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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by Sylvia, Feb 19, 2013.
This is pure speculation.
For sure I do not believe it is all Rockne that is to blame for the split I believe that it takes two...on that account and it could be that because of that particular partnership he had to think as one and began what I see as a bad habit in focusing on himself...maybe out of necessity who knows?. I am not saying he did not have a reason to start that mode of thinking just that I believe that Tai is right it affects a partnership in the beginning and it is something that should be emphasized "team" right from the start..maybe it had an impact on the M/B partnership too...?? not sure. I also believe that the universe has a plan and it doesn't always coinside with what we think... about something and I hate to say it but usually "there is a reason for everything". So maybe this is his perfect partner?...sometimes it is a journey. Just thought Tai's insight was interesting......
My comments, reese, are based on quotes by both Rockne and Mary Beth in printed articles; on their interaction in competition; on their comments and interaction in interviews throughout their partnership; and on mutually supportive quotes by Rockne and Mary Beth after their split. So as I said, on the surface Rockne seemed patient, obviously willing to help an inexperienced partner, and supportive leading up to and after their split. Rockne's encouragement and support is my perception, and it's based on more than pure speculation.
Well, figureit, if that's the case, it seems then that both Lindsay and Rockne are guilty of not "emphasizing 'team' right from the start," as per the phrasing of comments by both of them in the IceNetwork article. Truly, let's give Rockne and Lindsay a couple of months to at least begin to gel.
I agree it is in articles and in interviews in quotes so it came form them...that puts it beyond speculation...
whether or not they meant what they said or were just being politically correct is another matter...do you have some insight that is more or less? Why would you say it is speculation?? Please share Reese just curious..
.and I also agree we are discussing the new pairing of D/B but giving them time and letting them gel is always expected....and truly the more good pairs we have in the US the better!
After the season in which Rockne had hernia problems for at least some of it and jumped kinda inconsistently (08-09), he became plenty solid with 3S. With Keauna, 3S was their "main triple" (3S-2T in LP) and occasionally they did 3T as a second triple (not consistent, but again, he was injured for at least some of that stretch). They ended up doing 2As instead, which were fine.
With Mary Beth, it was the opposite-- 3T was their "main triple" (3T-2T in LP), and Rockne was fine with it then. And then they briefly tried 3S as the second triple, but it didn't work out (he actually landed them fine in competition; it was more of a problem for her with everything else going on in the program, plus they didn't have good unison on them). They switched to 2A, and he rarely messes up that jump.
Overall, Rockne is good with 3T & 3S. And 2A. I've never heard of him doing a 3Lo at any point in time, and I'm thinking all the way back to when he competed as a novice man. I could be remembering incorrectly, but I don't think so. I know Lindsay and Themi were quite good at 3Lo. In recent years Rockne would practice 3F, but that obviously never made it into a program.
So you are literally basing it on prepared remarks for press releases, kiss and cry interactions and on-air tv interviews.
I don't think Rockne is a bad person, but I do think his ego *can* make him difficult to work with. Maybe this Davis situation will be different; I don't know. I think the pressure of skating with The Rockne Brubaker was very difficult for Mary Beth.
I think that all sides now realize that this might be the last great chance.
It sounds like Tai generally is good at dishing out 'tough love' when necessary. I wonder if she ever considered coaching.
Yes, I don't recall ever hearing Tai speak about a desire to coach, but she definitely has offered to be of service to USFS in working with, i.e., mentoring U.S. pairs. I believe that Tai might have been called in to mentor Keauna and Rockne via her connection with Mr. Nicks. I don't specifically recall the details, but Tai did discuss her mentoring relationship with Rockne and Keauna during her podcast interview with manleywoman in June 2009:
And, during Tai's recent Skating Lesson podcast interview with Jenny and Dave, Tai also mentioned her desire to be of service to U.S. pairs in whatever capacity she could be of most benefit.
Glad to hear you don't think Rockne is a bad person, whatever your definition of a "bad person" happens to be. Hmmm, unless fans happen to be gossipy skating rink Moms or other skating world insiders (which I am not), I think following skaters via their Twitter and Facebook, on television, in online videos and interviews, print articles and IN features is about the only way to get to know favorite athletes, outside of off-chance/ rare opportunities to meet them in person at their training rink or at events and public appearances (and obtaining off-the-cuff impressions). Unless, of course, a fan with dish is an obsessed stalker who bugs skaters' relatives, waylays skating know-it-all Moms, tracks down skaters in bathrooms, sets up wire taps in hotel rooms, hacks emails and cell phone calls and texts, and scours wastebaskets.
But, apparently you have more intimate knowledge about Rockne's ego than I do, reese. However, unless you do know Rockne personally, I wonder how you arrived at your conclusions. In any case, every human being has an ego (not to mention vanity and pride). It's only the very rare human who has the ability to keep their ego under control at all times.
And what is this about The Rockne Brubaker. I mean, he's obviously a very talented male pair skater with porny good looks, but it's not like he's the pair skater version of Patrick Chan, or is he???
Hopefully, Rockne's brother Collin doesn't have the same "ego gone wild" gene. And pardon me for feeling skeptical that it was largely Rockne's ego, or Rockne's large ego that weighed so heavily upon both Keauna and Mary Beth thus causing those respective splits/ break-ups. As the years pass by and the dust settles, I wonder whether there will be a tell-all? Has anyone informed Stefania?
Disclaimer: Don't mind my sarcasm, it's just my ego responding.
^^ What I suspect has been the issue with Rockne's most recent partners....KM and MBM...has very little to do with Rockne's ego. I think it is more of a difference in maturity, lack of.... or differences in common goals and the way in which those goals were approached, and quite often that is reflective of work ethic, maturity, life experiences. I think there was too much of a age difference, esp with MBM, and with Keauna....it was perhaps a change in her life goals. After not qualifying for Vancouver, I think the idea of working another 4 years towards Socchi was not in her life plan.
Oh aftershocks, have you ever met a reply to which you didn't overreact? If so, I've yet to see it here or in any other thread. My comment was based on a first-hand, on-site account of Rockne during his last year skating w/ MBM (hence the icon), but I will defer to your careful consideration of tweets and tv interviews.
^^ What an overreaction. No need to defer either. And my perceptions are not based on tweets in any case, just what I initially mentioned.
BCooper's perceptions make more sense to me than that of your first-hand, on-site account ...
Holy Smokes, thanks for finding this micronrd!
They are going to literally R-O-C-K!!!!
^^ To my eyes, they certainly rock in that Enticement performance with Felicia Beck! Good luck to Rockne and Lindsay.
Just stop replying to her. Jesus Christ.
It doesn't help that cause when the article has a picture of him only.
Not knowing Rockne personally, I have no idea whether he has a big ego or puts undue pressure on his partners. Having said that, he seemed to have a very successful junior career with Mariel Miller that only ended because she got bit by the puberty bug. I also thought that there were way too many outside expectations about his partnership with Keauna. Having seen her skate with other partners, I always had doubts about her ability to master senior-level pair skills. I don't know what happened with MBM but I generally dislike huge age-gaps between pairs skaters, I didn't help that she looked much younger than her stated age.
MBM has always struggled with the pressure in competitions and generally looked miserable. It wasn't very surprising to see her move on.
On the main article not the front announcement I went back and looked and they split screened like D/C and Y/R just curious after you said this. You are correct..on the main article they only put him and on the main articles of D/C and Y/R it was split screen with new partners.....
Not everyone has the fortitude and desire to go to the Olympics. Just because Keauna and Mary Beth called it quits does not mean that there is something wrong with Rockne (or with them). On the contrary, Rockne has many admirable traits and seems to be a genuinely nice guy. Clearly MBM did not want to pursue it and perhaps was bothered by the intense pressure of the situation. She has completely dropped out of sight since leaving the partnership - is she skating now at all? Keauna lost her desire to skate anymore, was fed up with the training regimen and diet restrictions, and just wanted to be a normal teenager. Nothing wrong with that.
It is extremely important that both partners on a pair team share the same goals. If Lindsay has the same drive and passion as Rockne to strive for an Olympic spot, then I believe the team has a good chance to succeed. They will both be willing to put in the work necessary to achieve their goals.
USFSA has always had a love affair with Rockne..." A good looking guy that's straight!" Notice how they always plaster his face at Nationals even when he is not competing...and the ridiculous " Ryan Bradley / Rockney bromance promo video played during ice cuts at Nats...
IMO the girl he skates with is secondary...they just want him in the game for promotion.
Keauna definetly did! I think she was beyond devestated when they didn't make it- they were the by far pairs favorite that year, and in Coke Olympic spots! I really think that contributed to her losing her desire to skate.
I think if he had found a long term partner right after Keauna left, Rockne may have been the US's great hope. But I think it has been too long since he was the top pairs guy to throw all the eggs into that basket. I'd love for him and Lindsay to do well, but we'll see. Kind of the same with Caitlyn- when she lost her partner, I think she was the best pairs girl in the US, but I really don't know where she is now. Past success can't be extrapolated into future results.
Keauna only had one other partner before Rockne, and that was at 10 yrs old. But I agree that there were too many immediate expectations surrounding that pairing. Both of them were publicly stating very early in their partnership (she was barely 15 at the time) that their their goal was to win a medal at their first Worlds, and it made me cringe. They were young and seemed rather oblivious to the fact that the rise to the top in pairs isn't smooth sailing and not quick, no matter how good you think you are or how good your results have been. Making bold public goals isn't really good at any stage of one's career.
So I wasn't really surprised that Keauna seemed overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed immediately (and deal with puberty while skating with someone that short). It didn't help that they were showered with endorsement deals before 2010. 2010 was obviously devastating to her... It's a shame to feel like you failed so badly in only your 3rd year of skating Sr pairs.
I thought with Mary Beth, it might help that they didn't have immediate success, that they had some very rough results in their first int'l competitions. She also of course needed time to learn about pairs. But the whole thing was still very rushed and there was still a ton of pressure. Rockne publicly stated he wanted them to make the World team in their first season (by Nationals, he seemed to have modified that goal, but still...). He even pushed to get them selected for Skate America three weeks into that partnership-- they weren't even doing throw triples at the time, and Marley had done less than 3 months of pair skating in her whole life Who even knew what the pairing would actually be like, but Rockne wanted to go to Skate America, so they threw together programs in a week and had USFS monitor them at a local competition a week or so later (where USFS told him the obvious that they were not ready). I remember thinking it was kind of nuts.
And then for this season, there was pressure to increase the difficulty in their programs despite them not being all that consistent the previous year. So I wasn't surprised Marley was having trouble with the pressure.
Rockne is very good and he knows it. No matter how he treats his partners, there's still added pressure to skate with him, I feel.
^Well, Lindsay has experienced ups and downs with 2 partners and she is older. It's been stated before in this thread, but I think that will help.
Aren't most pair guys straight?
Yup, it might help
I agree with madms and BCoopers thoughtful views expressed in their posts. Pair relationships and break-ups involve a lot of different factors. IMO, problems and break-ups generally should not be looked at in simple black and white terms, or considered to be the fault of one partners ego. Its usually a lot more complicated than that.
I think that Mary Beth did a very good job learning pair skills and she had notable success with Rockne, so they were both weathering the pressures. They were a good team with the potential to become even better, so doom and gloom post mortems are kind of OTT. Theres no reason to jump to all kinds of conclusions and assess blame on one partner or the other re either Keauna and Rockne, or Mary Beth and Rockne. Mary Beth never gave specific reasons why she decided to stop skating, and thats her right. It probably had more to do with her desire as a young person who is still maturing emotionally, to just do something else with her life.
Having that desire is not unusual, and its one of the reasons why a lot of break-ups happen in figure skating. For example, young ice dancers, Jamie Silverstein and Justin Pekarek, had great success as juniors and they appeared to be having a wonderful start to their senior career when they broke up, apparently after Justin decided he wanted to do something else with his life. It was a difficult adjustment for Jamie who was also battling eating disorders, but she eventually came back to win a bronze medal at U.S. Nats with Ryan OMeara, and go to the 2006 Olympics. Jamie left skating again to reassess what she wanted to do with her life, and she is now The Grinning Yogi in Seattle, Washington.
I hope that Mary Beth and Keauna are feeling satisfied and happy with what they were able to accomplish in their skating careers and that they are both enjoying what they are doing now. No matter how difficult the emotions surrounding their decisions to break-up with Rockne and move on with their lives, they both seem to have been able to deal with their respective splits and get past it. One thing that might still be irksome to them both is to know that their former partnerships with Rockne are constantly being examined and gossiped about on skating message boards. So maybe fans (including myself) need to just get past it too, and appreciate the positives of those partnerships.
I would imagine that Rockne and Lindsay both have learned a great deal from their former partnerships and that they each are looking ahead with anticipation to the prospect of building a positive and successful pairs relationship on the ice. Good luck to them.
I'm sure they will focus on what's in front of them and not worry so much about achieving world peace.
The Felicia Beck Enticement video is worth taking second, third, and fourth looks too.
I am not all that enthusiastic about the news of this pairing. Perception is EVERYTHING in FS judging, and the judges WILL perceive that this is a team that got together because of each person's separate goals to go to an Olympics, that these were skaters getting DESPARATE. They WILL perceive that Lindsay LOOKS overweight and heavy compared to the top pair skating women in the world. They WILL perceive that he is a SMALL pair skater making the team look mis-matched. They WILL perceive that there is a connection missing between the skaters found in the great teams. They WILL perceive the mediocre techniques.
He looks small, she looks too big, she is not an exciting skater or perfomer, and, really, neither is he. He is all facial looks and little substance in regard to being a pair skater on a world-class level. This team will go NO WHERE FAST internationally. It is just my opinion as a former pair skater.
Sorry, this news just isn't inspiring in any way for US figure skating. I make no apologies to anyone who doesn't like my opinion.
I have had several personal interactions with Rockne over the last few years and, by my observations, he is extremely hard-working, patient and just a sweetheart. He was extraordinarily patient with MaryBeth (in a good way- very encouraging and really wanting to work through feelings of competitive pressure). And as far as I can tell- USFS loved them. I see Lindsay as far more mature than MBM, is athletic (don't think she looks overweight), and I think/hope they will be terrific. And while Rockne does want to go to the Olympics, I also think he just loves to skate. There will definitely be a lot of competition, but here's hoping they have much success. Couldn't happen to a nicer, more talented person who has been through a lot, but has endured.
^^ Thanks dancefan17 for sharing your thoughts based on your personal interactions with Rockne! (Interesting how some other posters seem desperate to disparage Davis/ Brubaker)
IMO, Rock2 was on target with this post, which bears re-visiting:
In any case, as pointed out ad nauseum, Lindsay is not overweight -- she simply has a womanly shape. She is also very graceful, and she interprets music well. ITA with the below comments in regard to the way Rockne and Lindsay look together in the Felicia Beck-choreographed trio performance originally posted by micronrd on 2/21:
She's overweight like Jamie Sale was overweight from 2000 - 2002 - which is to say, NOT. AT. ALL.


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First off a variable snowpack means a lot less speed. You need to go slow and scope out the best line with the best coverage. Try to keep edge pressure to a minimum do you dont just dig through the snow and slide out on the ice. Try for longer traverses and less turns. Also look for moss on the rocks. It absorbs water and then freezes so it rides a lot like ice which is still a lot easier to ride than rock.
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Just got back to my dorms after a weekend of riding at Sugarbush and needless to say I banged myself up pretty bad. Since VT is completely schitzo and decided to give us 50 degree days on Thursday and Friday, then 25 degrees with a -3 windchill @ 45 MPH on Saturday there was a lot of ice and thin snow on the mountain that day.... I spent most of the beginning of the day practicing on greens because I just learned how to carve two weeks ago in a lesson but haven't gone since. After a couple hours I decided to push myself more and hit some blues. Went on a couple and all went very well. I was fuckin pumped. Then I went on Sleeper... the only blue on Gatehouse I hadn't gone on. Half way through and all was gon okay until I reached a fork that had a "thin coating" warning in front of the sleeper trail and the other side of the fork was way too advanced for me, so I said fuck it, lets give it a try.... started off with just thin snow... still ridable... Then I hit the ice, grass and hard packed snow..The trail started getting progressively steeper and narrower. I went on my heel to avoid riding into the wooded mini cliff next to me and caught some light snow, ice or grass... Fell harder directly on my face then I ever have... thought i broke my nose, actually but I was fine (thanks to a helmet) and rode away sketchily down the last 30 ft of the trail. Now, having told that story, is it even possible to ride on such thin coatings (there wasn't much grass really, moreso just some in the corners, the rest was just thin snow and ice) or is there a certain technique to it since there is no snow for your edges to catch in...?
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Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
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What you should do about this interaction:
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Strasbourg, 21.02.2012 - The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) today published its new report on Latvia. ECRI's Chair ad interim, François Sant'Angelo, said that, while there have been positive developments, issues of concern remain: firstly important budget cuts affecting the Ombudsman and secondly the situation of the Roma.
Human rights associations and foundations are now authorised to represent individuals before court with their consent. Training of the police on non-discrimination and combating hate crime has been carried out. Measures have been taken in order to improve education in Latvian for children of ethnic minorities and to ensure that Roma pupils attend mainstream classes.
However, incitement to hatred is interpreted narrowly. The Ombudsman's budget has been drastically cut. The Ministry for Special Assignments for Society Integration was dismantled. The policy on the use of the state language has been significantly hardened. The Roma remain one of the most discriminated groups in Latvian society. No measures have been taken in order to simplify the naturalisation process for children born in Latvia, from "non-citizen" parents after 1991. The calculation of "non-citizens"' pensions raises concerns of unequal treatment.
In its report, ECRI has made a number of recommendations to the authorities, three of which require priority implementation and will be revisited by ECRI in two years' time:
The report, including Government observations, is available here. It was prepared following ECRI's contact visit to Latvia in April 2011 [Press Release - 12.04.2011] and takes account of developments up to 22 June 2011.
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7T.J. McDonald
USC Football Sun Bowl Game Notes
Trojans play Georgia Tech on Dec. 31 in El Paso.
Marqise Lee Named USC Team MVP
T.J. McDonald is Most Inspirational.
USC Football To Play In Sun Bowl Versus Georgia Tech
Game is Dec. 31 on CBS-TV.
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Matt Barkley threw for 298 yards and six touchdowns.
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USC 42, Syracuse 29 - AP Photos
Matt Barkley threw a career-best six touchdown passes.
CAREER: He has 163 tackles, including 5.5 for losses, and 6 interceptions in his career. He has 23 career starts.
2012: The hard-hitting McDonald, a Thorpe Award and Lott Trophy candidate who like his father has earned All-American honors at USC, returns for his third season as the starting free safety as a senior in 2012.
2011: McDonald started for his second season at free safety as a junior in 2011 and had an outstanding season. Overall in 2011 while appearing in all 12 (he started all but the Colorado game), he had 67 tackles (third on USC), including 2.5 for losses, a team-high 3 interceptions, 2 deflections, a fumble recovery and a blocked punt. He was one of 15 semifinalists for the 2011 Thorpe Award and one of 20 quarterfinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. He made the 2011 Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly All-American first team (joining his father, Tim, as the first father-son All-American first teamers in USC history), the SI.com All-American second team and the Phil Steele All-American third team.He made the 2011 All-Pac-12 first team. He made the 2011 ESPN.com, CBSSports.com, CollegeFootballNews.com and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team. He won USC's 2011 Defensive Perimeter Player of the Year Award. He was a USC captain (joining his father, Tim, as the first father-son captains in Trojan history).
He had a team-best 8 tackles against Minnesota, then had 2 stops and a fumble recovery (to set up a USC TD) against Utah and 5 tackles against Syracuse. He had 6 tackles at Arizona State and then he had a pair of first quarter interceptions against Arizona (the first ended Nick Foles' streak of 210 passes without a pick dating to 2010) and he also had 6 tackles and a deflection to earn Lott IMPACT Trophy National Player of the Week and Thorpe Award National Defensive Back of the Week. He made 2 tackles (0.5 for a loss) at California, 5 tackles at Notre Dame and 5 tackles against Stanford (1 for a loss). He had 4 tackles while playing only the second half at Colorado (he was suspended for the first half by the Pac-12 for a hit in the Stanford game). He had 6 tackles against Washington and 8 tackles and blocked a punt at Oregon. Against UCLA, he had a game-best 10 tackles and had an interception (in the end zone with the Bruins threatening in the red zone) that he returned 25 yards and a deflection.
2010: McDonald was USC's starting free safety as a sophomore in 2010 and had an outstanding showing. Overall in 2010 while starting 12 games (he missed the UCLA game with a shoulder injury), he had a team-high 89 tackles, including 3 for losses (with a sack), plus 4 deflections, 3 interceptions and a blocked punt. He made the 2010 All-Pac-10 second team, Scout.com All-Pac-10 first team and Phil Steele All-Pac-10 first team. He had surgery on his ankle prior to 2010 spring practice.
He had 4 stops with a deflection at Hawaii, then a game-best 14 tackles with an interception (in the end zone) and a deflection against Virginia, 7 tackles (with a sack) at Minnesota, 6 tackles (1 for a loss) and an interception that he ran back 20 yards at Washington State and a game-best 11 tackles against Washington. He added 4 tackles at Stanford, 3 tackles and an interception (to set up a USC TD) against California and 6 tackles (1 for a loss) and a deflection against Oregon. He had a game-high 13 tackles and blocked a punt (he also partially blocked another punt and downed a punt at the ASU 4-yard line) against Arizona State to earn Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors, a game-high 10 tackles against Arizona and a team-best 10 tackles with a deflection at Oregon State. He had a tackle against Notre Dame before spraining his shoulder early in the game (and sidelining him for the season finale at UCLA).
2009: McDonald saw limited action as a backup strong safety and played on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2009. Overall in 2009 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 7 tackles. He had 3 tackles against San Jose State and then 1 tackle each against Washington State, California, Notre Dame and Arizona State.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2008 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Scout.com All-American first team, ESPN 150, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Dream Team, Sporting News Top 100, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Golden State Preps All-Southern California first team, All-CIF Central Section, Fresno Bee All-Star and All-County/Metro Athletic Conference Defensive MVP as a senior who played safety, linebacker, defensive end, fullback, tight end and wide receiver at Edison High in Fresno (Calif.). He had 87 tackles and 3 interceptions in 2008.
As a junior in 2007, he made Rivals.com Junior All-American second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, All-CIF Central Section and Fresno Bee All-Star. His father, Tim, was the head coach at Edison.
PERSONAL: He's a communication major at USC. His father, Tim, was a 2-time (1985-86) All-American and 4-year (1983-86) letterman safety at USC, where he was named the team MVP his final 2 seasons, was Troy's 1986 captain and helped the Trojans to a victory in the 1985 Rose Bowl, and then played 13 years in the NFL as an All-Pro/Pro Bowler with the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (1987-92) and San Francisco 49ers (1993-99), including on the 49ers' 1994 team that won the Super Bowl. His brother, Tevin, is a sophomore cornerback at UCLA. His initials stand for Tim Jr. He and 15 of his USC teammates spent 5 days in Haiti in the spring of 2012 building homes and assisting those in need.
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Tony Pauline, SI.com: "The Trojans have a storied history of sending talented defensive backs into the NFL, and McDonald is next in line. His cover skills are good enough that he can be relied upon to play over the slot receiver, and he displays a large degree of toughness against the run. McDonald is easily the most complete next-level secondary prospect from USC since Troy Polamalu."
Former NFL scout Dave Razzano: "One of the more talented safeties to come out of USC in the last decade, McDonald combines size, speed and aggressiveness to make his presence felt in every game he plays. He is a big time hitter who can create turnovers on his own with his aggressive style of play. He also displays the necessary speed/burst to come off the hash and break up plays downfield with very good timing and anticipation. He can go up and get the ball in compete situations due to his leaping ability. He shows up most in the run game as he is quick to react up field and stuff running lanes as he appears to relish the physical part of the game. The leader of the USC secondary comes to play each and every Saturday and will undoubtedly take his game to the next level in the future."
Sporting News: "McDonald is a tall and linear player with the foot quickness to have sideline range in deep coverage. He has good ball skills and consistently shows the timing to break up passes and even block punts. He is willing to come up in run support and tackle well."


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Lakeland Man Injured After Smoking While Using Medical Oxygen
Lakeland --- At 1:32 PM, Sunday, March 2, 2014, the Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) responded to a medical call for a 57 year old male that sustained possibly life threatening burns to his face and hands.
The victim was transported by ground ambulance by Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) to a landing zone established by LFD at a field near the Lakeland Center off of Lime Street. The victim was flown by medical helicopter to Tampa General for treatment (photo of landing area attached).
No fire damage was sustained to the patient's apartment and the incident did not require evacuation of any other residents.
This unfortunate incident, although quite tragic is a good opportunity to educate the public on the dangers of smoking or exposing any kind of flame or incendiary near highly explosive gases like oxygen. LFD would like to remind people to keep open flames away from medical gases, like medical oxygen, and any other flammable gases.
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - The Canisius women's basketball team trailed by as many as 22 points in the first half and got as close as three points but couldn't come all the way back in an 84-79 loss at Iona College on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins fall to 9-16 overall and 6-8 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Senior Ashley Durham matched a career-high with 29 points, going 10-of-17 from the floor and 5-of-7 from behind the arc. Junior Jamie Ruttle had 15 points in 21 minutes while senior Allison Braun matched a season-high with 10 points. Freshman Tiahana Mills had 11 points and nine rebounds while sophomore Kayla Hoohuli had five assists and zero turnovers.
"We continue to put ourselves in tough situations in the first half. Our team knows it, and I know it. We have to figure out a way to change it," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "That type of start, especially against an explosive team like Iona, is even tougher.
"I give credit to our team that we didn't fold and really battled in the second half, but that isn't good enough to take away from this game. We can't just play well for 30 minutes but need 40 minutes each and every game."
Canisius jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead behind 3-pointers from Durham, and Ruttle and a layup from Braun. The Gaels then scored 20 of the next 23 points and built a 22-11 lead. The Griffs broke a scoreless drought of more than five and a half minutes with a short jumper from Ruttle that made the score 25-13. Iona went up by as many as 22 points in the first half and made eight of its first 13 3-point shots. Canisius would go on a 12-4 run to make it 41-27 after a jumper from Braun, but Aleesha Powell hit Iona's ninth 3-pointer of the half in the final second to give the Gaels a 17-point halftime lead.
Canisius went on a 12-5 run to open the second half, getting layups from Durham and Mills, to make it a 49-42 game. Canisius was able to get the deficit to seven points on four separate occasions but couldn't get any closer until a 7-1 run, capped by a layup from Mills, made it 63-60 with 6:47 left. Iona came right back with five straight points to push it back to an eight-point lead. Canisius got as close as four points two more times, including with just over a minute left, but couldn't convert on the offensive end as Hoohuli missed a 3-pointer from the wing that would have made it a one-point game. Iona made its last 12 free throws to put the game away.
Powell led Iona (14-11, 9-5 MAAC) with 27 points while Damika Martinez had 18 points. Haley D'Angelo scored 13 points and Joy Adams had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Iona went 12-of-28 on 3-pointers in the game and converted 24 of 28 free throws.
Canisius returns home for its final two games of the season in the Koessler Athletic Center next weekend. The Golden Griffins host Manhattan College on Friday night, with tipoff set for 7 p.m.
Notes: The 44 points scored by the Gaels were the most allowed by the Griffs in the first half of a game this season... The Griffs scored 52 points in the second half, one point away from the most points scored in a half under Zeh (53 vs. Loyola on Feb. 5, 2006)... Canisius scored a season-high 79 points, the most points in a conference loss under Zeh and most since a 95-80 loss at Iona on Feb. 16, 2004... The Griffs had four players in double figures for the third time this season... Redshirt freshman Ashley Gomez played a career-high 12 minutes... Durham also had 29 points against Iona on Jan. 9, 2012. The senior has scored 97 points in her last four games against the Gaels... Canisius had 17 turnovers in the game, but just committed four of those turnovers in the final 23 minutes.


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The 2012-13 season was one of the Canisius College swimming and diving team's best in recent history. The Griffs' women competed to a fourth place finish at the MAAC Championships -- their best finish in program history – and the men finished in the top-three for the second consecutive season.
"I think now we can set our goals a little higher," said head coach Scott Vanderzell. "I think that every athlete that comes in here wants to win a conference championship, so if we don't make that our goal then we're just going to sell ourselves short."
Following the program's best finish at the 2013 MAAC Championships, the Griffs return the holders of a combined 14 individual school records for the 2013-14 campaign.
Senior Anna Schena placed fourth in the 100- and 200-yard butterflys at the MAAC Championships and also placed fifth in the 1000-yard freestyle for the Griffs. Shena owns school records for both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly and was a part of the record-holding 200- and 400-yard medley relay teams.
Junior Marissa Oakey took third in the 1650-yard freestyle at last year's MAAC Championships. She also placed fifth in the 500-yard freestyle and sixth in the 1000-yard freestyle. Oakey holds three individual program records and was a part of four school-record setting relay teams last season.
Sophomore Clare Battaglia is the top backstroker returning for the Griffs. She placed second in the 100-yard backstroke and third in the 200-yard backstroke at the MAAC Championships. Battaglia also placed fourth in the 200-yard IM at the event.
Sophomore Alex Doody placed in the top-10 of three different events at the MAAC Championships last season, and currently holds the school-records in the 200-yard breaststroke, 100-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM.
Sprint freestyler Kelli Graber is one of four seniors on this year's roster. Graber finished ninth in the 50-yard freestyle at the MAAC Championships. Schena, Leah Villari and Kelly Noll are the Griffs other three seniors this season.
"[The returning swimmers] have been our foundation for quite a few years now and we wanted to recruit around them," "The freshmen coming in this year fill the holes that we've had and allow them to be successful in their roles and not branch out into too many things that they had to do last year. This way we can focus on our team's strengths and not try and fill holes."
The Griffs also return a pair of divers in sophomore Audrey Mulhisen and junior Taylor Epstein. Mulhisen finished fifth in the 1-meter dive at the MAAC Championships and ninth in the 3-meter dive. Mulhisen earned first-place finishes in the 1-meter dive and 3-meter dives in four dual meets each last season. Epstein set the 1-meter diving school-record against SUNY Geneseo last season and placed 10th in the event at the MAAC Championships.
The Griffs return 17 men in total from last year's roster, but one noticeable name that's absent is five-time MAAC Champion Shawn Parkhurst, who graduated last spring. Parkhurst became the first Golden Griffin in program history to earn five individual MAAC titles, when he captured two last season.
The Griffs will also have to replace Tyler Carver, Michael Disco, Matt Moessinger and Robby Novak who also graduated.
"We have a very large freshman class, we recruited them knowing we were graduating a large class, so hopefully they can come in and fill those shoes," Vanderzell said. "We've got a good freshman class and good leadership at the top so I think we'll be ok."
The Griffs will bring in 14 newcomers on the men's side this season, adding to the 17 returners. Sophomore Spencer Bray highlights the returning cast with his second place finishes in the 500-yard freestyle and 1000-yard freestyle at the MAAC Championships last season.
"He's going to come in with a lot more confidence," Vanderzell said. "He trained hard all summer long, and he understands what's going on now where as last year he was figuring out how things went, so I expect him to come in with a lot more confidence this year."
The Griffs experienced a great amount of success in the distance freestyle events, with senior Corey Petrie and junior Sean Wurster followed Bray in the top-eight of the 500-yard freestyle at the MAAC Championships. Junior Sam Hansen and Parkhurst each joined the trio in the top-eight of the 1000-meter freestyle at the event.
"Distance swimming can be kind of lonely sometimes, but our kids push each other day in and day out," Vanderzell said. "They're a great group of guys and they take the sets and challenge each other and make each other work."
The Griffs also return a trio of divers, seniors Jake and Joel Kowalski and junior Eddie Quarantillo. Quarantillo took third overall in the 1-meter dive at the MAAC Championships and finished fifth in the 3-meter dive at the event.
The Griffs' 2013-14 season gets underway on Friday at 11 a.m. at the Burt Flickenger Center on the campus of Erie Community College.


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Arlene's Beauty Center804 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard
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|It's very easy to teach dogs that everyone who comes close to their owners deserves a growl - and then this can escalate to biting for no apparent reason. I think you've made a huge mistake by encouraging it. Or not discouraging it, whatever the case. I hope you can find a really good trainer to help you with this.
Well you should be complaining about them keeping people away from you when in public.
Because YOU have given up any leadership/decisionmaking role in your dog's lives in relationship to the millions of people that live in this world and should be a NORMAL (boring) addition. Rather then a OH MY GOSH THEY ARE ALL MURDERERS addition.
Your poor dogs are now ALWAYS on high alert because the job you have given them, that CLEARLY they haven't gotten the proper socialization and training for because they have zero ability to tell mass murderer from friend, is too much.
A normal confident adult dog that is good for protecting us is CALM in public. Able to think in public. Cue from US if there is an issue rather than just be on complete freakout 100% of the time that EVERYONE is a potential threat.
What you should have been doing and expecting is on ---> http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...pies-dogs.html and http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...s-puppies.html
First of all I'd separate the dogs when I went out in public, they are feeding on each other and that's easier to ignore you and take you from the picture. It sounds like you are just an annoying buzzing bee attached to the other end of the leash and bothering them. They don't feel you have anything of interest to add to the situation so they are ignoring you.
Chance of taking them separately to dog classes, only after meeting with the trainer to show them the situation...
There's also a good book that may help put you in the leadership role a bit called The Dog Listener by Jan Fennell. NOT an obedience book but just good leadership things you can do around the house that makes sense to dogs. Welcome | Jan Fennell the Dog Listener
Just as a heads up, if you got both these dogs at the same time and they've always been together, some of this is 'dog' stuff and why responsible breeders won't sell 2 puppies to the same home. It's much harder to raise them properly (I wouldn't do it ) You may recognize some of it here ---> http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...dogs-once.html
Good luck, if you are PRO-active and realize that your pups should NOT be 'protecting' you at all because you are the leader in the relationship. And then you work on proving this, you should see improvement.
Aggressive towards all new people
Kyra and Kolby are both 2 years old and every time a a new person gets near them, whether at home or in public, they bark growl and use their body to keep them away. They won't let anyone they don't know near me whatsoever. I'm not complaining about them keeping people away from me in public but when i have guests over it's out of hand that they won't stop even after they go into the crates.
Any training suggestions?
I want to put then into the PPD classes in hopes to get it under control but haven't found any locally yet.
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I was afraid of the needle perforations becoming "tear along dotted line" kind of thing. I guess the right thread tension and stitch spacing will keep the thread from cutting it further.
My machine can take a twin needle but I can't find a leather twin needle. Do you think a Schmetz 6.0/100 would be good enough for a french seam?
|if you thread tension is correctly set it makes no difference with the exception of whether you have an issue with the appearance of the back tack. Lock stitch back tacking is the best way to insure threads are not going to loosen up over time.
|Hmm - I just read online that you're suppoosed to tie the loose thread ends together instead of lock stitching when sewing leather. Makes sense to me, does it sound right to you guys?
Cool, I'll try the big gun and let you know how it works.
I tried the hair dryer on the leather as I was gluing, I dunno how much it helped. I wasn't sure about how long to heat it so I used a hair dryer instead of the heat gun.
And yeah, it's contact cement that I got, I scuff-sanded the foam and sprayed both parts when gluing. I won't tell you how badly it was sprayed out of that touch-up gun, though.
No the glued panel isnt good for 5 days, sorry. Once the glue is down and dry its pretty much over. Trim and top is meant to be fairly heat resistant. heating will help to pull it off but it is not repositionable.
Too much glue will stiffen you up too. Are you making a spray pattern that is fairly loose (Large fan) in opposite directions on opposite panels? this will minimize the amount of air you need. I have a 5 gallon I use cause its mobile. A touch up gun is too small in my experiance. Get a quart gun and adjust the paint screw until it shoots it out like snot at about 40 psi. Then raise the air up until you get a fan about 3 to 4 inches. You want the glue to go on wet bet not soak in or thru. Put it on in layers like a cross. On the opposing panel rotate the cross patter 45 degrees. It will give you the best bond with the least amount of glue.
the glue if it is trim and top is contact cement. 2 sided and you should be gluing both sides. if you take a hair dryer and heat the glue side it heats out the solvents and softens the leather from the back side. And makes the stuff stick like a mother.
I did one layer of 1/8", followed by another layer of 1/8" with the flames cut out. I was considering (as you suggested) not padding the inset flames at all, but I wasn't sure how that would look. I was worried about needing more padding on it where your arm would normally rest but it turned out exactly how cushy I wanted it. I used leather from the neck of the hide, seemed to be about as stretchy as I was going to get. Found a plastic coat hook laying around that I used to define the lines along the flames while the glue was still wet, it worked pretty well.
You mean I can still go back (5 days later) with the heat and try to force the contours of the flames?
I wasn't happy with the gun I used. It was a little touch-up gun with a little pressure regulator I mounted to it. I really couldn't get even coverage out of it, I wound up running it at 50 PSI, 40 was to globby. I'm going to try my bigger gun next time. That's a great tip about leaving the paint in the gun and taping off the hole. I'm definately going to try it after cleaning the gun once already. My little 3-gallon compressor wasn't keeping up, either - had to run to a friend's house and use a bigger compressor.
But all in all, it was a good experience. I didn't totally screw up the part, got a good idea how the cement works, I know how much I can stretch that leather now and I got a little practice. All thanks to some great advice from you guys on the board here.
Dont go back now on the door panels so they are both the same. But on the flames I would have foamed only the outside surface and bevel cut the the pattern edges and left the deepest surface un foamed. That way you glue to a non-flexible surface (foam flex added to making the definition go away). If you use heat (carefully!!) and a fiber stick or a plastice knife with hockey tape wrapped over the handle you can heat and force the material into the corners.
But you did good keep up the good work. One thing I recommend about the gun is tape over the breather hole on the top of the lid and leave the glue in the gun. Wipe the gun tip with mineral spirits right after your done using it and it will stay trouble free for use even if you dont re-use it for weeks. Just remember to take the tape off the hole and shake it up good before you restart as the glue separates.
I just wanted to say thanks for the advice. I tried an armrest first since it looked like one of the easier pieces:
I was hoping the flames would be a bit more prominent, but the amount I had to pull on that leather, there wasn't much left to dip into the contours. I haven't wrapped it around the back since it has to attach to another panel first.
I'm glad I went with the right glue, it sticks like nobody's business! The stuff I got from the local trim shop didn't need any thinning and was a bit more than I expected to pay. But still half of what the super 90 would have cost.
good to hear you already did it
best of luck on the covering job
|LowRoller, thanks. I was assuming that was the case so all panels are sanded to straight, but not necessarily smooth. But it's good to hear it from someone else.
you'll be happy that you picked up that spray gun
aerosol cans take forever to cover a large area, but a spray gun will cover the same area in no time flat
edit: oh yea, just mentioning it because it cant be overstated
pinholes in the filler / fiberglass are easily covered with no ill effects .... but BUMPS in the sufface are magnified, because a 2" round bump in the surface becomes 2.5" around after foam, and becomes 2.75 after the leather .... so sand out ripples in the panels just liek your going to be painting them
|Oh wow, six months? I was thinking "the end of the day" kind of thing. That's good to know, thanks! Just clean with reducer?
|for a gallon id offer 20-30 bucks...i use cheap paint guns, 9.99-14.99 on sale at harbor freight. i never clean the guns, but they get used alot and dont have much time to sit around. they would last, i would guess, at least six months, but we usually abuse them and drop them alot, so they usually get broken or just too smashed up in about 3-4 months.
Creative, you talked me into it. I have a small compressor and picked up a cheap gun. Next I'm going to see if the local trim shop will pour me off a gallon of glue for a slush-fund contribution. What's a good offer?
I was mostly concerned about the limited use the gun would see. I figured I'd spend more time cleaning it than I would spraying it. How long can I leave the glue in the pot?
Changed the contours on both sides of the center section, sectioned the right side and moved it out more, changed to contours of the right side blend into the door panels, built the end caps, fiberglassed the plenum and vent ducting (in progress) to the underside of the dash, built the defroster recess, built the end caps to meet factory mounts. I opened up the instrument area, digital gauges ready to go in. custom vents. I'm conteplating sectioning the instrument panel hood, the steering column is not centered in there. But I'm close to upholstery so I don't know if I want to start cutting again. And since I didn't notice for such a long time, I think I'm just being picky.
Everything else is home-built but I'm keeping the factory door panels and rear panel as a base. The A- and B-pillar trim's been dyed and the headliner is ultrasuede. The rest of the car is stock for the most part. Aus stage II, 3800/4T60E, 17" wheels, power steering, custom fastback is being done on a spare rear clip, maybe for next year.
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Peter O'Neill here with some comments about being truly effective at content marketing. Did you know that B2B buyers say that 70% of the content they read and study before making a purchase decision is actually found by themselves; as opposed to being given to them by marketing or sales? At Forrester, we like to talk about the new interaction model of need-match-engage, where the buyers now initiate the interaction and spend a major part of their buyer journey doing their own research before calling in potential suppliers.
Content marketing has therefore become much more than product and solutions collateral, campaigns, mailings, and fulfillment. B2B marketers have to be great at being found by buyers in their early research phase (the phases we call discover and explore). In a way, successful marketers will "fool" their buyers into consuming their thought-leadership and educational content in stages 1 through 5 — while hardly realizing its source. And the most successful marketers will learn how to mix their brand "scent" into that content without appearing to be selling — to the extent that buyers will count it as part of their 70%.


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The Center for Public Leadership presentsa special Screening of The Revolutionary Optimists
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Children are saving lives in the slums of Kolkata. Amlan Ganguly doesn't rescue slum children; he empowers them to become change agents, battling poverty and transforming their neighborhoods with dramatic results. Filmed over the course of several years, The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan and three of the children he works with on an intimate journey through adolescence, as they fight for the better future he encourages them to imagine is deservedly theirs.
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In a few short years, we may start to see unmanned aerial systems -- or 'drone planes' -- routinely flying overhead, doing tasks like fire suppression or search and rescue.
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Is that why your relationship has lasted so long?
Yes, because we don't tread on each other's toes.
Let's go back to the beginning of Deep Purple. How did you and Jon meet?
I met him in a transvestite bar in '68, in Hamburg, Germany. [laughs] Back in the late Sixties, there were few organists who could play like Jon. We shared the same taste in music. We loved Vanilla Fudge—they were our heroes. They used to play London's Speakeasy and all the hippies used to go there to hang out—Clapton, the Beatles—everybody went there to pose. According to legend, the talk of the town during that period was Jimi Hendrix, but that's not true. It was Vanilla Fudge.
They played eight-minute songs, with dynamics. People said, "What the hell's going on here? How come it's not three minutes?" Timmy Bogert, their bassist, was amazing. The whole group was way ahead of its time. So, initially we wanted to be a Vanilla Fudge clone. But our singer, Ian, wanted to be Edgar Winter. He'd say, "I want to scream like that, like Edgar Winter." So that's what we were—Vanilla Fudge with Edgar Winter!
After your breakthrough record, Concerto for Group and Orchestra [1970] with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, your playing took a more aggressive turn. In Rock [1970] almost became the blueprint for all subsequent Purple records.
I became tired of playing with orchestras. In Rock was my way of rebelling against a certain classical element in the band. Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band—we wanted to play rock and roll only. So off we went in that direction.
I felt that the whole orchestra thing was a bit tame. I mean, you're playing in the Royal Albert Hall, and the audience sits there with folded arms, and you're standing there playing next to a violinist who holds his ears every time you take a solo. It doesn't make you feel particularly inspired.
You started using the vibrato bar extensively on In Rock.
Yes, that's right. I'd seen the James Cotton Blues Band at the Fillmore East, and the guitarist in the band played with the vibrato bar. He got the most amazing sounds. Right after seeing him, I started using the bar. Hendrix inspired me, too.
You used to give the whammy bar a real workout.
I went crazy with it. I used to have quarter-inch bars made for me because I'd keep snapping the normal kind. My repairman would look at me strangely and say, "What are you doing to these tremolo bars?" Finally, he gave me this gigantic tremolo arm made of half-an-inch of solid iron and said, "Here. If you break this thing, I don't wanna know about it!" About three weeks later I went back to the shop. He looked at me and said, "No—you haven't." And I said, "Yes, I have." In graphic detail, I explained to him how I would twirl the guitar around by the bar, throw it to the floor, put my foot on it and pull the bar off with two hands. He was a bit of a purist, so he wasn't amused.
There is a lot of unusual noise during the final solo of "Hard Lovin' Man" [In Rock]. Is that you, throwing your guitar around in the studio?
If I remember right, I was knocking my guitar up and down against a door in the control room. The engineer looked at me oddly. He was one of your typical, old-school engineers. Like my repairman, he wasn't amused, either.
Did you ever try a locking-nut tremolo system?
No. I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.
Between In Rock and Fireball [1971], you switched from Gibsons to Fender Strats. How did that affect your playing style?
It was difficult, because it's much easier to flow across the strings on a Gibson. Fenders have more tension, so you have to fight them a little bit. I had a hell of a time. But I stuck with the Fenders because I was so taken with their sound, especially when they were paired with a wah-wah.
Around Fireball and Machine Head [1972], your playing took on a blues and funk edge. Did Hendrix have anything to do with that?
I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude—he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing. His guitar playing, though, was always a little bit weird. Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.
What do you think of Stevie Ray Vaughan?
I knew that question was coming. His death was very tragic, but I'm surprised everybody thinks he was such a brilliant player when there are people like Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Peter Green and Mick Taylor; Johnny Winter, who is one of the best blues players in the world, is also very underrated. His vibrato is incredible. Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.
How did you develop your own unique finger vibrato style?
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the "fast" guitar players. Than I heard Eric Clapton. I remember saying to him, "You have a strange style. Do you play with that vibrato stuff?" Really an idiotic question. But he was a nice guy about it. Right after that I started working on my vibrato. It took about two or three years for me to develop any technique. Around '68 or '69 you suddenly hear it in my playing.
I've noticed that your rhythm parts aren't always played with a pick.
That's from being lazy. It's like Jeff Beck—when he can't find a pick, he just plays with his fingers. You know how it is. You're watching television and you can't find a pick, so you just play with your fingers. Even on something as simple as the riff to "Smoke on the Water," you'd be surprised at how many people play that with down strokes, as though it were chords. I pluck the riff, which makes a world of difference. Otherwise, you're just hitting the tonic before the fifth.
Why do you think that, of all your work, "Smoke on the Water" is so enduring? The riff is the rock equivalent to the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Simplicity is the key. And it is simple—you can still hear people playing it at music stores. I never had the courage to write until I heard "I Can't Explain" and "My Generation." Those riffs were so straightforward that I thought, "All right, if Pete Townshend can get away with that, then I can, too!"
What did you think of Tommy Bolin when he took your place in Deep Purple, following your '74 departure?
I originally heard him on Billy Cobham's Spectrum album, and thought, "Who is this guy?" Then I saw him on television and he looked incredible—like Elvis Presley. I knew he was gonna be big. When I heard that Purple hired him I thought it was great. He was always so humble.
I remember he would always invite me out to his house in Hollywood to see his guitar. One day I went to his place. I walked in and tried to find him, but no one was around. There were no furnishings—nothing. I stayed there for 10 minutes before he finally appeared. He showed me his guitar, and the strings must have had a quarter-inch of grime on them, as though he hadn't changed them in four years. I asked him when was the last time he'd changed strings, and he said very seriously, "Gee, I don't know. Do you think I should change them?"