Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 11, 2022

Whoa

If the new guy’s name-checking Jack Berrill to try to score points with the readers, it’s working.

Summer flashback?

Soooo Gil is at a Milford awards ceremony where he is receiving “Coach of the Year” honors that is being given to him by another Milford (assistant) coach?

Yep. I agree!

Today’s strip must have been written by Gregggg Hammmm. Nobody saw this coming.

In all reality Ladies and gentlemen , boys and girls ,this is a story about a man named Jed .

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There have been story arcs where I could understand Gil being awarded a COTY, but lately he seems to stay in his office, drink coffee, and miss the obvious. Maybe it’s a lifetime achievement award for his 60+ years on the job.

P2, now that’s the face of humble pie.

“Here’s a story about Gil Thorp: Just in last year, he got a kid kicked out of school for accidently carrying a kitchen knife, lost in the playdowns in all three sports he coached, and intimidated and berated an umpire. Why exactly are we giving this man a freakin’ award, and not a pink slip?”

The new writers name is absent, but the old writers name remains

THIS IS THE WORST! THE NEW WRITER IS A HACK! I MISS RUBIN, HE WAS THE BEST!

Ha ha, just kidding.

At first I thought maybe this was another coloring mistake, that it wasn’t supposed to be Milford giving it’s own coach a coach of the year award. But there is a big M on the podium and I suppose the school awards the “Milford Coach of the Year” every year. And with Gil being AD and coach of 3 sports, I’m guessing he’s won the award 95% of the time.

It’s not that weird I guess to give a school’s coach of the year award. The other day I read an article in our local free small weekly city paper about the local high school, large school. The track and field coach won the “Spring Coach of the Year” award. For that school. So I assume there’s also a Winter Coach and Fall Coach award. Only of that school’s coaches. Seemed really odd.

GilPa Coach of the Year? I voted for Coach Drool.

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What other coaches are there besides Gil, Mimi and Kaz? I voted for CK and her mom.

One and done in the baseball tournament gets you Coach of the Year?

Gil with the bad sausage look in P2

Gil wins the award, for letting a blind kid pitch and endangering his life and the lives of the opposing batters. Runner-up is Mimi, for taking the softball team to an out-of-state game and leaving them there.

Wait, I need to go find a box of tissues. I can almost smell the angst coming in this story about how Gil turned a kid’s life around, taught him the meaning of teamwork, and stopped the Mohawk uprising.

“Before coach Thorp comes up, I’d like to share a story. It seems a priest, a minister and a rabbi were marooned on a desert island … “

Where can I pickup some of this COTY Gil Thorp merchandise?

“share a story…..So, once upon a time Coach Thorp had two kids**thump**mrff**dragdragdrag**”

“Coach Kaz, c’mon up to present this award!”

Gilpa’s thought balloon in P2, “Darn, I was hoping for coach of the century”

Rubin still being credited

I don’t know if all of Thorp’s players attended this event, but it’s good to see Pranit sitting up proudly in P2.

Surprised Gil showed up.

Will we see Marty sloshed against the bar, pounding down free shots? "I tell ya, (hic), I was the best at broadcasting high school sports…(hic)….the best, I tell ya!! And don’t get me started on Gil, that $#*! %$*& $@(&%!!

Gil has only been waiting 80 years to get one. Wonder who’s palms got greased?

P-4: As a story is offered to be “shared”, Mr. Hamm grabs a pen and notebook.

Saturday: So, Coach Thorp saved me from drugs, loose women, and a life of Hedonistic pleasure. I’ll get the B&^%#$d, or die tryin!

Even though Rubin is gone, we can still make fun of his stories

Considering Gil is the AD, is it really surprising that he picked himself for Coach of the Year? But who’s the guy giving the award? An assistant we’ve never seen? Soccer, swimming, cross country, track, golf, or lacrosse coach? And that’s a pretty good award for someone who attended approximately 7 games and 6 practices between football, basketball, and baseball combined. And speaking of attending, you should be attending this week’s first publication of Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Does anybody else know the names of other head coaches at this high school except Gil and Mimi?

The name of the award is a nice salute to the original Gil Thorp writer.

THE KIDS ARE COMING BACK! Listen from 12:55. “My goal is to bring his kids back. His kids have been absent for the last 20 years or so…you can just bring people back and not have to explain it.”https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1mnGeddoALPKX

Dumpty Dumpty dum dum here’s a story about a man named Thorpy

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