Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 05, 2015

Who is this strange figure in a tie in P2? He looks vaguely familiar …

I think that’s BStatWhiz, he’s just cleaning his glasses while he’s coaching the team. Whats the count since Marty Moon’s last appearance?

But Ken makes everything happen! How dare they slack off him? And why doesn’t Gil see this, now that he’s out of rehab?

Longtime Gil fans: The Thorp kids were around when I first had access to the strip on the Internet. All kidding aside, I know the strip had Gil marrying Mimi at some point, and presumably the birth of Keri and Jami. Did they grow up to the point we last remember them? Or were they babies one week, toddlers in a month or two and then suddenly in school?

Who the hell is the new guy in the tie in P2? And does that mean Mimi is coming back to take over from “Big Time” coach Bobby? I guess the real estate gig on Modern Family didn’t work out.

That leaves Kaz and Mimi getting freaky at Kaz’s time share in Central City!

Ron Reagan, Rex Morgan, Claude Akins, G.I. Joe. Gee, the possibilities are endless.

P1: Four arms, three hands.

One of them is an alien.

I initially read P3 as “They’re slacking off. Ken to Double Malik.” For a second I thought there were two Malik’s on the team: regular Malik and Double Malik.

Have a feeling the placebo scam is going to be uncovered by that intrepid sideline reporter Andy Capp. However Sweetart sales will reach record numbers in Milford

In all reality , thats Ward Cleaver , Beavers Dad coaching Milford .I recognized the suit and tie .Look for Wally to hit the winning shot and have Max sulk until he finishes some of Junes brownies made with the recipe Bobbys mom gave her .

…I think that’s Dick York in P2….

It’s Sgt. Carter. Baaaaaa-con

Now that I think more about it, maybe its Kyle MacLachlan…

Need a breather Max? Smell my finger!

Not even 9 EST yet and already 20 comments. Today could be a record setter.

Coaches Held Hostage: Day 36 for Kaz; Day 70 for Mimi. Please let them make an appearance, so I can stop this.

Shhh, this is getting interesting! Didn’t Barbie slack off of Ken after Doubling with Malik?

cutterjock, if it’s Kyle, Leisl should watch out for “Bob” and Mop should work on the White Lodge" Floors

What about a Wendy Wiley count? And a Coach Glory count? Those see-thru pants need to make a reappearance.

The ‘real’ Steve Luhm, the one-armed coach, Lucky, Tru(E), Pascoe (who I thought played basketball last year) ………… we could make quite a list of the missing.

kirk douglas

Am I the only one who (probably in light of the current story line) mis-read the first panel as “Jefferson at Milford, and it’s close, tense and drugged.”

Sorry tcar-1. There’s a good Dan Snyder reference in the Norman Chad column in yesterday’s Washington Post if you have access to it.

I think the last time the Thorp kids had anything more than a cameo in one of those one-panel holiday strips was about ten years ago, when the summer plot arc was about Keri and the gymnastics team she was on. She seemed about 12.