Quick Hits

How's it feel Indiana (and Kentucky)?

There are fewer things that bring me more joy than watching these high and mighty college fanbases (and boosters) get what's coming to them after running a good coach out of town because he isn't good enough for them. Every few years one of these schools, who's supporters act as if they have a birthright to Final Fours and BCS Bowl Games), runs a good coach with a winning record out of town because he isn't winning enough, then hires some guy who is supposed to be a big deal to replace him. And of course the new coach does worse than the guy who supposedly wasn't good enough. In Kentucky, Tubby Smith was finally cahsed away after many seasons where the Wildcat fans were complaining about never getting further than the Elite Eight. Now they have their new coach in Billy Gillespie, and they stink (by Kentucky standards). And in Indiana, first they ran Knight (who's behavoir was perfectly acceptable until they started losing in the first round every year) then they got rid of his replacement Mike Davis even though he got them to the Final game in his second season and had a winning record. They chose Kelvin Sampson to replace him, even though he has some shadiness in his past, because Sampson was the winner they needed. Now Sampson's cheating ways are being put on full blast, and they feel stupid. And don't get me started on Notre Dame football. These programs all deserve what they get. This isn't 1970 anymore, and you can't just expect your team to be great because it always has been, If you have a good coach who follows the rules, wins more than he loses, and gets to postseason play, support him! Or else you risk looking like the guy who dumped his 40 year old wife for a 24 year old 'upgrade', only to find her stealing all his money sleeping around on him.

Please don't get tired of Roger Clemens!

The last thing I want to hear from anyone in the media is that they are tired of Roger Clemens. Don't want to hear it!! You people never got tired of trashing Barry Bonds, so don't get tired now. The stories are similar. Yes, Roger obviously did something, but we don't know what. Same as Barry. We also have a not so trustworthy character serving as the rat, with Brian McNamee taking the place of Kimberly Bell. But you'd better stay on this story with the same intensity that you did with Barry, and the four letter network had better stop running these legal experts out there to say that McNamee's got nothing to say we shouldn't listen to. If a dumped mistress with an ax to grind can be considered a credible source, then so can McNamee. Now can somebody please implicate an owner or Bud Selig in SOMETHING so that we can get to the real heart of the matter?

The NFL Hall of Fame still sucks!

Yes, they let my man Art Monk in. But that doesn't mean they're off my list. I'll go into it more in a separate piece, but as far as I'm concerned they still stink out loud.