Chuqui 3.0 - Latest Comments

Re: Predicting the next coach for the Sharks: Teal Sunglasses for May 11, 2015

chuqui — Mon, 11 May 2015 16:28:52 -0000

Interesting thought. In general I try to avoid putting anything on Facebook (for various reasons) but this might well make sense to do so. I'll think about it. It's an interesting idea.

Re: Predicting the next coach for the Sharks: Teal Sunglasses for May 11, 2015

Mitch — Mon, 11 May 2015 15:21:31 -0000

Chuq, rather than a discussion email list have you considered just making a Facebook group?

Re: 2015 Playoff Predictions: Teal Sunglasses for April 14, 2015

Michael Mathews — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:33:56 -0000

Vancouver seems to be the team nobody believes is real, even though they held pretty steady in or near the second spot the whole year. They had one sort of bad stretch and then seemed to figure some things out and go back to winning more than losing. Maybe that will be good as people might not them seriously enough. I'll be at game two.

Re: The Apple Watch — Three Dot Lounge for April 9, 2015

Rene Lynn — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:12:08 -0000

I wanted to get an iWatch for some of the same reasons as you (and losing my Jawbone Up24 a few weeks ago helped push me). I had to get a LARGE band....and I do not have large wrists for crying out loud! My watch is supposed to be delivered in June. Oh and those watch bands? Except for the sport bands that run $50, expect to pay $250 and up for one of the semi nice ones (eyes bugged out on that one and we just went with two sport bands, one in black for fancy and a pink for fun). I also upgraded to an iPhone6 and am getting a new MacBook Pro (my first ever laptop). I have been Mac assimilated.....

Re: 2014-2015 Sharks in Review: Teal Sunglasses for April 12, 2015

Michael Mathews — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:33:35 -0000

You make a good case here. I did think the stuff DW said in public at the Ice Insights was a big mistake and I began to sour on him after that. Props to Joe for going out and having a steady season in the face of the turmoil.

Re: A quick brag….

spinnity — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:15:36 -0000

Woo-hoo! Way to go, Chuq! Love that you integrated movement into reclaiming your house -- and now on to the yard! Congrats!!!

Re: A quick brag….

Evan Robinson — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:36:21 -0000

Good on you. I'm in a similar state, having dropped 34 pounds (as of this morning) in the last year or so. It's been hard, but it's lovely carrying less around, as you say. I share your pain, and your joy.

Re: A quick brag….

Richard Wong — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:10:55 -0000

Congrats Chuq. I'm rooting for you.

Re: A quick brag….

chuqui — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:45:10 -0000

I've hit that first nirvana point, actually, where I can be fairly active and not hurt. Where I now feel that first "I'm feeling teh differences" thing. Now to keep pushing those boundaries...

Re: A quick brag….

chuqui — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:44:25 -0000

thank you!

Re: Working Notes: Breakthroughs

chuqui — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:44:16 -0000

thanks!

Re: A quick brag….

Edwardisimo — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:52:12 -0000

Chuq! Keep going..... You'll hit a nirvana at some point later this summer when you end up hiking to a location that you would not have done a year ago and then proceed to capture some amazing pictures.....

Re: A quick brag….

Michael Mathews — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:28:58 -0000

Great work!

Re: Working Notes: Breakthroughs

roland — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:03:49 -0000

yeah! and yay! looking forward to all 3 newsletters, no rush

Re: Can the Sharks Make the Playoffs? — Teal Sunglasses for March 31, 2015

chuqui — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:17:44 -0000

I think the change is in process, and that can take a couple of years. The question is whether the changes are the right ones and whether the expectations are being set right.

I wouldn't replace McClellan. the team plays for him and listens to him, and it's not a coaching problem.

As big a fan of Doug Wilson as I've been, he's done some things in the last year I wonder and worry about. If a change needs to be made, I'd start here, and if I were the owner, I'd seriously ocnsider it. Maybe not fire Wilson, but promote him and move in a GM under him to get fresh ideas and eyes on the problem. Or maybe it's time for a completely new management (but in general I like the organization)

Not much you can do other than continue with the going younger -- unless you can convince Marleau to give up his no movement clause. I'm not sure whether he would at this point. I wouldn't move Joe Thornton, but the changes made around him last offseason are a part of the problems this season, since team leadership is conflicted. I think McLellan has minimized that where he could but it's a definite problem not easily solved at this point.

And there'll be new faces in the locker room in September. Just unsure who they'll be at this point.

Re: Can the Sharks Make the Playoffs? — Teal Sunglasses for March 31, 2015

chuqui — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:12:33 -0000

yeah, and I think back to thsoe games where the team came out ahead of them saying it was a key and must win thing, and then played flat, or onyl for 40 minutes.

even a few of those games having consistent intensity would be more than enough.

Re: Can the Sharks Make the Playoffs? — Teal Sunglasses for March 31, 2015

Edwardisimo — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:11:17 -0000

Chuq - I accept your premise and then raise the question: What's next for the Sharks? The only constant through the past 10 years has been the same GM and to a lessor degree the coach. Players for the most part have changed with a couple of notable exceptions (e.g. Thornton). Last off-season the team made a number of changes it claimed would improve the team. The opposite happened. One has to think that any change now has to start at the top for a different future.

Re: Can the Sharks Make the Playoffs? — Teal Sunglasses for March 31, 2015

Michael Mathews — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:54:37 -0000

So easy to find points that slipped away. Looking at it from a feelings point of view: several times this season the team put together a stretch that made you think maybe they had figured some things out, and then followed it by not showing up against some teams they should beat. Three or four different results in that stretch would have been enough as well.

Re: Teal Sunglasses for March 23, 2015

Michael Mathews — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:29:20 -0000

It's really quite remarkable. PM hasn't done anything noteworthy in many weeks unless I am forgetting something.

Re: The future of blogging is… blogging.

medievalist — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:38:25 -0000

I also think that increasingly people are reading even long (maybe especially long) pieces on tablets and smart phones, so design that works for them is important for those readers.

Re: Dear Doug Wilson: WTF? — Teal Sunglasses for March 15, 2015

John E. Cook — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:37:49 -0000

This seemingly minor comment on the stripping of the C from 19 was as you note a 'brain fart' from Wilson. One can go back in time and try to find the genesis that led to this but it is clear that DW made a bigger gaffe shortly after the sharks finished the obligitory hand shake line with the victorious kings after game 7 on SAP ice last April. Rather than take his normal 2-3 week cooling off period where the meetings and autopsy are evaluated, DW instantly made the statement that the leadership was an issue *and* the coaching staff is staying. Logically this placed the blame on the players specifically the core leadership group. Doug essentially implied the coaching staff was *not* part of the leadership group. I expected DW to take his 2-3 weeks at that point announce Todd and staff are back and that to better transition the leadership he is making Pavelski the captain and keeping Marleau and Thornton in the legacy leadership roles for the remainder of their 3 years here in teal. Three years he negotiated in good faith only 4 months earier. By that time the Kings would have dismissed the Ducks and Hawks in 7 games too. I will say this; It is super interesting and I on the same page as you on this one and over on the 'not so sure' side too. In reality I suppose the unique and different leadership styles of 8,12,19 may require a different style of coaching than what we have with Todd. If this does follow the path of the Nolan situation then I suspect Todd has to go. We shall see thanks for a great summary review and take on all this.

Re: Working Notes: WordPress Plugins

chuqui — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:05:58 -0000

I've never had big problems with it, but I've never stressed it and only use a few core modules. First thing I always do is turn all of the features off, and then only turn back on the ones I intend to use. Other than that, It's out of the box.

Re: Working Notes: WordPress Plugins

Bruce Bethke — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:00:41 -0000

Odd, I found Jetpack to more headache than useful. Is there some Secret User's Guide for the thing?

Re: Working Notes: Content editing

chuqui — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:44:52 -0000

Most of the older postings other than the hockey writing have very little value and don't really fit in to the purpose of the blog. They're mostly old bits of things that today most people would probably stuff on a tumblr site before getting bored and abandoning it... (grin).

But this is the issue I need to decide on before deleting anything; figure out what, if anything, has value or ought to be maintained for some reason. Just not sure where to draw those lines...

Re: Working Notes — starting on Phase II

chuqui — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:42:07 -0000

I've been meaning to document those, so thanks for the reminder. It'll go live on the site in the morning.