AHOTP Loyal Reader Reward Program Launched
A loyal AHOTP reader, Mike Karwatka, spent some time along the Potomac this week.
It was the perfect opportunity for the AHOTP marketing team to launch our new Loyal Reader Reward Program. Mike and I have been friends and professional colleagues since July of 1991 when we were in the same platoon during Beast Barracks at West Point. It is easy to remember the exact beginning of a relationship when it is tied to such an event.
Like many of my stronger bonds, ours was strengthened by sports. We were on the same intramural boxing and soccer teams for Company E3. Mike was excellent at both, and probably still is today if put to the test.
Subsequently, we were in the same Ranger School class, and served together as lieutenants in the 82nd Airborne Division. Passing through those phases of a professional life together make a continued relationship virtually a given. None the less, since he was down at Fort Belvoir this week, the AHOTP marketing team needed to spring into action.
We got Mike out to the AHOTP headquarters to reconnect with the entire team and take in some Monday Night Football. We linked up with him again the next night at one of my favorite fine dining establishments, El Paso Mexican Restaurant. During these up-scale social events, Mike was offered unfettered access to all of my unique and in-depth thoughts on sports, beer, and child raising.
NOTE: My dad always told me that it is "child rearing," not "raising." You raise livestock, not human children. I opted for raising in this case, because rearing might confuse some people and raising is probably more commonly used. As far as I know, my dad does not read this blog, and would not be eligible for the Loyal Reader Reward Program anyway.
You all can be eligible for the reward program. All you have to do is read (loyally), comment (occasionally), and let me know when you are in range of the AHOTP headquarters.
Here is what the reward program includes (caveats included):
Keep reading and hit me up when you are in shouting distance. I will make sure the marketing staff hooks you up!
Let's go around the horn real quick on the teams that matter (to me).
Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano has lost it
There are only 32 NFL coaches. That's 18 fewer coaches than there are governors of states in our country. The NFL is a highly competitive business, and you would think only the best and brightest could secure one of these few head coaching positions.
After NFL Week One, I said that Pagano's head is most likely filled with tennis balls and wet farts. I was essentially saying he is dumb. Of course he is not dumb, but outcomes suggest he is not as smart as his peers.
Pagano's latest press conference indicates he has become unhinged and needs a mental and emotional vacation. I think it is clear that he is not the type of guy you want running one of 32 organizations in an extremely competitive industry. You HAVE to watch this clip -- I am still flummoxed by it.
Washington Redskins can still make playoffs, but will lose in the long run
The 5-6 Washington Redskins can still make the playoffs by winning their last five games, and getting a little help, according to Neil Greenberg of the Washington Post. All of the Redskins remaining regular season opponents have losing records, so it is not impossible that Washington could hold up their side of the equation. However, they would also need the Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions, and Green Bay Packers to combine for seven losses -- also not impossible.
Whether Washington makes it into the playoffs or not, they will most likely lose QB Kirk Cousins during the off-season. You can compile the statistics however you want, but it is hard to argue Cousins is not a top ten quarterback -- see this statistical comparison. The Redskins have two straight winning seasons for the first time since 1996-97 with a chance to make it three this year, but general manager Bruce Allen seems determined to run his winning quarterback out of town.
Is it time for Pacers fans to move from "cautious" optimism to "excitable" optimism?
I have only been able to watch the Pacers once this year, and I still have not ponied up with the cable company for the NBA League Pass. A quick scan of the internet has me feeling more and more optimistic, and thinking I will cut into our Christmas budget to gift myself the League Pass before long. Power forward Thaddeus Young is a do-everything glue guy, G Victor Oladipo is playing like an all-star, and a legitimate rotation has formed, according to Jonathan Matthes of Pacers blog 8points9seconds.
Hoosiers play Duke tonight
The Indiana Hoosiers have gotten victories against lesser competition recently to raise their record to 4-2 after losses to Indiana State and Seton Hall. The tough stretch starts tonight with #1 Duke and the beginning of the Big Ten conference slate with some serious non-conference games mixed in against Louisville and Notre Dame. Indiana is going to take it on the chin a couple of times before the new year, but they have an opportunity to truly test their new systems.
Gotta cut this off
I would like to cover a little on the Washington Wizards and Georgetown Hoyas basketball in the future to balance this thing out between the Hoosierland and the Potomac, but this thing is long enough already (well, probably too long...I know). Go watch the Hoosiers on ESPN!
It was the perfect opportunity for the AHOTP marketing team to launch our new Loyal Reader Reward Program. Mike and I have been friends and professional colleagues since July of 1991 when we were in the same platoon during Beast Barracks at West Point. It is easy to remember the exact beginning of a relationship when it is tied to such an event.
Like many of my stronger bonds, ours was strengthened by sports. We were on the same intramural boxing and soccer teams for Company E3. Mike was excellent at both, and probably still is today if put to the test.
Mike Karwatka on my left prior to the Brigade Open Boxing championships in the spring of '93. Ron Ferlazzo is over his left shoulder, and Paul Salmon over his right. Salmon was senior man in the corner in the bout I lost to Jerry Hart, one of the best fighters to pass through West Point in the 1990s.
Subsequently, we were in the same Ranger School class, and served together as lieutenants in the 82nd Airborne Division. Passing through those phases of a professional life together make a continued relationship virtually a given. None the less, since he was down at Fort Belvoir this week, the AHOTP marketing team needed to spring into action.
We got Mike out to the AHOTP headquarters to reconnect with the entire team and take in some Monday Night Football. We linked up with him again the next night at one of my favorite fine dining establishments, El Paso Mexican Restaurant. During these up-scale social events, Mike was offered unfettered access to all of my unique and in-depth thoughts on sports, beer, and child raising.
Loyal reader rewards: large Modelos and Tacos Gringos.
NOTE: My dad always told me that it is "child rearing," not "raising." You raise livestock, not human children. I opted for raising in this case, because rearing might confuse some people and raising is probably more commonly used. As far as I know, my dad does not read this blog, and would not be eligible for the Loyal Reader Reward Program anyway.
You all can be eligible for the reward program. All you have to do is read (loyally), comment (occasionally), and let me know when you are in range of the AHOTP headquarters.
Here is what the reward program includes (caveats included):
- Access to AHOTP headquarters (if I am home)
- Opportunity to drink from the Army Retirement Kegerator (if I haven't recently drained it)
- First dibs on whatever leftovers we have (if there are any)
- Chance to meet the rest of the AHOTP staff (if they aren't busy dancing, practicing a sport, or generally running around keeping up the Northern Virginia pace-of-death)
- Dinner at a local fine-dining establishment (fine-dining defined as bar/grill equivalent with sports on flat screens)
Keep reading and hit me up when you are in shouting distance. I will make sure the marketing staff hooks you up!
Let's go around the horn real quick on the teams that matter (to me).
Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano has lost it
There are only 32 NFL coaches. That's 18 fewer coaches than there are governors of states in our country. The NFL is a highly competitive business, and you would think only the best and brightest could secure one of these few head coaching positions.
After NFL Week One, I said that Pagano's head is most likely filled with tennis balls and wet farts. I was essentially saying he is dumb. Of course he is not dumb, but outcomes suggest he is not as smart as his peers.
Pagano's latest press conference indicates he has become unhinged and needs a mental and emotional vacation. I think it is clear that he is not the type of guy you want running one of 32 organizations in an extremely competitive industry. You HAVE to watch this clip -- I am still flummoxed by it.
Washington Redskins can still make playoffs, but will lose in the long run
The 5-6 Washington Redskins can still make the playoffs by winning their last five games, and getting a little help, according to Neil Greenberg of the Washington Post. All of the Redskins remaining regular season opponents have losing records, so it is not impossible that Washington could hold up their side of the equation. However, they would also need the Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions, and Green Bay Packers to combine for seven losses -- also not impossible.
Whether Washington makes it into the playoffs or not, they will most likely lose QB Kirk Cousins during the off-season. You can compile the statistics however you want, but it is hard to argue Cousins is not a top ten quarterback -- see this statistical comparison. The Redskins have two straight winning seasons for the first time since 1996-97 with a chance to make it three this year, but general manager Bruce Allen seems determined to run his winning quarterback out of town.
Is it time for Pacers fans to move from "cautious" optimism to "excitable" optimism?
I have only been able to watch the Pacers once this year, and I still have not ponied up with the cable company for the NBA League Pass. A quick scan of the internet has me feeling more and more optimistic, and thinking I will cut into our Christmas budget to gift myself the League Pass before long. Power forward Thaddeus Young is a do-everything glue guy, G Victor Oladipo is playing like an all-star, and a legitimate rotation has formed, according to Jonathan Matthes of Pacers blog 8points9seconds.
Hoosiers play Duke tonight
The Indiana Hoosiers have gotten victories against lesser competition recently to raise their record to 4-2 after losses to Indiana State and Seton Hall. The tough stretch starts tonight with #1 Duke and the beginning of the Big Ten conference slate with some serious non-conference games mixed in against Louisville and Notre Dame. Indiana is going to take it on the chin a couple of times before the new year, but they have an opportunity to truly test their new systems.
Gotta cut this off
I would like to cover a little on the Washington Wizards and Georgetown Hoyas basketball in the future to balance this thing out between the Hoosierland and the Potomac, but this thing is long enough already (well, probably too long...I know). Go watch the Hoosiers on ESPN!
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