Jeff Fisher is out after 16 years of coaching the Oilers/ Titans. He oversaw the destroyed franchise into unequaled greatness with the Titans late 90's/early 2000's teams. He's taken teams with Vince Young to winning records, which is just simply amazing. He's been the best coach in the league SEVERAL years. I can't figure out where things have gone so bad. Fisher should be able to get whatever job he wants. He's kept the Titans from being an utter embarrassment for the last few years. The Titans will be an UTTER failure without Fisher for the next several years. The Vince Young experiment blew up, HUGE free agents were free to run away and I can't even think of the last free agent they've signed. They failed to surround Fisher with anything besides Chris Johnson, who came out of NOWHERE. Fisher will be better off without Bud Adams and the Titans. Fisher became visibly angry last year, a great rarity from the cool and habitually collected Fisher. He always looks calm and collected behind his shades and slicked black hair. That was before the 5 years with Vince Young drove him to lash out last year and let everyone glimpse his personal hell. A golden child QB who can't throw an accurate pass, or make solid reads against NFL defenses. Bud Adams apparently chose Fisher over Young this winter, but I know we don't know the whole story. All I know is that some team is getting a steal in the 53 year-old stalwart.
I would rather cut off the tip of my pinky than have to sit through the Justin Beiber movie. I can't believe the marketing genius that is his management that absolutely throws this kid at us from all angles. He really isn't very talented at all, yet he's worth millions of dollars. I really am thinking about trying to find a kid, or forcing my own into this kind of stardom. I can deal with incredible fallout of multiple drug habits and stints in rehab. I just see the dollar signs in whoring your child out to the Hollywood machine. I first thought athletics were the route to go, but I'm throwing that shit away for a keyboard and microphone.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Soap Box Time part IV
I'm one of the many who is throwing Jay Cutler under the bus. Football has never been a game for people who lack toughness. A sprained MCL is not a real injury in football. Things that would have kept me out of the NFC Championship game: 1.) Death 2.) Severed limb. That sums it up. Cutler could walk and that means he was a better option for his team of 52 others depending on him than Todd Collins. The only thing keeping this from being a total failure is a 3rd string quarterback out of Colorado State, who before presented the NFL with near Pro Bowl quality QB ALEX VAN PELT, playing like someone who will be starting somewhere next year. Caleb Hanie was the only reason the game was close. My big argument is that Jay Cutler was BY FAR a better option with a sprained MCL than Collins or Hanie. Hanie's play was a fucking miracle allowed to happen by Green Bay playing prevent defense, something that team simply can't do for shit.
Something I hate for saying, but must to be honest, is I absolutely hated that Phillip Rivers played with a torn ACL with a 100% healthy Billy Volek behind him. There is a difference between a torn ACL, and a sprained MCL. There's a difference between Billy Volek and Todd Collins. There clearly is a difference between Phillip Rivers and Jay Cutler. Cutler HAD to try to play. Give his teammates a chance to rally around him, motivate them, or just see how bad it really is. You play hurt all the time. Football is being in a constant state of injury. Stingers, concussions, broken bones, sprains, tears, bruises of all kinds, are all facts of life. I played through half a game with a concussion. It was a high school game meaning very little in the grand scheme of things, but I accepted it as a job I had to play. You owe it to everyone around you. Was I still a better option than anyone else behind me? Probably. Was it dangerous, absolutely. Could I honestly say I'd have done anything different? Nope.
I said while it was happening that if I were a Bears fan I wouldn't only want Culter dead, I would want his family dead. I would be furious. I commend his teammates for sticking by him, but they shouldn't have to defend the man in charge of leading the offense and team. It's heaping on Cutler because by a lot of accounts he's a "little bitch" and other things basically meaning fucking douche bag. His teammates defend him, but his former ones condemn him. He played all year despite being used as a tackling dummy in the beginning of the year. Where did all his grit go when things actually mattered? How many more times does he plan on being in the NFC Championship game? He just showed no heart in a game where he could have risen above all the criticisms and condemnations. To absolve himself and earn respect from everyone watching. It just didn't seem like he gave a fuck, a common theme when the stones start getting thrown at him.
Watching him with those ear buds in infuriated me. I'm not a Bears fan, but I'd tell you that if I were I'd fight Jay Cutler wherever I found him. His utter lack of leadership is astounding. Cheer on your team, do something productive. Don't look like a fucking stoner while everything your team worked for falls apart.
I'm watching Schiavone play the #1 ranked woman in the world hours after playing a match lasting over 5 hours versus Svetlana Kuznetsova. I'm sure everything feels like it's made out of rubber, but heavier than steel. Instead of bowing out she's up 5-3 serving for the first set. Correction, she just won the first set. You suck it up and do your fucking job. It's why some people stay home sick with a cold and others show up with a migraine. I really see this looming over Cutler for quite some time because I know I could never look at him the same way if he were on my team.
Bottom cliche line: Would you want Jay Cutler in your fox hole?
Something I hate for saying, but must to be honest, is I absolutely hated that Phillip Rivers played with a torn ACL with a 100% healthy Billy Volek behind him. There is a difference between a torn ACL, and a sprained MCL. There's a difference between Billy Volek and Todd Collins. There clearly is a difference between Phillip Rivers and Jay Cutler. Cutler HAD to try to play. Give his teammates a chance to rally around him, motivate them, or just see how bad it really is. You play hurt all the time. Football is being in a constant state of injury. Stingers, concussions, broken bones, sprains, tears, bruises of all kinds, are all facts of life. I played through half a game with a concussion. It was a high school game meaning very little in the grand scheme of things, but I accepted it as a job I had to play. You owe it to everyone around you. Was I still a better option than anyone else behind me? Probably. Was it dangerous, absolutely. Could I honestly say I'd have done anything different? Nope.
I said while it was happening that if I were a Bears fan I wouldn't only want Culter dead, I would want his family dead. I would be furious. I commend his teammates for sticking by him, but they shouldn't have to defend the man in charge of leading the offense and team. It's heaping on Cutler because by a lot of accounts he's a "little bitch" and other things basically meaning fucking douche bag. His teammates defend him, but his former ones condemn him. He played all year despite being used as a tackling dummy in the beginning of the year. Where did all his grit go when things actually mattered? How many more times does he plan on being in the NFC Championship game? He just showed no heart in a game where he could have risen above all the criticisms and condemnations. To absolve himself and earn respect from everyone watching. It just didn't seem like he gave a fuck, a common theme when the stones start getting thrown at him.
Watching him with those ear buds in infuriated me. I'm not a Bears fan, but I'd tell you that if I were I'd fight Jay Cutler wherever I found him. His utter lack of leadership is astounding. Cheer on your team, do something productive. Don't look like a fucking stoner while everything your team worked for falls apart.
I'm watching Schiavone play the #1 ranked woman in the world hours after playing a match lasting over 5 hours versus Svetlana Kuznetsova. I'm sure everything feels like it's made out of rubber, but heavier than steel. Instead of bowing out she's up 5-3 serving for the first set. Correction, she just won the first set. You suck it up and do your fucking job. It's why some people stay home sick with a cold and others show up with a migraine. I really see this looming over Cutler for quite some time because I know I could never look at him the same way if he were on my team.
Bottom cliche line: Would you want Jay Cutler in your fox hole?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
I watched Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang last week and am just writing about it now. It was a $10 blu-ray I felt compelled to buy for some reason, but I had heard very good things. It's Robert Downey Jr. first starring role in a big motion picture before Iron Man that I can remember. Downey Jr. is an actor who is going to be trained by gay Perry, played by Val Kilmer. Gay Perry is the private eye instructor to the stars who is a real private eye, just gay and caters to Hollywood, like Pauly Shore. Downey Jr. is getting some on the job training when they stumble upon a car getting thrown into a river. They jump in to try to save whoever is in the car and find someone bound and dead in the trunk. They are thrown into a giant whirlwind of murder and craziness, and comedy. It's a crazy story that flies along at breakneck speed. It's funny, interesting, pretty crazy, but very well done and well acted. I really enjoyed it for the most part, the pace and comedy is really what keeps you enthralled.
Bottom Line: 7.8 out of 10. I really recommend seeing this movie whenever you can. Netflix, or rent as soon as possible. It's really too interesting to not view on your own to form your own opinions. I really want to see it again Memento-style to try to fill in the gaps because it moves so fast.
I'm currently watching Twilight: New Moon and it is fucking awful. I'm trying hard to be objective, which I'm not certain I can be. I do know that Kristen Stewart is fucking terrible at acting. Her career is going to end with the Twilight series, I'm willing to bet money on that. Unless there are a lot of great roles for not-attractive stoners/ heroin addicts, her career is at it's pinnacle.
That shooting tragedy in AZ is really awful and again makes our nation look inward as to what the fuck is wrong with us. I absolutely don't want this used as more finger pointing material from both the Far Left and Far Right. It's a sickening and awful situation that has to be used to show what's similar with everyone, not the things that make us different. I'm hoping for a lessening of the political barbs and bullshit we have to wade through. I'm hoping it's only a matter of time before our two party system is dissolved into smaller factions within the parties, but the sheer money driving the Democrats and Republicans make that impossible.
NBA Jam for the Wii is pretty good, but incredibly frustrating. Playing defense is harder to do than solving Chinese Algebra problems. I had 30 blocks in one game with Andrew Bogut and still only won by a couple of points. Lots of classic fun with new players, but the lack of defense is incredibly frustrating since you can dunk from just inside the three point line and it's practically unstoppable.
Bottom Line: 7.8 out of 10. I really recommend seeing this movie whenever you can. Netflix, or rent as soon as possible. It's really too interesting to not view on your own to form your own opinions. I really want to see it again Memento-style to try to fill in the gaps because it moves so fast.
I'm currently watching Twilight: New Moon and it is fucking awful. I'm trying hard to be objective, which I'm not certain I can be. I do know that Kristen Stewart is fucking terrible at acting. Her career is going to end with the Twilight series, I'm willing to bet money on that. Unless there are a lot of great roles for not-attractive stoners/ heroin addicts, her career is at it's pinnacle.
That shooting tragedy in AZ is really awful and again makes our nation look inward as to what the fuck is wrong with us. I absolutely don't want this used as more finger pointing material from both the Far Left and Far Right. It's a sickening and awful situation that has to be used to show what's similar with everyone, not the things that make us different. I'm hoping for a lessening of the political barbs and bullshit we have to wade through. I'm hoping it's only a matter of time before our two party system is dissolved into smaller factions within the parties, but the sheer money driving the Democrats and Republicans make that impossible.
NBA Jam for the Wii is pretty good, but incredibly frustrating. Playing defense is harder to do than solving Chinese Algebra problems. I had 30 blocks in one game with Andrew Bogut and still only won by a couple of points. Lots of classic fun with new players, but the lack of defense is incredibly frustrating since you can dunk from just inside the three point line and it's practically unstoppable.
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