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Jake's avatar

1 - I was confused at first. I thought "Pen management" was about managing penalty takers. Boy was I wrong!

2 - You can tell Olsen went to UVA for some time, but did not finish his Pen Management 304 course that he needed to graduate. He did not graduate from UVA, possibly due to those missing 3 credits. That fact is unverified, but it might be true.

3 - According to wikipedia, Mikey Varas "earned a master's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in physical education from Fresno Pacific University." PE teachers are widely known for solid pen management. If your pen management is subpar someone can get hurt, often a young student, and that's bad.

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Matt's avatar

if I watched that video without the sound I really woulda thought watke woulda liked the pen throw. did not expect him to come down on the other side with “that’s how you lose pens”

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Andrew's avatar

Great point. It's a very real sign that we are in a post Berhalter era.

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Lucas Elder's avatar

What a twist at the end!? Think it's all about pens and the real star of the video is a marker! M. Night Watke

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Mac Ehrhardt's avatar

"What is he doing with the dry-erase marker...out here?" Absolutely the right question to be asking. The answer is that this is just another example of why we have no chance at the world cup. Until we can manage our pens like a world-class futbol nation, we have no chance. It may seem like this is not as important as training our anthem-children, but that's the kind of attitude that gets you grouped.

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Eric Mills's avatar

You think office supplies don't matter? Think again!

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Bradly Montgomery's avatar

I too thought it was penalty management.

I should have known better.

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Dan's avatar
Mar 5Edited

You just know Olsen leaves the cap off the dry erase pen, too. Making it completely useless.

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