New England 38 Indianapolis 17. No heart + no soul = no wins in the past three games including two ass whuppin's at the hands of the New England Patriots. The Colts are a team that has left us fans disappointed time after time. I don't know why I continue to care. I could save myself the frustration by saying to hell with the Colts and just rooting for the Raiders. Unfortunately though, I do care and that's why yesterday's game leaves me just plain pissed off.
The Colts have some decent talent especially on offense. In yesterday's game they posted nice numbers. But if you watched the game you know that they simply couldn't put any sustained drives up. The defense which is suspect as a MF was busy watching Tom Brady put on a show. They never got close to him on the rush, they let his receivers run routes to keep the Colts away from them and allowed the vaunted Pats running game to make crucial yardage whenever it needed.
Ever since the Bills game a month ago, the Colts seem to be just going through the motions. There is no consistent effort from the team, and that is anyone. P. Manning, Edgerrin, Marvin, Marcus and Dilger have made mistakes that have cost this team dearly. Manning's interceptions, Edge's fumbles and the myriad of dropped passes by the receiving crew have been disastrous! These guys are human and will make mistakes, which I understand. But what I cannot accept is the lack of effort the team puts out each week. That is why Jim Mora has to go. This team is not prepared to compete each time it comes on the field. Yesterday the team seemed to just throw in the towel after the first blocked field goal attempt. If that is the case then they were not prepared to play and that blame has to be laid at the head coach's feet. And if this was a one time thing I could overlook it, but we have seen how well this team can play when it is fired up and ready to play. But we have too many of these exceptions where the team looks like they have been at my place drinking beer before the game and would rather just find a couch to lay on and watch the game. I find this unacceptable.
I hold Jim Mora accountable and I hold Bill Polian accountable for not taking action and getting a head coach that will take this team where it should be, among the elite of the NFL. Instead, we are looking gain like a team that will back into the playoffs if they even get there. Like lots of Colts fans who are just miserable when the team loses, I want answers. I want to know why the team can't be better than they are. I look to the head coach who seems more like a grandfather who dotes on his grandkids and spoils them rotten. There has to be some harsh talk and criticism directed at the players for their lack of effort, but more so, the head coach has to be changed before this season is lost.
Finally, Marcus Pollard, I have enjoyed watching you play these past few years. I was happy you got the big new contract because I thought you deserved it. But Marcus, do not attempt to tell the media that the fans have no right to boo, especially when wearing Colts apparel. That is total bullshit. We buy the tickets come to the games and scream and yell for the defense to the point of being hoarse. We high five and revel in watching the offense score in whatever of the many ways we can. But if you are taking the booing personally, then you should be on our side looking in and I think you would understand. But that won't happen, because you are insulated by that coach that you are all great and that things will be fine. NO THEY WON'T. Not unless the team get's the message that we will not just sit by idly and let you guys stink up the place.
Monday, October 22, 2001
Friday, October 12, 2001
It's A Piece of Shit Now!
Have you ever bought a new car? Not just a new family car, but a really cool car that you knew everything about. The engine size, horsepower, size of the tires and rims etc. A car that you feel is the envy of all the other drivers on the road as well as your friends. You keep it spotless, use the best gas, always change the oil on schedule and follow all other maintenance items. A car that makes you smile just to look at. Ever had one of those? I think most of us have. I know I have and then the unthinkable happens and you are involved in an accident. It may be a major collision or just a little fender bender, but either way, you wish it were a total so you replace the car. Invariably it is never a total and no matter how quick you get it fixed and no matter how good it may look the fact remains in your head. It's a PIECE OF SHIT now!
Well today that awful, sinking feeling came over me about our country. The feeling came when another case of anthrax was diagnosed in New York. It is the feeling that things REALLY aren't ever going to be the same. That the panic that is occurring in NYC because of this discovery sets us right back to September 11. The nation wept for the victims of those attacks and then did what Americans do best. Go back to being Americans. Since that day we have been repeatedly been told to expect more terrorist attacks, but did most Americans really feel another attack on our soil would really take place? I didn't. Sure it was in the back of my mind even before September 11. And so far there is no evidence that the 2 cases of anthrax in Florida and one now in New York have any relation to each other or that they were even the acts of terrorist groups. Frankly when I heard that the building where the tabloid The Sun was produced, I figured it could be anyone whose good name was smeared by that particular publication. Hell it could have been one of those space aliens that were hanging with Hillary Clinton. But when a second case was discovered in New York it seems more and more like a terrorist, foreign or domestic, attack.
Today I feel like my shiny, great country has been reduced to a piece of shit. Panic and fear are widespread. It has become risky to even open your mail as it may contain deadly bacteria. When the attacks happened I had a hard time shedding tears. It was probably the shock of it all coupled with the fact that these were not people I knew or could even know through several degrees of separation. But I stated I wept that America may never be the same. And like that new car after it has been wrecked the first time never being the same, so it seems that America is on that same path.
Well today that awful, sinking feeling came over me about our country. The feeling came when another case of anthrax was diagnosed in New York. It is the feeling that things REALLY aren't ever going to be the same. That the panic that is occurring in NYC because of this discovery sets us right back to September 11. The nation wept for the victims of those attacks and then did what Americans do best. Go back to being Americans. Since that day we have been repeatedly been told to expect more terrorist attacks, but did most Americans really feel another attack on our soil would really take place? I didn't. Sure it was in the back of my mind even before September 11. And so far there is no evidence that the 2 cases of anthrax in Florida and one now in New York have any relation to each other or that they were even the acts of terrorist groups. Frankly when I heard that the building where the tabloid The Sun was produced, I figured it could be anyone whose good name was smeared by that particular publication. Hell it could have been one of those space aliens that were hanging with Hillary Clinton. But when a second case was discovered in New York it seems more and more like a terrorist, foreign or domestic, attack.
Today I feel like my shiny, great country has been reduced to a piece of shit. Panic and fear are widespread. It has become risky to even open your mail as it may contain deadly bacteria. When the attacks happened I had a hard time shedding tears. It was probably the shock of it all coupled with the fact that these were not people I knew or could even know through several degrees of separation. But I stated I wept that America may never be the same. And like that new car after it has been wrecked the first time never being the same, so it seems that America is on that same path.
Thursday, October 11, 2001
Ranting About Rights
One month has passed since the September 11 attacks on America. During the past month we have seen a lot of good and bad out of Americans. That shouldn't really be a surprise since there are many good and bad things about our country.
Americans have always been charitable and the outpouring of support, be it money, blood or time in the last month has been nothing short of astounding. As a friend of mine remarked, display of the American flag is at an all time high, or at least in my life. On the other hand, the backlash of bigoted Americans against other Americans who may look or speak different reared its ugly head and at least four people were killed as a direct of hate crimes. Tons of rhetoric has been tossed around by our elected officials as a knee jerk reaction to the attacks denouncing everything from the attacks to any people of the Islamic faith. Drunken talk in bars has centered on the evil “ragheads” and their deportation or worse. Even your humble author called for the immediate retaliation against the perpetrators, whoever they may be. Basically calling to nuke them all and let God sort ‘em out.
Fortunately cooler heads have prevailed in most corners from myself to the President who showed great restraint in giving the Taliban ample time to produce Osama bin Laden who has been identified as the mastermind behind the attacks.
But a couple of things have happened in the past couple of weeks that really tug at my emotions as an American. First a man in Noblesville, IN was arrested for burning an American flag in protest of US policy. As a patriotic American the burning of the flag is something I just will not consider doing. Having said that though, I would defend anyone's right to commit such an act. Sure the Supreme Court has ruled that flag burning is guaranteed under our first amendment rights. But more importantly to me is that the burning of a flag, no matter how repulsive it may be to me, is a very passive way to display ones aggravation at American policy, domestic or foreign. To be sure there are much worse ways to manifest that aggravation. Timothy McVeigh probably felt himself a patriot, but he was a coward. Killing people who did not create policy because his conservative views didn't mesh with then President Bill Clinton is cowardice period. Like I said, I would not burn an American flag, but I will defend someone's right to do so. I have to admit, this guys timing was about as bad as it could be, but he is still guaranteed that right. Of course some people will say they have the right to beat the crap out of him as well. No, that is called assault and is against the law.
The other thing that is going on is the anti-American policy village some students at Indiana University have created on campus. Here again you have students who are exercising their First Amendment rights to express their dismay at the US military strikes against Afghanistan. I do not agree with their position and would not have anything to do with them, but I certainly recognize their rights. But the last couple of days the right wing whackos have been coming out of the woodwork talking about no more public funding for the school and that they are disgracing the school, their parents and themselves with these “shameful acts of treason”. I guess Limbaugh and Liddy get new converts every day. If these radical right-wingers had paying attention they would realize that most college campuses in this country are bastions of liberal thinking in the name of peace and love. Of course, like the demonstrators, the conservatives who are denouncing the protests have every right to voice their displeasure.
Basically though, it is the ability to burn a flag, protest US policy, protest against the protesters that make life in the US fun, but it is also what makes it great. Do protests turn violent and ugly? Of course, but as long as they are kept to the two examples I have cited we are on the right track. It could be much worse. In Pakistan people are dying nearly on a daily basis in anti-American protests.
Americans have always been charitable and the outpouring of support, be it money, blood or time in the last month has been nothing short of astounding. As a friend of mine remarked, display of the American flag is at an all time high, or at least in my life. On the other hand, the backlash of bigoted Americans against other Americans who may look or speak different reared its ugly head and at least four people were killed as a direct of hate crimes. Tons of rhetoric has been tossed around by our elected officials as a knee jerk reaction to the attacks denouncing everything from the attacks to any people of the Islamic faith. Drunken talk in bars has centered on the evil “ragheads” and their deportation or worse. Even your humble author called for the immediate retaliation against the perpetrators, whoever they may be. Basically calling to nuke them all and let God sort ‘em out.
Fortunately cooler heads have prevailed in most corners from myself to the President who showed great restraint in giving the Taliban ample time to produce Osama bin Laden who has been identified as the mastermind behind the attacks.
But a couple of things have happened in the past couple of weeks that really tug at my emotions as an American. First a man in Noblesville, IN was arrested for burning an American flag in protest of US policy. As a patriotic American the burning of the flag is something I just will not consider doing. Having said that though, I would defend anyone's right to commit such an act. Sure the Supreme Court has ruled that flag burning is guaranteed under our first amendment rights. But more importantly to me is that the burning of a flag, no matter how repulsive it may be to me, is a very passive way to display ones aggravation at American policy, domestic or foreign. To be sure there are much worse ways to manifest that aggravation. Timothy McVeigh probably felt himself a patriot, but he was a coward. Killing people who did not create policy because his conservative views didn't mesh with then President Bill Clinton is cowardice period. Like I said, I would not burn an American flag, but I will defend someone's right to do so. I have to admit, this guys timing was about as bad as it could be, but he is still guaranteed that right. Of course some people will say they have the right to beat the crap out of him as well. No, that is called assault and is against the law.
The other thing that is going on is the anti-American policy village some students at Indiana University have created on campus. Here again you have students who are exercising their First Amendment rights to express their dismay at the US military strikes against Afghanistan. I do not agree with their position and would not have anything to do with them, but I certainly recognize their rights. But the last couple of days the right wing whackos have been coming out of the woodwork talking about no more public funding for the school and that they are disgracing the school, their parents and themselves with these “shameful acts of treason”. I guess Limbaugh and Liddy get new converts every day. If these radical right-wingers had paying attention they would realize that most college campuses in this country are bastions of liberal thinking in the name of peace and love. Of course, like the demonstrators, the conservatives who are denouncing the protests have every right to voice their displeasure.
Basically though, it is the ability to burn a flag, protest US policy, protest against the protesters that make life in the US fun, but it is also what makes it great. Do protests turn violent and ugly? Of course, but as long as they are kept to the two examples I have cited we are on the right track. It could be much worse. In Pakistan people are dying nearly on a daily basis in anti-American protests.
Monday, October 1, 2001
Thank God I Didn't Have To See It!
Normally I would have a comment on the Colts and their performance of the previous day here. But thankfully I was a the track yesterday enjoying some ice cold Fosters, soaking up some rays and generally having a good time at the F1 race. Suffice it to say the racing isn't anything to write home about, but the cars are really cool and we had an excellent vantage point thanks to Neil allegedly losing his ticket before we got to the gate. We sat on the grassy knoll (no, no one was shot but the finger was given to Schummi about 73 times!) at the start of the backstretch.
But I am going to say this about the Colts. There was so much talk about how poorly they play in Foxboro that I think they actually started to believe it. Well boys, before you think it is just in Foxboro go back and look at your record against New England period. It stinks and if you turn the ball over countless times when they come here in 3 weeks, they will beat you again. The Colts are too good to lose to those scrubs, but it goes to show how true "Any given Sunday..." is. You have two weeks off to stew about the loss. Are you going to stew for two weeks, or shake it off in a day or two and get off the mat and get ready for the Raiders? If you aren't ready for them, then yesterday will seem like a picnic.
But I am going to say this about the Colts. There was so much talk about how poorly they play in Foxboro that I think they actually started to believe it. Well boys, before you think it is just in Foxboro go back and look at your record against New England period. It stinks and if you turn the ball over countless times when they come here in 3 weeks, they will beat you again. The Colts are too good to lose to those scrubs, but it goes to show how true "Any given Sunday..." is. You have two weeks off to stew about the loss. Are you going to stew for two weeks, or shake it off in a day or two and get off the mat and get ready for the Raiders? If you aren't ready for them, then yesterday will seem like a picnic.
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