Unfortunately I missed the opening of the show because I really would have liked to have heard just how the discussion got started. I mean I haven't read or heard anything that would lead me to believe that Edge intends to do anything but show up for training camp, in shape and ready to help the Colts get to the Super Bowl. So I really wasn't sure what prompted the discussion.
However, as I drove on and listened further I realized how many times I have listened to these three boobs and just shook my head in amazement at the fact that they are allowed to have a radio show. And this from two guys I have cheered for in their athletic careers. Joe Hillman was never the star at IU that I had hoped coming out of high school, but he was a good solid player. Somehow, he has grown to love the sound of his own voice. He gets more pompous sounding and more irritating by the day. On top of that he seems to get more stupid by the day. Trudeau was a good backup for the Colts for a long time. Sure he started some games, but let's face it, he was only in because of injuries or because the Colts management was so bad, the backups were really bad. Couple that with the fact he took a lot of stupid chances on the field. Still, he was a Colt and was cheered. Now he seems bitter and mad. I don't know what Lee's background is, but he seems to be the monitor of this special ed talk show. But the longer he sits with the other two dopes, the more bitter he becomes.
What really gets me is that these weasels aren't unique to the media. It seems that more and more I hear people on so called sports shows, who obviously don't like sports. In addition to the WIBC crew, ESPN seems inundated with talking heads that would rather find the negative aspects of the sporting world than focus on the fun that sports are. On Sunday morning, The Sports Reporters features four morons who fly in to New York to tell us how bad everything in sports are. Mike Lupica, Tony Kornheiser-who does write some fine articles in the Washington Post along with the negative ones, Michael Wilbon, Mitch Albom and the host Dick Schaap who obviously thinks he is more important than anything in sports. Even here in town, The Indianapolis Star has had it's share of crappy columnists. Hell that one over there now, Bob Kravitz finally got me to quit getting my sports info from my hometown newspaper. Thanks Bob. When I was reading him I think he wrote one positive article. Something about Colts placekicker Mike Vanderjaagt a new, and well-deserved contract. Everything else was negative. And when there wasn't anything else to write about, it was dogpile on Bob Knight and IU. And Kravitz wasn't the first. Before he was fired Robin Miller, who I thoroughly enjoyed reading, would tear into Tony George and the Speedway for the CART/IRL split whenever there wasn't anything else, in his view apparently to write about. Mark Patrick, Bill Benner even Mark Boyle, the voice of the Pacers all just seem bitter towards sports.
Maybe I'm a little naïve about things, but these cats have some of the greatest jobs in the world, especially the writers. So why do they all seem so bitter? Are they all jaded by endless free food buffets and comp tickets to any event? Maybe they envy those who play the games because of the money the athletes make. I wish I knew. I do know this though. I would trade places with any of you negative, egotistical, bitter assholes to get my opinion out there in the public. Step aside you grouches, make room for those of us who still love the games!
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