It has been a while since I have shared with you my wisdom and insights. My quest to turn the Norquay Knights into the most dominant Boys 1A basketball team leaves only a few minutes for some quick thoughts. Here we go:
* Love it or hate it, the Canadian Men's roster at the Olympics is the best there is in this tournament....on paper anyways.
* The World Jr. Team needs to move away from the mentality that they need to take players to fulfill certain 'roles' on that team. I mean really the likes of Frederick Gauthier and Josh Anderson, so - called checkers did very little to help that team. Surely there was more skilled guys they could have taken. You don't see Sweden, Finland and the likes filling roles. They take the top forwards they have, throw them together and let them work their magic.
* Even the thought that the NHL should be forced to loan Jr. aged players to this tournament is preposterous. No NHL GM in the world is going to put the Canadian World Jr. team ahead of their own team, nor should they be expected to be.
* Nathan Dumba is highly over - rated.
* Where was Max Domi? Surely he could have added not only skill, but grit to go along with it.
* In all honestly, I struggle to believe that there aren't better choices than Jeff Carter and Marc - Edouard Vlasic for the Olympic team. To add to that, Chris Kunitz is really one of the top 14 forwards in our nation. Put him in Florida; does he score twenty?
* The Cincinnati Bengals have a serious decision to make regarding Andy Dalton. Is he, or isn't he the guy to move them into the NFL's elite? He isn' exactly 'red hot' in the play - offs.
* Being an NFL coach must be about the most fickle job in the world. Hired today and spoken highly of as the man to turn the team around, fired nine months later and said you werent' the man for the job. Is one season really a fair shot to see what you bring as a coach?
* Did you know the Cleveland Browns are paying nearly $50 million dollars to men who once were, but are no longer their Head Coach?
* Not much for basketball but the Chicago Bulls acquired Andrew Bynum late last night/early this morning. He was released this afternoon. Maybe he could be the next HC in Cleveland for the Browns.
* Nick Kypreos was pretty worked up that Dallas Eakins ran an 8:00 am practice yesterday morning for the Edmonton Oilers. Nick, do you know how many people accomplish more by 8:00 in the morning than most NHL'ers will in a month? If they want to make their millions, they can practice when their 'boss' tells them to.
* The same Nick Kypreos said that James Neal was the pureset goal scorer in the game aside from Alexander Ovechkin. Yeah sure Nick and your nose is the straightest in sports television.
* It's cold.
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