Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for September 19, 2023

Gil writes on the white board to pick up salami.

Well, I guess we know whose hand that is…

Cami should be getting some well deserved time off for telling her boss to get his house in order. Punk kid! Sentence her to watch Jami for two weeks.

“If I put an X here, I win!”

Emphasizing a hand(s) has been going on in GT for the twenty years I’ve been reading it. The tradition continues, Yay!

Cami’s nuticles. They are ah clangin’.

Go on Gil. Go see Beth the bartender. Life is getting to stressful right now for you. Anyway 25 to life in prison (take it from me) isn’t worth what you’d like to do to Coach Commie right now.

Why is he Coach Martinez (last name) but she’s Coach Cami (first name)? And it’s Coach Tays isn’t it?

So, Cami and Luke have no direction from Gil over who is supposed to do what with coaching duties? Cami is right when she told Gil to get his s*** together, but the Mimi stuff is irrelevant…he needs to quit running this team by the seat of his pants.

What is going to happen when they lose and finish second in the valley??

Maybe if we stop snarking, the writer will produce something that is remotely believable.

In the old days gil and kaz would be at the bar already

Did gil apply extra vitalis or brylcream on his hair while this was going on ?

I like this strip a lot less as Cami.. is being obnoxious. Yes the fight was Luke’s fault and he needs to apologize, she’s right to be ticked off Gil’s trying to make it a two sides thing when he was screaming in her face. But it’s hard to root for her like the strip wants when she just brought up a man’s failing marriage just to insult him and then BLAMES IT for him hiring luke before storming out in a tantrum. NONE OF THIS is professional even for a soap opera strip. And Luke was absolutely a jerk here, so I really don’t get what Barjas is going for making Cami suddenly just as obnoxious.

I’m liking the look of that play they are drawing up. Who would even consider the Right Tackle as a receiver?

Looks like hiring you was the bad idea.

P 4 (Luke): “….the coffee pot needs refilling…”

1. Cami has no business bringing up someone’s personal life in this meeting.2. If Cami was making the play calls, why did the players call their own play and Cami did nothing about it.3. Cami’s action in the meeting was totally unprofessional if this happened anywhere else she would be fired.4. What training does Cami have in order to call FB plays, isn’t this her first year coaching football and she took over this year from Kaz, last year Gil talked to Kaz before he allowed Kaz to kick the missed field goal. Why isn’t he talking to Cami?

I may be wrong. In order to call plays effectively it requires a knowledge of the offense and the defense and the players you are playing against. Generally, when I coached I spent all day Sunday with the other coaches going over film and designing our game plan for the next week. Guess Cami does it by feelings

4. It is not Luke’s problem to get Cami on his side Gil is the Head Coach and needs to deal with it.

Holy moly, that is one of Rod’s biggest hands ever. He must have been almost orgasmic while working on that one. And speaking of working, I’ve been working on today’s Mopped Up Thorp and it’s now ready.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/09/19/one-of-his-trophies-was-specifically-for-this/

“Tune in to the next Bullwinkle episode for

Yeah, Commie? Well, at least Ericka’s mother doesn’t drive a pickle wagon

or

Daggone, Gil, you got your hands in your head again, you silly little dreamer”

Crime of the Century is to die for, IMO. Had to find a way.

Gil flashes a subtle bird to Cami before going to chew her out for inappropriate comments about his family.