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No other country in the world has the same problems that we do. Guns have been around for a long time and even the guns that are being used by these crazies. If you don't think that we need to look at mental problems in our country, you are in denial.

I'm big in to hunting and do it as much as I can. I also shoot sporting clays and blue rock as much as I can. I use semiautomatic shotguns for all of my shooting. I don't own any rifles or anything similar to an AR. I'm also about as Republican as one can get. I'm all for stiffer background checks, I just don't think it's going to change a whole lot. I'm to the point though, that I hope that legislation passes and sitting back and seeing what people are going to blame if it doesn't seem to work.If it does pass through and things do magically change, then I'll be more than happy to admit that I was wrong. I'm a firm believer that we need to look more in to the mental health of our country. I've been a teacher for 18 years and I've seen a big change in students over that time. Stiffer background checks are all well and good, but we need to work on violence in these kids every day lives that desensitizes them to it. I also hate how much the Democrats and Republicans use things like gun control to try to politicize every little thing in this country. I'm probably not making much sense with most of this, I have two kids screaming for a snack while I type this. On a different note, good luck this school year. We start teacher meetings tomorrow.

I definitely want Harris to stay. I think he has potential and could fit in well with what Hoiburg is going to do.

I would love to see Miles end up somewhere and have some success. I'm not sure where that will be, but I'll be interested to see if he coaches Division 1 again.

I started it last night and finished it this morning, but I had a hard time paying attention as well.

The season finale was a little bit meh for me. They do seem to be jumping around a lot time wise. I'm hoping that next season focuses on a battle between the Whisperers and everyone else.

I'm convinced that Daryl is the only one that's going to be alive when the series is over. He will just wander around by himself and survive. I agree that it's been a very good season. It kind of stinks that Sunday is the season finale.

Yeah, I don't get that either. Are they that scared of Alpha that they just continue to live like animals? I would think that I would pick living in a house over eating worms and walking with the dead, but that's just me.

I really liked this weeks episode. Last weeks was definitely not that good IMO. Things are starting to get good with The Whisperers. It's just too bad that next episode is the season finale.

I'm a math teacher, so I have never really had political conversations in my classes. I'm sure that they do happen in other areas though.

Like I said, I can't speak for all schools, but the schools that I have been involved with have always done a great job of staying unbiased when it comes to politics.

This is the main one that just makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. I have taught for 19 years and I have seen 16 year olds up close for many years. They are absolutely not ready to make a choice like this yet. I know that there are immature, uninformed people of all ages but I just think this would be a terrible idea. Most 16 year olds are struggling with who they are going to prom with and other high school related issues. This would lead to politics bleeding in to high schools all over the nation and lead to a lot of teachers sharing their opinions more with students. I can't speak for all schools, but our teachers all do a great job of teaching kids about politics rather than trying to teach them about which party they are in favor of.

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Is there any chance at all that Amir Harris would play today? I haven't heard anything about how severe his injury was.

I watched the whole game and there were only a few times when a shot clock violation would have even happened. I don't think a shot clock would have caused much more scoring, if at all. Both teams shot poorly for most of the first half and both teams looked a little nervous. I didn't get a chance to watch much of the D1 game, but it looked a little more fast pace than C1.

I do agree with that! Some of those games can seem painfully long.

I agree with you that it will eventually come to it, I'm just saying that it's not as big of an issue that a lot of people are trying to turn it in to. And even with a shot clock teams will still have the stall game going on at the end of a half and teams will still have to foul or get steals. It happens all the time in college.

I know for a fact that it happens way less than what you think. There would not be close to 500 positives, there would be 1 which would be that teams couldn't stall as easily at the end of a quarter. If a team is up by 6 with 3 minutes to go and they start to stall, then you go for steals or foul. It's called game play and some teams are better at it than others.

I could be wrong, but I'm guessing that you don't coach. This is wrong for many reasons. I'm not totally against a shot clock but it is far from what you state that it does nothing but help the game. It would only really be an issue of a shot clock violation very few times in the season any way. I would be willing to guess that most high school teams in the state of Nebraska shoot the ball within 40 seconds of their possession at least 90% of the time. I would have said higher, but I think it's at least 90%. The only reason that people dwell on the times that some teams stall is because it is at a point in the game where it is really memorable. As a coach, I encourage my players to get the ball if the other team is stalling. That means go for a steal or get a foul and stop the clock.

I think that he is saying that a shot clock could reward good defense, which I do agree with. I would only be on board with a shot clock if it was 40 seconds or more.

I agree with everything you said. I coach and I'm definitely against a shot clock. It's just not enough of an issue in my mind. I agree that teams just need to learn to get steals or foul if they need the ball at the end of a game.

I've only received one technical in all of my years of coaching basketball and it wasn't for yelling at the ref. I was "politely" asking him to start calling fouls when my girl is shoved three or four feet in the lane and he told me to be quiet. I rolled my eyes and looked away and he gave me a technical and said that he wasn't going to let me roll my eyes at him! Needless to say that I almost got thrown out at that point because I was once again "politely" arguing about his call and he almost threw me out.

I would be ok with 40 seconds if it had to be added. Thinking back to our season though, and we played 25 games, I can only think of about 2 or 3 games and only a few times when a shot clock violation would have even come in to play. It doesn't happen as much as some people think.

I don't know about having a ref run the clock with a remote clicker. They have enough to worry about without having to remember to restart the shot clock every time.

If there is a shot clock, it definitely needs to be longer than 24 seconds. At the high school level, we are still trying to teach skills and how to effectively run an offense. There would be a lot of teams that would have to chuck up shots and that would definitely hinder the game.