

With set times perfectly synchronized to keep music in the air all day, audience members were obliged to shuttle back and forth between the main venue and the second stage. One of the trains had a minia ture camera mounted on its locomotive, enabling patrons to get a trains-eye view of the model layout on a closed circuit on screens sprinkled throughout the venue. with its railroad theme the big attraction on the concourse was a state-of-the-art model train set. As part owner of Lionel Trains, Young provided this year's H.O.R.D.E. Much earlier in the day, a few hundred early-arriving ticket holders were treated to an unannounced acoustic set by Young, performing on a tiny side stage. The band played "Cinnamon Girl" and "Like a Hurricane," recent staples such as "Slip Away," and, during a brief acoustic interlude, a lovely version of "Helpless." On extended electric passages, Young did his guitar-wrestling thing, stomping around like a man with a stiff back trying to put out a hotfoot. Using vintage amplifiers cranked up to excruciating levels, Crazy Horse is often prone to technical troubles, but Friday its electric rumble was formidably honed. The idea of turning players into picks makes sense, but it doesn’t if you don’t have anything to offer.īefore the trade deadline this afternoon, the Texans moved Omenihu to the San Francisco 49ers for a future late round draft selection.While plenty of folks wandered the grounds during the other main-stage acts, Young had the rapt attention of his hometown crowd for the duration of his 90-minute headlining set. Players with talent were put out of position-Omenihu, Justin Reid, Desmond King, and Tytus Howard.

No one is going to give you anything for Kevin Pierre-Louis. He signed a horde of veteran players with limited talent. This is an example of the problems Nick Caserio had this offseason. Instead of playing him at his natural position, where he had success, the Texans moved him out of position, hoping he’d do something he didn’t do before so they could play the veterans they signed instead. He’s only 24 years old, one of the few Texans on the roster with some allure of youth. Omenihu was entering the last year of his rookie contract. He was even a healthy inactive in two of his starts. As a result, Omenihu had zero sacks and three quarterback hits in the two games started.
