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James Nickal April 16, 2013 at 07:38 pm
Governor Adolf Cuomo, Will Not Stand for this!
If you teach children to shoot, they will grow up,…Read More & wont Guns.
And that, in the eyes of our Governor Adolf Cuomo will make them Criminals.
The Soup Nazi April 21, 2013 at 09:18 pm
You should have moved your offense to defense and visa versa. e used to say no shots after 5-0 I…Read More think. It was a felony offense but it could have ben handled better. did you take your best players out.
Kristen Ferrari April 6, 2013 at 10:14 pm
David,
I do understand your point and I agree that at certain ages there is something to be said…Read More for keeping the score closer. Not all kids are natural athletes and getting beat into the ground by a better player isn't always incentive to get better.
There should be a balance and I'd like to be clearer than maybe I was in my comment that I'm talking about an older more competitive level. There is a lot of criticism about trophies for all and everyone getting and I think some of that comes from fear that as a country we are becoming more about feelings and less about competition. Again, there needs to be a balance. Sports are a great outlet for kids and they should be encouraged to play and discover that sense of accomplishment that comes from learning skills. But no kid especially on a younger level should be made to feel bad about themselves.
David Allen April 6, 2013 at 05:00 pm
I appreciate the feedback and I would like to address some of the comments.
The object of any game…Read More is to win and to play to the best of your ability.
If you can challenge yourself to improve by trying something new that's even better. By the way a mismatch is an excellent time to challenge yourself with something new.
It's not about playing to win, the issue is when you have the game won, when you have out played and continue to outplay the opponent and there is clearly no comeback in the offing. What do you do? These are not college or pro athletes who train year round and are a momentum changing play away from a huge comeback. These are youth soccer mismatches.
The LIJSL encourages sportsmanship by requesting that coaches don’t run up the score. Yet in the same season they reward teams that don’t honor their request by giving them the sportsmanship award. It doesn’t make sense and it devalues the entire sportsmanship concept. Why have a sportsmanship program if you’re not truly honoring sportsmanship?
Finally, I do not pretend to be qualified to determine the psychological effect on the winners and losers of these mismatches. But there seems to be a consensus among youth soccer leagues that a goal differential limit is a good thing. Some leagues will fine a club for running up a score. Does that make us a weaker culture? I don’t know. And I doubt that anyone using the term “wussification” is qualified to answer that question either.
marianne krause March 27, 2013 at 04:35 pm
Here's a silly thought how about the players? you know the ones who committed the "crimes"…Read More since they are aduIts as to stop somewhere we have to stop blaming others for our childrens bad behavior .
Sal Anthony March 27, 2013 at 09:18 am
Should teachers be held responsible for the kids they attempt to educate when they commit crimes? I…Read More dont think so but our society just keep pushing the blame on other people and not the low life CRIMINAL!!!. What a shame we have become. Good luck coach we are gonna miss ya!!!
Cheryl Carmody March 24, 2013 at 03:27 pm
Great job GCHS cheerleaders and congratulations to coach Amy! Your hard work certainly paid off!
Barbara Serr March 21, 2013 at 01:07 am
Congratulations to the best cheer leading coach at Glen Cove Schools! Glad you made it to the…Read More Nationals, and placed! Love, Mom and Dad
Suzanne Anderson March 20, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Way to go girls, first time there and you place third!!!!
I'm going to miss being a "cheer…Read More mom"
Allison Pehel February 19, 2013 at 08:10 pm
I love meat house it so good !
The help is excellent truly professional and eager to share recipes…Read More most of all a pleasure to shop there.
Top quality product so fresh the beacon , chicken, the pork and the steak out of world.
Great natural taste!
Happy meat house came to Long Island
Helen January 12, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Kristen,
Very well written. I live in a house divided. My husband is the long suffering Jet fan,…Read More where I am Bleeding Blue thru and thru. Needless to say, football season is very tenuous in our home, and, though this year was not the year, last year was (and at quite the surprise, I might add!)
This year was not the Jets year, nor any of the 40+ years since Joe. I am not ragging on you or any Jets fan. My father was a die hard season ticket holder to the Giants and had to wait 40+years as such to have his team make the "big game".....so it can be done - it will be done (!), just NOT with the current set up. There is, always, next year......or the next.....;-}
Kristen Ferrari January 12, 2013 at 02:56 am
Michael,
I had tickets to the game that brought Testaverde out of retirement. It was an amazing…Read More moment for a fan and there was electricity in the stands when he came out of the tunnel. It was a nice moment to be a Jets fan and I was thrilled to have my son there with me. Of course after the nice moment we had more heartbreak but it is one of my fonder memories. Thanks for the reminder!
Michael January 12, 2013 at 02:28 am
I miss Testaverde. Curtis Martin. Chrebet. I always say, we would have about 2 current Super Bowls…Read More if we had a great coach instead of Herman Edwards. He was always playing catch up.
I wish they now would give Tebow a chance....
The Jets break my heart almost every week.
Nassau Taxpayer January 11, 2013 at 06:36 pm
Sure. Circle the money yet, Mr. Monti?
"Monti says the high-tech offices would be linked to a…Read More 92-acre residential, retail and commercial development by light rail or a special bus route.
Monti says the plan would cost between $2 billion..."
And be sure to fund any needed public service improvements.
KP LIslander January 9, 2013 at 04:57 am
@Matthew Hogan: I seem to be missing something here.
Mangano announced plans to…Read More “reinvent” the Nassau Coliseum by bringing in Forest City Ratner Companies, the same developer responsible for Barclay’s Center. This is "to help transform the venue into becoming what the county described as ‘an attractive, state-of-the-art destination for sports & entertainment.’ "
Really?
Mangano is doing this NOW, AFTER Wang’s hand was forced by the TOH & Nassau County & was left with no choice but to move?
Why now?
Why couldn’t this have been considered BEFORE Wang was left with no option but to move?
How is that going to be paid for?
And how would the manner in which this is to be paid for now be any different vs. how such a course of action would have been funded with the Isles kept in place in Uniondale?
I don’t get it.
I would really like to see the media ensure making it a point to highlight this valid & legitimate aspect in order for this to be addressed as it should be & not glossed over, minimized, trivialized & conveniently brushed under the rug.
This just seems to perpetuate the perception of the pols being short-sighted baffoons trying to cover their a$$ in vain.
Yet more of the same nonsense from the same inept, dysfunctional gov’t officials being paid by the taxpayer.
Mind boggling & unbelievable.
Pathetic.
And unconscionable that they even have the temerity to act as though they are not complicit or culpable, as if they have done nothing wrong.
A-WH()Le$
Ralebird January 8, 2013 at 06:32 am
I would like to see Kate Murray at the home opener to drop the first puck.
I don't mean a…Read More ceremonial puck drop from a red carpet, I mean I would like to see her at center ice dropping the puck for the game starting faceoff and then trying to get off the ice in one (very big) piece!
Jason Molinet (Editor) December 21, 2012 at 01:01 am
In the notes section I explain that the Nassau awards dinner was postponed by Sandy. So the new date…Read More is in January.
Tina Okulski December 21, 2012 at 12:40 am
Who won the Rutgers Cup for Nassau County and the Thorp Award?
melodie caporaso December 24, 2012 at 02:54 am
Thanks national football league this was a national tragedy my bowling league also held a moment of…Read More silence
Les Le Gear December 16, 2012 at 05:47 pm
This was a national tragedy. It's good that our sports teams are honoring the victims.
Constance Roland December 15, 2012 at 02:06 am
Sad we lost our LI identity.. happy to see sport grow.
Jason Molinet (Editor) December 15, 2012 at 12:12 am
Not a great name. But I bet it will be an unforgettable experience.
Dr. Remulak December 14, 2012 at 11:48 pm
One day, a couple of these young men will be able to tell their grandkids: "Yep, I played in…Read More the "Beef O Brady's Bowl."
THE SOCIAL WORKER December 14, 2012 at 02:40 am
the catholic schools really turn out the numbers and the scholarship money !!! wow
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