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Jason Gregor
March 08 2013 12:15PM
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Friday is one of the best days of week. The work week is over, you look forward to a few days off and you've usually got something planned. Most of you will watch tonight's game in Nashville despite how frustrated you were watching last night's game in Detroit.
That's what Oiler fans do. You're a veteran when it comes to dealing with hockey disappointment. You loathe the feeling, yet you still show up and watch the next game. Despite this seemingly endless cycle of losing, you still find the strength and courage to watch your beloved Oilers.
You went to bed last night with the intention to do anything but watch the Oiler game tonight. However, just like when you know that extra shooter at 1 a.m. will make you feel worse in the morning, you just can't say no, and tonight you will hunker down and watch the Oilers battle the Predators.
Don't worry you aren't alone. Thousands of Oiler fans feel the exact same way, and if you want company to drown your sorrows you'll find hundreds of Oiler fans watching at the Pint off Whyte tonight.
At this point does it really matter? Just ice 18 skaters who will play smart and with the intensity and passion necessary to compete in the NHL.
Ales Hemsky will be a game time decision after being hit by a puck last night. If he can't go Lennart Petrell or Ben Eager draw in. Not a great trade off.
Also Chris Vande Velde has been sent down to OKC, which is a bit odd considering Shawn Horcoff isn't ready yet. Moving Smyth back to C, where he has to skate more, on back-to-back nights is a tad perplexing.
This team's "Give-A-Crap" meter needs to increase, so who plays where is secondary.
Devan Dubnyk is a better goalie than Yann Danis. Dubnyk can handle playing back-to-back and on paper he gives them the best chance to win, which is why he'll start tonight. Many didn't like the first goal last night, and I can respect that, but until the Oilers produce some offence it is hard to blame the goalie.
It might not be fair, but Dubnyk has to stand on his head until the Oilers score the first goal of the game. If they score first they will have a chance.
Some have suggested that hitting can impact the outcome of games and some say it doesn't.
It is hard to argue either side with any accuracy, since the statisticians/hit counters from building to building all judge a hit differently, but that is all we have to go on so let's take a close look at the Oilers record when they out hit the opposition and when they get out hit.
I didn't include the four games that went to SO, since winning or losing that way isn't "real" hockey. The Oilers went 2-2 in shootout.
Let's start with games the Oilers get out shot, but they out hit the opposition.
Not great. They are 1-3-1 and the only win came when Devan Dubnyk was outstanding.
Here are games where the Oilers have out hit the opposition, but this time they out shot them or were tied in shots. Tied in shots or hits only happened once, so I chose to keep it in.
Oilers went 2-2. What is interesting is that in the nine games the Oilers have out hit the opposition 6 came on the road and 3 came at home. Tyler Dellow wrote an article that illustrated how across the league the home building usually marks hits in favour of the home team, but so far this year that isn't the case with the Oilers.
In total the Oilers are 3-5-1 in games where they've out hit the opposition.
Here is the Oilers record when they've been out hit and out shot.
The Oilers are 2-5-1 and not surprisingly these games were some of their worst efforts of the season.
Lastly, here is the Oilers record in games they've been out hit, but out shot the opposition.
The Oilers went 1-0-1. Also of note they were out hit in 6 home games and 4 road games. When you consider Dellow's article about home bias, it means either the Oilers stats guys call it as they see it, or they used their bias just to make it look close. Likely the former.
The Oilers are 3-5-1 when they've out hit the opposition and are 3-5-2 when they've been out hit. Basically they have the same record whether they out hit a team or get out hit. They lose either way, which is the most concerning.
I don't believe the majority of hits have a direct factor in the outcome of most games, the odd big hit that leads directly to a goal can, but most are used to hopefully wear down the opposition or make them rush a pass that could lead to a scoring chance.
When I suggest the Oilers need to be grittier and tougher it isn't just about hits, far from it actually. I've never said they just need a guy who can hit. I wrote yesterday why I think they added Mike Brown, because he'll be an improvement over Ben Eager. Brown won't be taking minutes away from more "skilled" players.
Make no mistake, when I talk about the need for grit and toughness it is more about a dedication to out working the opposition. Stop turning the puck over at the offensive blueline (mental toughness), don't be afraid to take the puck to the net and win more one-on-one battles. Some of those battles will involve body contact, but many will just be a flat out battle to get the puck. The Oilers need to start winning more of them and start playing smarter.
The bigger concern for the Oilers is their inability to get shots on net. Not surprisingly the Oilers are 2-8-2 when they've been out shot and 3-2-1 when they've outshot the opposition. Again, just using shot totals as the main factor in losses would be deceiving as well, but it does give you an indication of how the game will end.
Take last night for instance. The Oilers were outshot 28-22 which doesn't look awful, but David Staples had the scoring chances were 22 to 6. That's brutal.
Either way the Oilers need to improve many aspects of their game, but suggesting that hitting hurts the Oilers is misleading. They have much bigger concerns that if they are hitting too much.
GAME DAY PREDICTION: The good news is that the Oilers can't possibly play worse than they did last night, and last year they crushed the Predators 6-2 and 6-3 in Nashville. I see a better effort, but it results in a 3-2 SO loss.
OBVIOUS GAME DAY PREDICTION: The sight of Adrianna Lima gets you in a better mood. Sometimes you just need some "Lima-Time." With Horcoff's return getting closer, many will say how much the team misses him. Of course this means the end of the world is coming, but at leat you got to see Lima one more time.
NOT-SO-OBVIOUS GAME DAY PREDICTION: Lima will read this post and send me a tweet thanking me for the support. She also offers to mail 100 Nation readers a never-been-seen-before-behind-the-scenes calender of her most recent photo shoot if the Oilers win. Just when you thought a loss couldn't hurt anymore than it does now....
I have stayed away from the constant thrashing of management but as much as I have tried to see something positive in our management, I simply cannot be blinded by my love of the Mighty Oil. Shameful performances on ice and even more shameful on managements part. This city has been nothing but 100% behind the Oil for all of it's basement dwelling status of the last too many years. We deserve a better team than what we have been privy to for far too long. Shake up time? Management first, then players! Enough is enough already.
I think just about everyone thought the oilers would improve this year with the roster we had. Obviously there's somthing desperately wrong with this team other than simply management.
Katz and Company- I hope you all sleep well knowing you are ripping us off, especially the poor dude who puts out half his pay cheque to take his kids to a game and watching this crap. Oh there is talent there but you have done squat to bring in those to help build. Are you scared for your jobs yet ? You should be , other than that recluse of an owner we have who is scared to apologize for not having done anything. Would you let Rexall fail like this Katz ? I have seen crap hockey before, this is a joke, this team is the laughing stock of the league once again.
Oh and you players - collecting the big payday huh , nice effort boys, grow up and get after it. I think you need a dose of Lindy Ruff or Brent Sutter , not passive Ralph. Tom Renney 2.0.
Mom just went back to the kitchen. This is a fackin joke. I have the opportunity to flip the tv on at work to watch the game and I chose not to. I kept working!!
ps. never broke my legs
March 09 2013, 08:35AM
Whenever we, the fans, have to eat one of the many, massive crap pies that the NHL puts on our plates (labour disputes, insane prices, way too many teams watering down the product), the league, the individual teams, and the all-knowing MSM tell us, "Shut up, fan. It's a business. You don't know anything about business. This is all necessary, and just the way it is."
Well, Daryl Katz is not running this franchise like a business. The "optics", as Stauffer used to love to say, are that he's running it like a very expensive hobby. He's a fanboy, not an owner, who desperately wants to make it 1984 and, be a boy on the bus. This horrific dark cloud must be lifted. Every game feels like a wake, not a celebration. We are now looking back NOSTALGICALLY, longing for those ragtag, held-together-with-duck-tape-and-chewing-gum teams of the late 90s and early 2000s, who had almost zero talent, but sacks of forged steel, and enough guts and pride to limp into the playoffs, just long enough to be cannon fodder for Dallas.
The line must be drawn HERE! This far! No further! If this is a business, let's see some accountability, like everyone in the real world has to deal with everyday.
Cuz, this bitch is ugly, and we have had enough!
Management must go.
I like Krugs, but reading his post game comments he inferred that the issue with this team is about not being willing to drive to the net.
NOTE TO RALPH: A team has to gain the zone first before they can drive to the net. Every team in the league knows they can stand your team up at the blue line and they can't get into the zone. Change your game plan up a bit and maybe your players will be in a position to drive the net.
I can't even believe I'm wasting my time watching and commenting on these bums. Great fans, terrible franchise.
Management must go.
Ouch. These games are hurting me, Oilers. Plz stop
Get out the pitchfork,Get out the firebrands.Lets all march down to Oilers head office and demand everyone get traded.
Breath everyone. 6-0. The one comment I read related the 11-0 loss to the Hartford Whalers back in 82-83.You want to see angry then you should have been lucky enough to be an Oiler fan back in the day when guys like Coffey ere being traded every second game by the fans because he coughed up the puck so much. Messier. Trade the bum. He was nothin without Gretzky who with Kuri was injured at the time of that 11-0 loss.
The loss last night was ugly for all sorts of reasons. The biggest is that the Oilers now have gone 2 games without drawing a penalty.Big neon sign on QE@.It says "NO Effort". If you don't draw a penalty in 2 games it means that you are not working hard enough to make the other team take a penalty. No matter who you are you can't explain that stat away.That is a big time red flag.
The best Oiler in the past 2 games.Mike Brown. 2cd best MP. Worst.Ebs and RNH.They are getting schooled right now like nobody's buisness. Time to sit them in the press box and give them a rest for a couple of games. They look mentally exhausted. The seasons lack of production is starting to erode their confidence to a point that they are becoming ineffectual. They need to step back no matter the cost to the team. Horcoff is back against Chicago. If Hemsky is ready play Horc,Hemsky and Smyth as your first line for the night and Gagner,Hall and Yak. Belanger,Jones and MP.Petrell,Brown and Eager as the fourth line.
I'm mad too and feel like throwing up but this is not a management problem right now.
The players are not playing with any intensity or heart. They are NOT shooting on net. If Eberle or Hall does one more toe drag instead of shooting - I will puke. The one chance last night, Eberle toe-dragged and ended up in the corner with the puck. Ther was 2 trailer's coming in on that play and would have banged in the rebound if Ebs shot it onto the goalie!
It is like 5they are protesting to Kreuger or the system isn't working. I will add I am extremely dissapointed how Krueger is failing to rile up and motivate the players's. I thought he would excel at that.
Props - I am still o.k. with the suffering and losses. It is the lack of effort which is so dis-heartening. Firing management won't solve anything, in fact it could make it worse.
March 09 2013, 09:28AM
Props - I am still o.k. with the suffering and losses. It is the lack of effort which is so dis-heartening. Firing management won't solve anything, in fact it could make it worse.
Who assembled the current roster? Can you draw any comparisons to the team that finished in 29th place last season? That's correct -- it is nearly the same roster.
The team is not good enough to compete at the NHL level. The kids are getting thrown to the wolves. It is management's job to surround them with quality veteran role players and some reasonable defensemen.
Management has chosen to bury their heads in the sand. Yours is buried alongside theirs.
March 09 2013, 09:34AM
Get out the pitchfork,Get out the firebrands.Lets all march down to Oilers head office and demand everyone get traded.
Breath everyone. 6-0. The one comment I read related the 11-0 loss to the Hartford Whalers back in 82-83.You want to see angry then you should have been lucky enough to be an Oiler fan back in the day when guys like Coffey ere being traded every second game by the fans because he coughed up the puck so much. Messier. Trade the bum. He was nothin without Gretzky who with Kuri was injured at the time of that 11-0 loss.
The loss last night was ugly for all sorts of reasons. The biggest is that the Oilers now have gone 2 games without drawing a penalty.Big neon sign on QE@.It says "NO Effort". If you don't draw a penalty in 2 games it means that you are not working hard enough to make the other team take a penalty. No matter who you are you can't explain that stat away.That is a big time red flag.
The best Oiler in the past 2 games.Mike Brown. 2cd best MP. Worst.Ebs and RNH.They are getting schooled right now like nobody's buisness. Time to sit them in the press box and give them a rest for a couple of games. They look mentally exhausted. The seasons lack of production is starting to erode their confidence to a point that they are becoming ineffectual. They need to step back no matter the cost to the team. Horcoff is back against Chicago. If Hemsky is ready play Horc,Hemsky and Smyth as your first line for the night and Gagner,Hall and Yak. Belanger,Jones and MP.Petrell,Brown and Eager as the fourth line.
Your comments were valid a couple of years ago. This team should be showing progress by now but they are not. Have a look at their record, their goal differential, the horrific 5v5 play.
The team is not improving. Take your "Be patient everybody" line and shove it.
Who assembled the current roster? Can you draw any comparisons to the team that finished in 29th place last season? That's correct -- it is nearly the same roster.
The team is not good enough to compete at the NHL level. The kids are getting thrown to the wolves. It is management's job to surround them with quality veteran role players and some reasonable defensemen.
Management has chosen to bury their heads in the sand. Yours is buried alongside theirs.
I agree 1000% we need quality veteran players and defence.
If Tambo had a chance to get these player's and choose not to - then he should be fired yesterday.
But what players are you refering to? We have nothing to offer right now - that's the problem. I don't think Tambo is playing golf or playing with himself and not trying. I am sure he has contacted all 29 teams and the usual response is " Sure - we will take RNH, Hall or Eberle " I am not ready to trade them right now. ( A year from now if we are playing like this - then it has to be a possibility )
March 09 2013, 11:14AM
This team has no heart, no battle, no "compete". They just don't want it. All the acquisitions in the world aren't going to give the tin man his heart or the lion his courage. This group needs to find it in themselves. It's going to take as long as it takes - it's completely up to them.
It's just too bad that I have to watch it LOL.
Nice article, it provides a nice statistical overview of how many people choose to quantify hitting in hockey,by the numbers.
Traditional hockey definitions are sometimes very vague and open to interpretation, as a result each team must define these concepts to the men definately as they apply contextually to the specific system the team will be useing.
Think of the phrase'Kind of the same but different".
If we give every player a cookie recipie that is identical and then give them all the same excat ingredients and exact same physical enivronment and the same time limits and then we line all of the results up we will solve the Oiler main problem today. An hour in a high school Home Ec class, or whatever they call it today would help this group. They are totally lacking in intuative communication ability as a group, there is NO group mindset, no common base for everyone to work off of. No way to define a natural pecking order.
You need to have a hands on example of the dynamic to get it through to everyone at the same time, you need a way to make all the lightbulbs come on at once, not just come on period. This is the dynamic reality people often miss, the individual players responsibility extends only to turning the light bulb on their beanbags.
The COACH is responsible for creating a dynamic situation where all the bulbs come on in a syncronised manner at the same time, this is a dynamic sweet-spot, just like when you take a solid wrister or slapper and release the puck off of the sweet-spot of your blade, or like when you hit a solid long drive off the sweet-spot of your baseball bat or golfclub.
The NewAge Hockey System I created for the Oilers posting as Moma2 utilises Intuative Dynamic Analysis as its core value driving force. It brings players all onto the same page instantly. hahaha,as quickly as they all land on the same page when they are all asked to pick a number so they will be able to find the randomly chosen plates of cookies their teammates made so nicely for them,ha ha ha ha that they will be eating. Just like game results everyone has to share equally and without predjudice.
My point is that if we dont start everything on the same page we will not win squat, as soon as we are all on the same page wins will come freely.
There is a reason my posts get long, situational dynamics are complicated and need to be thoroughly discussed. Heres an example, define "hitting" in Hockey. We can ask twenty professional players coaches and managers and we will get twenty slightly and sometimes drasticlly different answers, this fact is unassailable, it is written in stone.
How do we bring all of these different definitions together into a common one everyone can understand to the same degree on the same level? Well simply put we take a bunch of 1-D{verbal} or one dimensional prespectives and we walk them gently into a more paralell 2-D{written} perspective and then we take them a step further into a catalysing 3-D{visual} perspective which they all see the same way.
So far we have as facts that "hitting" is currently defined many different ways by everyone we query, we know that among each individuals mental warehouse somewhere exists each perspective others see, so we need to teach players to not only consider their own definitions but to bring up everyones perspectives as well and then they need to learn to adjust their own perspective to meet in the middle of everyone elses. We must use our intuition to find each persons profile in our mental warehouse.
Attempting to quantify hitting in statistical perspective pigeonholes it into just one dimension and traps it there and this is not only impossible to see happen naturally but it is confining and is intentionally decietfull.
So first we who embrace the NHS find and embrace a 3-d perspective of hitting and then we incorporate that definition and its application into our system, in the process deleting from our mens mindset all the many individual perspectives and definitions of "hitting" they hold in their mental warehouses-- we rewire everyone. We "lighten the load" so to speak, we clear up the static if you will, and within the NewAge Hockey System every core value component is manifested this way, taking conventional 1-D perspectives and graduating them to a refined 2-D perspective and then we evolve that into a fully integrated 3-D perspective.
This is called getting everyone on the same page and as you can see it is a complicated challenge at the best of times, but this elite Intuitively driven communications platform is THE most critical building block of a winning culture that can produce winning results consistantly. No hockey system in the world can be executed if an adequate communications format has not been implemented, elite results require elite communications, not good, not very good, not top of the line, but ELITE communications, your key player on the ice holds no more value than your key communications facillitator, and the level of speed , read, execution, committment and hard work required from each is equal on every level.
Ralph Krueger needs help, he is obviously already an above average communications facillitator, but the question is wether he has been able to or is able to step back far enough from his Head Coaches prespective to provide , present and implement an unbiased set of communication dynamics at the ELITE level. To make the challenge more formiddable he has inherited a system that is labor intensive in the communication department.And to add to that he has a Rookie laden roster.But on the upside he has many nearly clear slates to work with in those Rookies so it should be eaisier to implement a 3-D perspective for them than it will be for the veterans , which coincidentally is where we seem to be the most disconnected right now.
There is only one way to epedite ELITE communication and that is to utilise the best facillitator you can find, not the statisticlly assesed best one, the one that best executes your specific systems perspective, just like the cookies we talked about, its the recipie in front of us that matters not the one we made yesterday. If you want the most accurate representation of your perspective or recipie you need to survey the results of all of the differently manifested perspectives available and then simple pick the best one, You walk down the aisle and look at every plate of cookies and you let your professionalism guide you and park your personal biases and preferences at the door. This allows you to use a truly results based baseline for your ultimate decision. This cannot be accomplished in there is a silent judge picking the best cookies for the coach, as we might have happening here in Edmonton.
Take the realtime decisions of Ralph and his crew, take the realtime hypothetical decisions of the Eye in the Sky the Oilers must have watchng the game from above, and then assign a specific number of defined perspectives and have them also do a realtime online sequence of adjustments to hypotheticlly manage the game, put all of these results on a graph over a five or ten game period and then tell yourself the absolute unadultered truth about what you see. It is a simple process, and it is a cleansing process of self-discovery for an Organisation. One set of results will DOMINATE the rest, this is a natural and unavoidable dynamic reality and result. Then simply act on that data, that set of properly quantified , defined, and attained results that is dominant must be identified, recognised,conceptuialised and initiated ASAP.
You will see statistical evaluation and analysis thrown out with the bathwater immediatly and put back in Pandoras Box where those limited use concepts and their applications belong.
Identifying the Oilers biggest challenge isnt rocket science, it is simply a lack of effective and well balanced intuatively catalysed communication, and can be remedied quickly with the proper direction and managment. |Even the system we use now can be executed at its maximum potential and produce consistant wins if the communications base is solid and results based and driven.
The single weakest link I can identify with the Oilers organisation is a lack of integrity, an inability to seperate the wheat from the chaffe, this seems to be a syndrome or an affliction within the organisation, there are to many levels of static in place that prevent anyone from getting a clear results based assesment completed, to many levels of job protection for to many people, the oganisation has had to many years to put these barriers in place that absolutely prevent the analysis of individual responsibility, results, and assesment of accountability.
Put it this way results talk and BS walks, formalitys walk and biases walk, or the team will continue to under perform and will never produce consistant winning results.
It is no different in hockey than in the entertainment industrys other sectors, just watch Americas Got Talent or any of the REALITY shows and try to tell the PEOPLE who the best singers are, the Peoples Court decides and all salesmanship and BS walks. No one needs the incredibly expensive, cumbersome , industry infrastructure that was created over generations to define BEST, the internet has streamlined the process and outed all of the pretenders, if you have got it today all you need to do is put it on the internet and you will be recognised eventually by the more progressive data miners. Results talk and BS walks. There is nowhere to hide for underachievers and con-artists.
There are people online consistantly managing the Oilers better than they are being managed in reality, this is not a joke and these peoples results are absolutely valid and quantifiable in realtime. So lets find these individuals pro-actively based on their results and hire them as consultants like everyone else in the business world does, evey sucessful business today mines the internet for resources, that is where its at today. What kind of deluded fool would try to dispute realtime results? The definition of positive results isnt that loose, it doesnt contain that much wiggle room. So its simply a matter of implementing integrity, and honesty, looking at a simple set of dynamic results and assesing them with integrity and truth and then acting professionally on those assesments and analysis. Putting the best results in a position to lead the organisation.
The Oilers Hackathon was a prime example of this lack of integrity, the very reason it was conceptualised and initiated was part of this BadMedicine the Oilers are gulping down, ask yourself what catalysed the idea of the Hackathon, what driving force caused that dynamic action to happen? Find the source, the Oilers have an Analytical Team and it is catalysed around statistical analysis completely, because statistical analysis is snake-oil beyond a very few applications they have built a Straw House.
Two years ago the Organisation was put on the alert via internet sources that they were lacking hugely in the Intuative Dynamic Analysis department, so what did they do? Did they identify contact and retain this source? Ha ha ha ha,not at all in fact the Oilers asked their Analytics Team to come up with a way to generate this Intuative Dynamic Analysis, ha ha ha, they asked the Robber to lock the door, ha ha ha. So whoever they hired to provide them with statistical analysis support came up with the Hackathon in an attempt to dredge up or mine the internet for a product they have no clue about and cant even quantify or identify themselves, and the Oilers are in my opinion clueless to the tenth degree, I know because I am an Intuit and you cant BS me, I can expose stats based salesmanship for what it is easily simply by comparing results, statistical analysis has no quantifiable definable results from which to create a baseline to asses its value, its like the gift that keeps on giving, but Intuative Dynamic Analysis produces immediate and definable results on the ice that can be reproduced consistantly and adjusted in quantifiable defined MEASURABLE ways.
Stats tell you how many hits a player makes per year, per game, per shift, but it has no method of defining appropriatness or accuracy of dynamic, in other words why the players was throwing the hit, maybe you take a guy who has huge hitting numbers but they are huge because he has immense holes in his overall game he covers up by utilisong the hitting to an unbalanced degree. maybe he is a poor hitter who plays in a system that requires him to make contact a lot and this pumps up his numbers artificially. I could go on forever ripping apart statistical analysis ,but it is boring and repetative and easy to do.
Hitting is defined by the dynamic action the COACH wishes to create from within his system and as a result statistical analysis of a players hitting numbers is useless, for example maybe Ralph defines hitting as making contact enough to change an opponents body position and then breaking away and recovering yourself back into the play first, or maybe he defines hitting as removing the opponent completely from the playaction and staying on him long enough to prevent both of you from reentering the playaction. Do you see the difference in the dynamic results provided to the system by these two perspectives? This is why the team needs to find common ground even on the most basic hockey fundamentals, it is not relearning the game it is learning a new way to understand the game from a group consensus perspective.
At the end of the day nothing superior can be built without something else inferior being broken to facillitate that growth, it is just the way our world is designed, so yes I am afraid it is akin to a battle and the truth is that to develop a winning attitude and gameplan you need to FIGHT, you need to take a stand for truth and integrity and trust,and then let history to carry you in the right dynamic direction. But you need to FIGHT and take on and crush all comers useing purely SUPERIOR RESULTS, if you cannot do this , if you cannot decisively crush the loseing attitudes support network you are DOOMED. This means many small dirty and ugly little battles picking off each weak link of the loseing culture one by one patiently and utterly destroying each one you encounter and engage. Its not a great way to make friends, ha ha ha, and it is like a crusade if you stick it out at the end you have a lot of friends and no enemies ha ha ha, the committment level is so high that you truly must believe in what you are doing.
The Oilers need to address a lack of system generated hitting, not individual players statistics, if we focus on statistics it will influence players to step out of system support to provide positive numbers which will give us a false positive result we will use when we asses effectiveness and adjust tactics.
For example if our d-zone coverage wants to step up and follow through on a hit on an opponent d-man setting up on our blueline to initiate his systems offense then we need to have system generated support for the player initiating contact for us. Guys cant just randomly step out of their system support roles and break their Gapping to make a maverick move. The Gapping has to be altered or the system playaction adjusted to initiate a supported contact or hit on the blueline opponent and this is a coaching move not a player move or decision. We all want to make it seem like its the players themselves dictating the physicality of the game and how and when they throw a hit or dont throw a hit.
So how do we communicate to the players that we need more system generated and supported contact, EASY we coach it into the system execution and stop putting the accountability on the players, we put the pressure on the system where it belongs and in the coaches wheelhouse where it also belongs. If we just tell the players to "hit more" they wont know when to hit or how to do it to best support the system ,we will actually weaken our systems integrity instead of bolstering it.
Yea right , we need more physical players, yea right we arent tough enough, yea right we dont hit enough, this is all just a smokescreen for the real problem which is that our system execution does not require the physicality people want to see to replace the goals they arent seeing produced, they want the team to give a pound of flesh if they cant give offense, but we now know that this cant happen without abandoning system integrity or altering the system to be more defensive which once again reduces the goal totals and tightens the noose that is making us choke even more. We need to better manage the systems execution to establish a more balanced physicality on the ice, this is a fact, we cannot abandon any of our offensive focus that is also a fact, so we need to dig deep into our system understanding and develop some dynamic tactics that will implement properly managed and defined hitting in a controlled up-tempo manner and will catalyse offense for us. We need our hitting to catalyse offensive plays for us, we just got hammered on by a team that does this exact thing, uses the glancing type of hitting to pinball guys just out of position long enough to initiate offensive pressure. Our hits must be system generated and maintain our gapping that way and they also must catalyse offensive playactions, so we hit to create offensive opportunitys, we dont step up and contact a d-man on the blueline unless that decision can catalyse offense by our support hitting us for a breakaway by taking advantage of the fact we are now so far behind the play we have become an offensive option. If the system supports the man stepping up then the offensive opportunity can be actioned, but if the man just randomly decides to step up that far we will lose system integrity totally and screw up our gapping. We need system execution to remove that decision from the player we need the system to move him up for the contact with support, and this means we need elite communication between the players and the coaches.
We can debate things forever but if the word system doesnt litter that debates context we are blowing smoke out our arses, all roads lead to Rome and in hockey all roads lead to the System.
This post is a personal record length and it doesnt cover much at all, the issues the Oilers are dealing with are complicated and there is no way to deal with them in a condensed manner, that type of communication is what caused the problems in the first place. Everyone tries to Twitterize their communication format so much we lose to much in the translation.
By the way this entire post could be verbalised in a very very short time and because I only need each person to take out their one perspective from the entire communication the results materialise as fast as each person can identify their perspective and jump onto the common page. This happens very very quickly in realtime when you verbalise and takes bloody forever when you need to write your way through it.
I need a break from this posting, this is literally a job, and if i am in I am all-in , so I am getting out for a few days, ha ha ha.
It will take that long for anyone to read all this anyways, ha ha ha. I could have said this in 5 mins. I miss actually coaching, it is much less labor intensive compared to posting data the long way. And you get the rewards immediatly when you see results materialising, same with loyalty and Esprit de Corps, and by god you dont have to listen to the Twittering of every contrarian mindset out there you can snuff those out of the dynamic, you have the power to eliminate all of the indecisive contrarian influences that prevent the winning dynamic from catalysing. Winning always entails a fight, how quickly you can end the fight is what defines you as a winner, and that takes a tremendous amount of energy to maintain.
Cheers to the Oilers figuring out their woes, I hope they can find their way. They seem to need hope and are willing to do nearly anything to succeed, that dynamic is a coaches dream if he has the right system supporting him, or an organisation that can find him a system that is superior. We are nearly there, we have the coach and we have the willing men, all we need is to make sure we give them a superior system that dynamiclly suits their group skillsets.
God I feel like I just woke up ten years ago, I am a die-hard and am getting vertigo just trying to keep up with this rollercoaster of bad to worse results. I am distancing myself from this dysfunction it is even making me begin to doubt myself, its like a frigging black-hole of desperation.
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Contract is Not Promise; Contract is Consent
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
March 22, 2011
Suffolk University Law Review, Forthcoming
Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-29
In the 1980s, Charles Fried was right to focus on what was missing from both the "death of contract" and "law and economics" approaches to contract law: the internal morality of contract. But he focused on the wrong morality. Rather than embodying the morality of promise-keeping, the enforcement of contracts can best be explained and justified as a product of the parties' consent to be legally bound. In this essay, I observe that, in Contract as Promise, Fried himself admits that the "promise principle" cannot explain or justify two features that are at the core of contract law: the objective theory of assent and the content of most "gap fillers" or default rules of contract law. After summarizing how consent to contract accounts for both, I explain that, whereas the morality of promise-keeping is best considered within the realm of ethics - or private morality - legally enforcing the consent of the parties is a requirement of justice - or public morality.
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Keywords: contract, promise, moral theory, law and ethics
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The Emery High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and Sterling Scholars appreciates all those who participated in the 2005 Christmas Extravaganza fund raiser for the Children's Justice Center. They appreciate the following businesses for their participation and donations:
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Headed and organized by Business Sterling Scholar Alexis Swasey, the Extravaganza was a successful event for the Emery County community. The donated trees and wreaths were auctioned off and over $2,000 was raised on behalf of the Children's Justice Center (CJC). The FBLA and Sterling Scholars donated the locally purchased items to Shelley Wright (Director), Kristy Fredricksen (Office Manager), and Kizzy Ellington (CJC Coordinator) of the CJC.
Those purchasing trees and wreaths at the auction are much appreciated. These include: Todd Hinkins, Stacie Decker, Darcy Powell, Shari Tuttle, Gary Arrington, Darlene Magnuson, Stacie McElprang, Sandra Swasey, Brian Bernard (Nielson Construction), Shala Pitchforth, Neal Peacock, Diane Carter, Julie Wilson (BK's), Joe Begay, Jodi Magnuson, and Darlene Stevens.
Also, a special tribute to all those volunteers who made it possible. We appreciate you for your hard work and dedication; it was truly appreciated. A special mention to those who displayed personal Christmas trees, donated time and equipment, set up booths, and provided entertainment. A appreciation to the members of the community who supported the fundraiser for the children at the Justice Center.


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The military is a covenant between a soldier and his commander.
Americans, he said, have a contract with their country; Israelis have a covenant with theirs.
It has the right to regard the threat that Hamas poses as an annihilating one, given the emphatic language of its covenant.
"The covenant—which should have been nominated," he says with a laugh.
How, after all, do you explain a covenant to someone on the outside?
But if ye hold by your covenant with me, ye will tell me the third wisdom, for of these two I have full understanding.
The conclusion of the covenant had been the last work of Pym.
In a covenant the two parties are conceived as equals in point of law, binding themselves by a compact that bears on each alike.
But still it was a covenant, and could sometimes be sued on as such.
The covenant of peace—Christ and His Cross—is the theme of all their hymns.
c.1300, from Old French covenant "agreement," originally present participle of covenir "agree, meet," from Latin convenire "come together" (see convene). Applied in Scripture to God's arrangements with man as a translation of Latin testamentum, Greek diatheke, both rendering Hebrew berith (though testament also is used for the same word in different places).
c.1300, from covenant (n.). Related: Covenanted; covenanting. Covenanter (1638) was used especially in reference to Scottish Presbyterians who signed the Solemn League and Covenant (1643) for the defense and furtherance of their cause.
Literally, a contract. In the Bible, an agreement between God and his people, in which God makes promises to his people and, usually, requires certain conduct from them. In the Old Testament, God made agreements with Noah, Abraham, and Moses. To Noah, he promised that he would never again destroy the Earth with a flood. He promised Abraham that he would become the ancestor of a great nation, provided Abraham went to the place God showed him and sealed the covenant by circumcision of all the males of the nation. To Moses, God said that the Israelites would reach the Promised Land but must obey the Mosaic law. In the New Testament, God promised salvation to those who believe in Jesus.
a contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word _berith_ is always thus translated. _Berith_ is derived from a root which means "to cut," and hence a covenant is a "cutting," with reference to the cutting or dividing of animals into two parts, and the contracting parties passing between them, in making a covenant (Gen. 15; Jer. 34:18, 19). The corresponding word in the New Testament Greek is _diatheke_, which is, however, rendered "testament" generally in the Authorized Version. It ought to be rendered, just as the word _berith_ of the Old Testament, "covenant." This word is used (1) of a covenant or compact between man and man (Gen. 21:32), or between tribes or nations (1 Sam. 11:1; Josh. 9:6, 15). In entering into a convenant, Jehovah was solemnly called on to witness the transaction (Gen. 31:50), and hence it was called a "covenant of the Lord" (1 Sam. 20:8). The marriage compact is called "the covenant of God" (Prov. 2:17), because the marriage was made in God's name. Wicked men are spoken of as acting as if they had made a "covenant with death" not to destroy them, or with hell not to devour them (Isa. 28:15, 18). (2.) The word is used with reference to God's revelation of himself in the way of promise or of favour to men. Thus God's promise to Noah after the Flood is called a covenant (Gen. 9; Jer. 33:20, "my covenant"). We have an account of God's covernant with Abraham (Gen. 17, comp. Lev. 26:42), of the covenant of the priesthood (Num. 25:12, 13; Deut. 33:9; Neh. 13:29), and of the covenant of Sinai (Ex. 34:27, 28; Lev. 26:15), which was afterwards renewed at different times in the history of Israel (Deut. 29; Josh. 1:24; 2 Chr. 15; 23; 29; 34; Ezra 10; Neh. 9). In conformity with human custom, God's covenant is said to be confirmed with an oath (Deut. 4:31; Ps. 89:3), and to be accompanied by a sign (Gen. 9; 17). Hence the covenant is called God's "counsel," "oath," "promise" (Ps. 89:3, 4; 105:8-11; Heb. 6:13-20; Luke 1:68-75). God's covenant consists wholly in the bestowal of blessing (Isa. 59:21; Jer. 31:33, 34). The term covenant is also used to designate the regular succession of day and night (Jer. 33:20), the Sabbath (Ex. 31:16), circumcision (Gen. 17:9, 10), and in general any ordinance of God (Jer. 34:13, 14). A "covenant of salt" signifies an everlasting covenant, in the sealing or ratifying of which salt, as an emblem of perpetuity, is used (Num. 18:19; Lev. 2:13; 2 Chr. 13:5). COVENANT OF WORKS, the constitution under which Adam was placed at his creation. In this covenant, (1.) The contracting parties were (a) God the moral Governor, and (b) Adam, a free moral agent, and representative of all his natural posterity (Rom. 5:12-19). (2.) The promise was "life" (Matt. 19:16, 17; Gal. 3:12). (3.) The condition was perfect obedience to the law, the test in this case being abstaining from eating the fruit of the "tree of knowledge," etc. (4.) The penalty was death (Gen. 2:16, 17). This covenant is also called a covenant of nature, as made with man in his natural or unfallen state; a covenant of life, because "life" was the promise attached to obedience; and a legal covenant, because it demanded perfect obedience to the law. The "tree of life" was the outward sign and seal of that life which was promised in the covenant, and hence it is usually called the seal of that covenant. This covenant is abrogated under the gospel, inasmuch as Christ has fulfilled all its conditions in behalf of his people, and now offers salvation on the condition of faith. It is still in force, however, as it rests on the immutable justice of God, and is binding on all who have not fled to Christ and accepted his righteousness. CONVENANT OF GRACE, the eternal plan of redemption entered into by the three persons of the Godhead, and carried out by them in its several parts. In it the Father represented the Godhead in its indivisible sovereignty, and the Son his people as their surety (John 17:4, 6, 9; Isa. 42:6; Ps. 89:3). The conditions of this covenant were, (1.) On the part of the Father (a) all needful preparation to the Son for the accomplishment of his work (Heb. 10:5; Isa. 42:1-7); (b) support in the work (Luke 22:43); and (c) a glorious reward in the exaltation of Christ when his work was done (Phil. 2:6-11), his investiture with universal dominion (John 5:22; Ps. 110:1), his having the administration of the covenant committed into his hands (Matt. 28:18; John 1:12; 17:2; Acts 2:33), and in the final salvation of all his people (Isa. 35:10; 53:10, 11; Jer. 31:33; Titus 1:2). (2.) On the part of the Son the conditions were (a) his becoming incarnate (Gal. 4:4, 5); and (b) as the second Adam his representing all his people, assuming their place and undertaking all their obligations under the violated covenant of works; (c) obeying the law (Ps. 40:8; Isa. 42:21; John 9:4, 5), and (d) suffering its penalty (Isa. 53; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:13), in their stead. Christ, the mediator of, fulfils all its conditions in behalf of his people, and dispenses to them all its blessings. In Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24, this title is given to Christ. (See DISPENSATION.)


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Or schillingReplyCancel
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Read it wrong SchillingReplyCancel
And… What are these Schilling views and beliefs????ReplyCancel
Angie Harmon, RizzoliReplyCancel
it has to be prepon and her weird ass scientology cult. I've never heard anything about Taylor's beliefs though so idk.ReplyCancel
Ooooh I like GWEEDS gwuess too!
Angie has longstanding rumors of onset POLITICAL CLASHES
Schilling. The whole Ayn Rand, who's decidedly non-feminist, thing likely doesn't sit well with most of the other women on the show. It seems unlikely she would have been involved in that (disastrous) film unless she is at least somewhat in agreement with the message.ReplyCancel
Very much doubt its oitnb, they all seem to get along like a house on fire. certaintly not taylor, she's always hanging out with the cast, e.g. for her recent birthday celebrations.ReplyCancel
Isn't hollyweird lovely? You can beat the crap of your partner, you can cheat as much as you want, you can take all the drugs in the world or, bottom line, you can do everything horrible as long as you are a liberal.ReplyCancel
Excellent guess! She is a very outspoken repuglican (not a typo).ReplyCancel
Angie's show is on tnt though. how is that almost television and not cable?ReplyCancel
patricia heaton, the middleReplyCancel
nevermind. just re-read the blind. disregard my guess above.ReplyCancel
Sounds like Schilling, another one of those Libertarians who think they are smarter than everyone else. Kate Mulgrew is pretty liberal outside of abortion. I believe her husband is Tim Hagan, a well known Cleveland, Ohio Democrat ….a very liberal Democrat who ran for Governor onceReplyCancel
@Kermit Not particularly. I'm not saying that you're conservative, but statements like these are simply saber rattling to get the rank and file rattled up. There are quite a few conservative studio heads I believe. They just keep their mouths shut because it's bad for business. It's disgusting how everything is whittled down to politics these days thoughReplyCancel
I could see this being about Prepon
She is definitely one of the stars of OITNBReplyCancel
Heigel possibly, her show starts in the next couple of weeksReplyCancel
Prepon. Hard core scio..ReplyCancel
Libertarians are, by our nature and our practices, smarter than others. We believe in personal freedom and personal responsibility. The left and right have a fundamental need to subjugate others — economically, socially, etc. A society where people are parented from diapers to Depends sounds like a living hell. Libertarians say: fuck that shit, and pay the cost to be your own boss. If that intimidates you, it's a sure sign that you're a slave. I doubt any masters are posting here.ReplyCancel
I've heard Patricia Heaton about too, she's a conservative nut-bag.ReplyCancel
That argument is circular. In order to be your own boss you have to play the game to an extent, and that means sometimes stepping on or subjugating others. It's like the Independent and Green Party candidates thinking they have a shot at the presidency by bucking the system, when it's that very system that will keep them in powerReplyCancel
Lol if you think Rand is bad, try reading The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by Keynes. Over half the country ass backwardly and blindly follows him regardless though.
Atlas Shrugged is technically an easy read. If you like what you hear, it can fly by like a romance novel. If you take to objectivism as well as swallowing acid, every word is painful and there are a lot of them.ReplyCancel
Why spend so much time on a show biz gossip blog if one hates Hollywood?ReplyCancel
Rand and Libertarians (who shouldn't really be thrown in the same pool) are for adolescents. Oh I'm so special, my ideas are so enlightened, that everyone else is just stupid for not seeing it.
Ever try to get two or more Libertarians to agree on a code of laws or ethics? They can't. It's all about my individual desires being better than anything else. Any collective agreement is impossible. It's kinda fun pitting them against each other…and so easy. Libertarians just make it easy for Big Business to overtake everything, charge us for taking a shit, because of their internal bickering over what a "right" is.
Ayn Rand is just a bad writer, of the Twilight vein, culling the population for bruised Uberkinder who want to be Mega Lords over the stupid people.ReplyCancel
taylor schilling hangs out with the cast all the time (espcially uzo aduba) outside the show.
and i don't think it's prepon either bc she's a dem despite scieno.
i don't think it's OITNB fo this BI tbh


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Rockford's downtown arena hosts a variety of world-class entertainment, including concerts, circuses, rodeos and family shows. The BMO Harris Bank Center is also home to the Rockford IceHogs, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks.
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This family amusement center has more than 78 free and five-cent games; 40 redemption games that dispense tickets for prizes; and 30 video and novelty games.
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Posted 25 April 2008 - 03:42 PM
So, let me tell you a bit about it...
The 3 month solicitation is only an outline of a goal and an estimated price for what is to come.
For instance, the Warlord Hydra, which was solicited in November, is going out in the batch after the one that ships out this week, or the second release in May.
That's right, I said the Hydra, of which pictures are coming soon, I will make Bryan get some photos up Monday or Tuesday (as soon as all the parts are all in metal).
We should be making molds for the second release of May on Monday the 28th for casting to begin the following Monday after that. Enough models are in now, as of yesterday, for a full release of 10 models.
As soon as I get all of the data about these pieces we will create the actual pricing and begin the paperwork process of putting them in your hands. Once this is done, we will send out a new release solicitation (probably the 28th or 29th) for what is shipping next (May 9th), to which the distributors will send us ordering quantities. Then we will cast, package and ship these models finishing on the 9th for a release day from distribution of the the 19th. So, the Warlord Hydra will be in your hands shortly after May 19th or right after Reaper Con. [So, what should you be able to pick up while you are here at Reaper Con? <Music from Jeopardy> That's right, the Hydra!]
We have all 8 of the first Chronoscope models and all but one Chronoscope model made into metal masters so Chronoscope is almost ready for June (however, now we have to wait for the blister cards to show up on time). So the first release for June should and might contain the Chronoscope models plus a few others. That gives us time to get more models in for the second half of June. If the cards are not here in time, then they will go out in the later half of June and other models for June will be lined up for the first half. So, what might be ready for Reaper Con, regardless of the cards being here? <More Jeopardy music>
It is a constant juggling act to fill in releases. We squeeze in models that didn't make it from previous weeks/months, like the hydra, where we can.
So, bottom line is that sometimes we don't know what a piece will actually look like until it arrives and sometimes that is very much at the last minute.
Posted 25 April 2008 - 04:19 PM
And of course the tease too.
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As Castlebuilder said about the Game Trade, it's a case of (in Homer Simpson's doughnut voice) "shiny metal" syndrome ; just without the actual metal.
Posted 25 April 2008 - 11:06 PM
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
Posted 25 April 2008 - 11:10 PM
We are feverishly pumping away at this and will have it to distribution within a week or two.
OK... but what about the Pro Paints?
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Rick Nash enjoyed a superb night in the Rangers' 5-1 win over Tampa Bay Sunday.
Patrick Eaves hopes to play for Anaheim on Saturday after the Ducks acquired him Friday afternoon.
Jamie Benn picked up a goal and an assist in Friday's 5-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Troy Brouwer scored a goal and an assist in Friday's 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers.
Eddie Lack turned aside all 34 shots he faced in Friday's 3-0 win over the Ottawa Senators.
Jordan Staal scored a goal and an assist in Friday's 3-0 win over the Ottawa Senators.
Justin Williams scored the game-winning goal in Friday's 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
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Kris Letang (upper body) is a game-time decision for Saturday's match against the Flyers.
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The Lord said to his disciples, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread." But Jesus, aware of this, said. "O men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? How is it that you fail to perceive that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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Designing the Atom specifically for the RED Epic has allowed for a streamlined rig with minimum size and weight. Although compact, the rig is still able to accommodate full-sized PL and PV prime lenses as well as smaller zooms like the Angenieux Optimo 16-42 or 30-80mm. With a bare weight of just 13 pounds, the magnesium Atom model, rigged with a pair of RED Epics, provides a full 5K-3D beamsplitter system weighing as little as 36 pounds.
Like other Technica 3D rigs, the Atom provides full IO (interocular) and C (convergence or toe-in) control, and also allows recording of IO, C and lens metadata. The Atom integrates with the same cine style lens control which is also available with Element Technica's Quasar, Pulsar and Neutron 3D rigs.
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The question:Other that the voltage, what is wrong with rectifying the AC to DC and then using a voltage divider to feed the analog pin a proper value.
My goal is not to use isolating transformers if it will work.
Can you tell us why you CAN NOT use a isolation transformer ( a cheap take-apart AC Wall adapter ) And why you want a DIRECT way ? So what is the "issue" here ? My opinion is : Risk to damage the Arduino <--- BIG TIME !!!
Why is a PC transformer an option but a wall wart isn't?
Are you trying to sense supply anomalies (interruptions, brownouts, spikes, RFI, etc.)?
Your main problem of using a simple resistor divider network is that your circuit will be either at near ground or near mains voltage, depending upon the "polarity" of your input wiring. Hook it up wrong and your whole arduino circuit is potentially lethal.
How about this, it is the same regardless of input.
n.I am looking to monitor a generators output 120/208v & 120/240v
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Meet Grace Oberhofer, a Washington State teen who has been, gasp, waitlisted at the Stansbury of the east, Harvard University. Waitlisted? Noooo. So what is a disappointed and desperate Harvard wannabe to do? Well, if you're this girl you record a jokey yet still plainly earnest song pleading with the admissions office to let you onto the Yard.
She's got a decent voice and the song is cute-ish, despite being a little weird for referencing pee and being so needy and stuff, so we say let her in, Harvard. What, you can't spare a bed in Pennypacker for one more desperate nerd? Is there no more room at the sweaty geek inn known as Hurlbut? (Harvard dorms are so attractively named.) Sure she'll be something of a whispered-about joke on campus for a little while, but that's not your business, admissions department! That's the province of the students. All the admissions office should be worrying about is whether they're fulfilling their Type A white girl quota for the year. Either way, what's one more!
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The Reds escaped Canberra with a 13-12 victory over the Brumbies after Zack Holmes missed a last-gasp penalty to win the game.
The Reds escaped Canberra with a 13-12 win over the Brumbies after pivot Zack Holmes missed a last-gasp penalty to win the game for his team.
With time up on the clock, Holmes pushed his 37 metre attempt wide to hand Queensland a Super Rugby lifeline as the defending champions picked up a third consecutive win that keeps their play-off hopes alive.
The Reds, who scored the only try of the match, have now cut back the Brumbies' lead at the top of the Australian conference to five points. It means the teams are almost level on points in the Australian conference as the Queenslanders have a bye next weekend.
With Wallabies coach Robbie Deans watching from the stands, the top two Australian teams bashed and belted each other in a brutally tight match.
Quade Cooper completed a full 80 minutes for the Reds for the first time this season, giving himself a chance of being selected in an extended Wallabies' squad for the June Tests after recovering from his serious knee injury at last year's World Cup.
Reds full-back Luke Morahan enhanced his chances of selection as a Wallaby full-back with his dashing try after fielding a high kick deep in his own half and launching a counter-attack and scoring off his own kick ahead in the third minute of the match.
Mike Harris kicked the conversion, but from then on in it was a kicking duel between the Reds centre and Holmes, who landed four penalties – but not his fifth and last attempt, which would have sealed victory.
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Pens: Holmes 4
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Try: Morahan
Con: Harris
Pens: Harris 2
Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Joe Tomane, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Nic White; 8 Ben Mowen (c), 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Scott Fardy, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Leon Power, 19 Ita Vaea, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Tevita Kuridrani.
Reds: 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Mike Harris, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Beau Robinson, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Nick Frisby, 21 Dallan Murphy, 22 Chris F'Sautia.
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)