Take What You Want, Then More

In football, I hear all the time "we took what the defense, what the defense gave us." I say that is too passive & wrong!

I say, in the spirit of General George Patton, "you take what you want, then take more, & finally take it all!"

Do Not allow anyone to dictate to you. I guarantee, no one dictates to me and still exists.

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Great Sports Coaches - My Standard is Higher

I have a higher standard than the ready to anoint someone as "Great" by the current media sensationalist, public relations, hype-machine. (Remember, the media has to create personalities, drama, etc. to be relevant & stay in business)

On my great coaches list - the individual has to be at least very good (championship contender) to championship level with every team, at some point there, that he led as a head coach, manager, etc.

This list would exclude Bill Belichick (Cleveland Browns), Vince Lombardi (Washington Redskins), Bill Parcells (New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys) - death is no excuse for Vince. Some of those teams were awful. Many others considered "great coaches" by the media would Not qualify for my list.

On the other hand - some qualifiers for my list are: Tom Landry (Dallas Cowboys), John Madden (Oakland Raiders), Scotty Bowman (Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings), Phil Jackson (Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers), Al Davis (1960's AFL Oakland Raiders head coach) - just to name a few.

However, if one on my "great coach" list comes back & leads a bad team as a head coach/manager - then he or she would "drop-off" my list.

Don Coryell Deserves a Place in Football's Hall

Why is Don Coryell Not in the pro Football Hall-of-Fame ? Maybe because he didn't win a Super Bowl ?

Bill Walsh is known as the "father" of the "West Coast Offense". However, he is not the developer, creator, or innovator of the West Coast offense. That would be Sid Gillman and carried on by Don Coryell. Every time you watch football on Sundays - every team is running a variation of the Don "Air" Coryell offense. Mike Martz said that the St. Louis Rams "Greatest Show on Turf" teams ran the exact (even the same exact terminology) offense created by Coryell over 40 years earlier.

Kellen Winslow (a Hall of Famer) said it best when he said if the Hall of Fame voters don't induct Coryell for his contributions to the game of football, then the voters do not know football and should not determine who "gets in" or not. He said they should be replaced by those who recognize innovators and contributors to football.

Ali is Not the Greatest

Muhammad Ali is Not the greatest (as he claimed) heavyweight boxer of all time. Maybe, he is the greatest boxing "showman" or "big mouth"!

Rocky Marciano is the greatest boxing heavyweight because he didn't lose - Rocky retired undefeated (which speaks for itself). While, Ali suffered some losses during his time.

Larry Holmes was much closer to retiring with no losses, but lost some matches near the end of his career. Plus, Holmes kicked Ali's a$$ in the ring.

There was a computer simulation in the late 1960's / early 1970's (and I believe this was shown on television then) that "plugged in" attributes of all of the great boxing heavyweights of all time. The "early version computer game" had Rocky Marciano knocking Ali out late in the final match. The tapings for the simulation were finished just before Marciano's death in a plane crash.

Wilt Chamberlain is the NBA King - No One Else

I would take Wilt Chamberlain over Michael Jordan any day as the greatest pro basketball of all time - it is not even close. Even a 50 year Chamberlain would dominate Jordan in a one-on-one contest. Jordan would get "sh*t swatted" & there is no way Jordan could stop "The Big Dipper".

Chamberlain was not the biggest player in the NBA in his time. unlike Mike, Wilt did not get favorable treatment from the league & referees - they did everything to try to stop him. Yet, Wilt never "fouled out" of a game, at any level. The only thing that slowed Chamberlain - is that a few coaches wanted him to sacrifice his scoring for "the good of the team" and play much more defense and rebound.

Remember, Wilt has his best games against other Hall-of-Famers, who were very familiar with his tendencies since they played against each other more frequently due to less teams and players. Not the talent-deluded & way-over media hyped league Michael Jordan played in (The NHL was as Popular then, if not more so). Plus, Chamberlain was on some teams that were devoid of any talent & thus was triple-team often.

If I recall one season, didn't Wilt average 50 points & 30 rebounds per game for a whole season - while being the single focus of opposing teams. There is no doubt, He could have done this every year, if so desired & everyone would have been powerless to stop him. Also, Wilt left the NBA for the ABA San Diego Conquistadors (blocked by the Lakers - so retired) at an earlier time than Jordan.

Plus, Wilt was a lot better athlete at other sports, like volleyball, than Jordan's terrible baseball career.

If Wilt was still alive - I believe he would whip Mike's a$$ - even today.

As for Kobe Bryant or LeBron James of today's super-hyped, individual star-driven NBA of today - forget about it! They don't belong in this discussion as of right now.

Not Cool Retarded Crooked Hat Wearers

To those who have their hats on "crooked" / "cocked off center"/ "ghetto", while wearing them (instead of wearing "straight-on", like a normal person) - Let me tell you now. It is not cool, if you think it is, then you are an idiot!

What the perception is among intelligent individuals is that it looks retarded and makes you look like a moron.