Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Well That Was Quick!

I am not afraid to admit that I was wrong in terms of Coach Cal and Indiana. Coach Kelvin Sampson put the Calipari fire out real quick when he decided to leave Oklahoma for Indiana today. Next up is the rumors that Johnny C will be going to the Sooners. The one thing that is in our favor is that, today, John Calipari stated that as long as Memphis was fair then he will be here. So fans expect him to be the second highest paid coach, behind Patino, when the Tigers up his salary. Don't be surprised that his number will be somewhere around the two million mark. Hey Fred Smith do you mind throwing in another 500 grand, whats another half a million, you own FedEx.

Monday, March 27, 2006

Will He Stay or Will He Go? If so then Who will Come?

Memphis fans,we could be coming to the end of the Calipari era. If rumors are "serious" then he could be the next coach at Indiana and where there is smoke there usually is fire, when it comes to coaches. Remeber when he was named the coach here? It was the same type of situation. I really like Calipari and think that he is a real asset to the program, in terms of national exposure, but if he does leave then we still have to get out of bed the next morning. The program will go on because it will have to considering that we want to have some hefty leverage for the next round of conference realignments. We can't afford to hire another up and coming coach and go through the disaster that we did with Tic Price. So who is out there that can come in and win with the players that we currently have? Well we will need a guy that will convince DWash and Shawne Williams in to staying one more year? Who is out there who believes in playing shut down defense and a up tempo offense? What coach is out there with a reputation of puting guys into the NBA? What coach has a history of winning? What coach has a reputation with the high school coaches in Memphis? What coach was once considered for the head coach job here? Well I am going to throw out an old name that some might scoff at but I say why not? How about Nolan Richardson? He is a better option than many of the coaches that would be mentioned for the job. We know what he once did and I wouldn't be concerned about his time off it certainly didn't hurt Dick Vermeal. While I am sure that many people will disagree but at least I am looking forward. So if you have a better idea then leave it in the comments section.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Jim Nance is a Crybaby!

I have just finished watching Jim Nance cry about the fact that the small conference teams got into the tournament instead of the bigger schools from the "Power Conferences". His argument is that there hasn't been one of these teams to make it to the Sweet Sixteen rather it is the "Power Teams" that are there. So why should we allow these teams into the tournament when Jim knows for a fact that they won't be standing after two games? Well Jim, the basketball tournament is not the BCS and TV and sponsers can't dictate who can and can't come to the dance. To get mad about this and treat selection committee, Craig Littlepage, the way that you did just proves what a dick you really are. We sit and listen to you ruin just about every sporting event with your fluffy gay language and cliches but now we will have to sit and listen to it for the next three weeks. I wish I had a death ray that could travel through the TV because buddy you and that fat wind bag, Billy Packard, would be the first to go. So go home take out your tampon and have a good cry over the big conferences not getting more schools into the tournament, you Douchebag!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Call Me Crazy

Is it me or does the current NFL situation seem like two little kids fighting. Think about two little boys, who are about to fight, but both are too affraid to throw the first punch. So one of them draws a line in the dirt and tells the other that if he crosses then the fight is on. So the boy crosses the line and the other boy draws another and tells him that if he crosses that line then the fight is on. This last for an hour, until they both forget what they were going to fight over; so they decide that they make better friends than enemies so they make up. This is what I see the current relationship between the NFL and the Players Association. The Players Association, or should I say Gene Upshaw, has too much to lose by not making a deal because a number of his constituents stand to lose big time with the pending cuts do to the salary cap not be increased. These players will not be resigned to long term contracts because of the instability of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. So folks don't be surprised to see an agreement signed soon because the Players could loose alot.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Can a Loss Be Good, I say Yes.

Last thursday night the 3rd ranked Memphis Tigers lost to UAB. With this came the break down of every aspect of thursday nights game by the Memphis media. The only thing that I didn't hear mentioned was that maybe this loss was a good thing. The Tigers were on a 15 game winning streak with Texas being their last loss. Since that loss they have rolled over the wealk competition in CUSA and have begun to take winning for granted. The team has become arrogant, which is evident by their play on the court and the commnets that some of the players have made to the media. So they needed to lose thursday night to wake them up and prove to them that they need to bring it no matter who they are playing be it Duke or UAB. Ask the '05 Colts, the '04 Steelers or the '05 Cardinals where they went wrong?

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Can You Feel it Folks?

If people outside of the South want to know how passionate Southerners are about their football all they have to do is look at the festivities surrounding spring practice. Now I am not trying to say that fans will turn out like they do for the regular season but they do turn out. Last year the University of Memphis had close to ten thousand for the spring game; this is a school that couldn't draw ten thousand fans, on a good day, ten years ago. Look at how many showed up for the South Carolina spring game last year. Hell they even put the game on ESPN 2, now that is saying some. Maybe that they were searching for content but that is another story. So when the rest of the country is trying to stay warm, the 1st two weeks of April, Southerns will be basking in the sun watching some football and drinking a cold one. Well this should help us make it to August when fall practice begins.