Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 28, 2022

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    bitsy twill  over 2 years ago

    Why would perennial COTY Gil care if a first-year coach at another school he only just met five minutes ago ever coached again?

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    kdizzle  over 2 years ago

    I don’t like the cut of this Martinez fella’s jib.

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    Charks  over 2 years ago

    This just got VERY interesting — Valley no longer big enough for both Gil and Martinez. Big thumbs up to Barajas.

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    Gil-doh!  over 2 years ago

    P4 “You’re tired? You just got here – you haven’t even wiped your *ss in the Valley yet – and you’re tired, and you want to bet our coaching careers on one football game? What’s your name again, sheriff? Oh, look up there, see my name? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (sip) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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    Gil-doh!  over 2 years ago

    While early snarker polling suggests sheriff Martinez isn’t a likable character, Thing clearly has a thing for him.

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    Mr Reality  over 2 years ago

    In all reality , the Sheriff certainly has anger management issues. Will Gil help him overcome them or will Gil use these issues to cost him his coaching and Sheriff’s positions ? Inquiring minds want to know , anyone, anyone ?

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    huskiecoach  over 2 years ago

    Stuff like this happens in HS coaching all the time.

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    Bluedarter  over 2 years ago

    I must have missed a lot of that “…you win every year.”

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 2 years ago

    What is “goo’s green earth”?

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    MailbuEd  over 2 years ago

    Wait. A first year coach is “tired of coming here and watching you win every year”? Tired of coming where? And why would Thorp even care? He’d just laugh him off and walk away, not make a potential career-ending wager with a guy he just met. This is borderline absurd. No wait…. sorry. It did just cross the border.

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    bearwku82  over 2 years ago

    If GilPa accepts this absurd wager from sheriff rookie, he risks losing valuable shower bonding and making sure fresh loofahs are rotated into the inventory. Just think. New football coach. Tod? Kaz? Matt Shaw? Jon Dowd? Or Steve Boone?

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    timbob2313 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    going back to a previous strip, what happened to Mimi and the kids? Car accident? Is Gilpa turning into a lush?

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    jslabotnik  over 2 years ago

    Sherriff, boots, ride into the sunset? Gilpa comes back with a John Wayne quote, “You’re short on ears and long on mouth.”

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    BikeMike  over 2 years ago

    Whoa. Engagement ring & wedding band on right hand? Guess he has to with the gnarled left hand in P1. Makes me wonder who the spouse is.

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    hifirick1953  over 2 years ago

    The other coaches seem shaken not stirred

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    hifirick1953  over 2 years ago

    I don’t think he is his compadre

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    thejudge  over 2 years ago

    “Now take my hairy, bejeweled hand and shake on it, ya coward!”

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    dadjo  over 2 years ago

    I don’t think Big Hand Luke has the cajones to take down the Gilfather. He would be lucky to beat out Scooter for most bunt hits in the Valley.

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    James St. John Smythe  over 2 years ago

    Valley Tech is purple? I thought all the other teams wore blue in the conference.

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    chiphilton  over 2 years ago

    Does Martinez mean win the Valley or win coach of the year?

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    Twainrdr  over 2 years ago

    Let’s see, I just lost 17 Seniors, of which 15 were starters & VT lost 2 that were both 2nd string. Sir, you must think I’m as drunk as you are.

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    Twainrdr  over 2 years ago

    We’re left in suspense. Will Gil risk 64 years of coaching on a single game. He only needs Eleven more years to get a pension in Milford. How would his family survive if he lost?

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    Twainrdr  over 2 years ago

    How about if Milford wins, you stop coming in this bar?

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    artegal  over 2 years ago

    So if Gil loses, the strip comes to an end? But they just hired a new writer.

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    Mopman  over 2 years ago

    Good to know that Gil is still somewhat squeaky clean, believing that poor Bethany is gasping in the corner, clutching her pearls because someone (I’m sure for the first time) swore in a bar. And this Luke guy sure is impatient. This is his first time at these awards (and considering he hasn’t coached yet I’m not sure why he attended), and he’s tired of all the one time in a row that Gil won (as far as he knows). And considering Gil doesn’t know him, don’t tell me he may have been Coach Drool’s assistant.

    This bet sure is asinine, the only explanation would be that Coach Luke is drunk. Which is possible. And speaking of possible, it’s possible, and highly likely, that you want to read Mopped Up Thorp right about now.

    https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

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    Irish53  over 2 years ago

    P 1.5: “…so go take a nap, hairy gorilla boy…”

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    oldsmkysyvr  over 2 years ago

    I guess it would be a pretty good bet to place on Milford winning, unless they intend on ending this comic strip after the game.

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    Mopman  over 2 years ago

    Considering Milford rarely wins the conference (I don’t think they have since Tru(e) graduated, at least not more than once, not counting this flashback story we just saw, which I suppose is an alternate universe last season), Big Hand Luke has a point. This must be rigged if Gil wins it every year. Another thing that’s suspicious – the trophy is named the Gil Thorp Valley Coach of the Year award.

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    rebroxanna  over 2 years ago

    WTH is going on in this strip?

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    wmac8898  over 2 years ago

    Gil: “Forget it, Moreno.”VT Sheriff: “It’s Martinez.”Gil: “Whatever.”

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    bearwku82  over 2 years ago

    Luke is all puffy chested because he has a giant Freshman named Jaxon Kiser, ready to start both ways.

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    metals24  over 2 years ago

    P1- A what contest? Well, mine is this big.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I hate to say it, and maybe for all the wrong reasons, but this does have me wondering where this is headed. Sort of a new direction for this strip.

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    Klubble  over 2 years ago

    P2: Monty Hall joins the discussion offstage.

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    Snarker formerly known as Rube Whigham  over 2 years ago

    How about we settle this now tag team style—you take one of these jokers and I’ll take Herc the Mauler!

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    Klubble  over 2 years ago

    145 comments so far…most I’ve seen in a long time. Seems like Henry is getting the crowd stirred up!

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