How ‘bout them Colts!???Well I can't ignore this subject any longer. But really, what about them Colts. Are they leaving for the coast? Are they ever going to win a playoff game? Will they at least get tough and stop being this so-called finesse team? Do we have the players to get it done in the NFL?
Let's start at the end and work backwards through these questions.
So far this season it has become apparent that the Colts are a relatively soft team. Soft being that they do not come out and control either side of the line of scrimmage. Offensively we are allowing entirely too much pressure on Peyton Manning and giving Edgerrin James little or no room to run. Manning seems to press more and more each game to try to get the job done, but in doing so he seems to commit more errors. How many ill-timed, momentum killing interceptions does this guy have to throw before he stops forcing the ball where it will not be caught by our guys?
I don't, and I don't think anyone else, questions Manning's heart and desire. If we had 50 guys with that much heart we would answer the toughness question right now. Unfortunately talent comes into the equation too. Heart can only take you so far before you simply have to have more talent on your team than the other team. Manning has heart and I believe talent, but he has to use that talent to make plays that middle-of-the-pack QB's. I'm not sure if he is really calling all those audibles at the line of scrimmage, but he needs to get back to the basics and call the play in the huddle or, as has been suggested, go to the no huddle to keep the defense off balance personnel wise.
As for the Edge, well I still think he is tops. Right now I don't think a combination of Jim Brown, Walter Payton and OJ could run behind that line. It is obvious we miss Steve McKinney. I am of the impression that losing Ken Dilger doesn't hurt us as much, but the Wiggins fiasco at the start of the season set us back and the injury to Joe Dean Davenport is making matters worse. I suppose I just took Dilger for granted-always there and you rarely heard his name. That usually meant he wasn't missing his blocks. My solution? Stick a fullback in the mix for blocking purposes and for God's sake Tarik Glenn, quit false starting!
Defensively I really hate how soft we are. I just don't see any real keepers there. We scare no one and that ridiculous middle linebacker has got to go. Rob Morris is reacting, slowly I might add, instead of anticipating the plays, let alone controlling what the offense is able to do. He is horrible. Our president, Bill Polian continues to defend this boob, but it is obvious that Morris simply can not play at this level.I've heard this crap about our lack of toughness comes from being a “dome team”. What a load of crap. It doesn't mean shit where you play your home games. Toughness is a state of mind, not a location. The Bengals play outside, are they tough? What about the Cardinals? How about the Cowboys? They've been tough and they've been pussies. Inside, outside just doesn't matter. Until we get some players who want to hit the other team until there is no fight left in them, we will struggle.
So here we sit, a nice 4-2 record right? Sure the record is good enough, but we could easily be 1-5 and in the cellar looking up. We're not thankfully. A lot of people, the eternal optimists, will tell you we could easily be 6-0. They tell you that without the turnovers and mistakes we would have come back on Miami and Pittsburgh. Well we made the mistakes and we paid the price. We didn't against the Texans, Bengals, Ravens and Jags and we won, but we aren't dominating anyone. That brings me to the final points.
Jim Irsay has made no secret that he needs more money to keep the team competitive. Los Angeles is just waiting for a team and the NFL is salivating over the idea of a team there. I don't see the Colts as a good SoCal fit but hey, who knows. This team has a season ticket base of 36,000 people. That is about 65% of the dome guaranteed each week. That also means the Colts have to beat the bushes to the tune of 20,000 extra fans each home game for the sellout. When teams like the Dolphins and Cowboys, the Bears and Packers come to town it's no problem getting the sellout. But it is because they have so many fans here and many that are willing to travel. The other games we seem to always be up against that Thursday noon deadline for TV.
If this team were to start beating the crap out of teams you would see the fan base grow. We are now and have been mired in mediocrity for 18 years. I guarantee though that fan interest would rise immensely if the fringe fans really believed they could go to that dome and see a win for the Colts. As long as we are mediocre those fans will stay away and watch on TV. The product just isn't good enough RIGHT NOW to bring more fans in. The time is right too. Our two closest teams, the Bears and Bengals both suck and we are in a crappy division. Yet we seem to play to the level of our competition when they are bad and just not show up against the better teams. Reason? We're not that good.
No one wants to see this team stay more than me. I think they are good for the city; they bring intangibles such as prestige, which in turn brings business here. The team and players contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to local charities. But are those good enough reasons to renovate the dome, again, or build a new stadium? No they are not. Until we get a consistently good product on the field and build a good fan base off we will always be in danger of losing the Colts to LA or wherever.
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Little Al....D'oh!
Way to go Little Al! It's always nice when the stars fuck up and this guy seems to be a never ending series of fuckups. This one may end up costing him his career. Unser has been charged with domestic battery and violence stemming from an incident Tuesday morning. Al, Al, Al! I am not now nor have ever been a fan of Little Al, or any Unser for that matter and the details of this one are just too good to pass up an opinion.
Brought in to the IRL last season by the deep pockets of Tony “Enunciate please” George, Unser was to be one of the foundations in the IRL's attempt to be the top open wheel champ car series in America. Memo to IRL: You didn't need him. The IRL already had CART on the ropes, but the powers that be saw Little AL as the last nail in the CART coffin. Well guess what, he has not dominated the series and since Penske has come to the IRL full time, is simply another driver chasing Who-Lee-Ohh, Gil and Sam (I'd include Scheckter if he could ever finish a race). He's no more of a threat to the IRL championship than Robbie, Sarah or George Mack and is way behind Cheever and Sharp.
And now this latest chapter in the Little Al story. Never mind the messy divorce and the drug rumors, this one is good! First of all him and his GIRLfriend are at the Classy Chassy. Whenever I go out on a date I think of the titty bar first as a destination. Wrong! And for those of you who have been there, it's not exactly the finest establishment of its kind in town. Okay, maybe it was a racing thing! So he gets trashed at the Chassy. Damn I wish I could have been there to see that! Little Al drinking, heavily, at the titty bar, with his woman. I wonder which one had more lap dances. Then upon leaving he is so trashed that he is shifting the car, while she drives on the highway into neutral and reverse. Hey Tom Kelley, checked that transmission in your race car lately? But he doesn't leave it at that. After his woman allegedly slapped him, he hits her…while she's driving. Class act all the way!
The kicker for me though comes when he denies even knowing her. He has been dating her for four years for Gods sake. He finally comes clean and is taken to jail.
What a loser. From the blocking incident in the 1982 500 to this latest fiasco, the lows have certainly outweighed the highs. You know he will have sponsor problems, problems with George and with Kelley Racing. But do any of those entities need the headaches? I say no. Cut your losses with this guy. He's not gonna win anything. The series has passed him by in 18 months. He couldn't cut it in CART. Maybe he should just go snowmobiling with his uncle. I suppose it's bad to kick someone when they're down, but when it's a name like say, Unser, it is just too easy. So long Al, try to stay out of trouble. By the way, I hear Pat Patrick is looking for a replacement for Townsend Bell. With the obviously low expectations of that turd you may fit in well!
Brought in to the IRL last season by the deep pockets of Tony “Enunciate please” George, Unser was to be one of the foundations in the IRL's attempt to be the top open wheel champ car series in America. Memo to IRL: You didn't need him. The IRL already had CART on the ropes, but the powers that be saw Little AL as the last nail in the CART coffin. Well guess what, he has not dominated the series and since Penske has come to the IRL full time, is simply another driver chasing Who-Lee-Ohh, Gil and Sam (I'd include Scheckter if he could ever finish a race). He's no more of a threat to the IRL championship than Robbie, Sarah or George Mack and is way behind Cheever and Sharp.
And now this latest chapter in the Little Al story. Never mind the messy divorce and the drug rumors, this one is good! First of all him and his GIRLfriend are at the Classy Chassy. Whenever I go out on a date I think of the titty bar first as a destination. Wrong! And for those of you who have been there, it's not exactly the finest establishment of its kind in town. Okay, maybe it was a racing thing! So he gets trashed at the Chassy. Damn I wish I could have been there to see that! Little Al drinking, heavily, at the titty bar, with his woman. I wonder which one had more lap dances. Then upon leaving he is so trashed that he is shifting the car, while she drives on the highway into neutral and reverse. Hey Tom Kelley, checked that transmission in your race car lately? But he doesn't leave it at that. After his woman allegedly slapped him, he hits her…while she's driving. Class act all the way!
The kicker for me though comes when he denies even knowing her. He has been dating her for four years for Gods sake. He finally comes clean and is taken to jail.
What a loser. From the blocking incident in the 1982 500 to this latest fiasco, the lows have certainly outweighed the highs. You know he will have sponsor problems, problems with George and with Kelley Racing. But do any of those entities need the headaches? I say no. Cut your losses with this guy. He's not gonna win anything. The series has passed him by in 18 months. He couldn't cut it in CART. Maybe he should just go snowmobiling with his uncle. I suppose it's bad to kick someone when they're down, but when it's a name like say, Unser, it is just too easy. So long Al, try to stay out of trouble. By the way, I hear Pat Patrick is looking for a replacement for Townsend Bell. With the obviously low expectations of that turd you may fit in well!
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
2002 Racing Season Predictions
The appeals have been heard now it is up to Tony George to tell us who won the Indy 500. But more than just telling us who won the race, I hope he has the cajones to show us the evidence to support whichever decision he makes. Those of you who know me know who I want to be declared the winner, but as much as I don't like Paul Tracy, I don't want to see him get screwed out of a race he really won. Show us the evidence Tony!
With that I will just make my predictions for this years champions. The easiest is of course Michael Schumacher in F1. What with allowing him to win when he should be second, he is a lock. Schummi has said since that day in Austria that the team wouldn't do it again. Yeah, not this year when the championship is in the bag. I would have liked to see Juan Pablo make a run at Michael, but reliability has hurt the BMW engine as of late and I fear the cause is lost.
In the taxi cabs we've had two leaders all season and one since the second race. Sterling is solid, he finishes races, he's not hard on equipment and that equipment seems solid. There seems to be a rotating cast in second, but ol' Silverfish just keeps them at bay. Can he do it all season? I predict he can. Jarrett has been showing some of his old form lately and it's just a matter of time before 24 gets a win, but the steady approach by Marlin makes him the favorite.
Two weeks ago I really thought Paul Tracy would take his loss at the Brickyard to heart and go on a tear. Well for a week he did. Then CART hit the road courses and it seems no one can catch Christiano Da Matta. He is on a tear and there seems to be no rival for him on the road courses. He may struggle at the ovals but there aren't enough of those for him to worry about. Of course we should wait to hear the outcome of Tony George's decision and see how it affects Tracy, but Da Matta is the man to beat.
Finally the IRL. Let's make it a sweep and predict that Hulio(sic) will win the title. Everyone knew there was a new dawning when Roger Penske came in. But let's face it, he comes to the track prepared week in and week out with two outstanding drivers. Sam Hornish Jr. lost his points lead for the first time in a year after Indy and he may have a long wait until he sees it again. Gil DeFerran may be able to overtake Castroneves but I doubt it. Here's to all of you who have made it to the halfway (or near) point of the season and made it with the lead in your respective series. Well done and stay focused, the big prize will be yours!
Just a prediction!
With that I will just make my predictions for this years champions. The easiest is of course Michael Schumacher in F1. What with allowing him to win when he should be second, he is a lock. Schummi has said since that day in Austria that the team wouldn't do it again. Yeah, not this year when the championship is in the bag. I would have liked to see Juan Pablo make a run at Michael, but reliability has hurt the BMW engine as of late and I fear the cause is lost.
In the taxi cabs we've had two leaders all season and one since the second race. Sterling is solid, he finishes races, he's not hard on equipment and that equipment seems solid. There seems to be a rotating cast in second, but ol' Silverfish just keeps them at bay. Can he do it all season? I predict he can. Jarrett has been showing some of his old form lately and it's just a matter of time before 24 gets a win, but the steady approach by Marlin makes him the favorite.
Two weeks ago I really thought Paul Tracy would take his loss at the Brickyard to heart and go on a tear. Well for a week he did. Then CART hit the road courses and it seems no one can catch Christiano Da Matta. He is on a tear and there seems to be no rival for him on the road courses. He may struggle at the ovals but there aren't enough of those for him to worry about. Of course we should wait to hear the outcome of Tony George's decision and see how it affects Tracy, but Da Matta is the man to beat.
Finally the IRL. Let's make it a sweep and predict that Hulio(sic) will win the title. Everyone knew there was a new dawning when Roger Penske came in. But let's face it, he comes to the track prepared week in and week out with two outstanding drivers. Sam Hornish Jr. lost his points lead for the first time in a year after Indy and he may have a long wait until he sees it again. Gil DeFerran may be able to overtake Castroneves but I doubt it. Here's to all of you who have made it to the halfway (or near) point of the season and made it with the lead in your respective series. Well done and stay focused, the big prize will be yours!
Just a prediction!
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
Soccer Sucks!
A lot of you aren't going to like this. Well I guess a lot of you if I am getting a large contingent of readers from other countries. Soccer sucks! It is boring to watch, there seem to be no rules and last night, while channel surfing I saw what has been one of my biggest complaints since that stupid World Cup came here several years ago-The clock had expired and yet they played on. “Only the official really knows how much time is left”. What the fuck is up with that?
For the record, I think soccer is great for the kids. It teaches them basic exercise and it teaches them teamwork. And I suppose it gives soccer moms a purpose in life.(Didn't they have one?) But for God's sake, once you can play football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, tennis…need I go on? Shouldn't you hang up the cleats and play a game that is more than running around in a rectangle. Where's the strategy? Kick the ball in the goal while running all over hells half acre!
Let's face it, we have better sports to play and watch here and frankly, most Americans couldn't care less about what the rest of the world is doing, especially when it comes to sports. We're doing our thing in our time. Piss on a bunch of Asians or Europeans and their soccer. BORING! Hell they have to riot to make it fun!
And you can see how much of an impact the World Cup had here and when's the last time you saw Mia Hamm? Soccer sucks, it's boring and it can just go the fuck away!
Sorry Erik!
For the record, I think soccer is great for the kids. It teaches them basic exercise and it teaches them teamwork. And I suppose it gives soccer moms a purpose in life.(Didn't they have one?) But for God's sake, once you can play football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, tennis…need I go on? Shouldn't you hang up the cleats and play a game that is more than running around in a rectangle. Where's the strategy? Kick the ball in the goal while running all over hells half acre!
Let's face it, we have better sports to play and watch here and frankly, most Americans couldn't care less about what the rest of the world is doing, especially when it comes to sports. We're doing our thing in our time. Piss on a bunch of Asians or Europeans and their soccer. BORING! Hell they have to riot to make it fun!
And you can see how much of an impact the World Cup had here and when's the last time you saw Mia Hamm? Soccer sucks, it's boring and it can just go the fuck away!
Sorry Erik!
Saturday, May 25, 2002
500 Predictions
Indy 500 prediction. Winner-Who-Lee-Oh, Bruno or Michael. Biggest crybaby after the race-Michael if he didn't win, Paul Tracy-when he doesn't win.
Friday, May 17, 2002
Chip Ganassi
Is Chip Ganassi the best owner in auto racing? Maybe. Maybe not. But one thing is clear; he owns the two hottest race teams in America right now. This weekend, he is sitting pretty with the pole winner at Indianapolis and is in the Winston Cup All-Star race tomorrow! That fuck! How did he get here? Oil as far as I am told… who cares?!! All I know is that this man has employed countless employees such as Juan Montoya., Jimmy ”I wish I still had the best ride” Vasser and Sterding(sic) Marlin. Other than Vasser, well..he's a POC now but Ganassi is hot. Okay?. With Bruno on the Pole at Indy and Silverfish leading the Cup series, FUCK! But what make Chip great is his life philosophy. When he sees it he goes after it! He says he got it from his dad. Don't know. But his balls out philosophy is good for racing, good for me and good for America! I wish HE owned the Colts or at least an F1 team! GO GANASSI RACING…or whatever the fuck it's called!
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Race Time Again!
Here we are, back to action at the Speedway. 24 are in and by my last count, 19 wanting in. Of course out of that 24 that are in, there are a few that are about as nervous as a whore in church. I have to admit, I thought 226 would have been plenty fast enough to get in the field, but the way things happened last weekend, that number may be a little low. There are still some very fast guys that need to make qualifying attempts. Should make for a pretty good weekend show!
It's been a nice couple of weeks without taxi cab racing and we get yet another whole week of it. Sure those boys have their little Winston down at the Lowes Motor Speedway on Saturday night, but it is a non points paying race and it's okay to miss. Don't get me wrong, I like NASCAR, but give me the real races that mean the difference between winning the Winston Cup and not!
Finally a word about the Euros. The major outcry this week over what happened at the A-1 Ring in Austria should come as no surprise to anyone that has followed F-1 racing at all. F-1 teams always have two drivers and only one of them can be Number One. Since securing the championship (driver first obviously) is the number one goal, then the order to have Rubens let Schummi pass was the right decision. Is it right that there are "team orders"? Well how do you prove that there really is? Ferrari flatly stated that they could have brought Rubens in for a pit stop and avoided the controversy, thereby skirting the issue. My only question is "Why didn't you?". It was embarrassing for motor sports in general and F-1 in particular. Enough people out there don't think auto racing is a sport without some dumbass Italians providing emphasis to their argument. Nothing will come of this as nothing has come from team orders as long as they have been racing. But let's face it, it's just not sporting and that sucks!
It's been a nice couple of weeks without taxi cab racing and we get yet another whole week of it. Sure those boys have their little Winston down at the Lowes Motor Speedway on Saturday night, but it is a non points paying race and it's okay to miss. Don't get me wrong, I like NASCAR, but give me the real races that mean the difference between winning the Winston Cup and not!
Finally a word about the Euros. The major outcry this week over what happened at the A-1 Ring in Austria should come as no surprise to anyone that has followed F-1 racing at all. F-1 teams always have two drivers and only one of them can be Number One. Since securing the championship (driver first obviously) is the number one goal, then the order to have Rubens let Schummi pass was the right decision. Is it right that there are "team orders"? Well how do you prove that there really is? Ferrari flatly stated that they could have brought Rubens in for a pit stop and avoided the controversy, thereby skirting the issue. My only question is "Why didn't you?". It was embarrassing for motor sports in general and F-1 in particular. Enough people out there don't think auto racing is a sport without some dumbass Italians providing emphasis to their argument. Nothing will come of this as nothing has come from team orders as long as they have been racing. But let's face it, it's just not sporting and that sucks!
Thursday, March 21, 2002
Get Your Shit Together Mike!
With another NASCAR weekend quickly approaching I'd like to make a couple of comments. First, I hope that Tony Stewart is okay. He's going to race, but he took a good whack last week at Darlington due to Buckshit Jones' incompetence. NASCAR is having trouble filling 43 car fields these days so I reckon dopes like Jones are necessary. Maybe the fact that NASCAR is having trouble filling fields should signal that they merely led the way to the boom that is auto racing in the US today. Don't get me wrong, I doubt if CART, IRL, NHRA or World of Outlaws is going to take over any time soon, but the days of NASCAR being the only game in town are quickly running out.
Let's be objective though. IRL etc. haven't exactly brought themselves up to the front. They still lack visibility, promotion and suffer from a lack of new American talent. CART is actually stepping backwards in all of this as they focus on the foreign drivers and circuits in their pursuit to be “F1”. Rather, NASCAR is suffering from its inane rules, which seem to change from minute to minute, its never ending schedule and the overall decline of its “marquee” drivers who are all getting old quickly and are not improving with age (re: Mark Martin, Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace, Jeff Burton, Ken Schrader, need I go on?). Hell the only one doing any good at an advanced age is Sterling Marlin.
Sure, there are still the young up and comers, and young already theres: Jeff “I'm gay so my Miss Winston wife is divorcing me" Gordon, Junior, Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Jimmy Johnson, Kurt Busch and Ryan “Hello” Newman among others. But let's face it, only Gordon, Stewart and Junior evoke any passion from the masses and Stewart and Gordon seem to be strictly love or hate and Junior, while a very talented driver, is popular because he is Dale Earnhardt's son. But since they unloaded the cars at Daytona in February NASCAR has seen fit to change spoiler heights for some makes, they've red flagged one race and then in a very similar circumstance let a race finish under a yellow the next week. Mike Helton who is allegedly in charge of this circus had his usual mealy-mouthed answer as to why this happened. I don't like to criticize Helton since he was pretty much given a baptism of fire when his first race as the caretaker of the series saw the death of its biggest star, but time has come to quit making up the rules as you go in the name of competition. It's not working Mike!
But NASCAR may have even outdone themselves with their new “one engine” rule. Oh sure, on paper, in a perfect world and if everyone was honest (this is not a slam on Sterling's team) then the teams would bring one engine and would not be allowed to have any more on the premises. When the rule is not written that way, then you have what happened last Sunday at Darlington. Sterling Marlin started in the back of the pack because the team changed engines on Saturday. Well hell, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that starting position means next to nothing (other than the glory of being the pole sitter) for a NASCAR race. These guys are even capable of winning from the back when they go to the tracks with pit lanes on both sides of the track. So how much of a penalty is it really to force a team to the back after qualifying while they still get a fresh new engine? None as evidenced last week.
NASCAR is trying to cut costs to the teams and make the sport more attractive to potential owners and sponsors. But they seem to fall short due to lack of vision or knowledge. It all makes me wonder how many teams will pull the ol' engine switch when the show rolls into Talladega. Let's see, you've been punishing your engine the previous days in practice and qualifying. Hmmm, I think I'll put a new engine in the car, because I know I can come from the back to win the race over 500 miles. Nice job NASCAR! There is an unwritten rule of emailing that one should wait 10 minutes after writing an email before sending it. A buffer zone, if you will, to ensure you really want to send the mail. Maybe NASCAR should put a 1-year buffer on new rules so they can examine the ramifications from all angles and make sure they get it right. Otherwise they will become a joke, and after all the hard work by all of those involved in making NASCAR what it is, that would be a shame.
Let's be objective though. IRL etc. haven't exactly brought themselves up to the front. They still lack visibility, promotion and suffer from a lack of new American talent. CART is actually stepping backwards in all of this as they focus on the foreign drivers and circuits in their pursuit to be “F1”. Rather, NASCAR is suffering from its inane rules, which seem to change from minute to minute, its never ending schedule and the overall decline of its “marquee” drivers who are all getting old quickly and are not improving with age (re: Mark Martin, Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace, Jeff Burton, Ken Schrader, need I go on?). Hell the only one doing any good at an advanced age is Sterling Marlin.
Sure, there are still the young up and comers, and young already theres: Jeff “I'm gay so my Miss Winston wife is divorcing me" Gordon, Junior, Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Jimmy Johnson, Kurt Busch and Ryan “Hello” Newman among others. But let's face it, only Gordon, Stewart and Junior evoke any passion from the masses and Stewart and Gordon seem to be strictly love or hate and Junior, while a very talented driver, is popular because he is Dale Earnhardt's son. But since they unloaded the cars at Daytona in February NASCAR has seen fit to change spoiler heights for some makes, they've red flagged one race and then in a very similar circumstance let a race finish under a yellow the next week. Mike Helton who is allegedly in charge of this circus had his usual mealy-mouthed answer as to why this happened. I don't like to criticize Helton since he was pretty much given a baptism of fire when his first race as the caretaker of the series saw the death of its biggest star, but time has come to quit making up the rules as you go in the name of competition. It's not working Mike!
But NASCAR may have even outdone themselves with their new “one engine” rule. Oh sure, on paper, in a perfect world and if everyone was honest (this is not a slam on Sterling's team) then the teams would bring one engine and would not be allowed to have any more on the premises. When the rule is not written that way, then you have what happened last Sunday at Darlington. Sterling Marlin started in the back of the pack because the team changed engines on Saturday. Well hell, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that starting position means next to nothing (other than the glory of being the pole sitter) for a NASCAR race. These guys are even capable of winning from the back when they go to the tracks with pit lanes on both sides of the track. So how much of a penalty is it really to force a team to the back after qualifying while they still get a fresh new engine? None as evidenced last week.
NASCAR is trying to cut costs to the teams and make the sport more attractive to potential owners and sponsors. But they seem to fall short due to lack of vision or knowledge. It all makes me wonder how many teams will pull the ol' engine switch when the show rolls into Talladega. Let's see, you've been punishing your engine the previous days in practice and qualifying. Hmmm, I think I'll put a new engine in the car, because I know I can come from the back to win the race over 500 miles. Nice job NASCAR! There is an unwritten rule of emailing that one should wait 10 minutes after writing an email before sending it. A buffer zone, if you will, to ensure you really want to send the mail. Maybe NASCAR should put a 1-year buffer on new rules so they can examine the ramifications from all angles and make sure they get it right. Otherwise they will become a joke, and after all the hard work by all of those involved in making NASCAR what it is, that would be a shame.
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Go Hoosiers!
Congrats to Coach Mike Davis and the Indiana Hurryin' Hoosiers on their advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 last weekend. Unfortunately for their efforts they get to take on Duke Thursday night in Lexington, KY. Let's face it, the odds of the Hoosiers beating Duke are slim. Not that Duke is unbeatable, but the Hoosiers just don't seem to be a strong enough team right now to get the job done.
It's not that the Hoosiers don't play hard. They do! But with injuries nagging several players combined with Dukes speed and quickness, the task seems insurmountable. But this crew will give it all they've got. That much I am sure of!
So keep them good thoughts going and remember a kid named Dan Dakich who somehow, for one night 18 years ago, shut down a player named Michael Jordan against all probability. The Hoosiers prevailed that night only to lose a disappointing effort to Virginia two days later. But this team won't let down if they win the big one at least until they get to the really big one. GO HOOSIERS!!
It's not that the Hoosiers don't play hard. They do! But with injuries nagging several players combined with Dukes speed and quickness, the task seems insurmountable. But this crew will give it all they've got. That much I am sure of!
So keep them good thoughts going and remember a kid named Dan Dakich who somehow, for one night 18 years ago, shut down a player named Michael Jordan against all probability. The Hoosiers prevailed that night only to lose a disappointing effort to Virginia two days later. But this team won't let down if they win the big one at least until they get to the really big one. GO HOOSIERS!!
Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Those Wonderful Colts
How about them Colts? 3-13, 13-3, 10-6, 6-10! What the hell is that all about? I mean I knew it was going to be tough without the Edge, but the Rock filled in quite nicely. Peyton on the other hand had a horrible season. Let's hope that was a one off and we won't have to worry about that again. I tend to beleive it was. But now the team faces some big issues in the offseason.
First and foremost is to get a coach. I'd like to think we could get some non-retread guy, but let's face it, with the pressure to win in the NFL sooner than later, not many teams are willing to take a chance on an unproven commodity. I don't think Steve Spurrier will have anywhere near the success at Washington that he did at Florida and in fact will probably fail miserably. I have heard several names bandied about for the Colts head coaching position. Among those who we aren't likely to land are Chucky and the Tuna. More likely candidates are this Cottrell from the Jets, Tony Dungy and Marv Levy, who threw his name in the hat yesterday. Marv seems like a great guy and was a good coach, but my God he's 135 years old. Cottrell (and I hope I am spelling that right) is unproven. But Tony Dungy had some success at Tampa Bay and built them into a very good defensive team. They didn't do much on offense, but we seem to have that side of the ball mapped out pretty well. Dungy could work with Bill Polians draft picks and build a solid, if not great, defensive team. Therefore, my choice for the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts is Tony Dungy.
And finally, speaking of Polian, that boob has got to go. He is a mediocre personnel man at best and after his run in with Jay Mohr on the radio, he is a freakin' embarassment to the team and the city. For those of you who think he is so wonderful think back to his "moves". Peyton was a no-brainer. San Diego was the only team stupid enough to think Ryan Leaf was better. (So did I, but then I'm not the general manager of a professional football team either.) Yes, the Edge is great. Maybe the best player in the league. Yes, Polian made that selection instead of Ricky Williams. However, you may remember a guy named Marshall Faulk who was n our team. He was essentially given away for a couple of 6th round draft choices or some such crap. Marshall is probabaly the second best player in the NFL. Was running back really the position we needed to look for? I suppose Marshall wanted out of Indy to play in another dome in St. Louis. Bullshit Polian, you blew it. Next up was Rob Morris. Holdout, hurt and slow. He has not, nor probably will ever live up to his billing. And finally, Reggie Wayne. Let's see, our defense is awful the past 2 years, so let's pick a wide reciever. Idiot! I like Reggie and I hope he becomes the man behind Marvin, but it simply was not what we needed.
Polian is a moron who obviously has deluded himself into believing his press clippings from Buffalo and Carolina. Get rid of this madman before he drags us further into the abyss!
The issue of the new stadium will most assuredly be a topic of discussion during this offseason. The state, thanks to that idiot O'Bannon and his group of Spendocrats is running a deficit. The city doesn't have the money to build stadiums and the private sector is still rebounding from the economic pounding it took during most of last year. Couple those economic factors with the fact the Colts sucked this past year and the debate will be heated. In the report our opinion was to build a new stadium with the retractable roof. I for one am willing to pay an extra percent on sales tax if it will help get it built and keep the Colts, but I can certainly understand why people who will not go to the new stadium, be it because they just don't or because they don't like the Colts, wouldn't want to pay for it. Stay tuned as this issue is sure to generate a lot of speculation and debate!
First and foremost is to get a coach. I'd like to think we could get some non-retread guy, but let's face it, with the pressure to win in the NFL sooner than later, not many teams are willing to take a chance on an unproven commodity. I don't think Steve Spurrier will have anywhere near the success at Washington that he did at Florida and in fact will probably fail miserably. I have heard several names bandied about for the Colts head coaching position. Among those who we aren't likely to land are Chucky and the Tuna. More likely candidates are this Cottrell from the Jets, Tony Dungy and Marv Levy, who threw his name in the hat yesterday. Marv seems like a great guy and was a good coach, but my God he's 135 years old. Cottrell (and I hope I am spelling that right) is unproven. But Tony Dungy had some success at Tampa Bay and built them into a very good defensive team. They didn't do much on offense, but we seem to have that side of the ball mapped out pretty well. Dungy could work with Bill Polians draft picks and build a solid, if not great, defensive team. Therefore, my choice for the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts is Tony Dungy.
And finally, speaking of Polian, that boob has got to go. He is a mediocre personnel man at best and after his run in with Jay Mohr on the radio, he is a freakin' embarassment to the team and the city. For those of you who think he is so wonderful think back to his "moves". Peyton was a no-brainer. San Diego was the only team stupid enough to think Ryan Leaf was better. (So did I, but then I'm not the general manager of a professional football team either.) Yes, the Edge is great. Maybe the best player in the league. Yes, Polian made that selection instead of Ricky Williams. However, you may remember a guy named Marshall Faulk who was n our team. He was essentially given away for a couple of 6th round draft choices or some such crap. Marshall is probabaly the second best player in the NFL. Was running back really the position we needed to look for? I suppose Marshall wanted out of Indy to play in another dome in St. Louis. Bullshit Polian, you blew it. Next up was Rob Morris. Holdout, hurt and slow. He has not, nor probably will ever live up to his billing. And finally, Reggie Wayne. Let's see, our defense is awful the past 2 years, so let's pick a wide reciever. Idiot! I like Reggie and I hope he becomes the man behind Marvin, but it simply was not what we needed.
Polian is a moron who obviously has deluded himself into believing his press clippings from Buffalo and Carolina. Get rid of this madman before he drags us further into the abyss!
The issue of the new stadium will most assuredly be a topic of discussion during this offseason. The state, thanks to that idiot O'Bannon and his group of Spendocrats is running a deficit. The city doesn't have the money to build stadiums and the private sector is still rebounding from the economic pounding it took during most of last year. Couple those economic factors with the fact the Colts sucked this past year and the debate will be heated. In the report our opinion was to build a new stadium with the retractable roof. I for one am willing to pay an extra percent on sales tax if it will help get it built and keep the Colts, but I can certainly understand why people who will not go to the new stadium, be it because they just don't or because they don't like the Colts, wouldn't want to pay for it. Stay tuned as this issue is sure to generate a lot of speculation and debate!
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