The best article ever written for the Chronicle - Kinkelaar

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:19 pm

Okay, so I am biased ... it's about my homeboy, Dylan.

http://pioneer.olivesoftware.com/Reposi ... kin-custom

The only minor crit I have of the article is that the writer relied a touch too much on romantic assumptions of small town life and too little on the harsh realities when he suggested that "most" guys end up back on the ranch in Winifred after high school. In reality, very few people who grow up there end up back there for several reasons, but the most obvious of which being that there aren't many jobs there, and the ranches can't support several generations of families at once. I think that is probably universal amongst all MT small towns.

bobcatgrad2005 · Post by **bobcatgrad2005** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:39 pm

Both Wolf boys, along with Mike Kramer, graduated from Colton High (WA), in classes under 30 people. And while Kramer played 11 man football there, both Wolfs played 8 man.

Good history of small town guys, Ghlum included, making it work at MSU!

Post by **kmax** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:41 pm

I've been waiting for this thread from you since I picked up the paper this morning and saw this article. What took you so long BAC?

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:43 pm

kmax wrote:I've been waiting for this thread from you since I picked up the paper this morning and saw this article. What took you so long BAC?

Didn't get a chance to browse the paper until lunch. Stupid work.

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:13 pm

Maybe he will turn out to be another Les Lenniger who was an All American for the Cats and came from an 8 man school.

vike_king · Post by **vike_king** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:53 pm

Nice article but it looks like it was written by a 3rd grader!

LTown Cat · Post by **LTown Cat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:00 pm

Doesn't really fall under "Bobcat Athletics" but anyway Chris Horn played receiver at Rocky Mountain College. He was from Caldwell, ID. I believe he played 8-man football. He is now with the KC Chiefs.

Gotta love it when the small town boys succeed.

Also, Casey Fitzsimmons---Detroit Lions. He played for Chester High School.

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:11 pm

LTown Cat wrote:Doesn't really fall under "Bobcat Athletics" but anyway Chris Horn played receiver at Rocky Mountain College. He was from Caldwell, ID. I believe he played 8-man football. He is now with the KC Chiefs.

Gotta love it when the small town boys succeed.

Also, Casey Fitzsimmons---Detroit Lions. He played for Chester High School.

Chris Horn signed with the New Orleans Saints this offseason.

LTown Cat · Post by **LTown Cat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:12 pm

I hadn't seen that. Good for him. I went to school with him at Rocky--he is a great person and deserves whatever good comes to him.

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:13 pm

Although I would've liked to see him play for someone else, good luck to him in NO.

Hell's Bells · Post by **Hell's Bells** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:15 pm

longhorn_22 wrote:
LTown Cat wrote:Doesn't really fall under "Bobcat Athletics" but anyway Chris Horn played receiver at Rocky Mountain College. He was from Caldwell, ID. I believe he played 8-man football. He is now with the KC Chiefs.

Gotta love it when the small town boys succeed.

Also, Casey Fitzsimmons---Detroit Lions. He played for Chester High School.
Chris Horn signed with the New Orleans Saints this offseason.

with JT on their roster they might as well sign Fitzsimmons as TE

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:55 pm

vike_king wrote:Nice article but it looks like it was written by a 3rd grader!

Yeah ... I guess my subject line should have specified that it had the best subject matter of any article every written for the Chronicle. I'm not sure how much of that is just how it appears on the website. I assume the print edition was scrubbed by an editor a little better?

bob · Post by **bob** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:18 pm

i think Fitzsimmons and Friedrich the tight end for the friz from scobey played against eachother in a class c playoff game. i always thought that was kind of neat that they both ended up in the nfl. even if one is a friz.

GOKATS · Post by **GOKATS** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:57 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:
vike_king wrote:Nice article but it looks like it was written by a 3rd grader!

Yeah ... I guess my subject line should have specified that it had the best subject matter of any article every written for the Chronicle. I'm not sure how much of that is just how it appears on the website. I assume the print edition was scrubbed by an editor a little better?[/quote]

Sorry, but probably a poor assumption. Look at the source.

In the brief trial period they had w/ the 'E' version, which is what you're reading, I saw absolutely no difference.

bozbobcat · Post by **bozbobcat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:38 pm

The article's writing wasn't great, which is a bit of a surprise from Tim Dumas. His articles are usually a bit more solid than that. I think it was good content and I hope these guys succeed here. They're the kind of guys we want here at Montana State: tough as hell, good athletes, good people, and good students. Dylan sounds exactly like that and I have no doubt he'll be a good one given the chance to succeed.

Thumbs up, fellas.

I do agree with your idea of small town over-romanticism, BAC. It's hard to find jobs in those areas, but if these guys are willing to go home and run the ranch, more power to them. But the jobs aren't there and it's a bit sad in a way. On a not-so-related topic, a good song that represents the shrinking of the average Montana small town is Jimmy Buffett's "Ringling, Ringling."