Always amazes me how people can try and find the controversy in tragic events like the one today. Shows how truly insensitive society has become today. Maybe wait to try and stir up some argument until they have caught who has taken innocent lives and the families have had time to grieve a little. Im not sayin dont have an opinion im saying get all the facts before you go ahead and assume things and voice your thoughts when the time is right.
Now obviously this is a sports blog so there is a side to this story some ppl are going to find very ignorant. But i feel its a good example of the point im trying to make. The bruins cancelled there game tonight. The celtics cancelled there game tomorrow. At a time when they easily could have filled an arena and tried to move on they took the high road. They chose to let the ppl of boston mourn as a city. At a time where you could argue it would be good for ppl to come together for a joint cause to cheer on a team they chose to let a city mourn, not to distract them.
The events in boston today are tragic, upsetting, and infuriating all at the same time. More unnecessary death at a time when there should be more ppl trying to come together, trying to prevent these events. At an where VIP attendees were families of the newtown victims, they now have to deal with more tragedy and uncertainty in their lives. Yet some ppl still just want to argue. They dont care that ppl are hurting, they seem not to care that ppl have lost limbs, lost function of body parts, and 3 ppl have lost their lives. All some ppl want to do is argue. Im not sayig we should all be shattered, im saying that whether you have an opinion or not save it until the time is right.
In saying all this my thoughts and prayers go out the everyone affected by the bombings today and thanks to everyone who went sbove and beyond to do what they could to help.
Monday, 15 April 2013
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Sometimes sports dont matter, and sometimes they are just a symbol
Friday was one of the worst days i have experienced as a big brother in a very long time. Now obviously my life really in no way was affected by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, but it definitely puts things into perspective.
First thing it shows me is that it's amazing what people can do when they have something to rally behind. I mean this from the heart that to see all the amazing people I know forget about debating and be genuinely concerned, upset, and angry at what happened i felt showed that their is still a large part of the people in this world that can get past belief and rally together.
Second thing it showed me is that some people are so insensitive to these issues are are so blatantly oblivious to what really matters in this world, that all they can think to do is start a heated debate just so they can talk basically. To those people i feel bad for you. I posted on my facebook Friday about the incident and immediately people didn't take time to remember the kids, take time to honour the kids, all they wanted to do was debate. I understand the need to figure out what went wrong and fix it, which honestly between all the morons with uneducated opinions will never happen. But what ever happened to the need to mourn. The need to remember. The need to honour. Let the debates wait, let the arguing wait, these kids were taken too soon and they deserve to be remembered, mourned, and honoured.
Now being as this is a blog about sports, there is a side to this story affected by the wide world of sports. Tributes mostly, beautiful moments meant for nothing but to honour those we lost too soon. Players all over the NFL wrote the names of kids/teachers that were lost in this tragedy on their shoes. Chris Johnson wrote all 26 names on his shoes before his MNF game. Numerous teams had stickers on their helmets to honour the victims and victims families. Moments of silence were held all over the NFL, at Gillette stadium 26 flares were shot into the air one for each victim.
I think we should all take notes from what these players did. They took the time to honour, and remember, something a lot of us didn't do.
Getting away from the sports side of this, there is one more aspect of this i feel needs to be mentioned. The religious side of this. Now again i shared a video on my facebook page from Mike Huckabee i believe his name is. Now i feel its very clear from some of my posts that i am not a religious person. But at times like this people that are religious, need to be able to fall back on their faith. And this huge debate about whether or not he was right to say what he did or not, i feel misses the point. I think the big point he was making is that in times of tragedy and need people fall back to what comforts them. And for a large portion of people that religion. Taking religion out schools takes away from some kids something to fall back. From other kids it means nothing but whatever religion you take away from the kids that it is meaningful, it does take something away. And for people to debate religious views in my opinion is like beating a dead horse. Everyone has an opinion they are unwilling to change.
The real point i want to get across here is that now we can debate, argue, yell, scream, do whatever you have to do to make you feel like you have been heard and your opinion matters. But as a society we need to realise that there is a time for debate and a time for mourning, and how insensitive we have come to the mourning period is disgusting. Point and case, the poor kids who got thrown on TV after seeing there friends and classmates shot and killed, the journalist who did this need to be fired and anyone who thinks its OK they did this needs to reevaluate themselves because that was a disgusting show of journalism by those people.
In the end what happened was a tragedy, 20 kids and 6 adults taken much too soon, the innocence of every child in that school was taken, and families separated when they should be together waiting for Christmas to come. If anyone can make the story of what happened about a debate and not about the victims, i means every word of this your a disgusting person. To the families affected and the community torn apart by this tragedy i know none of you will read this but my heart goes out to you.
Charlotte Bacon-Age 6
Daniel Barden-Age 7
Rachel Davino-Age 29
Olivia Engel-Age 6
Josephine Gay-Age 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene-Age 6
Dylan Hockley-Age 6
Dawn Hocksprung(Principal)-Age 47
Madeleine F Hsu-Age 6
Catherine V Hubbard-Age 6
Chase Kowalski-Age 7
Jesse Lewis-Age 6
James Mattioli-Age 6
Grace McDonnell-Age 7
Anne Marie Murphy-Age 6
Emilie Parker-Age 6
Jack Pinto-Age 6
Noah Pozner-Age 6
Caroline Previdi-Age 6
Jessica Rekos-Age 6
Avielle Richman-Age 6
Lauren Russeau-no age provided
Mary Sherlach-Age 56
Victoria Soto-Age 27
Benajamin Wheeler-Age 6
Allison N. Wyatt-Age 6
First thing it shows me is that it's amazing what people can do when they have something to rally behind. I mean this from the heart that to see all the amazing people I know forget about debating and be genuinely concerned, upset, and angry at what happened i felt showed that their is still a large part of the people in this world that can get past belief and rally together.
Second thing it showed me is that some people are so insensitive to these issues are are so blatantly oblivious to what really matters in this world, that all they can think to do is start a heated debate just so they can talk basically. To those people i feel bad for you. I posted on my facebook Friday about the incident and immediately people didn't take time to remember the kids, take time to honour the kids, all they wanted to do was debate. I understand the need to figure out what went wrong and fix it, which honestly between all the morons with uneducated opinions will never happen. But what ever happened to the need to mourn. The need to remember. The need to honour. Let the debates wait, let the arguing wait, these kids were taken too soon and they deserve to be remembered, mourned, and honoured.
Now being as this is a blog about sports, there is a side to this story affected by the wide world of sports. Tributes mostly, beautiful moments meant for nothing but to honour those we lost too soon. Players all over the NFL wrote the names of kids/teachers that were lost in this tragedy on their shoes. Chris Johnson wrote all 26 names on his shoes before his MNF game. Numerous teams had stickers on their helmets to honour the victims and victims families. Moments of silence were held all over the NFL, at Gillette stadium 26 flares were shot into the air one for each victim.
I think we should all take notes from what these players did. They took the time to honour, and remember, something a lot of us didn't do.
Getting away from the sports side of this, there is one more aspect of this i feel needs to be mentioned. The religious side of this. Now again i shared a video on my facebook page from Mike Huckabee i believe his name is. Now i feel its very clear from some of my posts that i am not a religious person. But at times like this people that are religious, need to be able to fall back on their faith. And this huge debate about whether or not he was right to say what he did or not, i feel misses the point. I think the big point he was making is that in times of tragedy and need people fall back to what comforts them. And for a large portion of people that religion. Taking religion out schools takes away from some kids something to fall back. From other kids it means nothing but whatever religion you take away from the kids that it is meaningful, it does take something away. And for people to debate religious views in my opinion is like beating a dead horse. Everyone has an opinion they are unwilling to change.
The real point i want to get across here is that now we can debate, argue, yell, scream, do whatever you have to do to make you feel like you have been heard and your opinion matters. But as a society we need to realise that there is a time for debate and a time for mourning, and how insensitive we have come to the mourning period is disgusting. Point and case, the poor kids who got thrown on TV after seeing there friends and classmates shot and killed, the journalist who did this need to be fired and anyone who thinks its OK they did this needs to reevaluate themselves because that was a disgusting show of journalism by those people.
In the end what happened was a tragedy, 20 kids and 6 adults taken much too soon, the innocence of every child in that school was taken, and families separated when they should be together waiting for Christmas to come. If anyone can make the story of what happened about a debate and not about the victims, i means every word of this your a disgusting person. To the families affected and the community torn apart by this tragedy i know none of you will read this but my heart goes out to you.
Charlotte Bacon-Age 6
Daniel Barden-Age 7
Rachel Davino-Age 29
Olivia Engel-Age 6
Josephine Gay-Age 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene-Age 6
Dylan Hockley-Age 6
Dawn Hocksprung(Principal)-Age 47
Madeleine F Hsu-Age 6
Catherine V Hubbard-Age 6
Chase Kowalski-Age 7
Jesse Lewis-Age 6
James Mattioli-Age 6
Grace McDonnell-Age 7
Anne Marie Murphy-Age 6
Emilie Parker-Age 6
Jack Pinto-Age 6
Noah Pozner-Age 6
Caroline Previdi-Age 6
Jessica Rekos-Age 6
Avielle Richman-Age 6
Lauren Russeau-no age provided
Mary Sherlach-Age 56
Victoria Soto-Age 27
Benajamin Wheeler-Age 6
Allison N. Wyatt-Age 6
Thursday, 22 November 2012
He's good he has to be a cheater
I'm back shaking off the rust for something i feel very strongly about. There is this assumption about high performance athletes that they are all using something that's illegal and there is no way that they can be that good and that strong without cheating.
This is not true. Contrary to popular belief some people just work really really hard. They use supplements yes but they don't have some master mind drug dealer who can muster up products that are so advanced they can't be tested for. These are guys supplements come from sponsors. They are all tested to make sure they are legal. There is no master conspiracy to cheat in professional athletics.
I love the guys who watch sports and feel they have a grasp on what these guys go through on a day to day basis. Even better are the guys who played "midget hockey" so they know exactly what the pros go through. Those guys have no idea. Professional athletes have the best facilities in the world whether it be physio, work out facilities, practise facilities. They have the best of the best and are expected to use it. These guys work there bags off every day to get in the best shape they can be in. Guys like Sidney Crosby, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, work everyday to become the best at their sport. They don't just pop a few pills lift a few weights and get on with it.
Now for those of you who say they use these PED's for recovery. Again they are high performance athletes. They recover quicker than average on their own, then you add on the amount of legal supplements they can use to aid in recovery, and then on top of that you add in the world class therapists these guys have at their disposal on a daily basis. They don't need to cheat. The guys who cheat are the guys who lack the overall physical ability, or they are the guys driven by ego.
To label all athletes as cheater because they are physically superior to you is absolutely absurd. These guys work day in and day out to get better at their craft, and some people want to take that away from them because of ignorance, or jealousy.
Sure there are guys who have cheated. Melky Cabrera, Lance Armstrong, A-Rod, Roger Clemens, those are just a few, but to label every pro athlete as a cheater is ridiculous.
People need to realise that hard work and dedication do pay off, and that people who spend there whole lives working, strengthening, and perfecting a sport are going to get bigger, stronger, faster, and are going to look like clay sculpted figures. Doesn't mean they juiced up or they used some type of PED. And it also doesn't mean that they pay scientists to develop them the most advanced PED on the market that is ahead of all drug testing protocol. Sorry conspiracy theorist you lose this one.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
The New Age Athlete
"It's not the urge to surpass all others at whatever the cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."-Arthur Ashe
That quote shows the mentality of athletes of the past. Guys who would go through a wall for there teammates, and if that wasn't enough they would keep pushing themselves until it was enough. That quote signifies what used to be common in sport. Now you don't see that too often.
You used to be able to fill a team with guys that had respect for the game, their team, and their coach. You used to be able to fill a team with guys that you didn't have to worry about work ethic. Now you can't fill a team with that. There are definitely guys who have all these attributes today, but they are rare. You can't fill a team with them, you see it all over, whether it be high school athletics, to collegiate, all the way up to professional sports. Every team now has guys who are more concerned with appearance, or individual stats, than overall team success. Sadly the guys that have that poor mentality are usually the ones with the most raw talent.
Over the years whether it's been parenting, coaching, media, or a deadly combination of too many negative factors, we have somewhere along the lines changed the mentality of athletes to look after #1 before anything. To me this is baffling when you have so many resources today, whether it be sports psychology, books, television, that show what success looks like in team sports. And they show team play. They don't show one guy doing everything and then everyone praises him for winning.
Take the San Francisco Giants who just won a world series. Bruce Bochy made few comments as to why his team was so successful but the one point he emphasized was that his guys were a team first. Everyone left there individual agendas at home and came to work ready to do anything and everything. 2009 Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum had a terrible year, he wanted to be on the post season roster so he without even questioning his manager took a spot in the bullpen. He performed admirably out of the pen and was huge in his teams success. Hunter Pence was interviewed on field after the Giants had won, he was asked how he felt having such a big role in this win, he responded with saying he did just as much as every other guy on the team.
Team players are winners. A team will succeed in the end, where an individual will fail. The Patriots three super bowl winning teams in the 2000's, were team wins. People mention a high powered offence, and a good defence when they think of those teams. They think of a franchise built the right way, and they think of the Patriot Way. Teams win championships, individuals win games.
At what time did it become OK for athletes to decided whats right and whats wrong on a team. That's up to a coaching staff to decide and for players to abide by. Simple rules like what time to show up, what to wear to games, have become issues. You used to have to tell guys to leave the gym, now you have to make sure they get there on time. What changed in the minds of athletes that made these little things so hard to abide by. And when these rules are broken, coaches are made out as villains because they have punishment for these offences. Sure call it a little thing and in the long run doesn't mean much, but it's the simple fact that players has lost the respect for authority so they can't even show up on time. You see it in professional sports now, people show up late so they get benched. How many Chicago Bears under Mike Ditka were late. I can bet there were very few if any.Mike Singletary said it best "I can not win with'em."
All the arrests, discipline issues, etc. you see in pro and amateur sports today are because of a change in mindset of today's athletes. I believe that if you combine old school mentality with today's physical athlete that's a scary thing. Rarely do you see those two attributes together, but when you do its a scary thing, because that makes for an unbelievable man/athlete.
"Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and disciplining your life that makes you great."-Billie King
Thanks for reading share it if you like it.
That quote shows the mentality of athletes of the past. Guys who would go through a wall for there teammates, and if that wasn't enough they would keep pushing themselves until it was enough. That quote signifies what used to be common in sport. Now you don't see that too often.
You used to be able to fill a team with guys that had respect for the game, their team, and their coach. You used to be able to fill a team with guys that you didn't have to worry about work ethic. Now you can't fill a team with that. There are definitely guys who have all these attributes today, but they are rare. You can't fill a team with them, you see it all over, whether it be high school athletics, to collegiate, all the way up to professional sports. Every team now has guys who are more concerned with appearance, or individual stats, than overall team success. Sadly the guys that have that poor mentality are usually the ones with the most raw talent.
Over the years whether it's been parenting, coaching, media, or a deadly combination of too many negative factors, we have somewhere along the lines changed the mentality of athletes to look after #1 before anything. To me this is baffling when you have so many resources today, whether it be sports psychology, books, television, that show what success looks like in team sports. And they show team play. They don't show one guy doing everything and then everyone praises him for winning.
Take the San Francisco Giants who just won a world series. Bruce Bochy made few comments as to why his team was so successful but the one point he emphasized was that his guys were a team first. Everyone left there individual agendas at home and came to work ready to do anything and everything. 2009 Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum had a terrible year, he wanted to be on the post season roster so he without even questioning his manager took a spot in the bullpen. He performed admirably out of the pen and was huge in his teams success. Hunter Pence was interviewed on field after the Giants had won, he was asked how he felt having such a big role in this win, he responded with saying he did just as much as every other guy on the team.
Team players are winners. A team will succeed in the end, where an individual will fail. The Patriots three super bowl winning teams in the 2000's, were team wins. People mention a high powered offence, and a good defence when they think of those teams. They think of a franchise built the right way, and they think of the Patriot Way. Teams win championships, individuals win games.
At what time did it become OK for athletes to decided whats right and whats wrong on a team. That's up to a coaching staff to decide and for players to abide by. Simple rules like what time to show up, what to wear to games, have become issues. You used to have to tell guys to leave the gym, now you have to make sure they get there on time. What changed in the minds of athletes that made these little things so hard to abide by. And when these rules are broken, coaches are made out as villains because they have punishment for these offences. Sure call it a little thing and in the long run doesn't mean much, but it's the simple fact that players has lost the respect for authority so they can't even show up on time. You see it in professional sports now, people show up late so they get benched. How many Chicago Bears under Mike Ditka were late. I can bet there were very few if any.Mike Singletary said it best "I can not win with'em."
All the arrests, discipline issues, etc. you see in pro and amateur sports today are because of a change in mindset of today's athletes. I believe that if you combine old school mentality with today's physical athlete that's a scary thing. Rarely do you see those two attributes together, but when you do its a scary thing, because that makes for an unbelievable man/athlete.
"Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and disciplining your life that makes you great."-Billie King
Thanks for reading share it if you like it.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Ok Kids watch how they play BUT not how they act
Nothing really sparked this post except curiosity, and a bit of anger.
Today were chatting about why athletes (who are adults) can't act like any other grown man/woman would in a public setting. Now i understand that these guys are under a microscope so for some what people call "run-ins" i think we are being very critical and unreasonable with them. But for the majority of the acts players get in trouble for, they are just being plain old stupid. Take the Detroit Lions as a whole right now. Not exactly a roster of scholars. They did clean it up a little by cutting some guys, but in the off season alone i think they have upwards of 3 arrests. Majority of them for DUI. How stupid can you be. Just because you are a professional athlete does not mean that you are above the law. These guys makes millions, maybe an average player will only make a million, but I'm pretty sure between the booze and i can only assume women you were trying to bribe and or intoxicate so they will sleep with you, you should probably have 20 bucks left over for a cab. Or if your in the off season take that opportunity to maybe walk some of the booze off. Maybe not the safest option but hey these guys are pretty big i think they can hold there own.
Now that we have got past how simple it is not to drink and drive, lets move on to the next one. To you jerk offs who have no money. Not one part of me feels bad for you. Evander Hollyfield has like 12 kids with 4-6 women. He is 50 and still boxing and can't retire or he will go to jail. That makes me sick this guy was a star in the peak of boxing and he is broke. Vince Young made millions, and he doesn't even know where it went. That's almost worse than spending it all. How stupid can you be that you don't know where your money went. Terrell Owens is so far in child support he also is broke, which is also hilarious. Don't give me some sob story because you had all these women just throwing themselves at you and you were young, dumb, and full of cum. I don't care you still have a brain, a partial college education, and pretty good hands so use those hands to throw on a dome. WOW problem solved for Owens and Hollyfield. If you make a minimum of 850,000 dollars a year in no way should you ever go broke unless you are a complete moron, in which your mother should hire you a financial advisor to hold on to your money so you can't waste it on shiny things and fast cars you can drive when your sauced.
Point number three. The guys who are "misunderstood". Nope your not misunderstood your just an ass hole. Delonte West, your an ass hole, Gilbert Arenas your an ass hole too Kevin Bieksa yep ass hole, Ryan Kessler giant ass hole(also might be a woman). There are numerous cases of guys who start fights in the locker room, who go to the media to fix problems, just so they can look like the good guy. These are the guys who can put a giant smile on when the cameras are on them but when they are off look out. Hey TO you know why no one will sign you, YOUR AN ASS HOLE. If these guys would put ego aside, and realize "hey I'm getting paid to play a game i love, and these guys around me are alright maybe we should be friends." Then i think that sports media might be able to cover more stories that matter. If we could have gotten away from why Dwight Howard wants a trade, then maybe we could have had some really good playoff coverage in the NHL and NBA.
Point number 4, DON'T PUBLICLY ASK FOR A TRADE. What are we 12 again, when you have to wait till people around to be a smart ass so your dad doesn't lay a beating on you. Grow up guys you want a trade, fine go to the GM and say "hey thanks for the opportunity but i would like to play somewhere else, and if we could keep this private until it's done that would be excellent." If more players did that, we again could get sports coverage that matters. If you want to get traded that's great for you, first of all who cares till it actually happens, second your interrupting my highlights with "breaking news" of someone who hasn't been traded but man he sure would appreciate one. Breaking news is if someone gets traded, and that someone has to be an all star or it's no longer breaking news it is just news and should be left on the ticker.
Point number 5, now let's be clear in no way in this point am i bashing any religion, i fully support athletes being religious if that is there choice. Now back to the point, STOP THANKING GOD FOR EVERYTHING. We get it your a very religious person, and like i said that's fine. I don't want you to ruin me going back and thinking about Suh stomping some guys arm out, or Clay Matthews body slamming someone by thanking god he was ok. He was ok because he is built like a brick shit house. Which he got by working hard. So you can believe that this all was gods work (which again is fine) but don't go on national TV and throw your religion at people. I don't watch football, or baseball, or hockey post game stuff so i can break out in prayer. I watch it for analysis, highlights, and to get the players perspective of the game. I personally don't care if you want to thank god, thank the president, thank anyone, if you really want to thank God go home and pray, do not go on national television and do it, your ruining my experience.
Now in my mini fit of rage, i forgot to thank the real pros, the guys who play the game the right way, the guys who stay out of the media until pre and post game press conferences. The guys who are asked how they felt about a play, or a game in general give a real thoughtful answer on how they thought things went. Thank You, you know who you are. To the rest of you i say clean it up.
Again i emphasize that i am not a religion hater, being religious is a choice an individual makes, i just feel that it shouldn't been thrown at other people.
Thank you for reading, i appreciate all the readers, please share it if you like it.
Today were chatting about why athletes (who are adults) can't act like any other grown man/woman would in a public setting. Now i understand that these guys are under a microscope so for some what people call "run-ins" i think we are being very critical and unreasonable with them. But for the majority of the acts players get in trouble for, they are just being plain old stupid. Take the Detroit Lions as a whole right now. Not exactly a roster of scholars. They did clean it up a little by cutting some guys, but in the off season alone i think they have upwards of 3 arrests. Majority of them for DUI. How stupid can you be. Just because you are a professional athlete does not mean that you are above the law. These guys makes millions, maybe an average player will only make a million, but I'm pretty sure between the booze and i can only assume women you were trying to bribe and or intoxicate so they will sleep with you, you should probably have 20 bucks left over for a cab. Or if your in the off season take that opportunity to maybe walk some of the booze off. Maybe not the safest option but hey these guys are pretty big i think they can hold there own.
Now that we have got past how simple it is not to drink and drive, lets move on to the next one. To you jerk offs who have no money. Not one part of me feels bad for you. Evander Hollyfield has like 12 kids with 4-6 women. He is 50 and still boxing and can't retire or he will go to jail. That makes me sick this guy was a star in the peak of boxing and he is broke. Vince Young made millions, and he doesn't even know where it went. That's almost worse than spending it all. How stupid can you be that you don't know where your money went. Terrell Owens is so far in child support he also is broke, which is also hilarious. Don't give me some sob story because you had all these women just throwing themselves at you and you were young, dumb, and full of cum. I don't care you still have a brain, a partial college education, and pretty good hands so use those hands to throw on a dome. WOW problem solved for Owens and Hollyfield. If you make a minimum of 850,000 dollars a year in no way should you ever go broke unless you are a complete moron, in which your mother should hire you a financial advisor to hold on to your money so you can't waste it on shiny things and fast cars you can drive when your sauced.
Point number three. The guys who are "misunderstood". Nope your not misunderstood your just an ass hole. Delonte West, your an ass hole, Gilbert Arenas your an ass hole too Kevin Bieksa yep ass hole, Ryan Kessler giant ass hole(also might be a woman). There are numerous cases of guys who start fights in the locker room, who go to the media to fix problems, just so they can look like the good guy. These are the guys who can put a giant smile on when the cameras are on them but when they are off look out. Hey TO you know why no one will sign you, YOUR AN ASS HOLE. If these guys would put ego aside, and realize "hey I'm getting paid to play a game i love, and these guys around me are alright maybe we should be friends." Then i think that sports media might be able to cover more stories that matter. If we could have gotten away from why Dwight Howard wants a trade, then maybe we could have had some really good playoff coverage in the NHL and NBA.
Point number 4, DON'T PUBLICLY ASK FOR A TRADE. What are we 12 again, when you have to wait till people around to be a smart ass so your dad doesn't lay a beating on you. Grow up guys you want a trade, fine go to the GM and say "hey thanks for the opportunity but i would like to play somewhere else, and if we could keep this private until it's done that would be excellent." If more players did that, we again could get sports coverage that matters. If you want to get traded that's great for you, first of all who cares till it actually happens, second your interrupting my highlights with "breaking news" of someone who hasn't been traded but man he sure would appreciate one. Breaking news is if someone gets traded, and that someone has to be an all star or it's no longer breaking news it is just news and should be left on the ticker.
Point number 5, now let's be clear in no way in this point am i bashing any religion, i fully support athletes being religious if that is there choice. Now back to the point, STOP THANKING GOD FOR EVERYTHING. We get it your a very religious person, and like i said that's fine. I don't want you to ruin me going back and thinking about Suh stomping some guys arm out, or Clay Matthews body slamming someone by thanking god he was ok. He was ok because he is built like a brick shit house. Which he got by working hard. So you can believe that this all was gods work (which again is fine) but don't go on national TV and throw your religion at people. I don't watch football, or baseball, or hockey post game stuff so i can break out in prayer. I watch it for analysis, highlights, and to get the players perspective of the game. I personally don't care if you want to thank god, thank the president, thank anyone, if you really want to thank God go home and pray, do not go on national television and do it, your ruining my experience.
Now in my mini fit of rage, i forgot to thank the real pros, the guys who play the game the right way, the guys who stay out of the media until pre and post game press conferences. The guys who are asked how they felt about a play, or a game in general give a real thoughtful answer on how they thought things went. Thank You, you know who you are. To the rest of you i say clean it up.
Again i emphasize that i am not a religion hater, being religious is a choice an individual makes, i just feel that it shouldn't been thrown at other people.
Thank you for reading, i appreciate all the readers, please share it if you like it.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Week 6 a little late
So a day before week 7 starts I'm getting my life together here and will put together my thoughts on week 6 for you guys.
The once 4-0 Arizona Cardinals have fallen from the graces and with another loss this week they are now a bombing 4-3. They played the Vikes (5-2) who so far are the surprise team of the year. Adrian Peterson is a freak coming back from his knee, and it looks like he barely lost a step. Christian Ponder is playing very smart this year. Managing the ball well, not turning it over and making the throws that people doubted he could make coming out of the draft. I think he is answering a lot of questions people had about him coming out of Florida State. The game itself was alright never really a doubt that Minnesota would win it but Arizona kept it interesting. Vikes win 21-14.
The Giants and Redskins played a thriller at Metlife Stadium Sunday. Eli and RG3 went back and forth until finally Eli threw the knockout punch, a 77 yd TD pass to Victor Cruz (his only TD pass on the day). RG3 continues to show how mature he is for a rookie QB. Doing lots of damage with his arm and legs. He got huge praise from Justin Tuck after game, which was well earned. I think Cam should take some notes on how this kid is acting. As impressive as RG3 was they still didn't win. Giants win 27-23.
The Texans bounced back from getting thrashed by the packers last week to thrashing a pretty good ravens team. Although they were without Webb, and Ray Lewis, they got Terrell Suggs back which helped especially after losing Ray. It wasn't enough though, even if they had those two guys probably wouldn't have been enough. Matt Schaub was back in form, Arian Foster was also back in form after running pretty soft after against the Packers. People still saying the NFC is head and toes above the AFC which I feel isn't true. The NFC is a better division but i don't think the gap is as wide as most people think. Texans win 43-13.
The aforementioned Cam Newton played like a 7th rd pick again on Sunday. He is holding onto the ball too long, when he is throwing they are not good throws. He is playing like a guy who is surprised at the speed of the game. His rookie season was a good one for him, but what people fail to see is that they were still 6-10 last year. They weren't a good team last year. They have a decent roster but they can't put wins together. I have failed to mention the team that beat them because they did nothing special to win this game. It was the Cowboys and that is even worse for the Panthers. Cowboys win 19-14.
Pats/Jets on Sunday was an interesting game. The Jets went down the field first drive and scored to which the Pats responded with a Kickoff return for a TD. From there it seemed that the Jets just couldn't finish. Kind of shocking to look at the scoreboard and see the Pats up for the majority of the game. In the end the better team won, but in OT, and only because Mark Sanchez is Mark Sanchez and should never be put in a clutch situation anymore. He fumbled Pats win, and everyone still hates the J.E.T.S. Pats win 29-26.
Other winners on the week were 49ers, Packers, Saints, Titans, Colts, Raiders, Steelers, and Da Bears.
Thanks for reading and don't forget to watch game 1 of the World Series tonight.
The once 4-0 Arizona Cardinals have fallen from the graces and with another loss this week they are now a bombing 4-3. They played the Vikes (5-2) who so far are the surprise team of the year. Adrian Peterson is a freak coming back from his knee, and it looks like he barely lost a step. Christian Ponder is playing very smart this year. Managing the ball well, not turning it over and making the throws that people doubted he could make coming out of the draft. I think he is answering a lot of questions people had about him coming out of Florida State. The game itself was alright never really a doubt that Minnesota would win it but Arizona kept it interesting. Vikes win 21-14.
The Giants and Redskins played a thriller at Metlife Stadium Sunday. Eli and RG3 went back and forth until finally Eli threw the knockout punch, a 77 yd TD pass to Victor Cruz (his only TD pass on the day). RG3 continues to show how mature he is for a rookie QB. Doing lots of damage with his arm and legs. He got huge praise from Justin Tuck after game, which was well earned. I think Cam should take some notes on how this kid is acting. As impressive as RG3 was they still didn't win. Giants win 27-23.
The Texans bounced back from getting thrashed by the packers last week to thrashing a pretty good ravens team. Although they were without Webb, and Ray Lewis, they got Terrell Suggs back which helped especially after losing Ray. It wasn't enough though, even if they had those two guys probably wouldn't have been enough. Matt Schaub was back in form, Arian Foster was also back in form after running pretty soft after against the Packers. People still saying the NFC is head and toes above the AFC which I feel isn't true. The NFC is a better division but i don't think the gap is as wide as most people think. Texans win 43-13.
The aforementioned Cam Newton played like a 7th rd pick again on Sunday. He is holding onto the ball too long, when he is throwing they are not good throws. He is playing like a guy who is surprised at the speed of the game. His rookie season was a good one for him, but what people fail to see is that they were still 6-10 last year. They weren't a good team last year. They have a decent roster but they can't put wins together. I have failed to mention the team that beat them because they did nothing special to win this game. It was the Cowboys and that is even worse for the Panthers. Cowboys win 19-14.
Pats/Jets on Sunday was an interesting game. The Jets went down the field first drive and scored to which the Pats responded with a Kickoff return for a TD. From there it seemed that the Jets just couldn't finish. Kind of shocking to look at the scoreboard and see the Pats up for the majority of the game. In the end the better team won, but in OT, and only because Mark Sanchez is Mark Sanchez and should never be put in a clutch situation anymore. He fumbled Pats win, and everyone still hates the J.E.T.S. Pats win 29-26.
Other winners on the week were 49ers, Packers, Saints, Titans, Colts, Raiders, Steelers, and Da Bears.
Thanks for reading and don't forget to watch game 1 of the World Series tonight.
Monday, 22 October 2012
HEYYY he hired them so lets fire him
Today we ponder the theory of fire the GM and everything will fix itself. This all comes on they day that the Carolina Panthers fired there GM because there offence can't score points. This offence has Cam Newton, Steve Smith, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, and Greg Olsen. That's two solid RB's the offensive rookie of the year a perennial pro bowl receiver and a tight end who is highly regarded in some circles. But hey it's the GM's fault they aren't producing. Maybe he should go out and sign TO and Chad Johnson so they will have a couple more receivers.
Cam is a second year QB who is having some growing pains. Is this not to be expected a bit, even with the year he had last year it is still only his second year, these things happen. Can we look at Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Sam Bradford, all guys who had good rookie years but stuttered in the season or seasons after. I would say they are doing alright now.
When the guys you have don't play that's not the GM's fault. This is like firing your boss because you aren't performing. Hey he hired me fire him. He can sign guys maybe motivate a bit, but aside from that when you have a player you have to expect them to perform. Same thing with a coach. They can do everything possible to prepare a team for a game but if the players go out and stink it up. How can the coach be responsible he got his team ready. He can't control a players thoughts, he can't control the players like puppets, the players still have to go out and execute.
This is what baffles me about pro sports, how we can hold players on such a high pedestal that when they fail we blame management. We don't call for the players heads we want the GM and the coach to be fired and if that doesn't work, well we obviously didn't get the right guys so lets fire the new guys and try again. Bill Bellichick coached the very below average Cleveland Browns before the patriots. He is considered one of the best coaches ever. So how do we hold him so highly when he coached a failing team. Every bodies response to this is "well look at who was on that team". Which is exactly my point. He had all professional football players. He wasn't playing with college kids he was playing with guys that everyone agreed should be in the NFL. I understand that not everyone is at the same skill level but, no matter what skill level you have, you have to perform to the best of your abilities every game day and those guys didn't do that.
Now obviously there are times when the coach is in the wrong. Take the whole eagles coaching staff right now. Yes they are under performing on the field. But the game planning and overall attitude of that team is a joke. The issue really is in the coaching staff there. To change coverage in the second half of a game when you have been shutting a team down is ridiculous. To have your mobile QB be coached to sit in the pocket and throw, especially with his size is a stupid move. That is a coaching error mixed with lack of player performance.
Take the 4-3 green bay packers this year. They are not a 4-3 team they should be much better than this. But the players were under performing to start the year, not the coaches fault the guys weren't executing. They start executing they blow out and undefeated team. See not the coaches fault. There are numerous examples of this in all sports. The Angels in baseball this year were stacked, didn't make the playoffs, the Miami Heat are also stacked they just won a title when really they should have 2 by now with that roster, Yankees can buy any player they want players didn't perform, the NY Rangers bought a pretty good team, didn't win the cup.
Players are held so highly in our society its shocking how we can be so adoring and critical of them but we never really call for them to lose there jobs. It's always the guys who put together the game plan, the guy who signs the players. So maybe next time your team isn't up to standards look at the players first coach/GM second.
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Cam is a second year QB who is having some growing pains. Is this not to be expected a bit, even with the year he had last year it is still only his second year, these things happen. Can we look at Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Sam Bradford, all guys who had good rookie years but stuttered in the season or seasons after. I would say they are doing alright now.
When the guys you have don't play that's not the GM's fault. This is like firing your boss because you aren't performing. Hey he hired me fire him. He can sign guys maybe motivate a bit, but aside from that when you have a player you have to expect them to perform. Same thing with a coach. They can do everything possible to prepare a team for a game but if the players go out and stink it up. How can the coach be responsible he got his team ready. He can't control a players thoughts, he can't control the players like puppets, the players still have to go out and execute.
This is what baffles me about pro sports, how we can hold players on such a high pedestal that when they fail we blame management. We don't call for the players heads we want the GM and the coach to be fired and if that doesn't work, well we obviously didn't get the right guys so lets fire the new guys and try again. Bill Bellichick coached the very below average Cleveland Browns before the patriots. He is considered one of the best coaches ever. So how do we hold him so highly when he coached a failing team. Every bodies response to this is "well look at who was on that team". Which is exactly my point. He had all professional football players. He wasn't playing with college kids he was playing with guys that everyone agreed should be in the NFL. I understand that not everyone is at the same skill level but, no matter what skill level you have, you have to perform to the best of your abilities every game day and those guys didn't do that.
Now obviously there are times when the coach is in the wrong. Take the whole eagles coaching staff right now. Yes they are under performing on the field. But the game planning and overall attitude of that team is a joke. The issue really is in the coaching staff there. To change coverage in the second half of a game when you have been shutting a team down is ridiculous. To have your mobile QB be coached to sit in the pocket and throw, especially with his size is a stupid move. That is a coaching error mixed with lack of player performance.
Take the 4-3 green bay packers this year. They are not a 4-3 team they should be much better than this. But the players were under performing to start the year, not the coaches fault the guys weren't executing. They start executing they blow out and undefeated team. See not the coaches fault. There are numerous examples of this in all sports. The Angels in baseball this year were stacked, didn't make the playoffs, the Miami Heat are also stacked they just won a title when really they should have 2 by now with that roster, Yankees can buy any player they want players didn't perform, the NY Rangers bought a pretty good team, didn't win the cup.
Players are held so highly in our society its shocking how we can be so adoring and critical of them but we never really call for them to lose there jobs. It's always the guys who put together the game plan, the guy who signs the players. So maybe next time your team isn't up to standards look at the players first coach/GM second.
Thanks for reading look for tomorrows NFL wrap up. Share if you like it please
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