@WFS_HOO proly Amelia or Ponte Vedra
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Happy for English thatās a good move and good landing spot for an intro into the P6.
Now we just need to make sure JWilly does not want to live in Fairfax.
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I got there long after MTV left but it was exactly how I imagined it minus Pauley Shore
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You know heād get a place in Great Falls. Or possibly the swankier parts of McLean, Vienna, Falls Church or North Arlington. Or that part of Potomac where the Real Housewives live.
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In all seriousness I think one of our assistants stepping straight into an A10 job would be good for the program. Having an alumnus become a head coach at the high major level would be good for the UVA community (even if it doesnāt tangibly help the basketball program).
And, most importantly, J Willy will be more prepared to takeover whenever Tony retires (if thatās the route we choose to pursue). Short term set back for sure but I think the positives outweigh the negatives from UVAās perspective
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One of my all-time favorite stories is this: Iām driving along the GW Parkway, taking a few buddies back to Gtown, before heading south to UVa after some break. We are between the beltway and Rosslyn. Traffic totally stops. Like, dead stop. And thereās no shoulder. Thereās clearly an accident ahead. And my buddy has to [use indoor plumbing]. So he gets out and knocks on a door right off the highway. And to their credit (temporary insanity?), they say yes (as we found out later). But traffic starts moving and I donāt see him, and need to keep driving, at least until the shoulder reappears. So Iām inching along, looking in my rearview mirror, and he re-appears just in time. Anyway, my point is this ā maybe thatās a swanky part of the world, but if so, pick a place far off the highway. Thatās all Iām sayin.
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Hah!
I did that in NYC once when the kids were little. It was early afternoon and we were in a taxi going crosstown through Soho and one of the kids suddenly announces she has to go to the bathroom RIGHT NOW. Bumper to bumper traffic, weāre creeping along and I feel like we were at the start of a significant trip (maybe going to Newark Airport?) so waiting until we got there wasnāt an option.
We were creeping towards a stoplight thatād just turned red and happened to stop in front a bar we knew pretty well. I tell wife, taxi driver and other child to keep going, weād brb, and grab younger daughter. I sprint into the bar carrying her, yell at the bartender āIāll buy something, one secā, dash to the bathroom (I knew exactly where it was), get her settled and tell her to pee fast. I then buy diet cokes (in cans) for everyone and a shot of something for myself. Pay fast with cash, throw back shot, grab drinks, grab daughter, sprint back out door and catch up to taxi just as its entering the intersection at like 5 mph trying to wait for us.
Wife was actually kind of pissed because I didnāt discuss it with her first, but it was one of those moments where there was no way thereād have been time to do it if we talked it over first. Worked perfectly, except that older daughter spent a few months asking if we could jump out of cars to go pee in random buildings before she forgot.
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True Mclean wouldnāt be a bad commute at all. Great Falls could go either way, Iām also not sure if a GM coach salary will afford that.
@haney thatās a strange part of the GW parkway knew a few people who lived up around there. Actually the whole GW parkway was always strange to me.
Also the Real Housewives I think live on the MD side. Randomly Iāve also had to sign more than a few waivers because of them. I donāt think Iāve made it on the showā¦
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Yeah, the Housewives are in Potomac, MD across the river. Depending on when youāre driving, crossing the bridge isnāt that bad or it could take you 45 minutes just for the bridge. I was sorta joking about living in Potomac, but his wifeās commute into DC wouldnāt be too bad from there. Kids could go to Sidwell Friends in MD or Georgetown Day in DC or Potomac School in VA. Or PVI which moved out to bumblefuck South Riding so Iām not sure how theyāre getting ballers to commute way out there.
Kim English had something like a 5 year deal for 5 mil without any prior HC experience either. Theyāre not paying the next guy less. Trust me, between that and his wifeās law partner income, they can afford to live just about anywhere around here. Heās not gonna be buying near GMU just to be close to work.
Iād say western Great Falls where you could have quick access to Reston Parkway or Fairfax County Parkway would be a manageable 30-45 min drive.
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They have a place in DC. Is there such a thing as a reverse commute in the DMV? It has been a while.
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Forgot they have a place in DC. Thereās no reverse commute from what I can tell in 12+ years there. Depending on where their place is in DC that could easily be a 90 min commute back out to GMU, thereās no real easy way to get down to their. @4547Lambeth Western Great Falls could work as an easy enough location and Fairfax County Parkway would be an easy drive in.
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Anecdotally kind of. Several friends who live in DC and work around Tysonās. But they also only have to go to the office 1-3 times a week
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People reverse commute from DC to Capital One in Mclean but you can easily take the orange line
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Didnāt know they had a place in DC already, but it makes complete sense. Still would think theyād get a bigger place as a permanent house rather than a pied-a-terre situation, even just to have the team or recruits or major boosters over to entertain.
As far as reverse commuting, there is in that traffic is definitely heavier in one direction over the other on any road at a given time of day.
Think of it this way, around here, thereās employment concentrations in downtown DC, Tysons, Rosalyn, Crystal City, Bethesda and Springfield to Belvoir. People can and do live anywhere. So any road leading to one of those areas has more traffic in the morning and leading away has more traffic in the afternoon. Some roads connect 2 or more of those areas, so they get heavier traffic morning and afternoon since people are both coming and going. But thereās more jobs in those particular areas than residents, so traffic flow is still heavier in the traditional sense.
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J Willy can take the metro to GMU problem solved
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Good advice someone gave me once, unless you like driving with the sun in your eyes, donāt live west of where you work. Iād rather be blinded by the sun twice a day than live in Maryland though.
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Man. You should give that advice to everyone on 270 and 66 right now.
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Thereās not a Mason metro stop is there? Used to run a gym right by Mason and donāt remember one.
@4547Lambeth summed up the traffic situation perfectly. Before we left we lived in Alexandria and worked in Fair Oaks and Dupont respectively. Neither were good commutes.
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