Since it has been a while, here are just some random sports related thoughts from the past few weeks which have entered, and are yet to escape the vast space within my mind:
* It is sometimes very difficult to be a Rider fan. I find it particularly annoying when fans bemoan and belittle our play over the course of the year and say this guy, that guy and the other guy need to be fired. In saying that, we all know the Riders had some weaknesses on the field last year, namely on the defensive side of the ball. Our pass rush was at times obsolete and our secondary proved to be our achilles on a couple of occasions. What does GM Brendan Taman, along with Jeremy O'Day do about it? They go out and get arguably the best cover man not only available, but one of the best in the league in Dwight Anderson. They follow that up with some depth signings included Weldon Brown and Tristan Black, and then they go out and pick up the best pass rush option available in free agency, snagging Rickey Foley away from the Argos. Most fans would be happy to see management making strides towards improving areas of weakness, right? Nope, not in Saskatchewan. Here they are seen as guys that are too old, or bring too much baggage, claim that Taman doesn't know how to evaluate talent and he should be sent packing. My words to those fickle, always complaining fans, your lives must really suck if the Riders make you that angry in the off - season.
* Dennis Rodman was an idiot throughout his playing career. He maintains his status as a complete moron, not with his recent trip to North Korea, but his statement after that the country has great leaders and all Kim Jung Un wants is to discuss basketball with Barack Obama. Go get another tattoo, maybe dye your hair another neon color or something but Dennis, leave the foriegn diplomacy to guys with common sense. In no world is the leader of a nation who spends money on nuclear arms while his people starve seen as a good guy who is just misunderstood.
* Watching the PGA Tour can be so damn aggravating. Yesterday I anxiously tuned into the final round of the Honda Classic hoping to watch Canadian Graham Delaet make a run at his first tour victory. While they showed a few shots of the Saskatchewan native, we all had to endure every single shot Tiger Woods shot en route to a 76 and a top 50 finish. Really? By the turn he had no bearing on who would win the tournament so why on earth does anybody, even the biggest Tiger fan want to see his birdie putt on 16 to get him to +5 and only fourteen shots back with two to go? Absolutely sickening. I know people want to watch Tiger but if you are spending your Sunday afternoon to see him struggle to shot 75, you need to make better plans for the weekend.
* Speaking of the PGA, I do not buy Rory McIlroy's story that tooth pain was the root (sorry for the pun) of his withdrawal at this week's stop. If that had been the case would he not have brought that up when approached in the parking lot moments after walking off the course? While we may never know the real reason for his WD, I would hope that it was something that actually warranted his decision. Many people buy tickets to these touranments, and to have the number one ranked player take off after 27 holes is a shame. Compounding the problem is that there are guys on the alternate list watiting to get a spot and who need to play to make money to maintain status, something Rory won't have to worry about for a long, long time. If he walked off simply because he wasn't playing good and took a spot away from someone who actually needed it, that is shameful.
* Speaking of shameful, Calgary Stampeder Head Coach John Hufnagel left the Coach of the Year luncheon early saying he had a flight to catch. Brutal excuse; an embarrasement to himself, his organization and the CFL as a whole. If he isn't fined by the league he should be. He does coach in Calgary, so in a way this isn't a surprise however.
* CFL schedule comes out this week and word on the street is tomorrow will be the day where my summer plans can start to be made as my schedule will revolve around the Rider home games. It bothers me that so many season ticket holders complain about the schedule saying that Rider games interfere with other plans. Uhm, you bought tickets for a reason I would think; that is to watch the Riders. If they are getting in the way of your plans, perhaps you need to make better plans. I live three and a half hours from Mosaic and have missed one game in four years. Sometimes being a fan involves sacrifice, and to me missing a day at the lake to spend the day/evening at Mosaic is NO sacrifice.
* This morning Damien Cox tweeted that other than AAA hockey, there should not be body contact as those kids need to learn how to play, not how to check. Uhm, Damien is hitting not part of the game? Thus learning to play the game should mean learning how to hit, be hit and do so in a safe manner. I get it that hitting in hockey is often given a bad rep because of some careless acts by a select few players such as Patrick Kaleta, Matt Cooke and Dan Carcillo to name a few but you can't change the entire face of the game. Furthermore, not everybody who makes it in hockey plays AAA. Some pretty good hockey players have come from lower ranks, and to have them play without hitting would be wrong in my mind.
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