Breaking news everybody Darryl Katz is a good businessman.
Breaking news #2, the oilers aren't going anywhere.
Now that we have settled that, lets move on to why i'm saying this. First and foremost the contract has been awarded to PCL to build the damn thing. Probably a good sign it's going to happen. PCL not exactly your budget pricing company. Also we have a mayor who knows how important this team is to the city. He is doing his due diligence to make sure that we aren't getting screwed on this arena.
Mayor Mandel knows what the oilers are to edmontonians. He knows its more than something to drop some money on. He realizes its a tradition that defined our city for awhile. He is doing what he has to do 1) to shut up the arts community because lord knows the second this arena gets approved they are going to want 7 museums and3 art galleries built to balance it out. So you want to throw some blame around there should be target 1. Second to all you people (you know who you are) who would have lost their minds if the city took the first proposal on the arena and gave a go ahead. You guys would be throwing shit fits, because this would be to expensive, this would be unnecessary, and you wouldn't understand the need for fancy locker rooms.
So what i'm getting at is the general public it to blame for all the arena delay. If we weren't so bloody stupid about everything dollar spent in our city we probably could have had a deal done for the arena and be in building. BUT as i say that we all need to realize again that the arena is going to happen. First of all were in a lock out season for the NHL so maybe we resolve that before we get the arena figured, the oil kings can't pay for the arena but the oilers can. I we have no income through the oilers why are we spending for a new arena.
Do we really want to rush a new arena so we can open it to a .500 hockey team, maybe this delay is good. Maybe we will be a cup contender by the time we get it built, instead of maybe a playoff team.
I know i'm bouncing around to different points fairly random here so try and stay with me. My next point is going back to Mr. Katz. He is a super genious, why wouldn't he go look at somewhere that just approved a new arena. For all we know he was chatting with people on the process they went through to get the arena. We don't know that he was there to check out where the Seattle Oilers could be playing. But if you were him would you tell people that....absolutely not you lead people on to think your moving so we get a deal done to keep the oilers in Edmonton and put them in the arena they deserve.
My last point, is to you people who are all of a sudden concerned with this, i mean this in the nicest way possible but FUCK OFF. Your bitching and complaining about a project that has been in talks for awhile but you just found out about over google so now your concerned. To all these people can you go away and go Occupy something (are people still doing that?) because i assume your the same people who supported that shit show.
To all the real Oiler fans and people who actually care you have nothing to worry about. The oil aren't moving, we will have hockey for many years to come. If i'm wrong about this (which i'm not) I will be more than happy to let whoever wants to throw a pie at me. But if i'm right (which i am) i expect to be able to throw a pie at you.
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Week 3 was......Interesting here's my wrap up
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa day 2 of talking about the NFL and its officiating.
It was a weird week in the NFL with 3 games going to OT and a couple more ending on last second plays.
The cowboys won an awful football game against the Bucs. The boys were awful on offence and were very lucky that the Bucs were worse. This cowboy team needs to get it together. I do think they win the division still. Cowboys win 16-10.
The jets and dolphins played what looked to be a good football game. It wasn't, it was close though. This was one of three overtime games. Big story in this game were the injuries. Reggie Bush went out, and Revis went out for the jets. Revis is done for year turns out with an ACL. Bush also hurt a knee but he is only supposed to miss a couple games. So to the dolphins the AFC east thanks you, its now easier to throw on the jets D. Jets win 23-20.
The Texans asserted themselves as the best team in the NFL beating the Broncos with what looked to me a pretty basic victory for them. These guys are good, they have a great D with one of the best backs in the league and the 3rd best wideout in the league. Solid steady QB play, these guys should be a Super Bowl favourite. Even if they stumble a few times this year, they will be there in the end. O ya and Peyton isn't looking better, he's looking worse. Texans win 31-25.
The Atlanta Falcons are a really good football team. Matt Ryan is zoned in, the D is very opportunistic, and Mr. DUI himself (michael turner) is a solid back to compliment a really good passing game. San Diego looked irrelevant in this game. Philip Rivers was wishing he was Giant all game instead of a Charger. He is quickly finding out why Eli didn't want to play there. Falcons win in a romp 27-3.
The Detroit Lions look bound to be the underachievers of the year. What should be a solid defence, just allowed 44 pts to Jake Locker and the Tennessee Titans. An offence that should be among tops in the league, is playing well but turnovers and what looks to be a hurt QB for a couple weeks will put a damper on what they are trying to do. Look for the Lions to struggle this yr. Titans win 44-41 in OT.
The SNF game was really fun to watch (officiating aside) With lots of offence and some good D as well it was a complete game. Torrey Smith inspired the whole audience with his performance. For those that don't know his brother died in a motor bike accident in the morning. Smith drove to Virgina at 2 am was with his family all day, got back to Baltimore at 5 pm said he was going to play, proceeded to catch 2 touchdown passes, and was a huge part in a Ravens win. I'm a die hard pats fan but i found myself hoping this kid caught everything. Pats D look tired at the end of the game getting beat constantly on the corners. Ravens win on a last second FG 31-30.
Now for the grand finale. MNF Packers/Seahawks. In what was an awful game to watch i thought, partly officiating (mostly) and partly because the offences were too interested in watching their defences. The packers controlled the second half but in the end didn't score. Going into what was the final possession of the game the Seahawks were down 12-7, Russell Wilson drove them down the field with a bunch of incompletions and a few completions. Then he tossed one up in the end zone. Golden Tate proceeded to donkey punch Sam Shields, and what was ruled simultaneous possession was not. By what the refs called on the field they made the right call. But in no way was that catch simultaneous possession so the packers should have held on to win. Now my arguments to all you angry packer fans are as follows. 1) your offence scored 12 pts you didn't deserve to win. 2)If your DB swats the ball and doesn't go for the pick you win. 3) your offence scored 12 pts, honestly for all the raving you do about this offence all you got was 12 pts. Yes the refs blew the call, but your offence blew the game. Seahawks win 14-12.
Other week 3 winners included giants, cardinals (3-0), bears, bills, jags, vikes, chiefs, bengals, raiders. Week 4 should be interesting. Here's to hoping we have some real refs.
Thanks for reading please post comments, share with your friends.
It was a weird week in the NFL with 3 games going to OT and a couple more ending on last second plays.
The cowboys won an awful football game against the Bucs. The boys were awful on offence and were very lucky that the Bucs were worse. This cowboy team needs to get it together. I do think they win the division still. Cowboys win 16-10.
The jets and dolphins played what looked to be a good football game. It wasn't, it was close though. This was one of three overtime games. Big story in this game were the injuries. Reggie Bush went out, and Revis went out for the jets. Revis is done for year turns out with an ACL. Bush also hurt a knee but he is only supposed to miss a couple games. So to the dolphins the AFC east thanks you, its now easier to throw on the jets D. Jets win 23-20.
The Texans asserted themselves as the best team in the NFL beating the Broncos with what looked to me a pretty basic victory for them. These guys are good, they have a great D with one of the best backs in the league and the 3rd best wideout in the league. Solid steady QB play, these guys should be a Super Bowl favourite. Even if they stumble a few times this year, they will be there in the end. O ya and Peyton isn't looking better, he's looking worse. Texans win 31-25.
The Atlanta Falcons are a really good football team. Matt Ryan is zoned in, the D is very opportunistic, and Mr. DUI himself (michael turner) is a solid back to compliment a really good passing game. San Diego looked irrelevant in this game. Philip Rivers was wishing he was Giant all game instead of a Charger. He is quickly finding out why Eli didn't want to play there. Falcons win in a romp 27-3.
The Detroit Lions look bound to be the underachievers of the year. What should be a solid defence, just allowed 44 pts to Jake Locker and the Tennessee Titans. An offence that should be among tops in the league, is playing well but turnovers and what looks to be a hurt QB for a couple weeks will put a damper on what they are trying to do. Look for the Lions to struggle this yr. Titans win 44-41 in OT.
The SNF game was really fun to watch (officiating aside) With lots of offence and some good D as well it was a complete game. Torrey Smith inspired the whole audience with his performance. For those that don't know his brother died in a motor bike accident in the morning. Smith drove to Virgina at 2 am was with his family all day, got back to Baltimore at 5 pm said he was going to play, proceeded to catch 2 touchdown passes, and was a huge part in a Ravens win. I'm a die hard pats fan but i found myself hoping this kid caught everything. Pats D look tired at the end of the game getting beat constantly on the corners. Ravens win on a last second FG 31-30.
Now for the grand finale. MNF Packers/Seahawks. In what was an awful game to watch i thought, partly officiating (mostly) and partly because the offences were too interested in watching their defences. The packers controlled the second half but in the end didn't score. Going into what was the final possession of the game the Seahawks were down 12-7, Russell Wilson drove them down the field with a bunch of incompletions and a few completions. Then he tossed one up in the end zone. Golden Tate proceeded to donkey punch Sam Shields, and what was ruled simultaneous possession was not. By what the refs called on the field they made the right call. But in no way was that catch simultaneous possession so the packers should have held on to win. Now my arguments to all you angry packer fans are as follows. 1) your offence scored 12 pts you didn't deserve to win. 2)If your DB swats the ball and doesn't go for the pick you win. 3) your offence scored 12 pts, honestly for all the raving you do about this offence all you got was 12 pts. Yes the refs blew the call, but your offence blew the game. Seahawks win 14-12.
Other week 3 winners included giants, cardinals (3-0), bears, bills, jags, vikes, chiefs, bengals, raiders. Week 4 should be interesting. Here's to hoping we have some real refs.
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Monday, 24 September 2012
Can I replace the replacements
I swear I wasn't planning on doing this, but I have to because these guys are god awful so now I have too.
This is partially yes because there were more than a few drives extended on my patriots last night with phantom illegal contact or holding or pass interference calls. But mostly because these guys are making the NFL so frustrating to watch that I find myself actually changing the channel, not to another game though but to something else.
I don't know what it is that makes these refs so god awful but it brings me to wonder what is so unacceptable about the refs offer that the NFL won't accept it. What piece of the new agreement between the refs and the league is worth the integrity of the game. If it's money I'm gonna lose my shit, being a ref is a thankless job, if they want a few extra bucks, GIVE IT TO THEM. When you see guys like Heyward-Bay getting there heads knocked off by safeties and no flag thrown, we have an issue. If the NFL is so concerned about player safety, they should probably get the real refs back so that when those hits happen teams are penalized so they won't happen again. If i'm Ryan Mundy i just got away with murder and will probably do it again.
On that note Cris Collingsworth said it best last night "these guys are doing the best they can, but its just not good enough." Valid point sir, now why can't the NFL see that. What if it gets to the point where players don't want to play anymore. What if guys feel so unsafe and feel they put all the work in to have games decided by 75 yr old man who can't even remember the number of the guy he just threw a flag for. I wouldn't want to play in that league. It's a joke right now.
Take the Broncos/Falcons game Monday Night Football last week. The 1st quarter took just over an hr because of scrum after scrum, refs needed time to get the calls right. The first half was over 2 hr 15 min long. That's absurd, in what backwards society to people have time to watch one 5 hr football game on a Monday night. Isn't that the point on MNF to have 1 game for 3.5-4 hours then people get go to bed or do whatever. But to have that game literally go all night is ridiculous.
Now i love the people who think these refs are just getting nit picked because we need something to complain about. Ummmmm nope they are throwing stuff at us to complain about. A ref tripped a player with his hat yesterday. Were not even sure why the moron threw his hat but he did and it tripped Kevin Ogletree in the end zone. What if Romo threw him the ball and he couldn't catch it because he was on the ground after having a hat thrown under his foot. They had to pull a ref off a game because of bias. Should the idiot not have known to maybe take the pictures of him at a Saints game in a Saints jersey off facebook.(another reason why parents shouldn't have facebook)
So basically what i'm getting at is no im not going to stop watching the NFL. It's what i do on Sundays and what i will do on Sundays for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs. Yes i will continue to bitch every Sunday about the terrible officiating until the old refs are back. And then yes i will also continue to bitch about the officiating when the old refs are back but at least my bitching will be wrong i will just need something to complain about. Refs come back, please, pretty please.
This is partially yes because there were more than a few drives extended on my patriots last night with phantom illegal contact or holding or pass interference calls. But mostly because these guys are making the NFL so frustrating to watch that I find myself actually changing the channel, not to another game though but to something else.
I don't know what it is that makes these refs so god awful but it brings me to wonder what is so unacceptable about the refs offer that the NFL won't accept it. What piece of the new agreement between the refs and the league is worth the integrity of the game. If it's money I'm gonna lose my shit, being a ref is a thankless job, if they want a few extra bucks, GIVE IT TO THEM. When you see guys like Heyward-Bay getting there heads knocked off by safeties and no flag thrown, we have an issue. If the NFL is so concerned about player safety, they should probably get the real refs back so that when those hits happen teams are penalized so they won't happen again. If i'm Ryan Mundy i just got away with murder and will probably do it again.
On that note Cris Collingsworth said it best last night "these guys are doing the best they can, but its just not good enough." Valid point sir, now why can't the NFL see that. What if it gets to the point where players don't want to play anymore. What if guys feel so unsafe and feel they put all the work in to have games decided by 75 yr old man who can't even remember the number of the guy he just threw a flag for. I wouldn't want to play in that league. It's a joke right now.
Take the Broncos/Falcons game Monday Night Football last week. The 1st quarter took just over an hr because of scrum after scrum, refs needed time to get the calls right. The first half was over 2 hr 15 min long. That's absurd, in what backwards society to people have time to watch one 5 hr football game on a Monday night. Isn't that the point on MNF to have 1 game for 3.5-4 hours then people get go to bed or do whatever. But to have that game literally go all night is ridiculous.
Now i love the people who think these refs are just getting nit picked because we need something to complain about. Ummmmm nope they are throwing stuff at us to complain about. A ref tripped a player with his hat yesterday. Were not even sure why the moron threw his hat but he did and it tripped Kevin Ogletree in the end zone. What if Romo threw him the ball and he couldn't catch it because he was on the ground after having a hat thrown under his foot. They had to pull a ref off a game because of bias. Should the idiot not have known to maybe take the pictures of him at a Saints game in a Saints jersey off facebook.(another reason why parents shouldn't have facebook)
So basically what i'm getting at is no im not going to stop watching the NFL. It's what i do on Sundays and what i will do on Sundays for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs. Yes i will continue to bitch every Sunday about the terrible officiating until the old refs are back. And then yes i will also continue to bitch about the officiating when the old refs are back but at least my bitching will be wrong i will just need something to complain about. Refs come back, please, pretty please.
Thursday, 20 September 2012
HEYY I used to play so i know everything
I feel the title speaks for itself.
This the day after Greg Zaun became the baseball expert of all time and absolutely thrashed the blue jays organization. Which leads me to think, if you were a a sub par player who either made it or didn't what gives you the right to bash a whole organization. When did you become so knowledgeable about everything. Was it when you were getting slightly obese sitting on the bench mr zaun. Or was it all the time you spent thinking about those 3 pitch strikeouts. At what point in your career did you say to yourself "damn i am awful, but i literally know everything about baseball and how to run a team, so TV here i come."
Sorry to break it to ya big fellas but you were a shitty player and your a worse analyst. Guys like Greg Zaun, and Tim Hasselbeck who had garbage careers so they feel the need to go on TV criticize guys with more talent in there foot that they have in general. This irritates me, guys like Troy Aikman should be on TV, Steve Young, Deion Sanders all these guys are on TV and they shit on guys because they were better than them. But to see Greg Zaun rip on guys makes me sick. I guarantee that when Greg Zaun chirps a guy for not hitting a curve ball we should show all the curve balls he has struck out on, but we don't have enough time for that life story.
You know who i love seeing on TV are guys like Rich Eisen, Adam Schefter, Joe Buck, guys who never had high profile careers, but they don't bring what careers they had into any part of the discussion unless they are making fun of it. I love that/respect that, these are guys who have done the research, put in the hours in school to really know what they are doing and have educated valid opinions. Honestly it doesn't matter if you played the sport or not. A players perspective and a good analyst perspective should be very different. Players are so biased and feel we should see everything through the players eyes. NOPE that's not how it works bud sorry we see things through a consumers eyes which means if we aren't happy we are critical, we feel the need to dissect certain plays/players/games. Analysts look at the number, look at production, look at how a team is being run, look at how successful teams are run. Then they take all that info, form an educated opinion and share it. Instead of hearing "well back when i was on the bench picking my nose this guy used to do this." We as consumers get to see facts to go along with arguments. We get to hear someone speak who has not been smacked in the head with a clipboard so much he slurs.
This all being said players do have a valuable perspective of professional sports no doubt. All I'm saying is i don't want to hear "back when i played", or "this is how we did it", because the game (whichever sport it is) has evolved and we do things better and more efficient than you did sorry to have to tell you that. Which is why i love guys like Troy Aikman because they give up to date info. If you listen to Troy Aikman telecast he always says "Nowadays" he knows its changed and that everything he did in his hall of fame career doesn't need to be exactly replicated to succeed.
So NBC, CBS, CBC, TSN, SN, anyone who broadcasts professional sports really. Can we please can some real analysts, and if were getting ex players don't get 3rd string guys who thought they were really good when they really sucked. I don't want to hear about how they did things because they were losers (Joey Harrington).
Thanks for reading, just my opinions here feel free to disagree and comment. Hope i didn't offend anyone that's not my intention.
This the day after Greg Zaun became the baseball expert of all time and absolutely thrashed the blue jays organization. Which leads me to think, if you were a a sub par player who either made it or didn't what gives you the right to bash a whole organization. When did you become so knowledgeable about everything. Was it when you were getting slightly obese sitting on the bench mr zaun. Or was it all the time you spent thinking about those 3 pitch strikeouts. At what point in your career did you say to yourself "damn i am awful, but i literally know everything about baseball and how to run a team, so TV here i come."
Sorry to break it to ya big fellas but you were a shitty player and your a worse analyst. Guys like Greg Zaun, and Tim Hasselbeck who had garbage careers so they feel the need to go on TV criticize guys with more talent in there foot that they have in general. This irritates me, guys like Troy Aikman should be on TV, Steve Young, Deion Sanders all these guys are on TV and they shit on guys because they were better than them. But to see Greg Zaun rip on guys makes me sick. I guarantee that when Greg Zaun chirps a guy for not hitting a curve ball we should show all the curve balls he has struck out on, but we don't have enough time for that life story.
You know who i love seeing on TV are guys like Rich Eisen, Adam Schefter, Joe Buck, guys who never had high profile careers, but they don't bring what careers they had into any part of the discussion unless they are making fun of it. I love that/respect that, these are guys who have done the research, put in the hours in school to really know what they are doing and have educated valid opinions. Honestly it doesn't matter if you played the sport or not. A players perspective and a good analyst perspective should be very different. Players are so biased and feel we should see everything through the players eyes. NOPE that's not how it works bud sorry we see things through a consumers eyes which means if we aren't happy we are critical, we feel the need to dissect certain plays/players/games. Analysts look at the number, look at production, look at how a team is being run, look at how successful teams are run. Then they take all that info, form an educated opinion and share it. Instead of hearing "well back when i was on the bench picking my nose this guy used to do this." We as consumers get to see facts to go along with arguments. We get to hear someone speak who has not been smacked in the head with a clipboard so much he slurs.
This all being said players do have a valuable perspective of professional sports no doubt. All I'm saying is i don't want to hear "back when i played", or "this is how we did it", because the game (whichever sport it is) has evolved and we do things better and more efficient than you did sorry to have to tell you that. Which is why i love guys like Troy Aikman because they give up to date info. If you listen to Troy Aikman telecast he always says "Nowadays" he knows its changed and that everything he did in his hall of fame career doesn't need to be exactly replicated to succeed.
So NBC, CBS, CBC, TSN, SN, anyone who broadcasts professional sports really. Can we please can some real analysts, and if were getting ex players don't get 3rd string guys who thought they were really good when they really sucked. I don't want to hear about how they did things because they were losers (Joey Harrington).
Thanks for reading, just my opinions here feel free to disagree and comment. Hope i didn't offend anyone that's not my intention.
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
I will kill you via twitter
Angry fans this ones directed at you.
Next time you get the genius idea to threaten to kill a professional athlete via twitter. Maybe put that thought on hold take a breath realize all the info on a twitter profile, then take another second and realize that professional athletes are strong and will hurt you not the other way around, then were gonna take a third second and finally realize what a jackass your being.
See aren't we glad we did that. I bet the people who threatened to kill Josh Morgan wish they had that advice before they posted death because the guys is an immature jackass who happened to let that truth slip on national TV when he threw a little fit and a CB for a little shove that was solely meant for him to react and do something stupid. Which Mr. Morgan did, he threw a ball at the CB, at least make it hurt throw your helmet or something but not the ball, your better than that Josh.
We may all remember the death threats by niner fans towards their punt returner Kyle Williams who fumbled once....or twice to basically cost the niners the game and a super bowl appearance. Again all those people should have done what i said above and this wouldn't have happened. Also realize this kids dad is the GM of the Chicago White Sox so they have more than enough money to hunt you down and present you with a viable death threat.
First and foremost these guys are athletes. Their job is to play a game. In anyones profession you fuck up, it's just going to happen. Athletes fumble or take stupid penalties. I make spelling mistakes, other mix up numbers, some people forget to do things (could you imagine if an NFL QB forgot who he was throwing too...no longer death threats i feel those would be pretty real), basically what i'm saying is it's going to happen. So next time that you screw up at work let me know send me your twitter handle and i will send you a death threat. Because thats what these people are doing.
For those of you think its just fans being passionate my response to that is to call you an ass pirate and tell you to open your eyes. There are fans and then their are ass holes. The people who threaten athletes via social media are ass holes. The people who get over and get back to being die hards for that team are real fans. Perfect example Wes Welker dropped a ball in the SUPER BOWL that he catches literally every other time when people say 9/10 this was the 10th ball for wes and he had caught the rest. His life was not threatened, he was not run out of town, he wasn't even really hit that hard at all because agree or disagree PATS fans are REAL FANS. Same with packer fans, eagle fans, bills fans, dolphins fans. These fans don't go all 10 yr old shit fit when something bad happens. Yes they get angry, and yes for the most part they want someone to be fired when something is bad for awhile. But they don't take a guy to the middle of town and hang him.
These guys work there bags off the make fans like me and you happy 1 week at a time and they fully realize that it changes week to week whether we praise them or not. They do it anyway, so next time you play a pick up game with your buds and Joey Stix drops a 10 yd slant, either threaten to kill him or be a man/woman and get over it. If you can get over that you can get over Josh Morgans shit fit, it's one game the Skins are 1-1 not there usual 0-2 so your team is a step ahead already.
Thanks for reading, these are just my opinions please feel free to comment, i am not going to actually send out death threats and in no way did i mean to offend anyone.
Next time you get the genius idea to threaten to kill a professional athlete via twitter. Maybe put that thought on hold take a breath realize all the info on a twitter profile, then take another second and realize that professional athletes are strong and will hurt you not the other way around, then were gonna take a third second and finally realize what a jackass your being.
See aren't we glad we did that. I bet the people who threatened to kill Josh Morgan wish they had that advice before they posted death because the guys is an immature jackass who happened to let that truth slip on national TV when he threw a little fit and a CB for a little shove that was solely meant for him to react and do something stupid. Which Mr. Morgan did, he threw a ball at the CB, at least make it hurt throw your helmet or something but not the ball, your better than that Josh.
We may all remember the death threats by niner fans towards their punt returner Kyle Williams who fumbled once....or twice to basically cost the niners the game and a super bowl appearance. Again all those people should have done what i said above and this wouldn't have happened. Also realize this kids dad is the GM of the Chicago White Sox so they have more than enough money to hunt you down and present you with a viable death threat.
First and foremost these guys are athletes. Their job is to play a game. In anyones profession you fuck up, it's just going to happen. Athletes fumble or take stupid penalties. I make spelling mistakes, other mix up numbers, some people forget to do things (could you imagine if an NFL QB forgot who he was throwing too...no longer death threats i feel those would be pretty real), basically what i'm saying is it's going to happen. So next time that you screw up at work let me know send me your twitter handle and i will send you a death threat. Because thats what these people are doing.
For those of you think its just fans being passionate my response to that is to call you an ass pirate and tell you to open your eyes. There are fans and then their are ass holes. The people who threaten athletes via social media are ass holes. The people who get over and get back to being die hards for that team are real fans. Perfect example Wes Welker dropped a ball in the SUPER BOWL that he catches literally every other time when people say 9/10 this was the 10th ball for wes and he had caught the rest. His life was not threatened, he was not run out of town, he wasn't even really hit that hard at all because agree or disagree PATS fans are REAL FANS. Same with packer fans, eagle fans, bills fans, dolphins fans. These fans don't go all 10 yr old shit fit when something bad happens. Yes they get angry, and yes for the most part they want someone to be fired when something is bad for awhile. But they don't take a guy to the middle of town and hang him.
These guys work there bags off the make fans like me and you happy 1 week at a time and they fully realize that it changes week to week whether we praise them or not. They do it anyway, so next time you play a pick up game with your buds and Joey Stix drops a 10 yd slant, either threaten to kill him or be a man/woman and get over it. If you can get over that you can get over Josh Morgans shit fit, it's one game the Skins are 1-1 not there usual 0-2 so your team is a step ahead already.
Thanks for reading, these are just my opinions please feel free to comment, i am not going to actually send out death threats and in no way did i mean to offend anyone.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Week 2 made me sad
Two weeks in the bag and there are only a few certain things in the NFL.
1) The Niners are for real, and that is scary
2)The Cleveland Browns, Trent Richardson/Joe Haden aside are really really bad.
First things first i have to eat my own words as the MIAMI DOLPHINS WON A GAME. I was 100% this would not happen this year. I was wrong. Shame on you Oakland. Carson Palmer actually did something good too . Fins win 35-13
Green Bay beats the bears and also win quote of the week from charles woodson who told the media that as long as they were in the right spot jay cutler (bears qb) would throw them (the packers) the ball. The bears were a disaster on thursday in a game that put me to sleep literally. Still not impressed with the packers though for a team thought to be the best bare none they sure aren't playing like it. Packers win 23-10.
Andrew Luck got his first NFL win Sunday beating the sub par Minnesota Vikings. Still a big step for him gotta start somewhere and he looked solid in the win, I like this guy he will have a very good career. Colts win 23-20.
RG3 was pretty good against the Rams, but Sam Bradford was better. Josh Morgan probably played his last snap as a redskin after throwing a fit because somebody pushed him when they shouldn't have. He cost his team 3 pts and possibly the game. Rams win 31-28.
Houston looked like the class of the AFC again with a comfortable 27-7 win. Arian Foster/Ben Tate are giving defenses around the league heart attacks already. And jacksonville also is god awful. Texans win 27-7.
Heartbreaker of the week goes to my New England Patriots who got beat in a sleeper 20-18 by the Cardinals. This game infuriated me, first of all the pats seem to think after one game they can run the ball on anyone. Second why are they only running the no huddle once in awhile instead of most of the time, third when someone hands you the game don't miss the fucking field goal. Cards win 20-18.
The Ravens "lost" a tight one to the eagles. Sorry eagles fans you didn't win this one, the refs took it away from the ravens. An offensive pass interference call in the endzone took away a game sealing touchdown from Jacoby Jones. And they the eagles went down and scored which wouldn't mattered if the refs wouldn't have really fucked that one up, Eagles win 24-23.
And in MNF the Falcons won the 1st quarter so they won the game. Peyton looked like a guy who had been out of the game for a year and thats not a big deal because he is still Peyton Manthing and he probably won't throw 3 picks again this year. The real story here is how Michael Turner decided to get bombed after the game and get arrested for DUI. HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE. The guys is making 5 MILLION DOLLARS this year i dont care if you find a bum with a licence hire him for the night buy him a car let him keep as long as he drives you home. That is much more intelligent that driving. ORRRRRRRRRRR HE COULD CALL A CAB. He played pretty good in the game though, the Falcon d was the difference with 4 turnovers. Falcons win 27-21.
Other winners included Carolina, Buffalo, Pittsburgh (suck it tebow), Seattle, San Diego (sleeper), Cincy, NYG, o ya and the MIAMI DOLPHINS. Somewhere Lauren Tannehill is celebrating (insert imagination here).
1) The Niners are for real, and that is scary
2)The Cleveland Browns, Trent Richardson/Joe Haden aside are really really bad.
First things first i have to eat my own words as the MIAMI DOLPHINS WON A GAME. I was 100% this would not happen this year. I was wrong. Shame on you Oakland. Carson Palmer actually did something good too . Fins win 35-13
Green Bay beats the bears and also win quote of the week from charles woodson who told the media that as long as they were in the right spot jay cutler (bears qb) would throw them (the packers) the ball. The bears were a disaster on thursday in a game that put me to sleep literally. Still not impressed with the packers though for a team thought to be the best bare none they sure aren't playing like it. Packers win 23-10.
Andrew Luck got his first NFL win Sunday beating the sub par Minnesota Vikings. Still a big step for him gotta start somewhere and he looked solid in the win, I like this guy he will have a very good career. Colts win 23-20.
RG3 was pretty good against the Rams, but Sam Bradford was better. Josh Morgan probably played his last snap as a redskin after throwing a fit because somebody pushed him when they shouldn't have. He cost his team 3 pts and possibly the game. Rams win 31-28.
Houston looked like the class of the AFC again with a comfortable 27-7 win. Arian Foster/Ben Tate are giving defenses around the league heart attacks already. And jacksonville also is god awful. Texans win 27-7.
Heartbreaker of the week goes to my New England Patriots who got beat in a sleeper 20-18 by the Cardinals. This game infuriated me, first of all the pats seem to think after one game they can run the ball on anyone. Second why are they only running the no huddle once in awhile instead of most of the time, third when someone hands you the game don't miss the fucking field goal. Cards win 20-18.
The Ravens "lost" a tight one to the eagles. Sorry eagles fans you didn't win this one, the refs took it away from the ravens. An offensive pass interference call in the endzone took away a game sealing touchdown from Jacoby Jones. And they the eagles went down and scored which wouldn't mattered if the refs wouldn't have really fucked that one up, Eagles win 24-23.
And in MNF the Falcons won the 1st quarter so they won the game. Peyton looked like a guy who had been out of the game for a year and thats not a big deal because he is still Peyton Manthing and he probably won't throw 3 picks again this year. The real story here is how Michael Turner decided to get bombed after the game and get arrested for DUI. HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE. The guys is making 5 MILLION DOLLARS this year i dont care if you find a bum with a licence hire him for the night buy him a car let him keep as long as he drives you home. That is much more intelligent that driving. ORRRRRRRRRRR HE COULD CALL A CAB. He played pretty good in the game though, the Falcon d was the difference with 4 turnovers. Falcons win 27-21.
Other winners included Carolina, Buffalo, Pittsburgh (suck it tebow), Seattle, San Diego (sleeper), Cincy, NYG, o ya and the MIAMI DOLPHINS. Somewhere Lauren Tannehill is celebrating (insert imagination here).
Monday, 17 September 2012
We talking bout the PLAYOFFS (mlb that is)
Baseball postseason is upon us. It's o so close. And if things keep up I'm very intrigued into how it will play out.
Let us start it off with the AL.
As it sits right now OAKLAND and BALTIMORE are in the playoffs. Did anyone at all see that coming. Oakland led by well everyone is just playing good baseball. Baltimore led by all star Adam Jones is shocking people. They look like they belong, and honestly seem to be gearing up for a run at the pennant. With the A's and Orioles holding the wild card spots the yankees, rangers, and white sox hold the other spots with the yankees and white sox playing each other and the rangers getting the winner of Oakland/Baltimore. The Angles, rays, and tigers aren't out of it though. But realistically i could see the Angles sneaking in and that's it. If the White Sox and Yankees end up playing look for the long ball to win that series. With Konerko, Dunn, and Youkilis swinging for the Sox all guys with some pop and then the Yanks with Tex, Swisher, Granderson, and Cano among others with some good pop to there bats. That series will go to whoever swings the biggest bat. Texas looks poised for another run at the world series, good pitching, good hitting, just overall good. But wild card teams usually have been playing playoff baseball for majority of Sept so look for whoever they play to try and ride some momentum in.
In the NL the Nationals are leading the way, but without Strasburg they need everyone in the rotation to really step up come playoff time. This also upsets me because Bryce is gonna make the playoffs and Trout might not. Cincy looks like a safe bid as well, San Fran is holding on and should be ok at least for a wild card spot. The Braves and Cards are the wild card teams as of now, and if this stays the same look for whoever gets the Nationals to beat them. Two teams that are much more seasoned then the Nats. Cincy/San Fran also looks like it could be 1 sided, the Reds are playing inspired baseball lately and with one of the biggest bats in the game at 1st (Joey Votto) they could make a serious run at the world series. Look for the dodgers and brewers to fall off the wild card race, and Arizona and my phillies to keep on pushing all the way through September. I do believe not much will change in the NL except maybe seeding. The pirates are also in the race but they have fallen off the map and i feel even thought they are still ahead of the phillies and d'backs that they won't make a run at the playoffs.
The new two team wild card has really made this race interesting though. I like that now teams can really push because the playoffs aren't such an exclusive group of teams. Look for some awesome baseball into October leading up to the beginning of the playoffs.
World Series prediction alert. I admit that lately my baseball research has dropped because of the NFL starting up but i always watch my highlights. And from what i gather, Texas looks very poised and prepared to make another run. And I'm loving me some Cincinnati right now. So here it is Rangers/Reds world series with the Rangers finally winning one.
Thanks for reading, these are just my opinions and my intent is not to offend just to share. Any comments feel free to post away.
Let us start it off with the AL.
As it sits right now OAKLAND and BALTIMORE are in the playoffs. Did anyone at all see that coming. Oakland led by well everyone is just playing good baseball. Baltimore led by all star Adam Jones is shocking people. They look like they belong, and honestly seem to be gearing up for a run at the pennant. With the A's and Orioles holding the wild card spots the yankees, rangers, and white sox hold the other spots with the yankees and white sox playing each other and the rangers getting the winner of Oakland/Baltimore. The Angles, rays, and tigers aren't out of it though. But realistically i could see the Angles sneaking in and that's it. If the White Sox and Yankees end up playing look for the long ball to win that series. With Konerko, Dunn, and Youkilis swinging for the Sox all guys with some pop and then the Yanks with Tex, Swisher, Granderson, and Cano among others with some good pop to there bats. That series will go to whoever swings the biggest bat. Texas looks poised for another run at the world series, good pitching, good hitting, just overall good. But wild card teams usually have been playing playoff baseball for majority of Sept so look for whoever they play to try and ride some momentum in.
In the NL the Nationals are leading the way, but without Strasburg they need everyone in the rotation to really step up come playoff time. This also upsets me because Bryce is gonna make the playoffs and Trout might not. Cincy looks like a safe bid as well, San Fran is holding on and should be ok at least for a wild card spot. The Braves and Cards are the wild card teams as of now, and if this stays the same look for whoever gets the Nationals to beat them. Two teams that are much more seasoned then the Nats. Cincy/San Fran also looks like it could be 1 sided, the Reds are playing inspired baseball lately and with one of the biggest bats in the game at 1st (Joey Votto) they could make a serious run at the world series. Look for the dodgers and brewers to fall off the wild card race, and Arizona and my phillies to keep on pushing all the way through September. I do believe not much will change in the NL except maybe seeding. The pirates are also in the race but they have fallen off the map and i feel even thought they are still ahead of the phillies and d'backs that they won't make a run at the playoffs.
The new two team wild card has really made this race interesting though. I like that now teams can really push because the playoffs aren't such an exclusive group of teams. Look for some awesome baseball into October leading up to the beginning of the playoffs.
World Series prediction alert. I admit that lately my baseball research has dropped because of the NFL starting up but i always watch my highlights. And from what i gather, Texas looks very poised and prepared to make another run. And I'm loving me some Cincinnati right now. So here it is Rangers/Reds world series with the Rangers finally winning one.
Thanks for reading, these are just my opinions and my intent is not to offend just to share. Any comments feel free to post away.
Friday, 14 September 2012
I am going to lock the NHL out
That's right folks I'm locking the NHL out. I don't get paid a small portion of what those dick head owners and players make, yet i can't negotiate, or walk off the job or i wouldn't have a job.
Now I'm going to be completely honest I don't give a shit about the logistics of why they can't get a deal done. All i know is the greedy pricks are taking away the one game Canadians can call there own. And finally they actually had an American market for the game which with this lockout will be gone again. Again i emphasize i really don't care about the logistics, all i know is that they haven't spent nearly enough time negotiating, and they obviously don't have the right people doing the negotiating. Even if we got a one year deal together so we don't miss a season and then negotiate throughout. Common sense would say you can't divide profit if you don't have any so we should probably have a season.
Players are getting paid millions of dollars to play a game. For that i say sign the deal and go back to your off season homes and have a beer. Fuck if your so heartbroken about losing some money on top of the 3 million your making i will buy you a beer, save you the extra $6 i know your struggling for.
I find it enraging and ridiculous how greedy people have become in professional sports. I feel that athletes and owners should realize yes they play the game but who spends the money on tickets, merchandise, food/drinks at arenas. Who buys a special TV package so they can watch as many games as they want. THE FANS DO. Which is why I'm taking my stand and locking out the NHL.
Again i emphasize how many shits i don't give about the logistics of this deal. The reality is pretty much everyone involved are millionaires. And they are fighting over more money. Or money sharing. I'm sorry i didn't realize that money meant so much to you. Maybe instead of 3 Mercedes convertibles you should buy a hybrid. Now you save on gas and your car cost you less. Your welcome i just saved you money. Here's another option, maybe don't buy the 1.5 million dollar house, maybe settle for 700 000. I understand it's a business but again i emphasize the point that what is business without a consumer. How many times are you going to lockout the players and bank on still having the same fan base. If this lockout happens which it will you are going to piss off a an already unstable American fan base and cause your always loyal Canadian fan base to drink excessively and get angry.
Basically the points I'm trying to convey here are 1) I don't care about the integrate details of why we are going to have half an NHL season. 2) Your product is nothing without a consumer so why do you continuously piss off the consumer, eventually they will stop coming back.
If you agree with anything i have said here i encourage you to also lockout the NHL. Because in the end the rich will get richer and the consumer won't. The players will continue to skate and play overseas, in the AHL or for fun, the owners will continue to marry 23 year old women and spend money like its going out of style, and the the consumer will now have thrown out money for season tickets that he probably won't get all of back.
Thanks for reading, these are my opinions if you disagree leave a comment. My intent is not to offend anyone.
Now I'm going to be completely honest I don't give a shit about the logistics of why they can't get a deal done. All i know is the greedy pricks are taking away the one game Canadians can call there own. And finally they actually had an American market for the game which with this lockout will be gone again. Again i emphasize i really don't care about the logistics, all i know is that they haven't spent nearly enough time negotiating, and they obviously don't have the right people doing the negotiating. Even if we got a one year deal together so we don't miss a season and then negotiate throughout. Common sense would say you can't divide profit if you don't have any so we should probably have a season.
Players are getting paid millions of dollars to play a game. For that i say sign the deal and go back to your off season homes and have a beer. Fuck if your so heartbroken about losing some money on top of the 3 million your making i will buy you a beer, save you the extra $6 i know your struggling for.
I find it enraging and ridiculous how greedy people have become in professional sports. I feel that athletes and owners should realize yes they play the game but who spends the money on tickets, merchandise, food/drinks at arenas. Who buys a special TV package so they can watch as many games as they want. THE FANS DO. Which is why I'm taking my stand and locking out the NHL.
Again i emphasize how many shits i don't give about the logistics of this deal. The reality is pretty much everyone involved are millionaires. And they are fighting over more money. Or money sharing. I'm sorry i didn't realize that money meant so much to you. Maybe instead of 3 Mercedes convertibles you should buy a hybrid. Now you save on gas and your car cost you less. Your welcome i just saved you money. Here's another option, maybe don't buy the 1.5 million dollar house, maybe settle for 700 000. I understand it's a business but again i emphasize the point that what is business without a consumer. How many times are you going to lockout the players and bank on still having the same fan base. If this lockout happens which it will you are going to piss off a an already unstable American fan base and cause your always loyal Canadian fan base to drink excessively and get angry.
Basically the points I'm trying to convey here are 1) I don't care about the integrate details of why we are going to have half an NHL season. 2) Your product is nothing without a consumer so why do you continuously piss off the consumer, eventually they will stop coming back.
If you agree with anything i have said here i encourage you to also lockout the NHL. Because in the end the rich will get richer and the consumer won't. The players will continue to skate and play overseas, in the AHL or for fun, the owners will continue to marry 23 year old women and spend money like its going out of style, and the the consumer will now have thrown out money for season tickets that he probably won't get all of back.
Thanks for reading, these are my opinions if you disagree leave a comment. My intent is not to offend anyone.
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Sunday Ticket you complete me
Well that time of year has come around FINALLY. The NFL has started up with week 1 in the books. Lots of interesting things happened, so here is my round up of the events.
Mike Vick doesn't want to take the big hits anymore so on Sunday he devised the bold strategy of attempting to confuse the browns defence by throwing it to them to make them think they were on his team so they wouldn't hit him. He ended still getting hit and throwing 4 picks, in a winning effort but still 4 picks against the browns, what happens against the niners 7 picks? The eagles won 17-16 (insert vomit here)
The pats defence looked excellent. There be it against a 2nd year qb they still held the Titans running game to something like 20 total yds. With Chris Johnson being back there thats a really good sign so a D that struggled last year. Brady looked like Brady and they put up 27 of the 34 points the pats scored. The biggest surprise was the pats running game i think, 125 yds from Stevan Ridley, that will go a long way to giving Brady time to throw. Pats won 34-13
The Niners asserted themselves as the 1st or 2nd best team in the NFL (depends where you put the pats). They made Green Bays offence look irrelevant at times (we all know it isn't). They made Aaron Rodgers make mistakes that Aaron Rodgers doesn't make. Alex Smith was an excellent game manager and did exactly what he has to do the rest of the year for this team to excel. Niners won 30-22
The J.E.T.S jets jets jets either woke up from there offensive slumber or they are still dreaming it just changed from a nightmare to a dream. Mark Sanchez looked like a QB not a guy with a ball thats confused. The Bills looked god awful and lost Fred Jackson (again). Rookie wide out Stephen Hill was excellent for the jets and should fill a hole in that offence. Jets won 48-28
The Redskins and RG3 looked excellent all over the ball (on offence). Griffin was poised and accurate throwing for 320 and 2 TD's. The defence allowed 32 points though. So counting on Griffin to keep scoring at a high rate i think is a little too much to ask a rookie. Either way very impressive win for the Skins but they need to sure up that defence. Skin's win 40-32
Finally Peyton Manthing (also known as Manning) looked very very good in his return. He conducted the no huddle like he had never left indy, leaving a Steelers D tired and baffled. Broncos D also looked really good, Dumervil and Miller were studs and the corners did there job and then some. Broncos are a contender this year probaly in Top 3 right now by my opinion.
Finally i do this one because it makes me laugh. The Texans pulled of the huge upset of the MIAMI DOLPHINS with lauren tannehill at QB (i wish). The Dolphins are awful and are lucky to have only had 30 pts put on them. Ryan tannehill threw 3 picks and that is all i know because i didn't waste my time watching the game because like i said the Dolphins are awful. The only time i will watch the Miami Dolphins is if the halftime show is televised and its the above mentioned Lauren Tannehill running around in a bikini, if that doesn't happen this will probably be the last time i mention that disgrace of a team. Texans win 30-10
Other winners included Cowboys, Cardinals, Bears, Falcons, Lions, Vikings, Bucs, Ravens, Chargers.
Games to watch next week, Bears/Packers(TNF), Ravens/Eagles, Saints/Panther, Lions/Niners(SNF), Broncos/Falcons(MNF)
Can we take a minute to thank me for not mentioning tebow once in that whole things. That a big W in my books.
Thanks for reading these are my opinions and aren't meant to offend anyone. Feel free to comment.
Mike Vick doesn't want to take the big hits anymore so on Sunday he devised the bold strategy of attempting to confuse the browns defence by throwing it to them to make them think they were on his team so they wouldn't hit him. He ended still getting hit and throwing 4 picks, in a winning effort but still 4 picks against the browns, what happens against the niners 7 picks? The eagles won 17-16 (insert vomit here)
The pats defence looked excellent. There be it against a 2nd year qb they still held the Titans running game to something like 20 total yds. With Chris Johnson being back there thats a really good sign so a D that struggled last year. Brady looked like Brady and they put up 27 of the 34 points the pats scored. The biggest surprise was the pats running game i think, 125 yds from Stevan Ridley, that will go a long way to giving Brady time to throw. Pats won 34-13
The Niners asserted themselves as the 1st or 2nd best team in the NFL (depends where you put the pats). They made Green Bays offence look irrelevant at times (we all know it isn't). They made Aaron Rodgers make mistakes that Aaron Rodgers doesn't make. Alex Smith was an excellent game manager and did exactly what he has to do the rest of the year for this team to excel. Niners won 30-22
The J.E.T.S jets jets jets either woke up from there offensive slumber or they are still dreaming it just changed from a nightmare to a dream. Mark Sanchez looked like a QB not a guy with a ball thats confused. The Bills looked god awful and lost Fred Jackson (again). Rookie wide out Stephen Hill was excellent for the jets and should fill a hole in that offence. Jets won 48-28
The Redskins and RG3 looked excellent all over the ball (on offence). Griffin was poised and accurate throwing for 320 and 2 TD's. The defence allowed 32 points though. So counting on Griffin to keep scoring at a high rate i think is a little too much to ask a rookie. Either way very impressive win for the Skins but they need to sure up that defence. Skin's win 40-32
Finally Peyton Manthing (also known as Manning) looked very very good in his return. He conducted the no huddle like he had never left indy, leaving a Steelers D tired and baffled. Broncos D also looked really good, Dumervil and Miller were studs and the corners did there job and then some. Broncos are a contender this year probaly in Top 3 right now by my opinion.
Finally i do this one because it makes me laugh. The Texans pulled of the huge upset of the MIAMI DOLPHINS with lauren tannehill at QB (i wish). The Dolphins are awful and are lucky to have only had 30 pts put on them. Ryan tannehill threw 3 picks and that is all i know because i didn't waste my time watching the game because like i said the Dolphins are awful. The only time i will watch the Miami Dolphins is if the halftime show is televised and its the above mentioned Lauren Tannehill running around in a bikini, if that doesn't happen this will probably be the last time i mention that disgrace of a team. Texans win 30-10
Other winners included Cowboys, Cardinals, Bears, Falcons, Lions, Vikings, Bucs, Ravens, Chargers.
Games to watch next week, Bears/Packers(TNF), Ravens/Eagles, Saints/Panther, Lions/Niners(SNF), Broncos/Falcons(MNF)
Can we take a minute to thank me for not mentioning tebow once in that whole things. That a big W in my books.
Thanks for reading these are my opinions and aren't meant to offend anyone. Feel free to comment.
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Super human....but still human
On this day 11 years ago tragedy struck. It hit home for too many people and affected the world.
As i have looked back on the day for the few hours I've been awake, the most apparent thing is how human this made the world. Kind of a stupid comment i know but tragic events like these bring people together, its being neighbours closer, family closer, and in sporting terms it brings athletes back to earth. This guys are put on such a pedestal, that we view that as physical freaks. When really they are human just like you and me. They feel pain, sorrow, joy, and disappointment just like we do. The only difference is for the most part we are disappointed because they lost, hits them harder i bet. We are happy because they won, they are happier i bet.
The public and the media are so quick to jump at these men and women when they fail, present company included. I read a tweet from Andrew Brandt today that really made me realize something, the tweet read "played at giants in make up game, arranged a tour of ground zero day before. Never will forget standing w/players in silence crying.". These are grown men who make a living basically fuelled by testosterone. 300 lbs lineman in tears for people they didn't know. I think that we all need to step back and realize these guys are only human. They are going to drop a pass, fumble, throw a wild pitch, miss an open net, miss a dunk. The difference is they get back and do it right the next time while we sit and bitch about that time they missed.
These guys have families, and we critique them to the point that i guarantee none of us could handle. Take Tiger Woods for instance. Now in no way do i think what he did was right, but the media and general public turned his life upside down because of how we reacted. Tons of men cheat, its a fact, but because he was a golfer (a sport which i bet 90% of the people angry don't watch or care for) and has had so much success, we had to rip his life apart. Is that fair? granted he should have never done it, but how the public and the media treated him was absolutely overkill. The guy just fucked up him family by his own mistake yes but still that was his family we have all done things that hurt our family at sometime. And his life got torn into pieces because of. If that happened to every man who cheated and got caught i guarantee a sad ending to the majority of those stories.
11 years has passed since the event that changed us, showed peoples true colours. On this day i think we all take a minute remember those we lost but also, take sometime to remember those athletes we follow so intently are just men/women. In the end they are human just like you and me, all they did was follow a dream. A dream that we didn't, so next Sunday when your all gathered in a basement sucking back beers and yelling at replacement refs, or a WR remember that guy is human and doing something you can't. These guys are super humans definitely, but key word in that is human.
9/11 2001, a day never to be forgotten, for the sacrifice of many. Let us remember the people we lost and people who ran into duty and forget the evil that caused it.
Thank you for reading, again these are just my opinions any comment feel free to post them. My intent is not to offend.
As i have looked back on the day for the few hours I've been awake, the most apparent thing is how human this made the world. Kind of a stupid comment i know but tragic events like these bring people together, its being neighbours closer, family closer, and in sporting terms it brings athletes back to earth. This guys are put on such a pedestal, that we view that as physical freaks. When really they are human just like you and me. They feel pain, sorrow, joy, and disappointment just like we do. The only difference is for the most part we are disappointed because they lost, hits them harder i bet. We are happy because they won, they are happier i bet.
The public and the media are so quick to jump at these men and women when they fail, present company included. I read a tweet from Andrew Brandt today that really made me realize something, the tweet read "played at giants in make up game, arranged a tour of ground zero day before. Never will forget standing w/players in silence crying.". These are grown men who make a living basically fuelled by testosterone. 300 lbs lineman in tears for people they didn't know. I think that we all need to step back and realize these guys are only human. They are going to drop a pass, fumble, throw a wild pitch, miss an open net, miss a dunk. The difference is they get back and do it right the next time while we sit and bitch about that time they missed.
These guys have families, and we critique them to the point that i guarantee none of us could handle. Take Tiger Woods for instance. Now in no way do i think what he did was right, but the media and general public turned his life upside down because of how we reacted. Tons of men cheat, its a fact, but because he was a golfer (a sport which i bet 90% of the people angry don't watch or care for) and has had so much success, we had to rip his life apart. Is that fair? granted he should have never done it, but how the public and the media treated him was absolutely overkill. The guy just fucked up him family by his own mistake yes but still that was his family we have all done things that hurt our family at sometime. And his life got torn into pieces because of. If that happened to every man who cheated and got caught i guarantee a sad ending to the majority of those stories.
11 years has passed since the event that changed us, showed peoples true colours. On this day i think we all take a minute remember those we lost but also, take sometime to remember those athletes we follow so intently are just men/women. In the end they are human just like you and me, all they did was follow a dream. A dream that we didn't, so next Sunday when your all gathered in a basement sucking back beers and yelling at replacement refs, or a WR remember that guy is human and doing something you can't. These guys are super humans definitely, but key word in that is human.
9/11 2001, a day never to be forgotten, for the sacrifice of many. Let us remember the people we lost and people who ran into duty and forget the evil that caused it.
Thank you for reading, again these are just my opinions any comment feel free to post them. My intent is not to offend.
Monday, 10 September 2012
The 2012 Blue Jays.....it's gonna sting
I could sum up the jays season in two words, Ricky Romero.....
He is awful right now, so bad they are skipping one of his starts so they don't have to put him in life saving therapy.
As the jays sit right now they are 64-75 and have no hope of making even a run at the playoffs, which considering the injuries is reasonable. Brett Lawrie, JP Arencibia, Brandon Morrow, Jose Bautista, Sergio Santos, all these guys play a huge role in the jays success. All of these guys have missed ALOT of time with injuries. When you have that many pieces missing from your team you are in trouble. Add in an ace with about a 6 era you are fucked....and thats the nicest way to say it.
Not everything is bad though, Edwin has been excellent, Casey Jansen has been solid, they got a chance to see Gose and Hechavvaria in the majors and would have had D'Arneau if he didn't get hurt too. Aside from that I struggle to find more positives.
The bullpen has been awful, the rotation is an on going cycle of new guys. The hitting has been the definition of streaky, o ya did i say the bullpen has been awful. John Farrell has had very little to be positive about and he has held the guys today. There is a reason why people aren't throwing hissy fits on the field and its John Farrell. The guy is a rock.
The one thing that has baffled me is the optimism from jays fans for NEXT YEAR. How many years have they been saying "well next year it will be better", please aside from hopefully staying healthy whats going to change. Ricky is still an unproven ace, morrow can't stay healthy, we have no one playing 1B, the bullpen will be a mystery, Sergio Santos is very unproven still, and were banking on guys who have barely sniffed the majors to produce.
Say what you will about my next statement but look at every team that wins a world series, they have one huge name on the roster. Now Jose Bautista is almost there and Lawrie also has the making of a guy like this. But if the jays want to really make a run next year, they 1 need some depth, and 2 they need a big name player. Why not go after Mike Napoli to play 1B, why not at least make offers to guys like Michael Bourn, Josh Hamilton, Curtis Granderson, even a Delmon Young or Torii Hunter. Or go after someone to lead your rotation of young guys, Zach Greinke, Dan Haren, James Shields are all set to be free agents in 2013, finally there thats whole bullpen issue there are lots of names out there that could solidify a shaky bullpen.
Anyone you ask say the jays have the money and according to some people players want to go there. So why can't they attract a big name guy. I understand building through the farm and i support it, I don't like teams who go out and throw the bank at guys to play for them, but to overpay 1 or 2 guys to take the next step is something a winner has to do.
There are exceptions to every rule though and if the jays don't go out and sign someone i hope they are the exception because i know my optimism is running out and for some reason the year they are supposed to break out never seems to be next year.
Again these are my opinions you are more than welcome to disagree and post a comment. I don't intend to offend anyone, thank you for reading.
He is awful right now, so bad they are skipping one of his starts so they don't have to put him in life saving therapy.
As the jays sit right now they are 64-75 and have no hope of making even a run at the playoffs, which considering the injuries is reasonable. Brett Lawrie, JP Arencibia, Brandon Morrow, Jose Bautista, Sergio Santos, all these guys play a huge role in the jays success. All of these guys have missed ALOT of time with injuries. When you have that many pieces missing from your team you are in trouble. Add in an ace with about a 6 era you are fucked....and thats the nicest way to say it.
Not everything is bad though, Edwin has been excellent, Casey Jansen has been solid, they got a chance to see Gose and Hechavvaria in the majors and would have had D'Arneau if he didn't get hurt too. Aside from that I struggle to find more positives.
The bullpen has been awful, the rotation is an on going cycle of new guys. The hitting has been the definition of streaky, o ya did i say the bullpen has been awful. John Farrell has had very little to be positive about and he has held the guys today. There is a reason why people aren't throwing hissy fits on the field and its John Farrell. The guy is a rock.
The one thing that has baffled me is the optimism from jays fans for NEXT YEAR. How many years have they been saying "well next year it will be better", please aside from hopefully staying healthy whats going to change. Ricky is still an unproven ace, morrow can't stay healthy, we have no one playing 1B, the bullpen will be a mystery, Sergio Santos is very unproven still, and were banking on guys who have barely sniffed the majors to produce.
Say what you will about my next statement but look at every team that wins a world series, they have one huge name on the roster. Now Jose Bautista is almost there and Lawrie also has the making of a guy like this. But if the jays want to really make a run next year, they 1 need some depth, and 2 they need a big name player. Why not go after Mike Napoli to play 1B, why not at least make offers to guys like Michael Bourn, Josh Hamilton, Curtis Granderson, even a Delmon Young or Torii Hunter. Or go after someone to lead your rotation of young guys, Zach Greinke, Dan Haren, James Shields are all set to be free agents in 2013, finally there thats whole bullpen issue there are lots of names out there that could solidify a shaky bullpen.
Anyone you ask say the jays have the money and according to some people players want to go there. So why can't they attract a big name guy. I understand building through the farm and i support it, I don't like teams who go out and throw the bank at guys to play for them, but to overpay 1 or 2 guys to take the next step is something a winner has to do.
There are exceptions to every rule though and if the jays don't go out and sign someone i hope they are the exception because i know my optimism is running out and for some reason the year they are supposed to break out never seems to be next year.
Again these are my opinions you are more than welcome to disagree and post a comment. I don't intend to offend anyone, thank you for reading.
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Social spectators you make me angry
A social spectator is someone who goes to a sporting event for the social aspect of that event not the sporting part.
Now that we have that cleared up if you are this person you're not gonna want to accompany me to any of these events any time soon. I understand that part of the event is interacting with fans, cheering, having a few drinks. But for the ppl who go just to chat and catch up my advice to you is save the money stay home light a candle and have a heart to heart in private. I don'T care how much of an ass hole that guy is or why daddy didn't love you enough, i'm sure its a lovely story but i honestly just don't care.
If you go to a game you are going first and most importantly for the game itself. If this is not the case don't take a ticket out of a real sports fans hands. If all you care about is whose going you shouldn't be.
Also for the guys who "had a bad day" and get absolutely sauced at games. It's alot cheaper to that at home so stay there.
I sat beside a guy who brought a date to the Canada vs USA new years eve world junior game. They were in their seats for a total of 15 minutes, they showed up late, the guy sipped martinis all night, o and they left early. I know at least 20 people who would have put that ticket to great use, instead this ass hole wasted 2 seats.
So in conclusion unless you genuinely enjoy whichever sport you are going to watch, or plan on being a real fan don't take the ticket out of someone elses hands.
To all you real fans i thank you and look forward to spending numerous games sitting by you complaining about our team, the refs, or how the other teams cheating.
Again my intent is not to offend just share any thoughts leave a comment. Thanks for reading
Now that we have that cleared up if you are this person you're not gonna want to accompany me to any of these events any time soon. I understand that part of the event is interacting with fans, cheering, having a few drinks. But for the ppl who go just to chat and catch up my advice to you is save the money stay home light a candle and have a heart to heart in private. I don'T care how much of an ass hole that guy is or why daddy didn't love you enough, i'm sure its a lovely story but i honestly just don't care.
If you go to a game you are going first and most importantly for the game itself. If this is not the case don't take a ticket out of a real sports fans hands. If all you care about is whose going you shouldn't be.
Also for the guys who "had a bad day" and get absolutely sauced at games. It's alot cheaper to that at home so stay there.
I sat beside a guy who brought a date to the Canada vs USA new years eve world junior game. They were in their seats for a total of 15 minutes, they showed up late, the guy sipped martinis all night, o and they left early. I know at least 20 people who would have put that ticket to great use, instead this ass hole wasted 2 seats.
So in conclusion unless you genuinely enjoy whichever sport you are going to watch, or plan on being a real fan don't take the ticket out of someone elses hands.
To all you real fans i thank you and look forward to spending numerous games sitting by you complaining about our team, the refs, or how the other teams cheating.
Again my intent is not to offend just share any thoughts leave a comment. Thanks for reading
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Dipshit Daycare
Imagine this, you're a 22 yr old millionaire. You play football for a living, so basically you train, you practice, you rehab, and then once a week you play a game. Not overly hectic but pretty busy life. For some ppl though this just isn't enough to do they have to go give there momma a smacking, or bring a gun into a night club and have it go off for shits and giggles. My personal favourites are the MILLIONAIRES that can't call a cab. Call a fucking limo for all i care but why do these clowns feel the need to get liquored up then say "hey fuck it, i have 5 grand in my wallet but i'm a badass so im driving." But its ok because they regret it when they caught they "learn there lesson" and they definitely won't be getting caught doing that again....this yr.....ok at least during the season.
Point and case lets look at the Detroit Lions roster. Pretty good team, reminds me a bit of the longest yard. White guy playing QB (Stafford), and the rest of the criminal fill in the spots aside from a few exceptions. If the guys aren't criminals they are getting in trouble on the football field. Take Suh or Titus Young. Not getting arrested is a positive but attempting to shit kick your teammate and constantly being fined and suspended probably not good things.
Which brings me to what really drove me to choose this topic. Dez Bryant a WR/KR for the Dallas Cowboys is basically being babysat this yr. Some guys will have an entourage most of them poor influences, but not Dez no he has got himself into enough trouble in his short career that he needs a babysitter. Dez isn't allowed in strip clubs, not allowed to drink among other things. Which really for a professional athlete really shouldn't be hard (the strip club part at least), the guy makes 12 million dollars honestly if your that desperate to have someone get naked in front of you 1)watch porn 2)hire a stripper to come to your house. If they are that dear to your heart you need someone to tell you not to go to them also consider getting a gf.
When you get drafted into the NFL you're expected to be a man, not an 18 yr shit head with too much money. Why teams basically allow this happen is beyond me. Guys are going to continue to drive drunk, start fights, shoot things (including themselves), and do any other idiotic thing you can think of until you either a)release them b)don't fine them 10 grand you fine them a shit load so they cant go out because they have no money. Why is it so hard to expect professional athletes to act like grown ups (plaxico burress).
You ever hear of CFL players going out and starting fights, driving drunk, shooting off guns in public. Ever hear or an AHL player or a minor league ball player doing those things. No partially because no one cares, but mostly because THEY DON'T DO IT. They know if they do those things they won't have a job. NFL this may be the one and only thing you could learn from a different league.
I get i'm dwelling on what really is a minor thing but honestly if you went home one day and gave momma a licking upside the chops you can't tell me 1)your dad would shit kick you 2)the police would be involved if he didn't. This guy is getting off scott free. His punishment is that he has someone around all the time now and he will have to settle for a Dr. Pepper and some porn on a friday night instead of vodka shots and strippers.
I feel i've made my point and if anyone disagrees with this i'm sorry to have to tell you but you are a sheltered sorry excuse of a man/woman.
Again i remind you these are my opinions not meant to offend anyone. Feel free to leave comments whether you like or no like.
Point and case lets look at the Detroit Lions roster. Pretty good team, reminds me a bit of the longest yard. White guy playing QB (Stafford), and the rest of the criminal fill in the spots aside from a few exceptions. If the guys aren't criminals they are getting in trouble on the football field. Take Suh or Titus Young. Not getting arrested is a positive but attempting to shit kick your teammate and constantly being fined and suspended probably not good things.
Which brings me to what really drove me to choose this topic. Dez Bryant a WR/KR for the Dallas Cowboys is basically being babysat this yr. Some guys will have an entourage most of them poor influences, but not Dez no he has got himself into enough trouble in his short career that he needs a babysitter. Dez isn't allowed in strip clubs, not allowed to drink among other things. Which really for a professional athlete really shouldn't be hard (the strip club part at least), the guy makes 12 million dollars honestly if your that desperate to have someone get naked in front of you 1)watch porn 2)hire a stripper to come to your house. If they are that dear to your heart you need someone to tell you not to go to them also consider getting a gf.
When you get drafted into the NFL you're expected to be a man, not an 18 yr shit head with too much money. Why teams basically allow this happen is beyond me. Guys are going to continue to drive drunk, start fights, shoot things (including themselves), and do any other idiotic thing you can think of until you either a)release them b)don't fine them 10 grand you fine them a shit load so they cant go out because they have no money. Why is it so hard to expect professional athletes to act like grown ups (plaxico burress).
You ever hear of CFL players going out and starting fights, driving drunk, shooting off guns in public. Ever hear or an AHL player or a minor league ball player doing those things. No partially because no one cares, but mostly because THEY DON'T DO IT. They know if they do those things they won't have a job. NFL this may be the one and only thing you could learn from a different league.
I get i'm dwelling on what really is a minor thing but honestly if you went home one day and gave momma a licking upside the chops you can't tell me 1)your dad would shit kick you 2)the police would be involved if he didn't. This guy is getting off scott free. His punishment is that he has someone around all the time now and he will have to settle for a Dr. Pepper and some porn on a friday night instead of vodka shots and strippers.
I feel i've made my point and if anyone disagrees with this i'm sorry to have to tell you but you are a sheltered sorry excuse of a man/woman.
Again i remind you these are my opinions not meant to offend anyone. Feel free to leave comments whether you like or no like.
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Jumping right @ the CFL
Hey there, this is my first post so be gentle with me. Of course for my first post i want to basically attack the CFL who has pretty much ruined itself in my opinion. First let it be known that i have been a season ticket holder literally since birth.
First of all the commissioner has two markets he could expand too make the league slightly more diverse than 8 teams(which is a joke of a league). All he has done with this is ponder. We hear Ottawa is coming but the fact that we don't know when is a pretty good sign its not any time soon.
Now in no way am i comparing the CFL to the NBA or NHL, but those two leagues have too many teams, and they are still profitable. They attract the best players in the world. Obviously the CFL will not be competing with the NFL for players, but we should definitely be attracting there cuts. Where is the shame is basically being a minor league system for the NFL. Guys like Vince Young, Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, David Garrard could all be CFL players. These guys are football players with no jobs, they aren't ready to retire and they need to prove they can still ball. Insert the CFL, why would they not want guys like this. First of all stadiums would fill up immediately, I don't care how badly you want to disagree and argue if TO was an Eskimo Commonwealth would be much fuller than it is this year.
As i continue on my journey to enlighten you on the CFL's mishaps, i arrive at the juncture that the CFL is a passing league......Why in gods name do we have half brained chip delivery guys playing quarterback then. Is the CFL so shitty that we can't attract 8 quality QB's so that fans can watch a true passing league. Steven Jyles, Kerry Joseph, Darian Durant, Ricky Ray(this yr not in past), Kevin Glenn, the other two clowns in Winnipeg aside from Buck Pierce. Nothing against these guys as people or athletes but they are below average. Steven Jyles struggled to thrown anything over 15 yds with anything resembling accuracy. Kerry Joseph i honestly believe forgets he has to throw sometimes. Ricky Ray can barely throw the ball to the sideline. Darian Durant is so lucky he has fast receivers or he would be in jyles' cattegory. Kevin Glenn likes the throw the ball to both teams when he plays. The fact that we rely on TSN to fill us in on who is even playing QB for the bomber kind of speaks for itself. Seriously CFL there are guys out there please sign them and make the league slightly less of a joke.
Were rolling right along as we arrive at those "CFL all stars" that feel they need to go tryout for the NFL. These are guys who never got a shot out of college but they feel now that they tore up a league equivalent to about division 3 football they should go try and make the Miami Dolphins which really is not a prize. On the defensive side of the ball they have had success in recent years, Cameron Wake played very well with the dolphins, Philip Hunt just made the eagles. But when you go to the other side of the ball it turns into a laughing matter. Andy Fantusz was the best receiver in the league a few years ago, he was leap years ahead of most guys. He tried out for the WR depserate Chicago Bears and got cut, when i say WR desperate i mean it. Jerome Messam rushed for 1000 yds in a passing league, pretty good stats when he missed a few games as well, he couldn't find a spot on the MIAMI DOLPHINS, there starting QB this yr was playing receiver two years ago and a lifetime RB couldn't even snag a sport on the depth chart. Ricky Ray who at the time of his tryout was an absolute stud in the CFL, was a 3rd string QB behind Chad Pennington.....I feel i have made my point made on this one.
Like i said at the start I have been an Edmonton Eskimo season ticket holder since 1990 (yr i was born) and i will continue to buy season tickets because its something to do and i genuinely enjoy watching football in any form. The point i'm trying to make is imagine how good the CFL could be. It could be a 10 team feeder system for the NFL, compared to an 8 team laughing stock. In no way am i saying i'm fit to run the CFL but they guy who is running it needs to see the leagues potential. The NFL was willing to make a league in europe, i'm sure they will be more than happy to make an agreement with the CFL that will improve both leagues.
Thanks for reading this feel free to comment good or bad, i want to express that these are my opinions and in no way do i expect anyone really to agree with them but be open to what i write.
First of all the commissioner has two markets he could expand too make the league slightly more diverse than 8 teams(which is a joke of a league). All he has done with this is ponder. We hear Ottawa is coming but the fact that we don't know when is a pretty good sign its not any time soon.
Now in no way am i comparing the CFL to the NBA or NHL, but those two leagues have too many teams, and they are still profitable. They attract the best players in the world. Obviously the CFL will not be competing with the NFL for players, but we should definitely be attracting there cuts. Where is the shame is basically being a minor league system for the NFL. Guys like Vince Young, Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, David Garrard could all be CFL players. These guys are football players with no jobs, they aren't ready to retire and they need to prove they can still ball. Insert the CFL, why would they not want guys like this. First of all stadiums would fill up immediately, I don't care how badly you want to disagree and argue if TO was an Eskimo Commonwealth would be much fuller than it is this year.
As i continue on my journey to enlighten you on the CFL's mishaps, i arrive at the juncture that the CFL is a passing league......Why in gods name do we have half brained chip delivery guys playing quarterback then. Is the CFL so shitty that we can't attract 8 quality QB's so that fans can watch a true passing league. Steven Jyles, Kerry Joseph, Darian Durant, Ricky Ray(this yr not in past), Kevin Glenn, the other two clowns in Winnipeg aside from Buck Pierce. Nothing against these guys as people or athletes but they are below average. Steven Jyles struggled to thrown anything over 15 yds with anything resembling accuracy. Kerry Joseph i honestly believe forgets he has to throw sometimes. Ricky Ray can barely throw the ball to the sideline. Darian Durant is so lucky he has fast receivers or he would be in jyles' cattegory. Kevin Glenn likes the throw the ball to both teams when he plays. The fact that we rely on TSN to fill us in on who is even playing QB for the bomber kind of speaks for itself. Seriously CFL there are guys out there please sign them and make the league slightly less of a joke.
Were rolling right along as we arrive at those "CFL all stars" that feel they need to go tryout for the NFL. These are guys who never got a shot out of college but they feel now that they tore up a league equivalent to about division 3 football they should go try and make the Miami Dolphins which really is not a prize. On the defensive side of the ball they have had success in recent years, Cameron Wake played very well with the dolphins, Philip Hunt just made the eagles. But when you go to the other side of the ball it turns into a laughing matter. Andy Fantusz was the best receiver in the league a few years ago, he was leap years ahead of most guys. He tried out for the WR depserate Chicago Bears and got cut, when i say WR desperate i mean it. Jerome Messam rushed for 1000 yds in a passing league, pretty good stats when he missed a few games as well, he couldn't find a spot on the MIAMI DOLPHINS, there starting QB this yr was playing receiver two years ago and a lifetime RB couldn't even snag a sport on the depth chart. Ricky Ray who at the time of his tryout was an absolute stud in the CFL, was a 3rd string QB behind Chad Pennington.....I feel i have made my point made on this one.
Like i said at the start I have been an Edmonton Eskimo season ticket holder since 1990 (yr i was born) and i will continue to buy season tickets because its something to do and i genuinely enjoy watching football in any form. The point i'm trying to make is imagine how good the CFL could be. It could be a 10 team feeder system for the NFL, compared to an 8 team laughing stock. In no way am i saying i'm fit to run the CFL but they guy who is running it needs to see the leagues potential. The NFL was willing to make a league in europe, i'm sure they will be more than happy to make an agreement with the CFL that will improve both leagues.
Thanks for reading this feel free to comment good or bad, i want to express that these are my opinions and in no way do i expect anyone really to agree with them but be open to what i write.
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