this team, has been answered. We have shown resiliancy, ability to beat championship contending teams, able to win without Brandon/Lma, ability to end losing streaks, ability to shut out bottom feeder teams, ability to come from behind, etc. We've had 54 regular season wins...some were blowouts, others were heart attacks waiting to happen. Each player has had their moment to shine this year from Brandon all the way down to Shavlick in the preseason.

One of our goals this season was just to get a taste of the playoffs to gain experience for next year. However...3 games into the series, have we learned anything as a team? Have we seen any growth? What have we learned about how our players are responding to the intensity of the playoffs? Was the game 3 loss a moral victory that we can be pleased with? How do you currently feel about our personel and what areas of concern do you have?

Post game 3 Vent thread

Philthyanimal — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:08:25 -0000

I'm pissed...your pissed...our team is pissed. Lets vent here, so that others don't clog up the board with knee jerk reaction posts. I've already seen some posts that crossed well over the line, and BE is much better than that. Venting is fine, but please control yourself as this is a family place.

Whatever happened tonight, rest assured that Nate and the boys will probably be losing more sleep than any of us tonight and will be hard at work tomorrow watching tape and going over schemes. They will be ready to bring it Sunday.

Random acts of fandom - this is not me btw.

Philthyanimal — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:09:11 -0000

Random acts of fandom - this is not me btw.

Junk Drawer: Favorite Restaurant Edition 3/29

Philthyanimal — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:24:45 -0000

For 2009 I've made a conscious effort to not dine at national corporate chain restaurants like Red Robin...and to dine at smaller local mom and pop hole in the wallish type places. So far this year I've found some really good gems. According to Food Network, and some of the celeb chefs on FN, Portland is among the top 5 cities for dining. Just recently Guy from Diners Drive Ins and Dives came to town and dinned at our best hole in the walls.

So BE...let me ask you, what are your 3 favorite local restaurants, and what is the standout dish that each restaurant serves?

Win a seat to the Grizz game and sit with Philthyanimal!

Philthyanimal — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:23:31 -0000

Ok..I know thats not much of a prize, but I figure this would be a fun thing to do. What's the catch? Nothing really, I just had an extra ticket for the game and I want a good laugh. So the rules of the contest are, you just have to post a link or embed a funny picture. The one that makes me laugh the most will win. Contest will wend at 6pm Presidents Day. I'll include a baseline picture so you all know where to set the bar.

*NOTE* if you want to make your own motivational poster...you can use this site. Motivational Poster Generator

Spot minutes: Pros and Cons + Poll

Philthyanimal — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:38:45 -0000

While a lot of us criticise many of Nate's decisions, we have to remind ourselves that he has an incredibly tough job. Dealing with all the adversity that he has had over the years, this year is incredibly tough. KP has Pritchslapped his way into building a team with too much depth. I'm sure that's a problem that Nate is willing to work with however. Nate is faced with a lot of conflicting challenges: making the playoffs, winning now, building for the future, and being as fair as possible to foster good competition in practice.

With all of these conflicts however, is it a good idea to give out spot minutes to players (especially shooters/finesse players not necessarily bangers/hustle guys)? We all saw Sergio pressing a lot last year and now we are seeing Bayless presing as well. Frye is having a hard time finding a shooting rhythm when he plays spot minutes as well. I'm wondering if you all feel its beneficial to give spot minutes to a player or not? On one hand our inexperienced guys need a shot, so that we can evaluate them and for them to improve. On the other hand giving spot minutes can cause them to press, make mistakes they otherwise wouldn't have, lose self-confidence, and make it tough for them to get in a rhythm.

Poll

Should we give players Spot minutes (8 or less)?

Yes, they need all the experience they can get on a team with this much depth

43 votes

No, it could cost us wins and negatively effect their growth

23 votes

66 votes | Poll has closed

Brandon for December player of the month

Philthyanimal — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:41:01 -0000

Brandon for December player of the month

Highlight video of Brandon for Kia Player of the Month.