Saturday, August 22, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
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.
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.
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$$ in the ring.
There was a computer simulation in the late 1960's / early 1970's (and I believe this was shown on television then) that "plugged in" attributes of all of the great boxing heavyweights of all time. The "early version computer game" had Rocky Marciano knocking Ali out late in the final match. The tapings for the simulation were finished just before Marciano's death in a plane crash.
Rocky Marciano is the greatest boxing heavyweight because he didn't lose - Rocky retired undefeated (which speaks for itself). While, Ali suffered some losses during his time.
Larry Holmes was much closer to retiring with no losses, but lost some matches near the end of his career. Plus, Holmes kicked Ali's a$$ 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$$ - even today.
As for Kobe Bryant or LeBron James of today's super-hyped, individual star-driven NBA of today - forget about it! They don't belong in this discussion as of right now.
Chamberlain was not the biggest player in the NBA in his time. unlike Mike, Wilt did not get favorable treatment from the league & referees - they did everything to try to stop him. Yet, Wilt never "fouled out" of a game, at any level. The only thing that slowed Chamberlain - is that a few coaches wanted him to sacrifice his scoring for "the good of the team" and play much more defense and rebound.
Remember, Wilt has his best games against other Hall-of-Famers, who were very familiar with his tendencies since they played against each other more frequently due to less teams and players. Not the talent-deluded & way-over media hyped league Michael Jordan played in (The NHL was as Popular then, if not more so). Plus, Chamberlain was on some teams that were devoid of any talent & thus was triple-team often.
If I recall one season, didn't Wilt average 50 points & 30 rebounds per game for a whole season - while being the single focus of opposing teams. There is no doubt, He could have done this every year, if so desired & everyone would have been powerless to stop him. Also, Wilt left the NBA for the ABA San Diego Conquistadors (blocked by the Lakers - so retired) at an earlier time than Jordan.
Plus, Wilt was a lot better athlete at other sports, like volleyball, than Jordan's terrible baseball career.
If Wilt was still alive - I believe he would whip Mike's a$$ - 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.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Know This California - You're At Fault
The State of California has been overrun by the rampant corruption and mismanagement that has plagued it for years - Now it has "come home to roost". You have no one to blame but yourself (that is - the state government).
This is how stupid the government is and why I am Not afraid of those morons. The Golden State is in debt "up to their ass" (which I think all deficits are scam) and has asked the U.S. Federal Government (an organization more corrupt) for help in the form of a bailout - just like the foolish banking and financial industries received. No one should get bailed out! Fuck 'um!
This type of stupidity, continues a downward cycle of deceit and mismanagement with no consequences. In which, the idiotic government goes further into debt, raises (& wastes) taxes, while at the same time help their rich & powerful "buddies".
I know people who work in the recycling industry, and in the midst of this state "belly-aching" environment, the state of "Cali-fuckup" has created more "hidden" bureaucracy by passing a law that requires a 72 hour waiting period before mailing out a check, as a payment, for bringing copper, bottles, cans, etc. to a recycling yard. You want to "cash them in" and get your money now - but, I bet that the state would not interfere if the transaction involved one of their "crooked friends".
A couple two-faced state bureaucracies called California Integrated Waste Management Board and Department of Toxic Substance Control has conducted a "witch-hunt" with their attempts to put many companies out of business, especially in the recycling industry. That industry has enough problems because of the "manufactured" economic crisis and China's communist institutional "bullshit".
I paid for a disposal fee, when I bought my new big screen television a few months ago (I didn't have a choice). Yet, these assholes want to keep the money to award their corrupt "friends" and not distribute the funds to recyclers in the way it was originally intended. These non-elected scumbags want all the business, an illegal monopoly, to go to their "big money/big business buddies". These bureaucracies change the "rules" and interpretation of the laws constantly, knowing that most could never "keep up", to benefit their "cronies".
Then, the State of California wonders why many businesses have "closed their doors" or have left the state due to bureaucratic hassles, etc. The government and their "big friends" drove out many businesses that provided an array of useful functions. The government does not care and makes it especially hard for small companies that create 70% of all jobs in the United States. I see many empty buildings, where businesses used to be.
Their "feeble" attempts at "drawing" businesses back to California with those goddam stupid television commercials are a joke.
Large organizations such as Goodwill Industries made over two billion dollars profit last year in Southern California alone and redistributed nowhere near that back into their communities. Friends of the political establishment, perhaps ? Who got the "kickbacks" ?
California is the only state dumb enough to elect multiple Hollyweird actors to the top position in their State. How incompetent is that ?
This is how stupid the government is and why I am Not afraid of those morons. The Golden State is in debt "up to their ass" (which I think all deficits are scam) and has asked the U.S. Federal Government (an organization more corrupt) for help in the form of a bailout - just like the foolish banking and financial industries received. No one should get bailed out! Fuck 'um!
This type of stupidity, continues a downward cycle of deceit and mismanagement with no consequences. In which, the idiotic government goes further into debt, raises (& wastes) taxes, while at the same time help their rich & powerful "buddies".
I know people who work in the recycling industry, and in the midst of this state "belly-aching" environment, the state of "Cali-fuckup" has created more "hidden" bureaucracy by passing a law that requires a 72 hour waiting period before mailing out a check, as a payment, for bringing copper, bottles, cans, etc. to a recycling yard. You want to "cash them in" and get your money now - but, I bet that the state would not interfere if the transaction involved one of their "crooked friends".
A couple two-faced state bureaucracies called California Integrated Waste Management Board and Department of Toxic Substance Control has conducted a "witch-hunt" with their attempts to put many companies out of business, especially in the recycling industry. That industry has enough problems because of the "manufactured" economic crisis and China's communist institutional "bullshit".
I paid for a disposal fee, when I bought my new big screen television a few months ago (I didn't have a choice). Yet, these assholes want to keep the money to award their corrupt "friends" and not distribute the funds to recyclers in the way it was originally intended. These non-elected scumbags want all the business, an illegal monopoly, to go to their "big money/big business buddies". These bureaucracies change the "rules" and interpretation of the laws constantly, knowing that most could never "keep up", to benefit their "cronies".
Then, the State of California wonders why many businesses have "closed their doors" or have left the state due to bureaucratic hassles, etc. The government and their "big friends" drove out many businesses that provided an array of useful functions. The government does not care and makes it especially hard for small companies that create 70% of all jobs in the United States. I see many empty buildings, where businesses used to be.
Their "feeble" attempts at "drawing" businesses back to California with those goddam stupid television commercials are a joke.
Large organizations such as Goodwill Industries made over two billion dollars profit last year in Southern California alone and redistributed nowhere near that back into their communities. Friends of the political establishment, perhaps ? Who got the "kickbacks" ?
California is the only state dumb enough to elect multiple Hollyweird actors to the top position in their State. How incompetent is that ?
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