Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Obie We Sorta Knew Ya
Let's be honest: is any Celtics fan truly broken-hearted that coach Obie has left skidmarks? I tried to defend the guy as long as I could. He gave Pierce and Walker carte blanche to fire away from downtown last year because they had no help. This year, Ainge trades ballhog Walker for a wonderful fundamental team player in Jiri Welsch, a decent big man in Raef LaFrentz. Then he trades away aging tweener Eric Williams ("the heart and soul of the Celtics defense" - perhaps, but what did that get us last year), aging, chronically injured Tony BadKnee and athletic yet clueless Kedrick Brown for explosive Ricky Davis and a dynamite seven-footer who averages almost a rebound a minute in Chris Mihm.
So who becomes our go-to guy? Walter McCarty, a one-dimensional three-point shooting small forward who should be the sixth or seventh man on a decent squad. Not that I don't love Waltah as a role player, but there's no way he should have been our starting power forward. An unproven rookie like Brandon Hunter could have given up a few fouls and busted a few heads and given the C's some physical presence in the middle until Mihm got back. Coach Obie has nobody but himself to blame for getting canned.
So who becomes our go-to guy? Walter McCarty, a one-dimensional three-point shooting small forward who should be the sixth or seventh man on a decent squad. Not that I don't love Waltah as a role player, but there's no way he should have been our starting power forward. An unproven rookie like Brandon Hunter could have given up a few fouls and busted a few heads and given the C's some physical presence in the middle until Mihm got back. Coach Obie has nobody but himself to blame for getting canned.
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Mr. Demi Moore
A year ago Ashton Kutcher was the dork on That 70s Show who nobody knew his name or cared. Now he's Hollywood's hottest leading man, and his face has gotten three times wider in the last month alone.
How do these things happen? Can somebody explain this to me?
How do these things happen? Can somebody explain this to me?
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Yee-hah!
Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean denied that he ever suffered from "panic attacks" during a Monday morning interview with Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," insisting that neither he nor a reporter who recently interviewed him had used that term to describe an episode where he hyperventilated upon taking office as Vermont governor in 1991.
Citing a recent interview he gave to People magazine, Dean complained to "Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy, "I think if you read People magazine it says no such thing. The quote that you just read, it didn't say anything about a panic attack."
People's interviewer did, however, twice ask Dean about past "anxiety attacks," prompting the former Vermont governor to detail his hyperventilation experience.
Noted People's Ann Driscoll, "It sounds as if you had a little bit of an anxiety attack when you got the word that you were now governor."
"I did," responded Dean. "I hyperventilated and I started hyperventilating and I thought, You better stop that or you won't be much good to anybody. ... To suddenly get told that you have responsibility for 600,000 people – it provokes a little anxiety."
Citing a recent interview he gave to People magazine, Dean complained to "Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy, "I think if you read People magazine it says no such thing. The quote that you just read, it didn't say anything about a panic attack."
People's interviewer did, however, twice ask Dean about past "anxiety attacks," prompting the former Vermont governor to detail his hyperventilation experience.
Noted People's Ann Driscoll, "It sounds as if you had a little bit of an anxiety attack when you got the word that you were now governor."
"I did," responded Dean. "I hyperventilated and I started hyperventilating and I thought, You better stop that or you won't be much good to anybody. ... To suddenly get told that you have responsibility for 600,000 people – it provokes a little anxiety."
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Diamond Tom Brady vs. Jake the Fake Delhomme.
The pick: Patriots 27, Carolina 3.
The pick: Patriots 27, Carolina 3.
Thursday, January 08, 2004
The Ice Bowl II Cometh
Since Blogger can't handle html links in any way that's apparent for a non-techie, we'll give it to you old-school and plain text:
Foxboro, Mass. forecast according to NWS:
Saturday night. Clear and brisk. Lows zero to 10 below. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. Decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Foxboro, Mass. forecast according to NWS:
Saturday night. Clear and brisk. Lows zero to 10 below. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. Decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Saturday, January 03, 2004
Annoying Things That Football Announcers Say...
"He (throws the ball/rushes the QB/jumps offside on fourth-and-one) JUST ABOUT AS WELL as anybody in the league." It's JUST ABOUT meaningless.
The gratuitous double-negative:
"I'm not so sure that that might not be a fumble."
Why not say: "That looks like a fumble."
More to come...
The gratuitous double-negative:
"I'm not so sure that that might not be a fumble."
Why not say: "That looks like a fumble."
More to come...
Friday, January 02, 2004
Scouting report for coach Obie
RON ARTEST IS LEFT-HANDED!! THAT MEANS HE SHOOTS WITH HIS LEFT... HAND!!!
