In praise of Taggart

[ThreatMatrix]

He's doing a fine job. They should give him an extension so they don't lose him.

"In the last week: Stephen Dix, Ryan Fitzgerald, & Jeff Sims have committed, Brendan Gant shut down his recruitment and is signing, and Francois has been kicked off the team; the future of FSU Football looks bright! I know it’s been a rough first year, but I really do think he’s building a healthy football culture here and I am still fully onboard the #TaggartTrain"

 

[MJMGator]

If what?

 

[GatorBart]

if/of
dont matta

 

[ThreatMatrix]

wateva

 

[soflagator]

I fear for Slevin if he sees that title.

 

[MJMGator]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

 

[ThreatMatrix]

I fear for Slevin if he sees that title.

I refuse to succumb to grammar shaming.

 

[MJMGator]

I refuse to succumb to grammar shaming.

Noble, but it won’t stop the onslaught.

 

[GatorBart]

I refuse to succumb to grammar shaming.

 

[AnObfuscator]

Taggart is definitely building a healthy football culture. He just needs time to make that happen. He should be given at least 5 years to get back to a bowl game.

 

[rogdochar]

He's doing a fine job. They should give him an extension so they don't lose him.

"In the last week: Stephen Dix, Ryan Fitzgerald, & Jeff Sims have committed, Brendan Gant shut down his recruitment and is signing, and Francois has been kicked off the team; the future of FSU Football looks bright! I know it’s been a rough first year, but I really do think he’s building a healthy football culture here and I am still fully onboard the #TaggartTrain"

I ran sum those sentences through "Spiel Check" and got this =
1) "the future of FSU Football looks blight !"
2) " I know it's been a rogue first year."
3) "he's building a culture on shifty sands"
4) " I'm faulty onbored Taggert's one-track train."

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

 

[MJMGator]

Copy, paste...courtesy of Rudyard Kipling.

 

[rogdochar]

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs,
then you're holding the chainsaw."

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

Funny thing is I read the title and had to pause, asking myself if Taggart was his real name. With all the other variations, such as Tagglewain, McTaggart, Tagglestain, etc., I’ve seen on this board, I really did forget. I dunno, maybe it’s the board names...or maybe it’s his forgettable team that’s causing me to forget.

 

[rogdochar]

Or maybe you've bathed since you last heard the Taggert.

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

Or maybe you've bathed since you last heard the Taggert.

No, I definitely haven’t done that.

 

[SeabeeGator]

No, I definitely haven’t done that.

From Georgia- checks out.

 

[Musclepug]

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/fsu-seminoles/2019/02/04/in-willie-taggart-we-trust-not-so-much

 

[Gator By Marriage]

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/fsu-seminoles/2019/02/04/in-willie-taggart-we-trust-not-so-much

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