SERIOUSLY... no Seriously...... Geno Smith!!!! Geno "Howard the Duck' Smith.... No disrespect Geno but come on we all know what you are and what Eli Manning is.
Let me start off by saying I despise the Giants. Growing up a Jets Fan and eventually converting to the Saints their are only 3 things I liked about the Giants... when they lose, when they beat the Patriots and Eli Manning.
I'm no dummy. I know Eli is having an awful year... but in all fairness, who isn/t having an awful year on a 2-9 Giant Team. Wanting to see young QB's to evaluate the future of the position is fair and in the end can not be argued with since it is for the best of the team. But that evaluation should be done n=by a coach and general manager that will be with the team next year. And an evaluation is not what's happening here.
Ben McaDope has been successful in making the people in NY think that the Rich Kotite "Jet year" of 1-15 wasn't to bad... that's damn impressive. Every where he turns he makes an awful decision. He was afraid to reprimand his "Diva Wide Receiva" ODB, but whenever he could, took at shot at his 2 time superbowl winning and 2 time superbowl MVP QB. His season went to hell in a hand basket and someone needed to take the fall so instead of saying he needed to do a better job as coach he benched his QB. A QB that is the backbone of this team, a QB that 2 days ago said on the radio he is playing to win every day and playing for peoples jobs. A QB that never threw you under the bus even though you did on a bi-weekly basis. The cold, matter of fact way you decided to go about announcing this decision, with no remorse, no emotion is sickening. I felt bad for Eli listening to you say the garbage reasons you did for the decision you made... you fail in all aspects of Football.... PIT OF MISERY!!!
Jerry "Dumbass" Reese.... So you go into a season knowing you have an immobile QB who needs to stand in the pocket and throw the ball to be successful and you do nothing to fix what every knew was one of the worst offensive lines in the game and did nothing to improve the worst running game in the league. Your Job as a general Manager is to assess your team and build it by putting that team in the best position to win. You failed as well.... PIT OF MISERY!!!
John Mara, The entire Mara and Tish Family that is involved with football decisions in any way. Shame on you. SHAME ON YOU ALL. in the end this all falls on you. McaDope can say he wants to change the QB to "evaluate talent" Reese could agree with him... but in the end it is your job, as the owner of what I have been told (but can't see) to be a classy franchise to say "This is not how Eli Manning's Story is going to end In NY Guys, No Dice. Talk to me in the off season about releasing him and we can look at our options then". You see that's what your Father Wellington would have done. Actually, that's what he did when he stood up on the podium, crying when he let everyone know Phil Simms was no long going to be a Giant. In the end none of this would come to be if you had a quarter of the heart your father did. Shame on you... PIT OF MISERY!!!
Eli's time in NY was coming to an end. We can all agree on that but this is a guy that has done so much for this franchise. He has came out for 210 games strait, hurt, knowing he was going to get hit, knowing he was could win, knowing he was could lose, it didn't matter. He came out to win the game in front of him and he did it with class, dignity and to the best of his ability (which was pretty good). Lets not make Eli out to be the best QB to ever play the game, but he was the best QB to ever play for the Giants and deserved some respect when being shown the door. His streak deserved some respect as well. I personally hope he keeps playing. I know Jaxonvlle would be an even more dangerous team if they had a real QB on that team, his REAL head coach is calling the shots there and I would love to see Eli step on Tom Brady's Soul on his way to another superbowl appearance. Dilly Dilly to you Eli. Well deserved and thanks for giving me something on the Giants to not completely hate....
P.S. For the record (cause I got into this argument a few weeks ago) Eli is NOT better than Drew Brees. I don't care if he does have one more ring. Dilly Dilly!!!
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
No really....Citizen of the Year
How and the Hell does Colin Kaepernick with "citizen of the year"? First let me get to this title. I am not familiar with GQ's protocol... have they always done a citizen of the year? was it man and woman of the year first and they just decided that for some reason that was too expensive or somehow insulting so they combined it? do they still do an man of the year, woman of the year and then a citizen of the year? I don't get it. But what I do get is that Gonzo... aka Kaepernick is NOT the Citizen of the year.
I'm sure you have all seen the posts and I usually don't jump on a popular opinion but when the people are right, they are right... Citizen of the damn year is JJ Watt. Hands Down. Guy took has platform and instead of dividing the country, decided to so something that unit it in a time a tragedy. He asked the American people for help. Help with the devastating disaster that Hurricane Harvey had caused to the Houston Area.
JJ Wanted to Raise 500,000 hoping that people would be generous enough to open their hearts and their wallets with the assistance of the rebuilding efforts to the Houston Area... an area that he plays for and an area he has grown to love. When all was said and done JJ Watt raised 37 Million Dollars for Disaster Relief efforts to that area of Houston.
Why is that so important not only to the Houston area but to the entire country? Houston was not the only area devastated from natural disasters this year. Florida and Puerto Rico were hit hard with Hurricanes, and California dealt with week long wild fires that left people without homes. FEMA (the governments natural disaster relief division... in case you live under a rock) is spread thin with so many disasters happening around the same time. This money assisted with FEMA being able to distribute its budgeted money to the other areas of need (like Puerto Rico that wants Billions of dollars to fix the entire country... don't get me started).
Kaepernick hasn't played football all year.... hasn't kneeled down all year.... hasn't been relevant until the President decided to weigh in and everyone turned his protest into a "I hate the president, he can't tell me what to do so I will do what he is telling me not to" protest. It's pretty pathetic that GQ needs publicity so bad that this is how they are going about it
If you're not going to give the citizen of the year to JJ maybe you should look at his teammate, Deshaun Watson. Rookie QB of the team just recently torn his MCL and is out for the year. Was going to win rookie of the year. Before he even got to start a game. He donated his entire first Paycheck to the cafeteria workers that serve them that were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Kid is right out of college and the first paycheck he receives that finally gets him PAID, he gives the entire thing away. Dilly Dilly!!!! JJ Watt, Dilly Dilly!!!! Deshaun Watson.... pit of misery for Colin Keapernick
I'm sure you have all seen the posts and I usually don't jump on a popular opinion but when the people are right, they are right... Citizen of the damn year is JJ Watt. Hands Down. Guy took has platform and instead of dividing the country, decided to so something that unit it in a time a tragedy. He asked the American people for help. Help with the devastating disaster that Hurricane Harvey had caused to the Houston Area.
JJ Wanted to Raise 500,000 hoping that people would be generous enough to open their hearts and their wallets with the assistance of the rebuilding efforts to the Houston Area... an area that he plays for and an area he has grown to love. When all was said and done JJ Watt raised 37 Million Dollars for Disaster Relief efforts to that area of Houston.
Why is that so important not only to the Houston area but to the entire country? Houston was not the only area devastated from natural disasters this year. Florida and Puerto Rico were hit hard with Hurricanes, and California dealt with week long wild fires that left people without homes. FEMA (the governments natural disaster relief division... in case you live under a rock) is spread thin with so many disasters happening around the same time. This money assisted with FEMA being able to distribute its budgeted money to the other areas of need (like Puerto Rico that wants Billions of dollars to fix the entire country... don't get me started).
Kaepernick hasn't played football all year.... hasn't kneeled down all year.... hasn't been relevant until the President decided to weigh in and everyone turned his protest into a "I hate the president, he can't tell me what to do so I will do what he is telling me not to" protest. It's pretty pathetic that GQ needs publicity so bad that this is how they are going about it
If you're not going to give the citizen of the year to JJ maybe you should look at his teammate, Deshaun Watson. Rookie QB of the team just recently torn his MCL and is out for the year. Was going to win rookie of the year. Before he even got to start a game. He donated his entire first Paycheck to the cafeteria workers that serve them that were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Kid is right out of college and the first paycheck he receives that finally gets him PAID, he gives the entire thing away. Dilly Dilly!!!! JJ Watt, Dilly Dilly!!!! Deshaun Watson.... pit of misery for Colin Keapernick
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Getting "Buck Showaltered" is now a thing!
Hey everyone... long time no Rant.... sorry After the Yankees lost I was pissed I didn't want to say anything that I would regret (Go suck an egg Altuve). But the Yankees decided to "Part Ways" with Joe Girardi and I was speechless. Yep I said that... No idea why they would let go of a guy that came 1 win from going to the world series with a team that wasn't supposed to win more than 83 games.
I guess the Yankees thought that they had gone as far as they could with Girardi, or that 10 years was long enough and it was time to move on... or that he was too "robotic" and they wanted someone that was a little friendlier with the players, I don't Know. All I know is that I have seen this before. In 1995 the Yankees were the first winner of the AL Wild Card and played in a playoff game for the first time since 1981. Buck Showalter was the manager. He had managed the Yankees for the past 4 years. He had taken them from a dysfunctional laughing stock to a respectable playoff contender. They lost that one game playoff and Buck was let go. It was shocking and unexpected. No one knew why since the Yankees looked primed to be a playoff contender for years to come.
Within the next few weeks they hired Joe Torre, won 4 World Series Titles and in the next 12 years was in the playoffs every year under Mr. T. Buck went on to be the first coach of the Arizona Diamond backs. He was fired the year before they won the World Series too. Then he moved onto to Texas Rangers.... they made (but lost) the World Series 2 years after he left. The term "Being Buck Showaltered" was born. Fire a guy right before you go on a championship run. Girardi was just Buck Showaltered.
We can't predict if the Yankees will win anything the next few years... injuries happen, people do not hit or pitch like they did the year before. All this is true but we all can see the Yankees have a lot of YOUNG Talent and when you have Young Talent yo are usually pretty good for a number of years.
So who will be the next Yankee manager? No one knows. Looks like they want a puppet that will go by the numbers, listen to the front office and do as told. A Younger manager that is more "relatable" to the younger player and less 'Robotic" Kevin Long, Aaron Boone, Rob Thomson, Al Pedrique (Current AAA Manger) and John Flarhety have all come up. Jerry Harriston Jr. has been said to be a front runner too. They have the a guy that is everything I just mentioned but he is too hatted by the organization and polarizing a character for them to admit and hire....... Alex Rodriguez!
Yeah that's right, Good Old AROD. Oh stop your eye rolling and "hes a cheater" crap. If anyone has paid attention to him as an announcer you will know that he is very well prepared, knowledgeable and baseball smart. Like him or not he is one of the reasons DiDi, Castro, and Sanchez are hitting well at the big league level... When Sanchez was benched this year cause he couldn't catch a cold and also wasn't hitting, who did they call to have diner with him and discuss hitting... ARod. What did he do after that.. nothing but bat .320, with 20 or so HR's and like 50 more RBI's.. no biggie. Hes not a robot like Girardi. He's player friendly. He works off of the "analynics" as you will see from his announcing stats he pulls out and like him or not, he still considers himself a Yankee. Biggest knock on ARod the Announcer is he says "we" whenever he mentions the Yankees. When asked he said he could never not consider himself part of the Yankees.
ARod should be your next Yankee Manager, but he won't be... cause they hate him. They screwed him out the door and they won't give him a chance to do what he will eventually be doing anyway, Managing the game he loved so much he cheated even when he didn't need to just to be the best. Thing is he would have been great even without the junk. He is a terrific student of the game and has more knowledge about baseball then most of us could ever dream of. I'm rooting for you AROD... DILLY DILLY
I guess the Yankees thought that they had gone as far as they could with Girardi, or that 10 years was long enough and it was time to move on... or that he was too "robotic" and they wanted someone that was a little friendlier with the players, I don't Know. All I know is that I have seen this before. In 1995 the Yankees were the first winner of the AL Wild Card and played in a playoff game for the first time since 1981. Buck Showalter was the manager. He had managed the Yankees for the past 4 years. He had taken them from a dysfunctional laughing stock to a respectable playoff contender. They lost that one game playoff and Buck was let go. It was shocking and unexpected. No one knew why since the Yankees looked primed to be a playoff contender for years to come.
Within the next few weeks they hired Joe Torre, won 4 World Series Titles and in the next 12 years was in the playoffs every year under Mr. T. Buck went on to be the first coach of the Arizona Diamond backs. He was fired the year before they won the World Series too. Then he moved onto to Texas Rangers.... they made (but lost) the World Series 2 years after he left. The term "Being Buck Showaltered" was born. Fire a guy right before you go on a championship run. Girardi was just Buck Showaltered.
We can't predict if the Yankees will win anything the next few years... injuries happen, people do not hit or pitch like they did the year before. All this is true but we all can see the Yankees have a lot of YOUNG Talent and when you have Young Talent yo are usually pretty good for a number of years.
So who will be the next Yankee manager? No one knows. Looks like they want a puppet that will go by the numbers, listen to the front office and do as told. A Younger manager that is more "relatable" to the younger player and less 'Robotic" Kevin Long, Aaron Boone, Rob Thomson, Al Pedrique (Current AAA Manger) and John Flarhety have all come up. Jerry Harriston Jr. has been said to be a front runner too. They have the a guy that is everything I just mentioned but he is too hatted by the organization and polarizing a character for them to admit and hire....... Alex Rodriguez!
Yeah that's right, Good Old AROD. Oh stop your eye rolling and "hes a cheater" crap. If anyone has paid attention to him as an announcer you will know that he is very well prepared, knowledgeable and baseball smart. Like him or not he is one of the reasons DiDi, Castro, and Sanchez are hitting well at the big league level... When Sanchez was benched this year cause he couldn't catch a cold and also wasn't hitting, who did they call to have diner with him and discuss hitting... ARod. What did he do after that.. nothing but bat .320, with 20 or so HR's and like 50 more RBI's.. no biggie. Hes not a robot like Girardi. He's player friendly. He works off of the "analynics" as you will see from his announcing stats he pulls out and like him or not, he still considers himself a Yankee. Biggest knock on ARod the Announcer is he says "we" whenever he mentions the Yankees. When asked he said he could never not consider himself part of the Yankees.
ARod should be your next Yankee Manager, but he won't be... cause they hate him. They screwed him out the door and they won't give him a chance to do what he will eventually be doing anyway, Managing the game he loved so much he cheated even when he didn't need to just to be the best. Thing is he would have been great even without the junk. He is a terrific student of the game and has more knowledge about baseball then most of us could ever dream of. I'm rooting for you AROD... DILLY DILLY
Thursday, October 12, 2017
The Yankees Rule THE LAND
GOOOOOOODDD DAY Fine People. Ah today is a glorious day. Why yes... yes it is. I decided to delay this weeks rant until AFTER the results of the Yankee/Cleveland (The Land) series. Why did I wait you may have asked in your head? That Series determined the level of my Anger Rant and I,'ll tell you.
Over the past 10 years or so the NY Yankees have been Managed by Joe Girardi. Some people like Joe's managing style, some people hate Joe's style. I have been indifferent. The entire time I have believed him to be a very good manager of talent, developer of young talent and dedicated to the focus of winning a World Series (He wears number 28 so he can look at the number every day reminding himself he needs to get the Yankees to their 28th World Series championship btw). Joe is very much a by the number kind of guy. Looks at match ups between people, does this guy hit that pitcher well, does this guy pitch better verse lefties, etc. He manages to what he sees the numbers to be in his favor. I get that and understand it. If your a baseball purist and hate all the numbers then you want him to manage more with his "gut" and probably hate his guts. Trust me I get that too. To be clear though, just because you don't like someone's management style does not make them a bad manager
Last Friday, Joe WAS a bad manager. It may be the first time I thought decisions that he made were illogical, out of character and at the time in my opinion would cost the Yankees the Series. I'm a passionate fan. It was bad. What made it worse was at first he didn't want to admit he made a mistake. That infuriated me. Almost made a voodoo Girardi Doll... not gonna lie.
But than something happened I never could have guessed. THEY WON THE WHOLE F#*CKING THING... well at least the series. His team never gave up on him. Winning 2 games at home and then coming back to "THE LAND" to beat this years (expected) Cy Young award winner, thats the best pitcher in the league award for those playing at home who don't know. I have no words. This team made up of mostly Young Kids with a few veterans sprinkled in surprised everyone. They also won one for their coach.
Joe is a very loyal coach. To a fault almost. He will stick with a guy through their troubles even when every sports announcer, analyst and fan is screaming for their head. To the public his confidence in them never waivers. Even when he has to remove them from the line up or a roll they currently are in his answer is usually " We will get him right and get him back in there". It looks like the team showed that same confidence in him. They needed to play perfect baseball to rectify a mistake their coach made and they did. Like him or not, that kind of leadership and loyalty is impressive. Tip of the hat to you Joe. Don't do it again though.... and keep on winning.
On a side note, in the soap opera that is the NFL. It looks like the owners may demand the players stand for the anthem, the players are making statements that they won't listen to it and I am at a point where I don't give a F#*K anymore. Hey guy that gets paid a lot of money to play a game, if your boss says enough is enough you all stand... you stand.... or you will have now given someone else an opportunity to make a lot of money to play the game that will listen to their boss. Don't worry, McDonalds is giving out like $15 an hour to say "do you want fries with that". I'm sure you can kneel all you want there.
Good luck to the Yankees in this upcoming series (sorry Houston) and I'm excited to see how much more destructive the NY Giants can be this season as this year moves along. Heard a rumor of Eli to Jaxonville. That would be interesting. See ya next week sports fans!!!
PS - Happy Belated Birthday Uncle Mitch. I know you read this. Have a cigar for me tonight.
Over the past 10 years or so the NY Yankees have been Managed by Joe Girardi. Some people like Joe's managing style, some people hate Joe's style. I have been indifferent. The entire time I have believed him to be a very good manager of talent, developer of young talent and dedicated to the focus of winning a World Series (He wears number 28 so he can look at the number every day reminding himself he needs to get the Yankees to their 28th World Series championship btw). Joe is very much a by the number kind of guy. Looks at match ups between people, does this guy hit that pitcher well, does this guy pitch better verse lefties, etc. He manages to what he sees the numbers to be in his favor. I get that and understand it. If your a baseball purist and hate all the numbers then you want him to manage more with his "gut" and probably hate his guts. Trust me I get that too. To be clear though, just because you don't like someone's management style does not make them a bad manager
Last Friday, Joe WAS a bad manager. It may be the first time I thought decisions that he made were illogical, out of character and at the time in my opinion would cost the Yankees the Series. I'm a passionate fan. It was bad. What made it worse was at first he didn't want to admit he made a mistake. That infuriated me. Almost made a voodoo Girardi Doll... not gonna lie.
But than something happened I never could have guessed. THEY WON THE WHOLE F#*CKING THING... well at least the series. His team never gave up on him. Winning 2 games at home and then coming back to "THE LAND" to beat this years (expected) Cy Young award winner, thats the best pitcher in the league award for those playing at home who don't know. I have no words. This team made up of mostly Young Kids with a few veterans sprinkled in surprised everyone. They also won one for their coach.
Joe is a very loyal coach. To a fault almost. He will stick with a guy through their troubles even when every sports announcer, analyst and fan is screaming for their head. To the public his confidence in them never waivers. Even when he has to remove them from the line up or a roll they currently are in his answer is usually " We will get him right and get him back in there". It looks like the team showed that same confidence in him. They needed to play perfect baseball to rectify a mistake their coach made and they did. Like him or not, that kind of leadership and loyalty is impressive. Tip of the hat to you Joe. Don't do it again though.... and keep on winning.
On a side note, in the soap opera that is the NFL. It looks like the owners may demand the players stand for the anthem, the players are making statements that they won't listen to it and I am at a point where I don't give a F#*K anymore. Hey guy that gets paid a lot of money to play a game, if your boss says enough is enough you all stand... you stand.... or you will have now given someone else an opportunity to make a lot of money to play the game that will listen to their boss. Don't worry, McDonalds is giving out like $15 an hour to say "do you want fries with that". I'm sure you can kneel all you want there.
Good luck to the Yankees in this upcoming series (sorry Houston) and I'm excited to see how much more destructive the NY Giants can be this season as this year moves along. Heard a rumor of Eli to Jaxonville. That would be interesting. See ya next week sports fans!!!
PS - Happy Belated Birthday Uncle Mitch. I know you read this. Have a cigar for me tonight.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Free... Free Fallin
It's Only Tuesday and its been a hell of a week already. Before I get to the "Toy Store" aka sports (thanks for that analogy Joe Boningo) I just want to quickly address a few things.
First I would like to send my thoughts and prayers to all of the family's and people affected by the shooting in Las Vegas this Monday. I hope that you will receive whatever is needed in this awful time. No one will ever know when Evil will show its ugly head. It seems as though it is showing up more and more now causing everyone to question their safety. The answer is, we can no longer feel the safety we once did because of the world we live in. It's sad. There are ugly, evil people in the world today and nothing will stop them. Not silly gun laws. Not security checks. Nothing. If they want to spew their evil, they will find a way. Shame on anyone out their pushing their own agenda's in a time like this. This is not a time to debate gun laws or terrorism definitions. It is a time to help your fellow man (or woman). Please do so.
Second, Kudos to Jerry Jones in regards to last weeks "To Kneel or not to Kneel" topic. In a sea of crap that was our NFL last week, Jerry Jones (like he usually does) proved he is a smart business man that is always one step ahead and can create a solution for almost any problem. In a sign of unity, Jerry had his entire team and staff kneel before the national anthem in prayer against diversity and for equality and freedom of rights. He then had his entire team stand as one for the Anthem to show Unity. Good Job Jerry well done. "Dilly Dilly"
Third, yesterday we lost one of music's great talents. Tom Petty passed away after falling into a coma after cardiac arrest. He was 66. It's heart breaking to many when someone such as Tom Petty passes. His, and many others music touch us in ways that the artists will never know. Luckily their music will always live on. So turn up that "Last Dance with Mary Jane", 'American Girl" or "Free Falling" as well as countless other hits and celebrate the terrific life of Tom Petty
Speaking of Free Falling..... How bout them Giants (See what I did there). From a team that thought they were superbowl contenders, they now are just a team that needs their first win of the season. 0-4 hurts no matter how you look at it. Don't Worry Giants, you may be one of the worst so far this year but it could be worse. You could be the LA Chargers. Not only are they 0-4 as well but they got moved from their home town in San Diego to LA and no one is showing up to watch them play. Most Football Stadiums hold between 75k and 100k people.... The Chargers are playing in a 27k seat Soccer Arena while they build their new building. And they can only draw 10,000 fans a week to that stadium. That's pathetic. More people go see College games than that.
I feel bad for the soon to be Las Vegas Raiders having their star QB hurt 2 years in a row. A fractured back has to hurt. Poor Derek Carr. The Bears are so bad that they have decided 4 games into the season it's time to go to their rookie QB to save their season. Yep that works every time I'm sure it will work out for you Chicago. I'm pretty sure Alabama could beat the San Fran 49ers at this point btw.... they are so bad (Roll Tide). In a personal side note, I have also been calling out the Atlanta FalCANTS for being the softest "good team" all year and it showed last week. After the Football Gods gifted them 2 wins this year to make them 3-0, lady luck finally kicked them in the balls this week as the Buffalo Bills rolled all over them. I'm calling an 8-8 finish for the FalCANTS this year Just Watch.
Well, till next time everyone stay safe and protect yourself from the evils in this world. Sports and Music really are the toy store of our lives and its a shame when tragedy and politics get intertwined. God Bless
First I would like to send my thoughts and prayers to all of the family's and people affected by the shooting in Las Vegas this Monday. I hope that you will receive whatever is needed in this awful time. No one will ever know when Evil will show its ugly head. It seems as though it is showing up more and more now causing everyone to question their safety. The answer is, we can no longer feel the safety we once did because of the world we live in. It's sad. There are ugly, evil people in the world today and nothing will stop them. Not silly gun laws. Not security checks. Nothing. If they want to spew their evil, they will find a way. Shame on anyone out their pushing their own agenda's in a time like this. This is not a time to debate gun laws or terrorism definitions. It is a time to help your fellow man (or woman). Please do so.
Second, Kudos to Jerry Jones in regards to last weeks "To Kneel or not to Kneel" topic. In a sea of crap that was our NFL last week, Jerry Jones (like he usually does) proved he is a smart business man that is always one step ahead and can create a solution for almost any problem. In a sign of unity, Jerry had his entire team and staff kneel before the national anthem in prayer against diversity and for equality and freedom of rights. He then had his entire team stand as one for the Anthem to show Unity. Good Job Jerry well done. "Dilly Dilly"
Third, yesterday we lost one of music's great talents. Tom Petty passed away after falling into a coma after cardiac arrest. He was 66. It's heart breaking to many when someone such as Tom Petty passes. His, and many others music touch us in ways that the artists will never know. Luckily their music will always live on. So turn up that "Last Dance with Mary Jane", 'American Girl" or "Free Falling" as well as countless other hits and celebrate the terrific life of Tom Petty
Speaking of Free Falling..... How bout them Giants (See what I did there). From a team that thought they were superbowl contenders, they now are just a team that needs their first win of the season. 0-4 hurts no matter how you look at it. Don't Worry Giants, you may be one of the worst so far this year but it could be worse. You could be the LA Chargers. Not only are they 0-4 as well but they got moved from their home town in San Diego to LA and no one is showing up to watch them play. Most Football Stadiums hold between 75k and 100k people.... The Chargers are playing in a 27k seat Soccer Arena while they build their new building. And they can only draw 10,000 fans a week to that stadium. That's pathetic. More people go see College games than that.
I feel bad for the soon to be Las Vegas Raiders having their star QB hurt 2 years in a row. A fractured back has to hurt. Poor Derek Carr. The Bears are so bad that they have decided 4 games into the season it's time to go to their rookie QB to save their season. Yep that works every time I'm sure it will work out for you Chicago. I'm pretty sure Alabama could beat the San Fran 49ers at this point btw.... they are so bad (Roll Tide). In a personal side note, I have also been calling out the Atlanta FalCANTS for being the softest "good team" all year and it showed last week. After the Football Gods gifted them 2 wins this year to make them 3-0, lady luck finally kicked them in the balls this week as the Buffalo Bills rolled all over them. I'm calling an 8-8 finish for the FalCANTS this year Just Watch.
Well, till next time everyone stay safe and protect yourself from the evils in this world. Sports and Music really are the toy store of our lives and its a shame when tragedy and politics get intertwined. God Bless
Monday, September 25, 2017
To Stand, Kneel or Sit... You Son Of A Bitch!!!!
Many moons ago I decided it was time to End Ant's Rants. I thought no one really wanted to listed to me complain about sports.... no one likes a whiner, but 2 things happened recently. First, I've had this uncontrollable urge to do this again. There are so many thing in the sports world that I feel very passionate about. That coupled with the realization that this rant is as much for ME as it is any of you smacked me in the face faster than Ray Rice would (sorry Ray it was too easy). Second, I actually have had people ask or tell me to do this again. Maria, Uncle Mitch, and you Knuckles, thanks for the support and lets see how this goes.
Why not start with the Hottest topic of the NFL year so far. No it has nothing to do with Tom Terrific and Bell-a-cheat. Not the pathetic G-Men and their "Diva Receiva". Its about 2 of the best known symbols of this great country... the Flag and OUR National Anthem.
Last year Collin Kapernick started a revolution of sorts when he decided that he wanted to silently protest what was going on in this country with Police Brutality. Let me say now that I am a huge supporter of our men and women in blue and always will be. These people go out there every day and put their life on the line to make sure we are safe. That bravery and sacrifice, in my opinion can never be repaid. Not every police officer is honest and loyal, I understand that, but not every officer is an evil "shot first ask questions later" monster that the miserable media portrays in an attempt to boost ratings and sell papers either.
Kapernick's protest has now been taken to a new level and i'm not even sure some of the people doing it know why they are anymore. My family and I will always stand and salute our flag for our nation anthem. To me its a time to be proud of this country, to be proud of the men and women that fight for this country and to all the men and women that protect and serve this country in any way. That's soldiers, police officers, fire fighters, EMS workers and any other group i may have missed. That's what I believe and my right as an American.
It is also every Americans right to silently protest any way they chose to. That is how this country work. Just like it is MY RIGHT to say that I think that sitting, kneeling or doing anything other than standing and placing your hand over your heart during our national anthem is completely disrespectful and moronic. Chose another form of protest please. One that does not show disrespect for the country that provides you with the freedoms to be such an idiot. You see I can say that... cause it's my right.... just like you can sit or kneel or sit on a Gatorade cooler, wearing a knit hat while eating a banana (I'm looking at you and your skittles Marshawn Lynch).
As an American you have the right to say how you feel and feel however you would like. Everyone. Including the President of the united States of America. President Trump can feel strongly about whatever he would like as a person..... BUT as the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, you can not verbally tell people they do not have the right to do something that is in the Constitution. You just can not. And you CAN IN NO WAY call a group of individuals "Sons of Bitches". You are the President of the United States of America. Please show respect to the office you hold and speak in a professional manor when reflecting anything ESPECIALLY your opinion on something. I completely disagree with the manor in which President Trump addressed this situation. Hundreds to thousands of players took on a protest not for what Kapernick had intended it for. They took on a protest to show that they have the right under the first amendment to protest and not even the president can tell them not to. It had less to do with what Kapernick wanted his protest to be and more to do with their first amendment right at this point. But can they actually protest?
In the end it comes down to this. Football is a sport, we are all entertained and athletes make a TON of money.... but in the end they are employees. Employed by a team, that has a management system in place and an owner. Further prof it is a job is they are unionized as a group. This union is to look out for their rights and best interests as employees. If an owner feels strongly about something he should let his Employees know what is exceptionable and what is not. I am required to come into work everyday in a dress shirt and dress pants. Some companies allow you to wear jeans and a t-shirts for the same job. I can protest and start coming in to work dressed in t-shirts and jeans saying that my company needs to change with the times and change their dress code. That's my right. I would also be fired on the spot as it is understand that for my job,with my company, this is the proper dress attire. Same applies here. If an owner allows their team to protest then fine they can protest that's their right. But if an owner does not think that at this job (which is playing football), while working for them they should use their job as a platform for politics then its simple. Tell them that, tell them what is expect and if someone does not listen to the rules and regulations set up by you as the owner of their company then fire them. Unfortunately, there is too much money to be lost so most of the owners are to gutless to do this. Except one? It has been said that Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys does not want any of his players or coaches to sit of kneel for the National Anthem. If they do it was reported that they will be fired immediately. He put that out there. Their Game is played tonight on Monday Night Football. Only time will tell if Jerry is true to his word or gutless like the rest.
As always if you have anything to say leave a comment. Thanks everyone #ComeGetSome
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