After three rounds I officially hate the Patriots draft. Sure, Jarod Mayo may pan out and be able to play both Outside and Inside Linebacker. However, the next three picks were crazy. Terrance Wheatley was picked too high, and Shawn Crable is no Dan Connor. Trading the 69th pick was foolish, unless the 5th round pick from San Diego makes the team, which is doubtful. Kevin O'Connell? Projected as a 5th rounder, the Pats take him in Round three? Plus, are you kidding? a QB? Can he play special teams? block?
I'm no longer drinking the cool aid. Why not just trade out of the draft altogether and stock up for next year?
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The End is the Beginning
the Ying...
UConn loses its point guard, composure, and game. That is three straight post regular season Tournament losses for Calhoun.
And the Yang...
Lost in the madness was my Fantasy Baseball Draft, a stiringly good time. Team "KG for President" will be competitve led by Santana, Halliday, Ichiro, Magglio Ordonez, Billy Wagner, and Joe Mauer. Mike Lowell is the teams Boston Representative. Optimism abounds....
UConn loses its point guard, composure, and game. That is three straight post regular season Tournament losses for Calhoun.
And the Yang...
Lost in the madness was my Fantasy Baseball Draft, a stiringly good time. Team "KG for President" will be competitve led by Santana, Halliday, Ichiro, Magglio Ordonez, Billy Wagner, and Joe Mauer. Mike Lowell is the teams Boston Representative. Optimism abounds....
Friday, March 21, 2008
The Boston Three Party Cometh...
Texas is the heart of the Western Conference in the NBA. This week the Boston Celtics became the first team since the '01 Sacremento Kings to sweep the Texas Triangle of the Spurs, the Rockets, and the Mavs. KG and the Truth were fantastic, playing incedible two-way basketball. Big games by Leon Powe, Sam Cassell, and James Posey allowed Ray Allen to come back against the Mavs fully healthy. Allen's huge late three pointer against the Mavs capped his return to the lineup in grand fashion. Next up, MVP candidate Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets.
I have picked the UConn Men to run the table and win the National Championship. That said, they could very well lose their first game.
Enjoy the weekend, between basbeball drafts and basketball, it is my favorite weekend of the year! BEST Portfolio be damned...
I have picked the UConn Men to run the table and win the National Championship. That said, they could very well lose their first game.
Enjoy the weekend, between basbeball drafts and basketball, it is my favorite weekend of the year! BEST Portfolio be damned...
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Bada Bing!!!
A forty point drubbing of Memphis following the destruction of the Chicago Bulls friday night (Which I enjoyed from section 115) has the C's looking ahead to a week of Philly, Seattle. Utah, and the Bucks. The most interesting match up is obviously Utah, lead by the great Deron Williams...the anchor of "We must Break You", my rag tag fantasy team.
Sunday saw the UConn Men's team rebound from the midweek disaster at Providence with an inspired performance against the Bearcats of Cincinnati. Sitting in section 25, I was amazed it was the same team. Hopefully having their manhood challenged so late in the year will inspire them to some big things this week in America's armpit, New York City.
Enjoy the week, it is a basketball fans dream....
oh yeah....The weekend saw some ridiculous upsets in the English FA Cup. Man U, Chelsea, and Middlesbourgh choked bigtime, especially Chelsea. Manu got screwed, but should have scored 3 goals before the desasterous 75th minute ruling for a penalty.
Sunday saw the UConn Men's team rebound from the midweek disaster at Providence with an inspired performance against the Bearcats of Cincinnati. Sitting in section 25, I was amazed it was the same team. Hopefully having their manhood challenged so late in the year will inspire them to some big things this week in America's armpit, New York City.
Enjoy the week, it is a basketball fans dream....
oh yeah....The weekend saw some ridiculous upsets in the English FA Cup. Man U, Chelsea, and Middlesbourgh choked bigtime, especially Chelsea. Manu got screwed, but should have scored 3 goals before the desasterous 75th minute ruling for a penalty.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Good News...
Randy Moss signs, I postpone my "trip" to Old Trafford.
Next week is the 1 year anniversary of the Knicks giving Isiah Thomas a contract extention. I might go to church just to thank someone for this blessing....
Next week is the 1 year anniversary of the Knicks giving Isiah Thomas a contract extention. I might go to church just to thank someone for this blessing....
Sunday, March 2, 2008
How did it come to this?
"We Haven't Located Us Yet"-The Darjeeling Limited
In the past month I have learned a few things. Tom Coughlin can outcoach Bill Belichek. Kevin Faulk and Willie Andrews like the ganja. No NFL contract is safe. Hank Steinbrenner is a meathead. Roger Clemens is delusional, and so is Bob Knight. I learned everything is Not everything, Life Is a hustle, and the Alli-Opp was invented in Flint, Michigan. I also learned that the Super Bowl may have been a highpoint for the NFL, from which it is never to return. The league needed to see perfection, so did the Patriots, and so did I .
After an 18-1 season the New England Patriots have entered the off season a team in flux. Asante Samuel has bolted to Philly. Dante Stallworth will find the seam for the Browns next year. Kyle Brady is done. Randell Gay, Roosevelt Colvin, and Special Teams stalwart Kelly Washington will inevitable find a new employer. Junior Seau had shoulder surgery and is staring retirement in the face. More importantly Randy Moss is reportedly pissed off no deal has been made since he became a free agent. The horrific thought of Moss landing anywhere outside New England, especially Dallas, would be enough for me to move to Manchester, England. After last the off season, this is all very confusing. Maybe the 2007/08 Patriots were the great perfect storm of luck and talent, the juggernaut whose clock struck midnight 3 minutes too soon. Is the organization going all the way back to the drawing board? You might as well redraft the league and start anew.
The inability to convince the often injured Gay to stick around will have real draft day consequences. The opportunity to take over for Samuel apparently is not his motivation. The team is letting Eugene Wilson walk, so they will have lost past starters at DB, Safety, and DE/LB in the past two weeks. The team has the # 7 pick in the draft. However, the chances of the team making and keeping that selection are slipping away as they put itself in a position to have to rebuild every aspect of the D. The #7 pick for a late first and an early second round pick give them a chance to pick up some depth. They are going to need it. Plus, let’s face it, for all the hoopla about Belichek and Pioli being geniuses, rounds 3-6 have not produced much in terms of on field production in recent years.
As we see the complete tranquility of Red Sox Spring Training, it really makes me wonder what the Patriots are doing. We have seen this mentality before, and it ended with Champ Bailey picking off Tom Brady in the end zone.
In the past month I have learned a few things. Tom Coughlin can outcoach Bill Belichek. Kevin Faulk and Willie Andrews like the ganja. No NFL contract is safe. Hank Steinbrenner is a meathead. Roger Clemens is delusional, and so is Bob Knight. I learned everything is Not everything, Life Is a hustle, and the Alli-Opp was invented in Flint, Michigan. I also learned that the Super Bowl may have been a highpoint for the NFL, from which it is never to return. The league needed to see perfection, so did the Patriots, and so did I .
After an 18-1 season the New England Patriots have entered the off season a team in flux. Asante Samuel has bolted to Philly. Dante Stallworth will find the seam for the Browns next year. Kyle Brady is done. Randell Gay, Roosevelt Colvin, and Special Teams stalwart Kelly Washington will inevitable find a new employer. Junior Seau had shoulder surgery and is staring retirement in the face. More importantly Randy Moss is reportedly pissed off no deal has been made since he became a free agent. The horrific thought of Moss landing anywhere outside New England, especially Dallas, would be enough for me to move to Manchester, England. After last the off season, this is all very confusing. Maybe the 2007/08 Patriots were the great perfect storm of luck and talent, the juggernaut whose clock struck midnight 3 minutes too soon. Is the organization going all the way back to the drawing board? You might as well redraft the league and start anew.
The inability to convince the often injured Gay to stick around will have real draft day consequences. The opportunity to take over for Samuel apparently is not his motivation. The team is letting Eugene Wilson walk, so they will have lost past starters at DB, Safety, and DE/LB in the past two weeks. The team has the # 7 pick in the draft. However, the chances of the team making and keeping that selection are slipping away as they put itself in a position to have to rebuild every aspect of the D. The #7 pick for a late first and an early second round pick give them a chance to pick up some depth. They are going to need it. Plus, let’s face it, for all the hoopla about Belichek and Pioli being geniuses, rounds 3-6 have not produced much in terms of on field production in recent years.
As we see the complete tranquility of Red Sox Spring Training, it really makes me wonder what the Patriots are doing. We have seen this mentality before, and it ended with Champ Bailey picking off Tom Brady in the end zone.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Can I get a large Lobster Bisque please....
Before I start, i ust wanted to say that This was one of the greatest things I have ever seen on TV. The build up was fantastic and the outcome hilarious. Needless to say, TV needs more stuff like this.
On with the show...
So this is how democracy dies.
Everyone looks one way and the next day everything they felt was sacred has been manipulated and changed without any regard whatsoever. The past three weeks I have raved about the importance of college sports in my life. Particularly, this has crystallized around the resurgence of the UConn men’s basketball team. However, in the past two weeks, two games the team has played with Big East opponents were unavailable to me on TV. Now Saturday’s thriller against USF was on ESPN. Smart for them, it was a good game. However, here I am spinning my radio dial to 1080 am to hear the rapid fire delivery of Joe D and Wayne for UConn vs. Depaul. As a person who didn’t miss a UConn men’s basketball game from 1991-2006 this has been a disturbing chain of events.
The culprit my friends…. is ESPN.
Yes, my beloved world wide leader (Whose headquarters is 20 minutes from my apartment) has decided to screw a lot of people and move what would typically be apart of ESPN’s regional programming to its burgeoning college sports network. Last week the men narrowly beat Notre Dame at Gampel in a great game. However, I had to listen to it on the radio. In a weird turn of events, despite being able to have greater access to sports in every way, I find myself being forced to resort to the most primitive measures to follow my favorite college sports program. Similar things happen with football this past fall.
I can follow the Manchester United Red Devils on MUTV every week and they play in England. That’s the UK people. However, I can’t watch a game taking place twenty minutes from my apartment (I live 20 minutes from everything awesome in CT, its fantastic). It is life under the totalitarian rule of EPSN. Local loyalties and conveniences are sacrificed for the bottom line of the “state”. Right now on ESPN southern powerhouse UNC Greenville is playing Davidson. Now, I am sure this is an epic meeting of mid-majors. But come on. How difficult would it be to get the local affiliate to simulcast the game? Your telling me they would loose revenue gained from re-runs of The King of Queens?
People rose up against the NFL network over the Pats vs. Giants in week 17. Congress got involved. That turned out great for everyone. Now this obviously isn’t going to be on the same level, but it is the same practice. I already pay Comcast 100 bucks a month. Arlen Spector and the boys down in the PA just don’t care.
Who is fighting for the common man’s ability to watch their favorite sports?
Are you Che or Winston Smith? It’s a tough one…
On to Slow Strikes
-Terry Francona needs an extension. He deserves it.
-Coco Crisp better be ready to sit the pine this season.
-The Schilling situation could only happen to the Red Sox. You don’t see Greg Maddox injury himself in November and not tell the team for 3 weeks.
-Shawn Marion is happy to have no chance of making the playoffs. I will never understand professional athletes…
On with the show...
So this is how democracy dies.
Everyone looks one way and the next day everything they felt was sacred has been manipulated and changed without any regard whatsoever. The past three weeks I have raved about the importance of college sports in my life. Particularly, this has crystallized around the resurgence of the UConn men’s basketball team. However, in the past two weeks, two games the team has played with Big East opponents were unavailable to me on TV. Now Saturday’s thriller against USF was on ESPN. Smart for them, it was a good game. However, here I am spinning my radio dial to 1080 am to hear the rapid fire delivery of Joe D and Wayne for UConn vs. Depaul. As a person who didn’t miss a UConn men’s basketball game from 1991-2006 this has been a disturbing chain of events.
The culprit my friends…. is ESPN.
Yes, my beloved world wide leader (Whose headquarters is 20 minutes from my apartment) has decided to screw a lot of people and move what would typically be apart of ESPN’s regional programming to its burgeoning college sports network. Last week the men narrowly beat Notre Dame at Gampel in a great game. However, I had to listen to it on the radio. In a weird turn of events, despite being able to have greater access to sports in every way, I find myself being forced to resort to the most primitive measures to follow my favorite college sports program. Similar things happen with football this past fall.
I can follow the Manchester United Red Devils on MUTV every week and they play in England. That’s the UK people. However, I can’t watch a game taking place twenty minutes from my apartment (I live 20 minutes from everything awesome in CT, its fantastic). It is life under the totalitarian rule of EPSN. Local loyalties and conveniences are sacrificed for the bottom line of the “state”. Right now on ESPN southern powerhouse UNC Greenville is playing Davidson. Now, I am sure this is an epic meeting of mid-majors. But come on. How difficult would it be to get the local affiliate to simulcast the game? Your telling me they would loose revenue gained from re-runs of The King of Queens?
People rose up against the NFL network over the Pats vs. Giants in week 17. Congress got involved. That turned out great for everyone. Now this obviously isn’t going to be on the same level, but it is the same practice. I already pay Comcast 100 bucks a month. Arlen Spector and the boys down in the PA just don’t care.
Who is fighting for the common man’s ability to watch their favorite sports?
Are you Che or Winston Smith? It’s a tough one…
On to Slow Strikes
-Terry Francona needs an extension. He deserves it.
-Coco Crisp better be ready to sit the pine this season.
-The Schilling situation could only happen to the Red Sox. You don’t see Greg Maddox injury himself in November and not tell the team for 3 weeks.
-Shawn Marion is happy to have no chance of making the playoffs. I will never understand professional athletes…
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