Saturday, January 02, 2010

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down



THUMBS UP

Bobby Knight for speaking openly, honestly and directly about integrity in college basketball with his rather pointed comments about Kentucky coach John Calipari. Maybe if more coaches had the spine to speak openly about this type of behavior, we wouldn't have the cesspool of conduct that exists today.

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Northwestern University for their grit and fight in the Outback Bowl in Tampa versus Auburn University. One of the most entertaining bowl games of the season. NU is another school that does it right academically and still competes well on the football field. Came up a little short at the end, but it was great to see them mixing it up with the big boys.

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Tim Tebow's college football finale. Fitting way for him to go out and even more of an interesting resume enhancer for his future foray into the NFL. Kudos to Brian Billick for pointing out how strange it is that people would root against him to succeed. Maybe all the jealousy is because he takes a little bit of media attention away from other fine role models such as Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and the like? Perhaps.




THUMB DOWN

Texas Tech's football program.

We have either on of the following elements at play here, if not some sort of toxic stew of all elements blended together.

1) an old-school, out of control coach overstepping his bounds by dictating medical procedure to his athletic training staff to discipline a player he disliked.

2) a prima-dona player with a hyper-involved, little league parent gone wild.

3) a school with buyers remorse over being taken to the cleaners in recent contract negotiations who no longer wants to honor said agreement.

See y'all in court numb nuts.

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Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas and some other guy I never really heard of carrying, storing and now reportedly brandishing weapons in the locker room.

Now, I seem to recall Plaxico Burress losing his job, let's see how the NBA smooths this one over. Of course, these guys won't have a preening, posturing mayor pushing the so-called Justice system to turn the screw tighter. And these guys won't have to worry about witnesses, because I'm sure there won't be any bitches doing any snitching and junk. Not that there should be any bitches in an NBA locker room, but you know what I'm saying?

Gives whole new meaning to the chatter you hear about a guy being a good "locker room presence". Now you have to know if a guy has a reputation for packing, or if he'll pull his piece and start capping half your team in the ass.

Oh and WTF were we gambling on that allegedly brought on the Gunfight at the Not-OK Corral? Anything to see here?

NBA Basketball, It's FAN-tastic!!!
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Giants Top Minor League Prospects

  • 1. Joey Bart 6-2, 215 C Power arm and a power bat, playing a premium defensive position. Good catch and throw skills.
  • 2. Heliot Ramos 6-2, 185 OF Potential high-ceiling player the Giants have been looking for. Great bat speed, early returns were impressive.
  • 3. Chris Shaw 6-3. 230 1B Lefty power bat, limited defensively to 1B, Matt Adams comp?
  • 4. Tyler Beede 6-4, 215 RHP from Vanderbilt projects as top of the rotation starter when he works out his command/control issues. When he misses, he misses by a bunch.
  • 5. Stephen Duggar 6-1, 170 CF Another toolsy, under-achieving OF in the Gary Brown mold, hoping for better results.
  • 6. Sandro Fabian 6-0, 180 OF Dominican signee from 2014, shows some pop in his bat. Below average arm and lack of speed should push him towards LF.
  • 7. Aramis Garcia 6-2, 220 C from Florida INTL projects as a good bat behind the dish with enough defensive skill to play there long-term
  • 8. Heath Quinn 6-2, 190 OF Strong hitter, makes contact with improving approach at the plate. Returns from hamate bone injury.
  • 9. Garrett Williams 6-1, 205 LHP Former Oklahoma standout, Giants prototype, low-ceiling, high-floor prospect.
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