I finally found something to spring me into action after my self-imposed holiday vacation. I bought the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers for $34 from Best Buy. It may go down as one of the best purchases of my life, next to the slightly used copy of Casino for 2 dollars.
Band of Brothers is like Saving Private Ryan, only 10 hours worth of greatness spanning more characters and battles. It is the best mini-series ever in my eyes, since I'm way too young to remember Roots. It follows Easy Company, who is the elite group of paratroopers, the first of their kind. It follows them from D-Day through the end of the war, which is just over 1 year actually. It has greatness all over the place. You'll notice some of the actors, though David Schwimmer is the big draw and only in basically 2 of the episodes. Donnie Wahlberg is probably the bigger draw, what was I thinking? (NKOTB for life)
I don't think anything has done a better job of showing the relationship between a group of soldiers better than this series. It does not tone down the violence of battle, nor glamorize anything about it. It's gritty and realistic in a way we were not used to before Saving Private Ryan. It's a true homage to WWII veterans and what they achieved for the world and future generations. It even features the original men of easy company talking about some of the past events. That's right, this shit is factual, not just based on real events. Hearing the real men talk about their experience is incredibly powerful and at times tear-jerking.
Richard D. Winters: [real life interview with Winters where he quotes Mike Ranney on how Ranney answered a question his grandson once asked him] I treasure my remark to my grandson who asked, "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said, "No... but I served in a company of heroes"
Lt. Lipton receipting Shakespeare more powerful than anyone in history.
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; (Amazingly powerful to hear it from the man himself)
Bottom line: 10 out of 10. Go buy the set if you've never seen it. Hopefully Best Buy is still running the special on HBO Series. I'll probably sit down some Sunday when football is over and just knock out the whole thing in one sitting.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Soapbox time
I'm going to get a little preachy, but it's something that bothered me when it happened and I haven't felt much better about it despite 2 national titles.
In 2006 Whitewater had a decision to make for a new head football coach. In one corner you had Stan Zweiffel, accomplish O-coordinator, assistant coach, professor at the university and a man who has been with the university for 20 years as well as the community. You had the other candidates, from which Lance Leipold was chosen. Lance played at UWW under Zweiffel and was coaching at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. UWW was coming off two recent losses in the Stagg Bowl, but were losing a lot of talent including QB Justin Jacobs, Max Sakellaris and NFL bound WR Derek Stanley. They still had a lot of returning starters and talent that was built by Stan Zweiffel primarily. The University overlooked his dedication to the team, community, and last but not least the University itself. I had the privilege of having Big Z as a professor for two classes in which he was by far the most engaging professor I had. I don't care that he underused his ability to teach coaching classes, it's what he loved to do. The University forced him out and replaced him with an uncaring prick by most accounts. I'm still not convinced the team behind Stan Zweiffel wouldn't have won the same amount of national titles The team wanted to go on strike after Zweiffel was looked over. I wrote 2 e-mails to the Athletic Director in which I got no response, which was expected I guess. I interviewed coach Zweiffel about it knowing our current head coach would be retiring and he thought his hiring was a foregone conclusion as did everyone else. It had to feel like a prison shank to the spleen hearing the news.
To show you the amount of respect Big Z has Jeff Jagodzinski, former Boston College coach interviewed him for the offensive coordinator role at BC. Stan immediately was hired on as consultant to UW-River Falls and was made athletic director at Beloit Memorial high school. He now coaches at the University of Dubuque, but has to build the program up from the ground like he did at Whitewater all while being 20 years older. It just flat pisses me off to this day how that decision seemed to be just plain fucked up, and the winning isn't as sweet to me as it could be. A good person, professor, and coach was replaced for Leipold and sooner or later it's going to bite the University in the ass when he callously moves on as soon as he gets a sniff from a D-II, or God forbid a D-I school. I'd love to get a prospective from players who have played for both coaches on who they think cared about them more. I can't imagine a single player choosing Leipold in that battle, and that's why I thought the choice for new head coach was SO simple for the University. I hope to God Stan gets the chance to reach the national level once again on his terms, nobody would be more deserving.
In 2006 Whitewater had a decision to make for a new head football coach. In one corner you had Stan Zweiffel, accomplish O-coordinator, assistant coach, professor at the university and a man who has been with the university for 20 years as well as the community. You had the other candidates, from which Lance Leipold was chosen. Lance played at UWW under Zweiffel and was coaching at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. UWW was coming off two recent losses in the Stagg Bowl, but were losing a lot of talent including QB Justin Jacobs, Max Sakellaris and NFL bound WR Derek Stanley. They still had a lot of returning starters and talent that was built by Stan Zweiffel primarily. The University overlooked his dedication to the team, community, and last but not least the University itself. I had the privilege of having Big Z as a professor for two classes in which he was by far the most engaging professor I had. I don't care that he underused his ability to teach coaching classes, it's what he loved to do. The University forced him out and replaced him with an uncaring prick by most accounts. I'm still not convinced the team behind Stan Zweiffel wouldn't have won the same amount of national titles The team wanted to go on strike after Zweiffel was looked over. I wrote 2 e-mails to the Athletic Director in which I got no response, which was expected I guess. I interviewed coach Zweiffel about it knowing our current head coach would be retiring and he thought his hiring was a foregone conclusion as did everyone else. It had to feel like a prison shank to the spleen hearing the news.
To show you the amount of respect Big Z has Jeff Jagodzinski, former Boston College coach interviewed him for the offensive coordinator role at BC. Stan immediately was hired on as consultant to UW-River Falls and was made athletic director at Beloit Memorial high school. He now coaches at the University of Dubuque, but has to build the program up from the ground like he did at Whitewater all while being 20 years older. It just flat pisses me off to this day how that decision seemed to be just plain fucked up, and the winning isn't as sweet to me as it could be. A good person, professor, and coach was replaced for Leipold and sooner or later it's going to bite the University in the ass when he callously moves on as soon as he gets a sniff from a D-II, or God forbid a D-I school. I'd love to get a prospective from players who have played for both coaches on who they think cared about them more. I can't imagine a single player choosing Leipold in that battle, and that's why I thought the choice for new head coach was SO simple for the University. I hope to God Stan gets the chance to reach the national level once again on his terms, nobody would be more deserving.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Avatarded
I checked out the new big deal AVATAR in IMAX 3D. Real problem was that I had to sit in the very first row and was lost because I was SO close and the 3D was in my lap. It's a very good, predictable, fairy-tale movie. Sam Worthington is pretty good, and Sigourney Weaver is excellent as always. The world they manufactured is incredible and very impressive. I would certainly recommend viewing this film in theaters, but paying 15 bucks for IMAX is unnecessary.
Bottom Line: A visually stunning 8.6 out of 10. Definitely good for kids too.
Paranormal Activity: It's a little creepy and unsettling, but really nothing amazing. It fails as a movie for me because I didn't give a shit about the characters. I wanted them to die to be honest. When you a cheering for the demon, you know it's not a good thing. I like how it's done, but you can tell, especially the woman in it, is not an accomplished actress. When the movie is based on paralyzing fear, you need to feel it from the character, and I personally did not. That having been said if you're a horror movie fan you can check it out, if not I wouldn't recommend it.
Bottom line: 5.7 out of 10. The ending couldn't come soon enough.
Shout out to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks on picking up another D3 National title in football. Suck it Mount Union.
Bottom Line: A visually stunning 8.6 out of 10. Definitely good for kids too.
Paranormal Activity: It's a little creepy and unsettling, but really nothing amazing. It fails as a movie for me because I didn't give a shit about the characters. I wanted them to die to be honest. When you a cheering for the demon, you know it's not a good thing. I like how it's done, but you can tell, especially the woman in it, is not an accomplished actress. When the movie is based on paralyzing fear, you need to feel it from the character, and I personally did not. That having been said if you're a horror movie fan you can check it out, if not I wouldn't recommend it.
Bottom line: 5.7 out of 10. The ending couldn't come soon enough.
Shout out to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks on picking up another D3 National title in football. Suck it Mount Union.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Andre Agassi: OPEN
I do go back and forth with the whole reading thing in my life. Recently I've been getting big time back into it and as I mentioned before I was reading The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons. I switched gears and in 4 days ran through Andre Agassi's autobiography OPEN. I will preface it by saying I am a HUGE Agassi fan and always have been.
Agassi does an incredible job of having perfect memory and incredible insight. It tells a story of a kid forced to hit 2,500 balls a day at age 7 from a ball that would spit shots out at 110MPH. His dad was a crazy Iranian olympic boxer who knew nothing but pushing his children as hard as possible at tennis. There was no good job or hug, or any show of love in the slightest way. His mom said very little and did nothing to interfere with her husband's tyrannical rule. Education, normalcy, a social life were all out the window. He was at the Bolliteiri Academy at age 13 and the prized pupil of Nic Bolliteiri. He was a pro by age 15 and done with formal schooling as well. It is an amazing and unreal journey. You couldn't write the stories if you tried and this isn't even 1/4 of the craziness that's happened in his life. I simply can't recommend this highly enough if you are a fan of Agassi, tennis, or of one man's journey of incredible accomplishment. What drives him constantly changes, as his goals, cares, dreams, and life. I had trouble putting it down and it destroyed my sleep schedule.
The only reason I started it was because I was getting sick of reading Bill Simmon's and his biased book. He brings up interesting facts and arguments, but he is also tough to stomach when he just loves on the Celtics for pages upon pages. I really needed to put it away and give it a break. He's ranking teams and players and it's just mind-numbing how he rambles numbers and argues his point and that's apparently is supposed to be taken as biblical fact, or your an idiot. I'll work my way back to reading it eventually and keep you posted, but until then I will be covering Instant Replay, the classic by Packer great Jerry Kramer and the incomparable Dick Schaap. Going good so far reading about the Packer greats and how Lombardi utterly eviscerates them during the preseason. I'll keep you up to snuff on it.
Agassi does an incredible job of having perfect memory and incredible insight. It tells a story of a kid forced to hit 2,500 balls a day at age 7 from a ball that would spit shots out at 110MPH. His dad was a crazy Iranian olympic boxer who knew nothing but pushing his children as hard as possible at tennis. There was no good job or hug, or any show of love in the slightest way. His mom said very little and did nothing to interfere with her husband's tyrannical rule. Education, normalcy, a social life were all out the window. He was at the Bolliteiri Academy at age 13 and the prized pupil of Nic Bolliteiri. He was a pro by age 15 and done with formal schooling as well. It is an amazing and unreal journey. You couldn't write the stories if you tried and this isn't even 1/4 of the craziness that's happened in his life. I simply can't recommend this highly enough if you are a fan of Agassi, tennis, or of one man's journey of incredible accomplishment. What drives him constantly changes, as his goals, cares, dreams, and life. I had trouble putting it down and it destroyed my sleep schedule.
The only reason I started it was because I was getting sick of reading Bill Simmon's and his biased book. He brings up interesting facts and arguments, but he is also tough to stomach when he just loves on the Celtics for pages upon pages. I really needed to put it away and give it a break. He's ranking teams and players and it's just mind-numbing how he rambles numbers and argues his point and that's apparently is supposed to be taken as biblical fact, or your an idiot. I'll work my way back to reading it eventually and keep you posted, but until then I will be covering Instant Replay, the classic by Packer great Jerry Kramer and the incomparable Dick Schaap. Going good so far reading about the Packer greats and how Lombardi utterly eviscerates them during the preseason. I'll keep you up to snuff on it.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Boondock Invictus Stuff
I just caught an excellent twofer and got all my Christmas shopping done, for the most part, on my half day. First with the good:
Invictus: Worthy of all the Oscar praise and accolades. Morgan Freeman will be picking up another best actor Oscar for his role as Nelson Mandela, which he handles effortlessly and amazingly. Damon is incredibly solid in his role as South African rugby captain Francois. I enjoyed the movie from start to finish. I brought you up to speed on South Africa politics and history, covered Mandela's life, and made rugby enjoyable even though I know nothing about the sport. This movie should be seen by everyone as nothing is offensive and everything is well done and top-notch. Eastwood let's the actors kick the ass for him and just rolls the camera and doesn't overdue anything. This is one I will buy probably as soon as it comes out.
Bottom line: 9.9 out of 10- instant classic.
Boondock Saints II: The boys are back and shooting and praying bad feller's like usual. It brought the failure of most sequels and dwelled WAY too much on the other movie. Bringing back the majority of the characters was awesome, but recreating the roles of Rocco and Agent Smeckling was a complete and utter failure on all levels. They replace Rocco with a guy they pretend is mexican and use him to just abuse all the stereotypes possible. It is not funny in the slightest way and just horrifically done. They replace Dafoe with a chick who acts like she's from the south and just sucks complete ass. She has an accent on par with Cage in Con-Air and it is just an abortion on your ears. The boys are good at doing what they do, and those parts are still solid. The ending is really surprising and awesome, so it makes you leave the theater happier than you should. Wait for it to come on video.
Bottom line: 6.8 out of 10. Watch when it's convenient, but don't hurdle the people in line for Avatar to get to it.
Invictus: Worthy of all the Oscar praise and accolades. Morgan Freeman will be picking up another best actor Oscar for his role as Nelson Mandela, which he handles effortlessly and amazingly. Damon is incredibly solid in his role as South African rugby captain Francois. I enjoyed the movie from start to finish. I brought you up to speed on South Africa politics and history, covered Mandela's life, and made rugby enjoyable even though I know nothing about the sport. This movie should be seen by everyone as nothing is offensive and everything is well done and top-notch. Eastwood let's the actors kick the ass for him and just rolls the camera and doesn't overdue anything. This is one I will buy probably as soon as it comes out.
Bottom line: 9.9 out of 10- instant classic.
Boondock Saints II: The boys are back and shooting and praying bad feller's like usual. It brought the failure of most sequels and dwelled WAY too much on the other movie. Bringing back the majority of the characters was awesome, but recreating the roles of Rocco and Agent Smeckling was a complete and utter failure on all levels. They replace Rocco with a guy they pretend is mexican and use him to just abuse all the stereotypes possible. It is not funny in the slightest way and just horrifically done. They replace Dafoe with a chick who acts like she's from the south and just sucks complete ass. She has an accent on par with Cage in Con-Air and it is just an abortion on your ears. The boys are good at doing what they do, and those parts are still solid. The ending is really surprising and awesome, so it makes you leave the theater happier than you should. Wait for it to come on video.
Bottom line: 6.8 out of 10. Watch when it's convenient, but don't hurdle the people in line for Avatar to get to it.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The U, what about the Bucky's?
I am currently watching THE U, for the 30 at 30 special by ESPN that I can only hope comes out as a reasonably priced DVD boxed set with extras because it is very well done for the films I've seen. I got interested watching a video on THE U, or the University of Miami for those of you who know nothing of college football. Every college football program has interesting ups and downs and moments and it got me to thinking that every college should do something similar. Obviously THE U had more talent and controversy follow them than any other team through the 80's and 90's, but Wisconsin, for my HOMER example was not even close to a respectable football team until the early 90's. My dad went there in the early 70's and witnessed 4 wins in as many years, all of them in his senior year. Now Wisconsin packs Camp Randall every game and had a great run of Rose Bowls under Barry Alvarez. I'd be very interested to have Alvarez interviewed about turning the program around and some of the early players who aided in the turnaround.
This goes for any school for the most part as well and I think student filmmakers should jump on the opportunity to make a film about the rise or falls of their schools football programs. I use football programs because it'd be pretty rare that any other sport anyone would care about unless you're at a basketball school. Anybody wanting more in depth writing on The U read "The Cain Mutiny". That's on the reading list for me behind "The Book of Basketball", "Open", and "Instant Replay". Very similar to the Fab Five in terms of how a new crop changes the game SO much. The Fab Five is recommended reading to any sports fan about how 5 kids grew together and didn't let anyone else tell them who to be and how to play and invented baggy shorts and black socks in many people's eyes including my own. I can't imagine the money that Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson made for merchandisers. College players should make some money I believe, but there's no good way to do that and if football players get paid, why shouldn't gymnasts or wrestlers get paid? Just because those sports operate deeply in the red, does that make the athletes less deserving? Interesting debates I'll save for when I torch Title IX for needing to be abridged in our current day.
This goes for any school for the most part as well and I think student filmmakers should jump on the opportunity to make a film about the rise or falls of their schools football programs. I use football programs because it'd be pretty rare that any other sport anyone would care about unless you're at a basketball school. Anybody wanting more in depth writing on The U read "The Cain Mutiny". That's on the reading list for me behind "The Book of Basketball", "Open", and "Instant Replay". Very similar to the Fab Five in terms of how a new crop changes the game SO much. The Fab Five is recommended reading to any sports fan about how 5 kids grew together and didn't let anyone else tell them who to be and how to play and invented baggy shorts and black socks in many people's eyes including my own. I can't imagine the money that Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson made for merchandisers. College players should make some money I believe, but there's no good way to do that and if football players get paid, why shouldn't gymnasts or wrestlers get paid? Just because those sports operate deeply in the red, does that make the athletes less deserving? Interesting debates I'll save for when I torch Title IX for needing to be abridged in our current day.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Jersey Shore, seque into Obsessed
Jersey Shore is the greatest display of retarded douchebaggery and trashtacular mayhem ever. In it's honor I share this link http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/12/snooki-gets-punched-the-most-gratifying-animated-gif-you-will-ever-see
If you have seen the show this will undoubtedly warm your heart and soul, don't feel bad, let the warmth overtake you.
Obsessed is a movie that is surprisingly good, mainly because Ali Larter is so GOOD at being bad. I would run into a light pole with my face if I could get her to act like she does towards the guy in the film. It feeds into our male fantasy that a gorgeous female co-worker will seduce us... FML. The movie isn't over yet, but I really thought it's going good adn worth seeing on-demand as I am enjoying it right now. It is keeping me away from Georgetown vs. Butler... So that's disappointing because I thought it started at 7pm, but I'll get over it.
I did want to see both teams because I always fail epically come bracket filling out time. A chance to see bracketbuster Butler face Georgetown, who I'm sure is ranked WAY too high, was a good chance to get a feel for some teams that will make noise in the tourney. Early favorites to go further than they should: UNC, I'm a homer but those kids can play and will ONLY get better. The Buckies: Yeah, I'm jumping all over the bandwagon after the Duke victory, but they are a quality tournament team that creates mismatches with big men that can shoot, and they don't turn the ball over, which bodes well. One of my friends LOVE TENNESSEE, but I feel that a Bruce Pearl team will fail in the tourney because they rely on turnovers via pressure, which good teams that take care of the ball will not fall for. They also lack guys that can pour in points, or more importantly 3's. I'm looking for a young Kentucky team to fold in the postseason, mainly because I feel it's too hard to mesh so many young players together in such a short time.
Those are some early thoughts.
I'm going to finish Obsessed and watch Beyonce and Ali Larter fight... I can't wait.
Editor's note: Beyonce can't fight/act for shit. Thank God Ali Larter's hot ass bailed this shit-show out. You'd think Beyonce could at least be taught how to fight since she has to dance out all her choreographed garbage, but you'd be WRONG. Thanks for trying to fight Ali, I can't believe they accepted these takes of that fight... Beyonce will never fight in a film again, safe bet. THEN SHE SINGS DURING THE CREDITS... FUCK THAT.
If you have seen the show this will undoubtedly warm your heart and soul, don't feel bad, let the warmth overtake you.
Obsessed is a movie that is surprisingly good, mainly because Ali Larter is so GOOD at being bad. I would run into a light pole with my face if I could get her to act like she does towards the guy in the film. It feeds into our male fantasy that a gorgeous female co-worker will seduce us... FML. The movie isn't over yet, but I really thought it's going good adn worth seeing on-demand as I am enjoying it right now. It is keeping me away from Georgetown vs. Butler... So that's disappointing because I thought it started at 7pm, but I'll get over it.
I did want to see both teams because I always fail epically come bracket filling out time. A chance to see bracketbuster Butler face Georgetown, who I'm sure is ranked WAY too high, was a good chance to get a feel for some teams that will make noise in the tourney. Early favorites to go further than they should: UNC, I'm a homer but those kids can play and will ONLY get better. The Buckies: Yeah, I'm jumping all over the bandwagon after the Duke victory, but they are a quality tournament team that creates mismatches with big men that can shoot, and they don't turn the ball over, which bodes well. One of my friends LOVE TENNESSEE, but I feel that a Bruce Pearl team will fail in the tourney because they rely on turnovers via pressure, which good teams that take care of the ball will not fall for. They also lack guys that can pour in points, or more importantly 3's. I'm looking for a young Kentucky team to fold in the postseason, mainly because I feel it's too hard to mesh so many young players together in such a short time.
Those are some early thoughts.
I'm going to finish Obsessed and watch Beyonce and Ali Larter fight... I can't wait.
Editor's note: Beyonce can't fight/act for shit. Thank God Ali Larter's hot ass bailed this shit-show out. You'd think Beyonce could at least be taught how to fight since she has to dance out all her choreographed garbage, but you'd be WRONG. Thanks for trying to fight Ali, I can't believe they accepted these takes of that fight... Beyonce will never fight in a film again, safe bet. THEN SHE SINGS DURING THE CREDITS... FUCK THAT.
Tiger... Go fuck yourself, it'll be better for you
I can't remember such infidelity on such a large scale in my memories. A golfer playing the back nine on a lot of public courses. Nine women have come forward and nothing has been confirmed or denied, but Tiger is overwhelmingly guilty on almost all accounts from everyone I've heard anything from. If Tiger were an NBA player this wouldn't be very surprising, but our squeaky clean golfer committing infidelities with anything he can find... SHOCKING.
The best part is that everyone is coming out of the woodwork on this one. Perkins waitstaff members, a porn star, drunken skanks of all kinds. Tiger committing these acts while his wife was pregnant, on the road, at home, just simply being an enormous cheater and piece of shit. If you want a family, commit to it, but don't just assume you can have two lives, or have your cake and eat it too. Tiger will lose endorsements, get divorced and hemorrhage money from it. I can hardly wait for the brutal backlash that will cripple his golf game for the foreseeable future.
I can't figure out why I never liked Tiger Woods, but now I feel vindicated. Next on the list, finding out Roger Federer is a pederast and being vindicated again.
I can't wait.
The best part is that everyone is coming out of the woodwork on this one. Perkins waitstaff members, a porn star, drunken skanks of all kinds. Tiger committing these acts while his wife was pregnant, on the road, at home, just simply being an enormous cheater and piece of shit. If you want a family, commit to it, but don't just assume you can have two lives, or have your cake and eat it too. Tiger will lose endorsements, get divorced and hemorrhage money from it. I can hardly wait for the brutal backlash that will cripple his golf game for the foreseeable future.
I can't figure out why I never liked Tiger Woods, but now I feel vindicated. Next on the list, finding out Roger Federer is a pederast and being vindicated again.
I can't wait.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
College Basketball, yar betcha
College basketball swoops in to save TV after my favorite shows end their new seasons. ACC/Big Ten Challenge, AMAZING. College B-ball doesn't limp into the conference schedule and it starts out with awesome preseason tourneys like Maui and the NIT. Every night features a decent college B-ball game with either a "bracket buster" or legitimate top 25 teams lacing them up. I love UNC and just watching them jump out to a good start VS. Michigan State got me all kinds of jacked up. Fresh players and some coaching swaps add to the already immense drama to college B-ball. Things I'm personally looking for to pan out: UNC and the new kids defending the crown, Big East basketball. Calipari and Kentucky falling on their faces, the preseason top 25 getting shredded, Huggins not graduating a player from West Virginia continuing his excellence on the court and in the klassruom, the Big Ten season and how far the Badgers ascend past their #9 in the Big Ten ranking and Bucky making the Big Dance, John Wall and other freshman who are going to tear it up all year.
On a side note it's complete horseshit how Bobby Bowden is being sent out after all these years. OK, Florida State is no longer competing in BCS bowl games and are not a top-10 team, but Florida State wasn't on the map until Bobby Bowden got there. If he's losing games then help him out, don't just abandon him. 34 years at the same institution coaching football better than anyone not named Paterno during the time. Florida State was THE Florida team in the early 90's and succumbed to Florida now and when Spurrier was there, but they were always in the hunt. Bowden should not be forced until leaving until he says so. There's no way they can repay him for creating Florida State, or signing them to a multi-million dollar contract with Nike that helps pay his salary. Fuck whoever is spearheading this coup and it's totally shameful what's going on. He had some downfalls of having players that couldn't read play, and a few recruiting violations pop up. but 34 years of loyal service should be worth something. Service that took them from nothing to the top of college football more than once. Good fucking luck getting talent away from Urban and THE U without Bowden's name attached to the program. I hope he burns the house he built to the ground upon his exit.
I'm reading Bill Simmon's The Book of Basketball and am struggling with weeding through his very interesting stats and observations and his complete bias towards all things Celtics. Choking through the first chapter explaining his lovefest with Larry Legend and the Shamrocks is ok, but an entire chapter of explaining why Russell is better than Chamberlain? Not really necessary, though he does break down some statistics and refutes the view of haters, meanwhile not conceding the simple fact that Chamberlain put up the numbers but didn't get the wins. That's the only argument that's relevant. Everything comes back to that premise and defending it any other way is a waste of time that dabbles in lunacy trying to explain who had the better supporting cast 50 years ago based on some video and opinions. I'm hoping it improves from here because he clearly loves himself and the Celtics more than the game that consumes his life, and that's saying quite a lot. Namedrop, namedrop blup blup Celtics rule... It's better than that, but that could serve as an outline for some moments in the 740 or so page epic. In it's defense I did rip through 60 pages on the first night... more to come on this one.
On a side note it's complete horseshit how Bobby Bowden is being sent out after all these years. OK, Florida State is no longer competing in BCS bowl games and are not a top-10 team, but Florida State wasn't on the map until Bobby Bowden got there. If he's losing games then help him out, don't just abandon him. 34 years at the same institution coaching football better than anyone not named Paterno during the time. Florida State was THE Florida team in the early 90's and succumbed to Florida now and when Spurrier was there, but they were always in the hunt. Bowden should not be forced until leaving until he says so. There's no way they can repay him for creating Florida State, or signing them to a multi-million dollar contract with Nike that helps pay his salary. Fuck whoever is spearheading this coup and it's totally shameful what's going on. He had some downfalls of having players that couldn't read play, and a few recruiting violations pop up. but 34 years of loyal service should be worth something. Service that took them from nothing to the top of college football more than once. Good fucking luck getting talent away from Urban and THE U without Bowden's name attached to the program. I hope he burns the house he built to the ground upon his exit.
I'm reading Bill Simmon's The Book of Basketball and am struggling with weeding through his very interesting stats and observations and his complete bias towards all things Celtics. Choking through the first chapter explaining his lovefest with Larry Legend and the Shamrocks is ok, but an entire chapter of explaining why Russell is better than Chamberlain? Not really necessary, though he does break down some statistics and refutes the view of haters, meanwhile not conceding the simple fact that Chamberlain put up the numbers but didn't get the wins. That's the only argument that's relevant. Everything comes back to that premise and defending it any other way is a waste of time that dabbles in lunacy trying to explain who had the better supporting cast 50 years ago based on some video and opinions. I'm hoping it improves from here because he clearly loves himself and the Celtics more than the game that consumes his life, and that's saying quite a lot. Namedrop, namedrop blup blup Celtics rule... It's better than that, but that could serve as an outline for some moments in the 740 or so page epic. In it's defense I did rip through 60 pages on the first night... more to come on this one.
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