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brainofdtrain has posted 10 links and 395 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 1 comment to the Locker Room.
Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead announcer : Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg. "Like Billy Packer, Al McGuire or any of the most highly regarded broadcasters, Clark is an original voice with his own style and perspective." Will Kellogg's style be an upgrade over Packer's? Is this a good move for CBS?
posted by brainofdtrain to basketball at 01:18 PM on July 14 - 3 comments
An Instant Classic: "A rivalry between the league's two most storied franchises -- with some of the game's biggest names and biggest moments -- now has its biggest rally. No team had ever overcome more than a 15-point deficit after the first quarter, and Elias Sports Bureau said it was the biggest comeback in the finals since 1971. One thing's for sure, it will forever be remembered in the annals of Celtics-Lakers lore."
posted by brainofdtrain to basketball at 12:21 AM on June 13 - 34 comments
D'Antoni accepts Knicks' offer : Mike D'Antoni is set to become coach of the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in its history. Can he make the Knicks contenders again?
posted by brainofdtrain to basketball at 04:48 PM on May 10 - 12 comments
Indiana set to hire Crean as hoops coach: Indiana University will hire Marquette's Tom Crean as its basketball coach and is expected to introduce him at a news conference Wednesday. The hiring comes near the end of a tumultuous six-week period in which former Hoosiers coach Kelvin Sampson resigned amid an NCAA scandal, interim coach Dan Dakich replaced him and then lost four of seven games. Is Indiana on the road to recovery?
posted by brainofdtrain to basketball at 02:09 AM on April 02 - 12 comments
Kidd to Dallas: Take Two: In a revised deal that includes the semi-retired Keith Van Horn, Jason Kidd appears to be heading to the Dallas Mavericks after all. Does Kidd give them enough to win it all?
posted by brainofdtrain to basketball at 01:45 AM on February 18 - 6 comments
I heard a great take about the trap call this morning on the radio. Assuming replay over-turned the prior ruling, what do you do with the runners? They did what they did based on that initial out call. Baseball is unlike football in that many "live calls" are made which influence decisions by baserunners in the moment.
I am not against replay, but remain unconvinced it is the panacea for bad calls by the officials. I mean, assuming they had replay for the trap call, & the 1st base ump's call had been overturned, would either side really have been pleased with how the baseruners were repositioned? I doubt both sides would be happy.
posted by brainofdtrain at 03:18 PM on October 30
Cowher??? Of course, the whole "only Vinny makes personnel decisions" would have to be axed before anyone of Shanny or Cowher's ilk would come to coach.
I wonder if the bottleneck is actually there, not Snyder. I know Snyder isn't a good guy, but if you combine a good gm with his money, how can it fail? Maybe the biggest issue to on-field success is a poor gm.
posted by brainofdtrain at 12:52 PM on October 20
Well, at least Pierce had a real game this week.
I wonder if he would find it classy if the Saints said that playing the Giant's D was like a scrimmage for them.
posted by brainofdtrain at 01:29 PM on October 19
Probably not a huge deal for this team, but you hate any potential distraction to the players at this time. I doubt there will be any great distraction though, since it is in both Frank & Jamie's best interest @ this point to not to make a big deal of this.
Now whenever the Dodger's season ends . . .
posted by brainofdtrain at 02:50 PM on October 15
Speaking of Champ, yesterday i heard Phil Simms say he is one of the best corners he has ever seen in his life on tape. In his opinion, if he isn't in the hall of fame, then people are crazy.
posted by brainofdtrain at 08:49 AM on October 08
I don't think that any FPP's have been made about this, but what is going on in Lawrence with the KU basketball team? They are widely considered the deepest, most talented team from top to bottom in the country this year, but they are fighting with the FB team & then Brady Morningstar gets pulled over, suspected of driving under the influence.
KU BB has never been without occasional black-eyes, but at this point can they keep it together & make a strong run this year? I am not sure.
posted by brainofdtrain at 08:43 AM on October 08
Whoops, i should have checked the locker room, where there is a more appropriate forum for this comment (The one about the HS baptism link). Rcade, could you mabye move my above comments there?
Sorry everyone, should have check there 1st.
posted by brainofdtrain at 08:21 AM on October 08
These types of threads are almost always frustrating to read, b/c there is a general unwillingness to engage in serious conversation, on all sides. Everyone thinks, deep down, that they are right, and are so convinced of their rightness that it useless to even have the conversation. Few if any really want to consider opinions different from their own. They just want to make semi-snarky comments to demonstrate their intellectual/moral superiority.
Before someone writes "well then don't read/contribute to it," I have often done so. I would love it if people really wanted to engage others in a constructive manner, hence my comments above.
Of course, this is sportsfilter, not a political forum, so maybe we should just talk sports, like rcade asked for elsewhere recently.
Lastly, i am in no way above being close-minded myself at times, though i do try. Just trying to note a tendency i observe when certain topics come up here.
posted by brainofdtrain at 08:19 AM on October 08
Wow, as a big 12 fan this is tough for OSU. Although it does make it less likely (in tandem with OU's losses in noncon) that there will be a 3-way tie in the South again.
posted by brainofdtrain at 10:41 PM on October 07
Also,
Kind of a tangent here, but anyone got the over/under on how many after the big 3 are gone before we remember that Doc/Danny were terrible at their respective jobs? Amazing what three future hall of famers can do to change the percpetion of a GM & the coach.
posted by brainofdtrain at 02:20 PM on October 02
I don't mind this. In a sense, the Celtics were never really dethroned. They were ravaged by injuries last year, & still made it through a round of playoff basketball. If they can stay healthy (and that is a big IF considering the age of their team), why shouldn't they have that level of expectation?
Either way, it has been a good run for them. Everyone forgets this team, with the big 3, were originally put together in the hopes to grab one immediate title. That's all. It was a desperate Danny/Doc move to save their jobs. Anything else is icing on the cake.
and cjets, isn't Sheed kind of likable in the same way ochocinco is?
posted by brainofdtrain at 11:48 AM on October 02
Wow, that made me smile. I love that.
posted by brainofdtrain at 12:58 PM on September 30
Viking,
I understand that you never said verbatim "Brett has still got it." That is focusing a little narrowly on direct verbal correspondence, isn't it? I was more referring to a growing general sentiment about Favre after beating possibly the 2 worst teams in the NFL & a team from arguably the worst division in football (the AFC West might be worse, but that is another argument). These "i never said [insert phrase] verbatim" arguments are red herrings i think.
To address your points:
"BTW, many of the detractors were speaking to how it was going to take many weeks for Favre to be productive due to reporting to camp late, and how he was going to be a disruption to the team...that does not appear to be the case."
-Granted, many did say that. I will concede that; he has proven the naysayers wrong on that front, & good for him. However, this was only a part of the criticisms levelled at Favre from the beginning. One of the other main parts i referred to in my earlier post.
"As to Favre "significantly contributing" to his team's playoff demise...not sure what team you cheer for, but I'd gladly take two SB appearances, One SB win, four NFC championship games, and a 7 additional playoff appearances from 1992 to 2007."
-I am following you that he had a great run, but my point was that those SB's were a while ago, & the last several years his "gunslinger" mentality has led to INT's at the most inopportune moments. His last playoff game in Green Bay comes to mind. This has been pretty well documented I think.
Montana won a lot of SB's in his prime; did that make the Chiefs a favorite to win the AFC championship game when he was over the hill a bit? No, & they didn't. Did that tarnish his legacy? No.
At some point even the greats can't win the biggest games anymore. I think, given his age and recent health history, that is a perfectly valid concern, one not alleviated by beating down the Lions in September. That's all i am saying. I am not saying he isn't an all-time great or anything like that, or that his play yesterday wasn't fantastic. I just sensed that some are getting a little too excited at this point.
Would you agree Viking?
posted by brainofdtrain at 12:37 PM on September 28
dviking,
In all fairness, this was the 1st team, as Simmons put it, that could even be described as mediocre, much less good. Even if they are a solid team, that still is Favre's 1st win as a vike against a decent team. Before the season even started, analysts were saying that the Vikes could be 4 or 5-0 before they played anyone of repute.
No sour grapes here, just saying let's keep this "Brett's still got it" in context. He didn't play bad the 1st half of the season last year either. I'm guessing most Jets fans are okay with him being gone.
He is a hall-of-famer, an icon, and all that. In addition to that, he is also a guy who for more than a decade has significantly contributed to his team's playoff demises. All i am saying is that few were "counting him out" against the Lions/Browns in September; they were counting him out in December/January. Great play/great win today, but that does nothing to change this assessment, sorry.
posted by brainofdtrain at 12:54 AM on September 28
Yankees Win World Series
Would anybody really dislike it if their team spent this kind of money??? I don't think so. I am not a Yankees fan, but all this payroll griping smells of envy to me.
I am a Royals fan, our owner could spend that kind of money, he doesn't, & i wish he would. I would like to buy championships & not lose 100 games every year.
Winning is fun. The Yankees played within league rules (financially speaking), & won. Why they should have to shoulder an additional level of moral obligation that no one would hate if it was their team spending like that is silly to me.