Can't believe this …
Here are some things that I find interesting:
– Why does Memphis coach John Calipari get no credit for being a good basketball coach? I know that he can recruit, that he took UMass to the Final Four and that his teams have never gone on probabtion. I know that he struggled in the NBA, but he knows what he is doing on the college level. He outcoached Ben Howland of UCLA, and I expect the same thing tonight against Bill Self and Kansas.
– We received our shipment of MLB media guides this morning, what team do you think produced the thickest book? Try the Tampa Bay Rays. 576 pages; it works out to nearly a page per all-time victories. Very strange.
– If the Cavs end up fifth and then lose in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Wizards, we all know the calls will be loud for coach Mike Brown to be fired. My guess is that won't happen. I think it is more likely that GM Danny Ferry gets bounced, but even writing that, don't look for a cleaning out of the Cavs by Dan Gilbert.
– Browns GM Phil Savage says he isn't going to trade up in this year's draft. And that is the correct choice. First, I don't think he has anything to trade beside next year's No. 1 or Brady Quinn, and Quinn isn't going anywhere this year. Check back on that this time next season if Derek Anderson goes to the Pro Bowl again. Lastly, Savage has built this team to win now, so he should give it a shot and see what happens this season.
– The first week was choppy for the Tribe, but a heck of a lot better than the Detroit Tigers'. Talk about flaming out.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
If the Cavs finish fifth and are bounced in the first round, Ferry should get the axe. They'll be starting over again in the next year, which would represent the third rebuild since he's been here. That's not what LeBron and his posse are looking for.
Apologists will say he was forced to make the big trade, but he needs this group to work out or he's in trouble.
April 8th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Calipari's teams have never gone on probation? Whoopie. For God's sakes, his team that went to the Final Four was stripped was stripped of its Final Four finish and the school had to return over $150,000 in tournament money. All four of the tourney victories were forfeited and the Final Four trophy had to be returned to the NCAA. This because he looked the other way while agents were gifting Marcus Camby with hookers, cash, clothes and jewelry. On top of that, the guys Calipari recruited were lazy retards, the majority of whom went on academic probation.
Yeah, whatta guy. So I'll just say he doesn't get the respect he so humbly and richly deserves simply because of that mole on his face.
April 8th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Missed free throws and poor decision making pretty much did Memphis in last night. Self might be the underrated coach.