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Ephemeral wildflowers are relatively pest-free, and you don't have to worry about Common Plant Diseases. Since they flourish on the slow release of nutrients common in garden soils, they don't need organic fertilizer. Several even thrive under dry conditions. Here are some favorites; they grow in most regions of the country.
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The majority of these plants grow in full sun to light shade in rich, well-drained soil (exceptions are noted). They are easy to grow in a woodland garden or under deciduous trees because they go dormant as the trees leaf out. The soil should be evenly moist in winter and spring, but it can become quite dry in summer.
Fawn Lilies
Fawn lilies (Erythronium), such as the creamy White Beauty, are glorious additions to spring's floral tapestry. The leaves are mottled like a fawn. Several yellow-flowered varieties are available, among them Pagoda.
Chinese Hellebore
Chinese hellebore (Helleborus) has graceful, nodding pink flowers. Winter moisture doesn't harm it, but dry soil is necessary during summer, when all the leaves completely disappear.
Oriental Poppy
Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) have huge crepe-paper flowers in fiesta colors that seem to usher in the vacation months. After flowering, however, the plants quietly fold up and remain dormant until autumn, when a fresh rosette of foliage appears. Patty's Plum has enormous dusty purple flowers.
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Siebold Primrose
Siebold primrose (Primula) works well for winter-wet or moist spots. The starry, five-petaled flowers emerge in late spring, and by midsummer when conditions are dry, the plants retreat underground. This primrose is easy to grow throughout most of the country, even in semi-arid regions, as long as it is planted in humus-rich soil.
Pasque Flower
Pasque flower (Pulsatilla) have gorgeous purplish blue flowers and demand a well-drained spot with sandy or gravelly soil and a neutral pH. For areas with wetter and warmer winters, try European pasque flower. Pasque flowers do not grow well in regions with hot, humid summers.
Atamasco Lily
Atamasco lily (Zephyranthes) also known as rain lily, grows well in gardens with wet soil in spring and winter, and it does fine in any moist, acidic soil. The pure white trumpets bloom around Mother's Day. Foliage persists through early summer, so provide ample sunshine while plants are in active growth. Voles and other garden critters usually don't eat the bulbs.
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The deciduous forests of North America put on one of the most dazzling displays of spring wildflowers seen anywhere in the world. Why such a show? Wildflowers are taking advantage of the light and moisture before the trees and other plants block out summer sunshine. For gardeners, especially those surrounded by trees, this means a brief but glorious flower display. The following plants thrive in neutral, humus-rich soil that is moist in winter and spring but can become dry in summer.
European Wood Anemone
European wood anemone (Anemone) form solid drifts of white or blue flowers. Try the white and green Bracteata Pleniflora, the late-blooming white Vestal, the green-flowered Monstrosa, and the yellow-flowered buttercup anemone.
European Toothwort
European Toothwort (Cardamine) is lovely. Try the dramatic C. pentaphyllos. It has showy pink flowers.
Leopard's Bane
Leopard's bane (Doronicum) opens its yellow daisylike flowers with the daffodils. Little Leo is a showstopper with double glowing golden flowers. Leopard's bane does well as far south as Virginia but wilts miserably farther south where spring days are hot. Plants produce fresh foliage in autumn after spending the summer underground.
Trilliums (Trillium) fascinate me with their range of colors and intriguing shape. The great white trillium is native throughout the east and Midwest and is easily cultivated in rich soil. Gardeners on the west coast can grow the coast trillium. The unfortunately named bloody butcher is a purple trillium that forms an open groundcover. The dramatic yellow trillium has mottled leaves and lemon-scented yellow flowers.
Many native wildflowers, especially trilliums and fawn lilies, are illegally collected from the wild. Please shop responsibly. Buy only from nurseries that clearly state that their plants are nursery-propagated.


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Much like his bicycle rides through the mountains, Jim Bishop has faced the challenge of life's peaks and valleys.
The late 2000s were an especially emotional time for the longtime Highlands Ranch resident. His 6-month-old granddaughter, Samantha, began having seizures in January 2007 and the family was given only a generic diagnosis of a "mitochondrial disorder." The illness caused a multitude of health problems, including mental and physical delays, difficulty swallowing and susceptibility to infections. As Bishop puts it, Samantha spent half of her life at The Children's Hospital.
The years progressed and as Bishop learned more about his granddaughter's condition, he recognized its relatively unknown prevalence. Roughly one in 3,500 children will be diagnosed with a mitochondrial disorder before the age of 10. But when other health issues associated with mitochondria - which generate much of a cell's chemical energy supply – are taken into account, Bishop believes the number is closer to one in 1,500.
His research, combined with a shocking lack of available treatment centers and specialists in western states, was the catalyst for the creation of Summits for Samantha, a 51-member cycling group that raises money via the Children's Hospital's annual Courage Classic event. The money pays for "things that would normally not be purchased by a hospital," Bishop said.
Following his first ride in the Courage Classic in 2009, the 56-year-old made a plan to take Samantha on a portion of the 157-mile, three-day trek through Colorado's mountains the following year. However, she died six days before the start of the 2010 event.
"She never got a chance to get on a bike, but she rides with us every time," Bishop says.
Since her passing, Summits for Samantha has raised more than $100,000, including a whopping $82,000 last year. Any team that raises more than $50,000 has the ability to direct where the money goes and the team, led by Samantha's mother, Heather Schichtel, asked The Children's Hospital to purchase an Oxygraph 2000 High-Resolution Respirometry machine for its mitochondrial clinic.
The machine reduces the amount of tissue needed to analyze oxygen saturation and is one of only a few in the U.S. Oxygen saturation analysis is crucial in determining which cells are adversely affected by the disorder. After the machine came in, Bishop and Schichtel got word that the machine would be named Samantha's Analyzing Machine, or S.A.M.
Fundraising is not the only motivating factor for Bishop, who began taking long cycling excursions in 1974. In honor of Samantha and her memory, Bishop rides tandem each year with a Children's Hospital patient.
"When the kids finish, it's an experience that they will never forget and that anyone who's around won't forget," he said.
Bishop also takes along another rider: "Courage" the stuffed lion. He was Samantha's favorite toy, and he is affixed to the handle bars for every race.
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Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:14 PM
Calvin Pace of the New York Jets has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2009 season for violating the NFL Policy on Performing Enhancing Substances.
Pace, who is eligible to practice with his teammates during training camp and participate in all of the clubs preseason games, will begin serving his suspension prior to the Jets regular season opener at Houston on September 13. He will then be eligible to return to the team on Monday, October 5, following the Jets October 4 game at New Orleans.
We respect the Leagues decision and look forward to Calvins return for our Monday Night game at Miami, said the Jets in a statement.
The 64, 270-pound Pace was a key free agent acquisition when he joined the Jets on March 3, 2008. And the fluid outside linebacker didnt disappoint in year one, racking up a career-high seven sacks for New York's AFC representative. Pace, whose 12 tackles behind the line of scrimmage led the team, also paced the Jets with a career-best four fumble recoveries (tying for the NFL lead in that category) and tied for the club-high with five forced fumbles.
This is a situation that resulted from an over-the-counter dietary supplement that contained a substance that I did not know violated the Leagues policy," he said in a statement. "I am responsible for what I put into my body and I should have paid closer attention to the Leagues guidelines. I regret that this has happened and apologize to my teammates, the entire Jets organization as well as the fans. Hopefully, this does not distract from our ultimate goal of winning the Super Bowl.
After Pace spent his first five pro seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, the Jets reportedly inked the coveted defender to a six-year, $42 million dollar deal with a $20 million signing bonus last spring. His absence will be missed early on in 09 and someone will have to step up in his absence.
Selected sixth overall in the 2008 NFL draft, Ohio State product Vernon Gholston missed important time last spring because the school year didnt end until June. But in 2009, the 63, 264-pound Gholston has been present at all of the Jets offseason activities and has rarely ventured far from the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Even as most of the team is away until training camp, Gholston has been getting in extra work in both the weight room and the film room.
Its been huge, just my growth as a player and within this defense, he said this spring. "Ive actually been able to go through the installs, be a part of the OTAs and kind of grasp all the things I missed last year.
When the Jets hired Rex Ryan in January, the rookie head coach expressed his excitement to mentor the talented Gholston.
"I see some things in his play that I knew that I would like to coach this young man because I don't even think he's scratched the surface of the kind of player he can be," Ryan said.
Back in 2007, Gholston racked up 14 sacks to set an Ohio State record. His 22.5 career sacks were the fifth highest total in school history and Jets Nation will be eager to watch his development under the new defensive staff.
"What weve done a good job of doing is identifying what a guy can do and let him do that. Let's turn him loose and let him play to his strengths. At the same time were working on what he might be deficient in. A guy like Vernon, were going to find out early what he can do, said defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. I think a big part with him is getting him some confidence early.
In the Jets 3-4 front, David Harris and Bart Scott will man the inside backer positions. Veteran Bryan Thomas, who picked up 5.5 sacks last season, will return on the outside and now Gholston will have a golden opportunity to contribute. The Jets also like their young OLB reserves in Marques Murrell and Jason Trusnik.
The new-look defense will be challenged immediately in Jets' opening quartet of games @ Houston (9/13), vs. New England (9/20), vs. Tennessee (9/27) and at New Orleans (10/4). In 2008, the Texans finished 3rd in total offense, the Patriots finished 5th and the Saints were No.1 overall.
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You know, what kind of illegal drug could be in a dietary supplement that could give you an edge playin football? couldt he have checked with someone from the Jets Organization or the strength and conditioning coach to make sure he is not putting something in his body that could get him suspended. This is a big loss IMHO for the 1st 4 games...dam
Posted 02 July 2009 - 07:50 PM
I don't think there is any chance Pace will try and appeal the suspension either.
Posted 02 July 2009 - 09:53 PM
its things like this that make me wonder if players and Fans jumped to another Football league and the NFL went bankrupt that would be Sick as you youg gents say. http://www.ufl-football.com/
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Posted 03 July 2009 - 12:25 AM
its things like this that make me wonder if players and Fans jumped to another Football league and the NFL went bankrupt that would be Sick as you youg gents say. http://www.ufl-football.com/
not for the kind of money you get to be in the nfl
but godell has been pissing me off lately
hes annoying i dont get why hes the determining factor on someones career and life.
how did he earn that right its boolshit
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Posted 03 July 2009 - 08:25 AM
trusnik, westerman, murrell all have a chance to shine oh yea not to mention gholston.
then for monday night weve got a fresh and rested 260 pound monster to break chads fins.
I honestly dont think were in that much trouble over this one considering the depth we have.
Posted 03 July 2009 - 08:26 AM
Agreed. Hopefully it's a blessing in disguise, and that the new regime can have a positive impact on Vernon.
If anything I think they should give Gholston the starting job those first couple of games because then the coaches and front office would not have to wait long to determine whether he was all hype and workouts leading up to last year's draft.
Posted 03 July 2009 - 08:35 AM
trusnik, westerman, murrell all have a chance to shine oh yea not to mention gholston.
then for monday night weve got a fresh and rested 260 pound monster to break chads fins.
I honestly dont think were in that much trouble over this one considering the depth we have.
yeah, and in those four games are the pats and titans and the saints who we play in the superdome.
Posted 03 July 2009 - 08:42 AM
I have a weird feeling about this team, like were gunna be unstoppable.
anyway, does anybody know where to find the clip of pace catching the guy trying to hurdle him and slamming him on his face?
Posted 03 July 2009 - 09:23 AM
I have a weird feeling about this team, like were gunna be unstoppable.
anyway, does anybody know where to find the clip of pace catching the guy trying to hurdle him and slamming him on his face?
We have 1 receiver, dunno whos playing qb yet(neither are proven), and are biggest playmaker is disgruntled and you think we are going to be unstoppable? Now, i could understand maybe a wierd feeling we can contend or going to be good or our defense will be lockdown, however, to say our team will be unstoppable is beyond a bold statement. Unstoppable means we have no flaws and we just roll over people, we dont have anywhere near the offensive fire power for that. Not trying to get on you just stating what should be the obvious.
Posted 03 July 2009 - 10:13 AM
I feel ya on the O side of the ball, but even them dont have me to worried
Posted 03 July 2009 - 12:33 PM
Calvin Pace Trying to Explain
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Bassett Calvin Pace has put up a post on his Yardbarker blog, and in which he essentially says the same thing as his statement to the NFL, but in which he does a little more explaining.
Im sure youll hear this news eventually, and Id rather you hear it from me first. I have been suspended for four games by the NFL due to my mistakenly ingesting a banned substance. I apologize to my family, the jets organization, my teammates, fans and friends. This situation occurred purely by accident and was in absolutely no way a result of my trying to cheat the system put in place by the NFL. However, as a man and a public figure I am aware that I must take full responsibility for everything I do. I also know that its just as important to learn from my mistakes and help others avoid them in any way that I can. In the future, I will be more proactive in knowing what substances are banned and EXACTLY what is in everything I put into my body. I truly hope that my mistake does not bring unwanted distractions to my teammates and our ultimate goal of being a championship team. I also hope that you, my fans, will forgive this accidental indiscretion.
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Posted 03 July 2009 - 05:41 PM
but godell has been pissing me off lately
hes annoying i dont get why hes the determining factor on someones career and life.
how did he earn that right its boolshit
Uhhh, it's called being the COMMISSIONER and that title entitles him to administer due process as he and NFLPA have agreed to. Pace AND any other player who gets caught ARE MORONS, they ALL know what is legal & illegal and they just try to get over. When they get caught they ALL give the same old BS line "I was getting an over the counter dietary supplement & it contained some banned substance that I was not aware of" yada yada yada...FVCKING MORONS!!!
PS I think Goodell is doing an EXCELLENT job, screw these primodonnas, they get what they deserve


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From WWD ISSUE 07/23/2009
The Capsule New York show swelled to a record 75 vendors, seemingly shoehorned into every last nook of the Angel Orensanz Foundation, a former Lower East Side synagogue. Among them were numerous fledgling labels and first-timers to New York market week. And these progressive fashion labels were focused not on rapid expansion but on attracting a dedicated following.
Perhaps only die-hard denim aficionados see the allure of 24-oz. denim, for example. But such connoisseurs were abuzz about Naked & Famous, the Montreal denim label, which claimed the heaviest pair of jeans in history.
The Fred Perry by Raf Simons line keeps gaining followers and the bright color, avant-garde cutting and sheer overlays brought his fashion-forward vision to classic polo shirts.
General trends at Capsule were very much in line with those on the European runways. Relaxed tailoring, light texture, washed fabrics, tight organic patterns and transparency were dominant themes. Workwear and outdoorsy Americana remain influential, as seen in the collections of Garbstore, Yuketen and Post Overalls, to name a few. A bestseller for Post Overalls, a Japanese label marketing to the U.S. for the first time, was a denim utility smock.
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From WWD ISSUE 07/23/2009
With retailers hunkered down and girding themselves for an uncertain economy, Manhattan??™s Lexington Avenue Armory, home of the 69th National Guard regiment, served as an apropos new venue for the Project show. The space was markedly smaller in scope than the show??™s previous incarnation at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and hosted about 150 brands, according to show organizers.
???We were a lot more focused this year, and I think the smaller space was appropriate for this new economic environment we are in,??? said Sam Ben-Avraham, founder and president of Project, which is a division of Advanstar Fashion Group.
Ben-Avraham viewed the general mood of vendors and retailers as positive but tempered by the financial troubles of CIT, which finances a large swath of the independent brands and boutiques serviced by the exhibition.
???Business isn??™t back to normal, but I think people have gotten past the bad energy of last season and are focused on what needs to get done,??? noted Ben-Avraham. ???I think things were actually looking pretty positive a few weeks ago, but the recent news about CIT has people worried. If CIT goes down, a lot of people are going to have trouble with financing.???
In that vein, a no-frills mood permeated the drill hall that housed the show, with decor-free booths and the elimination of The Area, a white-carpeted special section previously dedicated to directional brands. ???They told us not to bring any props, they want all the booths to be uniform and focused on product,??? said Scott Morrison, chief executive officer of Evisu.
Morrison was displaying his revamped Evisu lineup of vintage denim with downplayed branding markers. Evisu is relaunching at Barneys New York this holiday, and Morrison expects eventually to be in about 125 specialty store doors in the U.S. as he works to energize the brand here.
A cleaner denim aesthetic was on view at J Brand, where unadorned, minimally treated styles provided a counterpoint to the vintage washes that prevailed at competing brands. ???We are about clean, classic and timeless,??? said Illanit Semberov, men??™s sales director at the Los Angeles-based label. As with many companies, lower prices were an emphasis at J Brand, where jeans were priced to retail from $169 to $198.
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The Pros and Cons of Alain Vigneault
Thomas Drance
March 11 2013 05:42PM
Alain Vigneault racks up wins and criticism in Vancouver.
Photo Credit: Harry How/Getty
Alain Vigneault has been under fire in the Vancouver market since, well, for as long as I can remember anyway. It's clear that he rubs media and many fans the wrong way, and ultimately his record is judged through the same prism with which we view other quality regular season coaches in other sports who've failed to win a championship (Andy Reid, Jerry Sloan, etc.). The bottom line is that the Canucks have fallen short of the ultimate goal with Alain Vigneault at the helm, and to many that outweights all of the positives of his tenure.
To top it off, Alain Vigneault is having a rough week. The Canucks have relinquished their lead in the Northwest Division following a series of no-shows against the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild. The power-play is a mess, the team isn't scoring enough and auspicious possession numbers aside - the effort put forth by Vigneault's players has seemed inconsistent at best this season. As such Alain Vigneault's seat is heating up like Vesuvius. So I figure, what the hell, this is as good a time as any to look at his track record and evaluate what he brings to the table and what he removes from it.
Read on past the jump.
Let's start this off with a massive qualifier: I'm not in the room, and I can't evaluate Alain Vigneault's relationship with his players. Anyone who confidently asserts things like "the players have tuned him out" or "don't like him" or anything like that should probably be regarded with skepticism.
So much of what a coach does happens behind the scenes and beyond the purview of what any analysis of this sort can accurately criticize. So I'm going to stick to the limited scope of what I can confidently assert based on the underlying data and the public record. Okay, let's get to it.
Pro - Modern Strategic Thinking:
Alain Vigneault's deployment patterns - from his disciplined massaging of matchups to his innovative use of "zone matching" - are massive positives that he brings to the table as the Canucks' head coach. Beyond that, his in-house tracking of micro-stats and, more importantly, his use of that data to inform deployment decisions, give him a big edge over at least half of the other head coaches in the league.
Alain Vigneault is an innovative bench boss and a modern strategic thinker and ultimately that's been at the heart of my defense of his record in the past. Over the past several months we've begun to suspect that some of these innovations originate with Vancouver's management team rather than with Vigneault himself, but that's sort of besides the point.
What matters is that Alain Vigneault is willing to "experiment" with his roster and put into practice some of the Canucks' progressive ideas. In doing so he's managed to crank out wins and deploy his roster so that they're at or near the top of the league in terms of the possession nubers and the standings year after year.
Con - Tactically Stubborn:
Occassionally it seems like Alain Vigneault is too slow to adjust to the opposition. Whether or not he's too slow to adjust or too tactically stubborn with how he wants to attack his opponents, this is something that has burned Vigneault and the Canucks on several occassions in the past.
Let's take last years playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings as an example. While Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown and Justin Williams were making minced meat out of Samme Pahlsson, Alain Vigneault stuck with his over the hill defensive centreman as the primary matchup against Los Angeles' top-line for every game with one exception.
That exception was game three, when Ryan Kesler was Anze Kopitar's primary matchup (when Vigneault was able to avoid Sutter's prefferred matchup of Kopitar v. Henrik Sedin). In that game Kesler more or less played the Kopitar line to a draw, but Dustin Brown scored a bit of a lucky goal off of a Cory Schneider rebound and the Canucks were quite suddenly down three to nothing in the series. The next game, Pahlsson was back battling (and losing to) Anze Kopitar.
Looking at it in retrospect, Ryan Kesler won the head-to-head matchup against Anze Kopitar in that series, so the fact that Pahlsson was back playing his ineffective clutch-and-grab game against Kopitar in games four and five of the Western Conference quarterfinal is a bit mystifying.
We have to be careful using hindsight as an analytical tool. If Vigneault's judgement was "I need Ryan Kesler to give me some offense if we're going to come back in this series and he can't do that if he's wasting his energy battling Kopitar" then it's a defensible tactical choice. I don't think it's the right one, but that's with the benefit of hindsight which gives me an unfair advantage over Alain Vigneault circa April 2012.
Generally speaking however, I think it's fair to say that the Canucks coaching staff failed to anticipate how difficult it would be to matchup against Los Angeles' first line. Once it became clear in game one, Vigneault was too slow to put Kesler on Kopitar and too slow to reunite his ace shutdown pairing of Kevin Bieksa and Dan Hamhuis in an effort to contain Los Angeles' first line. Then once those adjustments were made, he arguably went away from it again too quickly.
This wasn't the first time Canucks fans had seen such tactical stubbornness from Alain Vigneault in the postseason. Of course there have also been some effective adjustments in the postseason (moving Maxim Lapierre to third line centre following an overtime loss in game two of the Western Conference Semi Final series against Nashville in 2011, for example).
Ultimately his record is mixed in this area, and tactical missteps like the ones made against the Kings in the Spring of 2012 are pretty easy to make. Moreover Los Angeles was simply the better team anyway, and Vigneault has only lost one series against a team with inferior underlying numbers to the Canucks during his tenure. Unfortunately that series was the 2011 Stanley Cup Final...
All of these qualifiers are critical but this is still an area where Alain Vigneault's coaching has been inconsistent at best.
Pro - Gets the Most Out of His Stars:
In contrast with the likes of Phil Kessel (handcuffed to a replacement level top-six forward in Tyler Bozak, despite the presence of possession monster Mikhail Grabovski on the roster), or Alex Ovechkin (why is his offensive zone-start percentage so consistently low?) - Alain Vigneault has enabled the Sedin twins to excel. Not only have the twins consistently started in the offensive end of the rink at a rate that was previously unheard of in the NHL, but during his tenure Alain Vigneault also found them a perfect and counter-intuitive complement in Alex Burrows.
It's a similar story with Ryan Kesler. As Kesler's offensive skill came to the fore, Alain Vigneault began to lean on other players to do the heavy-lifting defensively (Kyle Wellwood and Manny Malhotra primarily). Vigneault started Ryan Kesler more often in the offensive end of the rink, and worked his matchups hard to get Ryan Kesler out on the ice against the third and fourth lines of the opposition.
Obviously Kesler (and favourable puck luck) deserves the lions share of the credit for turning himself into a forty goal scorer, but it's impossible to argue that Alain Vigneault hasn't consistently managed to put his star players in an optimal position to maximize their talent and output.
We take this for granted in Vancouver, but outside of a short list of NHL coaches (Coach Q in Chicago, Dan Bylsma in Pittsburgh, Paul MaClean in Ottawa, Claude Noel in Winnipeg, and surprisingly John Tortorella in New York), there aren't a lot of bench bosses who have this particular art boiled down to a science. To Vigneault's credit he most certainly does.
Con - Handling the Media:
It often seems like the majority of the Vancouver hockey media has it out for Alain Vigneault. I'm pretty sure that the Province Sports crew keeps a knife sharpener right in the news room so that they're ready to carve Alain Vigneault whenever the opportunity presents itself. Oh look here's a bit from Kuzma doing just that today.
I think a lot of it is unfair, but I also think a lot of it is Alain Vigneault's own doing. Anyone who has observed this team closely for the past couple of seasons knows that Alain Vigneault has a propensity for putting his foot in his mouth. Let's take the recent incident with Keith Ballard, and kick it over to Dan Murphy's stellar recap of the situation. Here's what Murph wrote late last week:
Vigneault could handle the situation better at times. When Ballard was scratched for the LA game, Vigneault's reason was that he was going with the six guys that gave his team the best chance to win. He didn't have to be so blunt with his assessment. He could have softened his answer so Ballard sitting wouldn't have blown up into such a big story.
How hard would it have been to say that Alberts had waited too long to get into a game so it was time to incorporate him into the lineup? That too would have been an honest answer but Vigneault chose to throw Ballard under the bus a bit.
Managing the media isn't the most important part of a head coach's job. In fact it probably isn't in the top-15 most important parts of their job. But it does matter a bit, especially in a high-pressure market like Vancouver.
Personally I thought Alain Vigneault's coin-flip comedy bit was woefully unfunny, but it was a good way of deflecting pressure and criticism away from his goaltenders and onto himself. That was a good example of Vigneault managing his relationship with the media well, but my impression is that's more the exception than the rule.
Frankly, I get pretty exhausted with the Vancouver hockey media at times and I'm just a lowly reader (and opinionated Canucks news DJ). I'd imagine that the constant flow of critcism gets tiresome when you're dealing with it every day like Alain Vigneault is, especially when it's so often misinformed. But empathy aside, there's no denying that handling the media isn't one of Alain Vigneault's strong suits as a head coach.
Pro - Matchups Juggernaut:
Alain Vigneault massages his matchups so as to attack the "soft underbelly" of opponent's rosters better than perhaps any other coach in the NHL. Check out Tyler Dellow's work on Canucks versus Kings matchups during the first round playoff series last April, and it's pretty clear that quality of team aside, Vigneault bested Sutter rather cleanly in the matchups game (even when he was on the road and didn't have last change).
Vigneault's ability to play the matchups game is disciplined and consistently effective. At the moment the Canucks roster is a bit too short-handed for this to pay-off in a major way (Ryan Kesler's presence is pretty essential to this matchups gameplan) but this is an underappreciated area of Vigneault's coaching. Simply put he's among the best in the league at using his resources effectively, and his ability to execute this area of his game plan has been a critical feature of Vancouver's success over the past several seasons.
Con - Treatment of Young Talent:
This is sort of a mixed bag, frankly, because there have been young players who Alain Vigneault trusted to take on a big role (Alex Edler, Chris Tanev, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows etc.). But there have also been several young players who have gotten the short end of the stick, bounced around the lineup with limited rhyme or reason, while being arguably misused (Cody Hodgson, Zack Kassian and Jordan Schroeder, for example).
Let's take Zack Kassian, pretty much the crown jewel of Vancouver's anemic youth movement. He performed well with the twins early on this season, but he's since seen time mostly on the fourth line or on the third line alongside Maxim Lapierre and David Booth (neither of whom has much offensive value).
Kassian's possession numbers are good, but he's had limited power-play time and been unlucky by the bounces this season. He's also spent a few games on the fourth-line playing his off-wing. Vigneault is trying to win games with a short-handed team this season, but it would be nice to see a player of Kassian's ilk given a predictable role on a nightly basis.
The same goes for Jordan Schroeder, who was snaktebit in his rookie season and found himself on the fourth line becasue he was failing to "make plays." Struggling to make plays when you're playing with Tom Sestito and Dale Weise on an underskilled fourth line and playing out of position on the power-play doesn't sound to me like the most damning criticism, frankly. I'll admit, I find it frustrating that Jordan Schroeder wasn't given a longer look with Mason Raymond, with whom he showed clear synergy through fifteen or so games this season.
Finally, Cody Hodgson wasn't so much misdeployed (in fact, I'd argue that Alain Vigneault figured out the perfect way to deploy Cody Hodgson) as he was mistreated (arguably). Alain Vigneault's comments about Hodgson's back injury following Hodgson's first training camp very probably played a role in the poisoning of the well between player and organization. Lots of the criticism of Alain Vigneault on the Cody Hodgson front always struck me as unfounded, but there was very probably a grain of truth on this specific point.
Pro - Player Development:
While Vigneault's handling of rookies often leaves me shaking my head, that needs to be qualified by praising Vigneault's overall development record. It's actually pretty astounding.
When Vigneault first joined the Canucks way back in 2006 - after coaching Vancouver's AHL affiliate Manitoba Moose for a couple of seasons - the cupborad of prospects and young talent was relatively barren (the more things change, the more they stay the same). To Vigneault's credit he managed to get the most out of the system, and so many mainstays on Vancouver's roster have evolved from fringe prospects or fourth liners into extraordinarily effective NHL players during his tenure in Vancouver.
The list of players who've come up and become quality NHLers under Alain Vigneault's tutelage includes: Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows, Jannik Hansen, Mason Raymond, Alex Edler, Kevin Bieksa and Cory Schneider. That's a nearly a third of the Canucks current roster, and I think it's tough to argue that they haven't all been overachievers.
Lots of that credit belongs to the individual players, but at least some of it should be credited to the guy who taught them how to survive and excel at the NHL level, and that guy is Alain Vigneault.
Con - Too Conservative with the Lead:
In terms of "Fenwick Close" - an expanded plus minus number that counts up all goals, shots on goal and misses for and against in a "score close" game state - this season, the Canucks are sixth in the NHL. They're the third best possession team in the NHL by the Fenwick numbers when they're down a goal, but they're only the 11th best when they're up one.
What this suggests is that when the Canucks need to catch up on the scoreboard, they have the raw talent to be a super elite hockey club. But too often they deploy a conservative defensive shell when they're in the lead, and that conservatism is counter-productive. Alain Vigneault's conservatism on this end is like an NFL coach punting on fourth-and-one from the opponent's forty yard line late in a one score game.
Worse, this is something of a trend. In 2011-12 the Canucks were the seventh best team by Fenwick Tied and the seventh best team in Fenwick when down a goal. But they'd still sit on leads to an undue extent and finished ninth in the league in Fenwick when they were up a goal.
It's the same story from 2010-11 too, the Canucks were the fourth best possession team in score-tied situations, they were the best team in the league when they needed to catch up on the scoreoard, but they were only the fifth best when they were up a goal.
Lots of coaches across every North American professional sports league deploy their teams in too conservative a fashion, and Alain Vigneault is no different. It's frustrating though because he's an innovative coach in a lot of ways, which makes his consistent reliance on a shell-game late in close contests so frustrating.
As the team's possession ability when down a goal suggests, the Canucks might be best served trying to outskill opponents consistently regardless of the score. Yes the Canucks have a stellar record when leading after two periods during Alain Vigneault's tenure, but his pernicious habit of sitting on leads arguably neuters the team's effectiveness overall.
Pro - Racks up the Wins Despite Adveristy:
Even this season, Vigneault has found ways to win despite being without the likes of Ryan Kesler and David Booth, who have been out of the Canucks lineup for the majority of the team's games. Injuries haven't been the only area of adversity Vigneault has guided the Canucks through either this season. If you'd told me in early January, for example, that at the halfway point of this season the Canucks would be getting just average goaltending and that their power-play would be on life-support - I'd have told you that the team was in serious trouble. Instead the Canucks remain among the best clubs in the Western Conference (in terms of possession and even-strength goal differential).
Yes playing in the Northwest Division helps, but Vigneault has this club outperforming expectations at five-on-five this season, and despite the recent run of mediocrity, he deserves a lot of credit for it. Not that anyone will give it to him!
Even during the 2010-11 season, when Vigneault was behind the wheels of a certifiable juggernaut, the Canucks went through 13 defenseman. There were nights when Vigneault's blue-line consisted entirely of Christian Ehrhoff, Aaron Rome and four AHLers (so, five AHLers. Just kidding, Aaron Rome is the best). The team still racked up the wins.
Vigneault may rub folks the wrong way and have his faults as a head coach, but when the rubber meets the road Alain Vigneault's teams consistently overachieve (at least in the regular season). That matters.
Con - Dealing with Injured Players
I tend to think this popular Alain Vigneault criticism is much ado about nothing - Alain Vigneault isn't the first NHL coach to expect his players to play hurt - but it's a trend that's worth noting here. In the past Alain Vigneault has seemed to be at odds with a variety of players over their injured status. From Willie Mitchell (who is in a similar situation with Darryl Sutter at the moment, I might add), to Cody Hodgson, to David Booth and Ryan Kesler..
This isn't as damning as the Canucks-centric naysayers in the Vancouver market think it is, this is a pretty common occurence league wide. But it's also not nothing.
As I wrote at the start of this piece: there's so much that Alain Vigneault does as a head coach on a day-to-day basis that happens behind the scenes. In terms of his relationship with players, with management, his intermission rally cries, and his preparation, we have no way of evaluating his abilities with any certainty. We're not in the room and can't comment on these areas (and for the most part, I'm pretty skeptical of the folks who say they can).
What we can evauate leaves us with a pretty limited tactical profile of a head coach. But based on that I think that any intellectually honest assessment of Alain Vigneault's overall record as an NHL bench boss should pretty much conclude that he brings more to the table than he removes from it. He's not without his faults but for all of the seemingly endless criticism of Vigneault's coaching in the Vancouver market, there should be no question that he's among the best head coaches in the National Hockey League (right up there with the likes of Quenneville, MacLean, Babcock, Bourdreau and Tippett).
Were Vigneault to be relieved of his duties as Vancouver's bench boss, he'd assuredly find employment elsewhere in the National Hockey League in a matter of days or weeks, rather than months or years. He'd pretty much have a new job before shappers, CDCers and Vancouver Province hockey writers were even finished celebrating. And whenever it inevitably happens, and Vigneault moves on to his next job with another organization in the National Hockey League, I'd expect him to have a Bruce Boudreau-type impact.
He'd also bring his new organization a wealth of institutional knowledge that he's accumulated over his seven years in Vancouver, working under one of the most progressive management teams in hockey. For that reason alone, any decision the Canucks make regarding Alain Vigneault's future won't be made lightly.
Alain Vigneault was extended for two seasons this past summer, but I don't think anyone would be shocked if he were relieved of his position should the Canucks fall short of expectations again this Spring. Maybe the Canucks do need a new voice and a fresh perspective behind the bench, what do I know, but I do suspect that if the Canucks changed course in mid-season it would be something of a mistake. Better to wait until the offseason when you can take your time, figure out exactly who is available, kick the tires on young guys like Dallas Eakins and Jon Cooper and conduct a more thorough search.
Nice add, couple points:
Relying on a great goalie somewhat isn't necessarily a bad thing. When the goalie make a significant % of the cap, he is expected to be a difference maker.
If we make the assumption that GMMG asked AV to coach a certain way couldn't we assume that Nonis did the same. Perhaps Nonis was the reason for the Canucks defensive play or maybe personnel contributed to the style of play somewhat.
I'm not arguing either way on this and I feel the same as you on a lot of the things you mentioned. Seven years is a long time for NHL coaches, and a change might be what they need right now.
Great stuff, as usual.
I'm definitely not on the "fire AV" bandwagon, but I do find the prospect of Jon Cooper behind an NHL bench mighty intriguing. Do you think there's any chance he'd come on board as an associate coach? Or is the jump from AHL head coach to NHL associate considered a step down?
This is a really good analysis.
On a sidenote, the twins are being used differently the year and are still producing near PPG page. They are eating the toughest mins - which they have done in some time, if ever. Maybe this changes Av's mind going forward, maybe he trusts them to play against the top lines in the future. Allows his depth guys to get easier mathcups? It's not like he doesn't trust the twins with tough matchups, but it seems like he's built his team so he could get them easier matchups. And it's left them with a shutdown 3C, perhaps they should try a skilled offensive C going forward.
Can you do an analysis of some of the options if Vigneault was replaced? Breaking down pros/cons of Eakins, Cooper, Ruff, Payne, Jacques Martin, etc?
Summer's a good time to change. Unless the plan is to keep AV long term (wouldn't be the worst thing) the roster turnover this summer will be significant (assuming nothing big happens before the deadline) and it would be better to give a new coach an input on who to re-sign/buyout/trade etc.
How deep do the Canucks have to go to save AV's job?
March 11 2013, 07:58PM
There , you have gone and done it ! Excellent, just EXCELLENT. This is surely your BEST. Stop by when you are out this way, I'll buy you a Lucky.
How deep do the Canucks have to go to save AV's job?
Unless the team is missing four or five of it's top ten players, I'd say game six, second round would be a pretty reasonable expectation.
An added note to bear in mind is that they're going to have to get through the possession juggernauts of either Chicago or LA (and maybe both!) to get to the conference final.
An in-depth study & although you tried very hard to offer a balanced view..IMO your bias continues to come through.
In the end its the performance of his team relative to the talent he has, that is the key to evaluation & all that really matters:
You state that Av has consistently over-performed in the regular season BUT fail to mention his teams have underperformed in the playoffs.
"Vigneault has only lost one series against a team with superior underlying numbers to the Canucks"
{This statement is incorrect: I assume you meant to say 'inferior'} *Nux 'are' 5-1 in series when they had the better Fenwick tied(adj. for home ice)(And beat Dal as a fav)
BUT Nux are 0-3 vs teams with better fenwick tied. Even with Home ice in two of these series!
{Chi 10/Chi 11/La 12}.(And lost to Ana as an underdog)
Surely a 'great' coach is someone who does what most others can't do? If this is true, why not at least one win vs a better team? One example where the coach got more out of his players than expected?
**And Av has had home ice 9 of 11 playoff series.It's clear Av's playoff record is average at best!And the Goal differential in 2011 playoffs(~ -.50) indicates Nux reached game 7 by tremendous goaltending & luck
You also state emphatically that Av IS a great coach - However there is NOT significant proof of this?
* Gretsky said " Show me a great Goaltender & I'll show you a great Coach"
Let's start with what we know for sure:
Luongo was a great Goaltender before he came to Vancouver. He has been a great Goaltender almost every year since arriving. And, Cory has also provided excellent goaltending.
So the great record AV has in regular season. SINCE MG has arrived! has to be seen through this lens. AV also had a great record when Theodore stood on his head, when he didn't Av was toast).
Av won coach of the year (incorrectly) in 2007 when Lui was robbed of the Vezina. Lui's GVT was off the charts that year & Nux won alot of 1 goal games.
Av also failed miserably in 2008. And, was unable to make the adjustments necessary when thing went off the track (a sign of things to come)(a fact to yr credit you concede).
If AV was a 'great coach' why couldn't he spin his magic then? Why not think of putting Burrows with Twins then? Why not roll out his great revolutionary deployment tactics then?
Also the team was playing a boring conservative style *one Av designed)(And were ~20th in GF) And, it is not until MGGM came along that HE demanded they change their style & Nux begin to be creative.
In 2009, Nux lost 8 straight games {if I recall} -- again things went going south & Av is powerless ( Of course - 8 games IS longer than a playoff series!:) finally Av puts Burrows with Twins..a sign of greatness as you suggest- OR a final spin of the roulette wheel that ended up a winning number?!
No it is equally if not more likely that the up-swing in the Nux record has more to do with Gillis's work (salary cap mgt & especially on the schedule and sleep cycles. {there is much credible evidence of the importance in this area). This has given them a real edge during the regular season - when fatigue and travel are more important.
Finally there is little evidence that the 'matchup' skill you say Av has is present in playoffs.
Again he has not able to defeat one better team.(As matchups are one of only ways a team of less talent can turn the possession tables more in their favor?)
As you conceded it took Av 3 games to get the best match-up vs the Kings - one that the numbers suggested before the series. Then even after the Nux predictably had their best possession game in game 3 (by far) he switched back in error only to get eaten alive in possession numbers. (not a sign he gets adv. stats much)
Also his stunning confession that he, "had no Plan B for Daniel Sedin " - runs contrary to your depiction of a strategic heavyweight" but rather points towards the notion AV is actually in over his head vs better teams & better coaches.
Great Coaches are very rare.
Bowman, Keenan , Babcock ....
Av has most def. not proven to be one. (He is more like Marc Crawford - Would you consider him great?) He has had elite talent that was coming 'into their prime' over the last few years & an innovative/creative GM & assistant GM. He has had one of the best Goaltenders of our generation whose consistency over 13 years is second to none. He has had a GM who also has exploited the salary cap & a owner willing to spend to the limit. Still, AV has arguably been one shot away from being fired on two occasions(Carolina 2009 & Chicago 2011) (not really the sign of a dominant record?)
And he has been given a very easy ride in Vancouver. Contrary to your position. In most knowledgeable markets he would have been gone last year.
Tony G & Botch have been the only lone MSM voices of criticism in this media market.(up til now..)
The shelf life on coaches is very short in the NHL. History shows this. No coach has won a Cup past 4th yr since {Arbour}. Close to half have won in their first 2 years. (~9/21)
AND, Caryle, Tort, Quenville, Byllsma, Lavy & Robinson were not proven above average coaches before hired & subsequently winning the cup.
All power relationships get stale. How many of us have experienced this with a boss at work. The excitement(or fear) when first hired. If things go well, good times, maybe bonuses,satisfaction, then invariably due to office politics or a downturn in company performance or he/she just starts to drone on & get on yr nerves so the boss is changed. It's Time! 7 years IS a good run.But It is Time. There also have been average coaches who have succeeded with great talent & have not been able to reproduce it with another team or again with the same team.
Dave Lewis J. Martin Crawford Crisp B. Murray
Also, I would challenge you to a open bet (100$?) (for charity of course)(that Av is not able to be reproduce his 'greatness' in his next job).(unless LUI goes with him LOL)
Mr. Drance, you've brought up a lot of issues and I'll only respond to a couple.
The evidence of two first-place overall finishes supports that AV is an excellent coach because the overall talent level of the Canucks in those years was well below that of teams like Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago. Other than the Sedins, the Canucks have not had a similar list of the best players in the league, the superstars and top trophy winners.
The greatest deficiency in the Canuck line-up is a 3rd line centre who is 6'4'', 230 pounds and can skale; to match up with Joe Thornton, David Backes, Ryan Getzlaf, Anze Kopitar etc. Its too much to ask of Kesler (he's not that size), he gets worn down and he is key to Canucks secondary scoring. He can't do both. Lapierre can't do it, not enough talent.
A segment of the Vancouver media demonstrates a lack of leadership. Instead of knowledgeable analysis they dutifully follow a portion of the fan-base with a bully mentality that is illogical and rabid. They are the ones that would run a top goalie out of town while unreasonably expecting the back-up to be The Saviour.
There might be more I could say but time to get off the soap box.
March 11 2013, 10:14PM
That sounds awfully similar to the first two Chicago series, which were (to me at least), huge disappointments. I'd say western final loss would be enough. A third six-game, second round loss in five years would be too much to stomach. Third round or bust.
March 12 2013, 02:17AM
The Canucks' prospects cupboard back when Vigneault was hired:
-Cory Schneider -Luc Bourdon -Michael Grabner -Daniel Rahimi -Sergei Shirokov -Mason Raymond
They took Patrick White in the first and Taylor Ellington in the second back in 2007.
I'm not a pro AV fan. To be honest the thing that has stood out to me in Vcr is the fact they have won for so long with the roster they have. Apart from Sedin X 2 Kesler and a goalie ( you can't count goalies who are on the bench ) plus maybe a Burrows the rest of the roster is no more than average. The system employed by the 'Nucks is a basic possession game. To do the AV instituted a zone face off system...it worked very well and assuming you have a top end face off man you win most games. Gillis failing to secure a #2 face off player last summer understanding the circumstances Malhotra was in IMO is a bad breach of his GM duties. Rather than sign Garrison at an exorbitant price he should have addressed the centre position. This is not a hindsight view but one I have thought appropriate for a long time. I would rather gamble with Tenev in the top four that start the season without a plan B at the centre position ( keeping in mind the Kesler situation the team was fully aware of. Av does not control the roster which I truly believe is average and he can only shuffle the deck so often, he works with what he's given and IMO he hasn't been given a lot to work with. The roster has been over estimated because the team wins. The team wins because of the system they employed so succesfully. The system was institued by AV.
This team is not going to win with the Booth,s Raymonds, Lapierres and the Weisses of the hockey world. To much mediocraty and not enough skill top to bottom.
I in some ways feel bad for AV, he could do so much better with a better roster. As for the Goalie situation make up your mind Gillis it's taking a toll on your club, now you look bad because you made political hay telling every one you have to have the right deal, well memo to MG it ain't coming and you're going to have to spin a beauty when you eventually settle for less
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I don't get it, you're not an AV fan but you think (and I agree) he gets much more from his team than their calibre would suggest through skillful deployment (zone starts etc). Whats not to be a fan of good coaching? And I agree that its Gillis that is deficient, he's made several good moves but there are others I don't understand.
You can't argue with results. Vigneault is pretty well the best coach the Canucks have ever had. No one else has led the team through so much success.
But you have to look at the big picture. Two years after losing the Stanley Cup final after being up 2-0 and 3-1, a 5-game 1st round exit and a .500 regular season.
Yes there have been key injuries, but there's also been a lot of poor play and lack of cohesion.
But that alone is not enough to warrant a change. There has to be someone who can genuinely do a better job.
There is one man currently available. Lindy Ruff. Oh sure, he's never won a Cup either, but he always got the most out of budget-conscious teams.
He may just bring the fire and passion that Vigneault lacks.
I've never wanted Vigneault fired before. And I dont necessarily do now. But if a change IS necessary, now's the time.
Because I don't think Trotz, Tippet, Carlye, MacLean or Babcock will be available anytime soon.
March 13 2013, 09:00AM
Sorry, but the entirety of this reply is rendered irrelevant by the suggestion that Mike Keenan is a gret coach.
Nice add, couple points:
Relying on a great goalie somewhat isn't necessarily a bad thing. When the goalie make a significant % of the cap, he is expected to be a difference maker.
If we make the assumption that GMMG asked AV to coach a certain way couldn't we assume that Nonis did the same. Perhaps Nonis was the reason for the Canucks defensive play or maybe personnel contributed to the style of play somewhat.
I'm not arguing either way on this and I feel the same as you on a lot of the things you mentioned. Seven years is a long time for NHL coaches, and a change might be what they need right now.
Great point..but Av played the same way in MTL. & under as soon as things go a bit wonky he resorts to it now in the Nucks. (Thomas has made this point in reference to Av's conservative style. Either way..AV is past hi best before date..the only question is how long before the masses & MSM & some bloggers realize it?!
I bet heavy on Nux to miss playoffs at start of year @+625 (~16%) I have cashed out part already & have doubled my money--this was primarily on the clear signs I see that the Nux are regressing under AV..
As for a replacement? It is a myth that a great coach is needed to replace him?
Caryle, Byllsma, Robinison/Hitchcock (all had no experience prior to winning the cup? Lavy/Torts/Quenville were NOT considered great coaches..& had little playoff success...even Babcock & Burns had one final?(kinda similar rto Ruff) So if yr name is not Bowman or Keenan...id doesn't matter who the Nux get..If they are as talented as many feel --the removal of the negative energy/stale energy will be enough to motivate & reinvigorate the team?
Jon Cooper/Eakins/Havilland are all good candidates?
Of course if the coaching change doesn't have the expected benifets THEN dismantle the core..Tony Gallagher has said it best This core (& its long suffering fans) deserve a couple of cup chances with a new voice otherwise (we will never know)?!
It is def. worth the risk?


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Skip to comments.Moraga: Gay teen denied Eagle Scout submits petition asking Boy Scouts to change policy
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PLEASANT HILL -- A gay teenager denied his Eagle Scout award because of his sexuality turned in an online petition with more than 400,000 signatures Wednesday urging the National Boy Scouts of America to change its policies against allowing gay members.
Ryan Andresen of Moraga marched into the front office of the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council on Ellinwood Way along with his parents and a former member of the same Boy Scout troop who came out as gay two weeks ago. Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, also attended and presented Andresen with a resolution honoring his achievements with the Boy Scouts.
"It went about as expected," the 18-year-old said of the meeting with Alan T. Young, the program director for the Council, which oversees Andresen's troop. "I did get a chance to ask what I wanted. I didn't choose my sexuality, just like he didn't choose his. So I asked what made me any less adequate than him. He didn't answer. That says a lot."
Andresen collected 410,564 signatures on an online petition his mother, Karen, posted on Change.org after her son, a student at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, was denied Eagle Scout status after revealing he is gay. Young did not address the media directly, but his office issued a statement that said Andresen was denied his Eagle Scout status because "he does not subscribe to (Boy Scouts') Declaration of Religious Principle' and does not meet Scouting's membership
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Call it anything you want....the kid is solicitating for homos.
A Boy Scout is Clean and Articulate.
Why don't homosexuals establish their own organizations instead of trying to soil traditional ones? They are trying to force their perversion on normal people at every opportunity.
Note he is not petitioning to get his award, but to open the door for homosexuality in the boy scouts. Evil to the core...
Ironically enough (or perversely enough), this is happening at the same time as BSA is being dumped on for the "perversion files".
The homosexuals argue that not all homosexuals are pedophiles. That's true — but, it's also true that all male on male pedophiles are homosexual men.
There is no good reason for the BSA to change their policy
I wonder who his mentor was, you know, the guy that convinced the kid he was a homosexual..........
5% of scouts attain Eagle Scout status. It takes, on average, 4.5 years to earn it. The average age upon award is 15.5 years. My understanding is that the cutoff age is 18. If you are that age aren't we talking about mixing foxes with chickens, especially if the fox is thinking he's gay? The assumption is that a "clean" scout is celibate. Methinks this young man needs to put away childish things and move on.
Maybe he collected the 400,000 signatures to get a merit badge.../s
Sorry not willing to let young boys go out into the woods alone away from their family with other gay scout leaders or boy scouts. I wonder if NAMBLA is working behind the scenes to make this happen. It would give them access to young boys if the members applied to be scout leaders. I know its even sickening to even go there but in this day and age nothing surprises me anymore.
Too bad. Either you and your mom want to brag about how you like to play in poop with your sick perversions or you can work toward a noble goal.
You can have your crap and eat it too, but not as a Scout.
I say go ahead and give him his damn Eagle Scout designation but not change any of the policies about admitting them. If they give it to him and it's not enough then we will know his true agenda
I earned my Eagle Scout at 12 in 1963; exception waiver given by Hon Pres, JFK, on Nov 20th, 2 days before he was assassinated. I still carry my dated, laminated BSA Eagle wallet card, and have my ES Certificate, God & Country, Order of The Arrow Certs in my office.
Let the homo/pervert kid join something else; the BSA is a private organization and can refuse membership. Screw the United Way etc funds; we can fund it independently and preserve the morals I pledged to, in my Eagle Ceremony.
And yes, I earned my Eagle rank back in 1976.
Why dont homosexuals establish their own organizations instead of trying to soil traditional ones? They are trying to force their perversion on normal people at every opportunity.
Your second sentence answered the first. It's about recruiting
I agree with you....We never hear about what is likely "statutory rape".
Oh for Heaven's sake....here we go again with one more Communist step.....get rid of morals along with religion. Lets have names of his supporters....Leave this BSA troop alone.....form your own group and do as you wish...adequate has nothing to do with it.
They understand that it's easy to get what they want by redefining the language involved. Thus "Morally Straight" becomes "Gay is a moral choice and you are a homophobe bigot for claiming anything contrary".
The MSM rants and raves endlessly, fence sitters capitulate to stop hearing the whining and the definition of morality is sacrificed on the PC altar.
Once Gay is propagandized sufficiently as a 'normal' aspect of what society considers moral, the BSA/ military et all cannot use it as an argument because, as we all know "Gay is a moral choice".
Sickening, but that's the way libs work.
I don't understand why people of his persuasions do not start their own organization and enjoy life as they choose
Because they want to increase their ranks of deviants. If all you're hanging out with is other queers, you can't recruit fresh meat
They can't.
He publicly renounces the Scout Oath and Law. If they give him an Eagle Badge - in fact, if they don't kick him .out - they are flushing the whole organization down the toilet.
He is not qualified to be an Eagle Scout, by his own words.
At least, he's petitioning instead of denouncing or suing.
It ain't gonna happen kid.
I earned mine in '78...signed by Jimmah Caarta.
My son's is signed by ... Barry Soetoro ;-).
That'll come next, right after National telss him NO.
That'll come next, right after National tells him NO.
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To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.
Stories such as this never mention when the kid had his first homosexual encounter that convinced him he was homosexual. Nor do they mention that the likelyhood of that first encounter was with a homosexual adult........They are mentored, pure and simple.
I would say the gays have already gotten more than they have a right to expect from the white hetero guilt train, but it's up to the moderator whether I have the right to say it.
As a side note, how many of the Jerry Sandusky victims who came forward to testify against him are now homosexuals?
They will say that they don't want to force the Boy Scouts to change out of one side of their face and then ask them to do exactly the opposite.
When I was a Boy Scout, we never had these issues. No one cared, but then again, no one would come out and say they were a flamer either.
Look weenie-boy;
Unless you've been on another planet for the last week, you should damn-well know, from the news, that we've had more than enough experience with you disease-ridden, boy-raping whackjobs.
We're all set here, take your crazy talk somewhere else.
I've seen all the Scouts in your brood, and I think it's fantastic!
I figured long ago, it matters not the signators on your certificate...what does matter is keeping the motivation, and work ethic that drove you to earn it.
Congrats to your wonderful son!
Just ask the kid "How do we know you're gay?"
Ryan Andresen of Moraga marched into the front office of the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council on Ellinwood Way along with his parents and a former member of the same Boy Scout troop who came out as gay two weeks ago.
Kinda makes me wonder if Ryan helped this other kid come out. That's why Scouts do not need young perverts in their ranks..
Here is the center of his flawed logic. Nobody is asking him to lie about who he is - he can be a person who suffers from same-sex attraction, and it may in fact be something with a physiological root. However, having same-sex attraction does not imply that one must identify as "homosexual" or embrace the "gay" lifestyle. That is the part that goes against the ideals of Scouting.
The best witness that he can give to the ideals of Scouting is the same as I would say that a Christian with SSA can give: embrace a celibate lifestyle instead of the gay lifestyle. There are groups like Courage to help support people as they struggle to build the habits to live chastely.
please love me, i'm a butt pirate, please accept me and tell me i'm wonderful and great just the way i am. also by doing so you'll admit you've been wrong all along.
Joining is voluntary.
If you don't like the rules of the organization, go to another organization.
Also, let's just enjoy the irony or hypocrisy that homosexuals are pushing to loosen the rules of perverts in the BSA in the same week that the BSA files of abuse are released to the public.
Homosexuals target boys who are troubled. They've been known to hang around them for years before making an overt move. Studies show that homosexuals targeting boys is the norm among them. So I think pin pointing a first homosexual encounter wouldn't be possible.
He can't be an Eagle but it seems to me he is qualified to be a Bluebird.
Yes, CNN was trashing the scouts hard because of those files.
Wonder how many lives they plan to ruin.
Bill's a heck of a Scout ;-). #2 son will have his Eagle project underway before the end of this year, and then we have a long break because the next son is only 10 (Webelos 2, "Ice Dragons Patrol").
Boy Scouts is a great organization for the whole family. We only wish that, as in most countries, boys and girls did parallel programs within the same organization. Practically everyone I know with Girl Scouts experience would like to have Packs or Troops of girls doing the same program as the boys!
You do choose your behavior though.
Very interesting since I had a similar experience when I was 15......I'll relay it when I have more time.
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