RIP John Hughes

[dbilmes]

Sad news.

[Al DeFlorio]

Much too young.  Very,very sad.

[jkahn]

Kenny Albert gave a nice tribute to John late in the Colorado-Arizona game.  He mentioned that they had been talking about Ken Dryden earlier, who was on Cornell's '67 championship team, but the year after Dryden graduated, John was a captain of Cornell's undefeated 1970 national championship team, and he sent along his condolences to the family.

[George64]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

[scoop85]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

[ugarte]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

2011 he may still have hated his father. It's been a complicated life for that dunce.

[Trotsky]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

[Roy 82]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

[Trotsky]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

AFAIK Sarah grew up rich.  So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.

I loved her skating.  But tax the fuck out of John's estate.

[Roy 82]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

AFAIK Sarah grew up rich.  So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.

I loved her skating.  But tax the fuck out of John's estate.

While you can pay for a porter to practically drag you up Mt. Everest, the level of effort and talent needed for an Olympic gold is very different. There is a big difference between "really good" and the best in the world. Sarah was competing against 1000s of kids in the US alone whose also well-off parents threw a lot of money at the best coaches and paid for private training and dreamed of Olympic glory.

(Bonus Cornell Content: Her competition did not have the Cornell-related secret methodology that made the difference: https://sleeptowin.wordpress.com/tag/sarah-hughes/
Spoiler: The secret method is to get more sleep)

[TimV]

"Forget it Jake.  It's Chinatown."::wank::

[billhoward]

"AFAIK Sarah grew up rich. So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.  I loved her skating. But tax the fuck out of John's estate."

I read this post from the bottom up, thought, "That sounds like Trotsky. He's still pissed about mowing Gatsby's lawn."

[Redscore]

Yup. No credit to her. She had it easy. And after people die, it's not their money anymore. Let's make sure we never have another Sarah because if she was poor, we would never have a medal. We would be Ghana. Cool.

[ugarte]

Yup. No credit to her. She had it easy. And after people die, it's not their money anymore. Let's make sure we never have another Sarah because if she was poor, we would never have a medal. We would be Ghana. Cool.

i appreciate how long it took you before you gratuitously insulted an african country. the restraint was commendable.

[Redscore]

I apologize to Ghana.  it came up only because I have supported many causes there and the name just popped up.  I've done more in Ghana than you know.  But the rest of the message stands.  I was just attacking the "rich people suck" attitude.