Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Tiger, Bobby Bowden, etc.

Greetings all...
  • Tiger Woods...what can you say? Everyone has formed an "opinion" on the late-night car incident...and all I will say is this... I don't care...and I don't think you should either... It's a personal matter...the only law-breaking he did was "recklessly driving" which is guilty of everyone I know including me... his personal life is his personal life... I'll be watching the details b/c yes, my personal opinion of him will downgrade if it comes out that he was cheating on his wife...but again, he's an athlete..it's his business...you're not his friend...
  • AI to Philly? Seems likely now with a formal offer being tendered...it's incentive-laden and non-guaranteed...but it's the only offer he's likely to receive so it'll be fascinating to see whether his desire to "start" or whatever is strong enough where he'll turn this down... I'm not crazy about the fit simply b/c I have no idea what they do when Lou Williams comes back... but he's better than Willie Green so done and done...
  • Charlie Weis got fired....yawn.... hire Brian Kelly and be done with it...
  • Bobby Bowden "retires"...if you don't think he was completely and utterly forced to do so, you're insane....that said, it's gotta be the best move for FSU... rid themselves of the drama and start over... and God knows they need to on defense...
  • Big suspension for Florida with the SEC title game looming.... All-world DE Carlos Dunlap was arrested after being asleep at the wheel at a traffic light between 2 and 3 am... wow... that's some kind of drunk... congrats Carlos... you've likely submarined your draft stock by 10-15 picks (ask Warren Sapp and Randy Moss) which could cost you $10 million... and you've removed yourself from the team indefinitely as the national championship is in view...brilliant
  • I heard this today (Props to JE Skeets and Basketball Jones)...but how in the WORLD can Mike Brown leave Big Z on the bench in that game? For backstory... Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas was setting the all-time games played record for the Cleveland franchise on Saturday.... if he entered the game.... Mike Brown kindly obliged him with his FIRST DNP-Coach's decision of his career...in that game!? With his family and friends there... and Big Z isn't a marginal rotation guy... he's one of the best 6-7 guys on that team to be generous... absurd
  • The Nets tab Kiki Vandeweghe to coach (as well as be the GM as he is already)... if I didn't mention this, Lawrence Frank shouldn't been fired IMO...but this is a total stopgap...
  • NBA Roundup from Monday: Welcome back Andrew Bogut.... the Bucks star big man came back with a 22 and 15 (and lockdown D) to ensure a Bucks W despite a struggling evening from Redd and Jennings... As mentioned above... Philly is awful... but Jason Terry broke their hearts at the gun last night...ouch... Troubling news (if you're me) from Memphis... Mike Conley got hurt last night...and he was already losing more and more minutes to newly signed Jamaal tinsley... Conley was my fairly well-publicized man-crush coming out of Ohio State (weird I know, just love his game)....come on Mike!!!
  • What to watch tonight.... ACC/Big 10 Challenge at 7:00 (Wake @ Purdue) and 9:00 (The headliner... Michigan State @ North Carolina, a must-see) on ESPN.... Followed by Hornets @ Lakers on NBA-TV at 10:30... Gotta love hoops

Until the next installment...

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