Posted by
flagwaver on Monday, April 26, 2010 11:44:41 AM
It's down to the wire time at school for me; final papers and exams are next week, and graduation is on May 8th! I have a few things left to do before I walk across the stage at Lawrence Joel Coliseum next weekend...dang that's close!!!...but I also had a few things rattling around the old noggin, so here we go!
I watched the NFL Draft this past weekend, and the Tim Tebow man-crushes made me sick! Why is it that we cannot judge this kid by the same standards that every other quarterback prospect is judged by, and without having to apologize for pointing out the flaws in his game? His footwork is horrible, his release point is just as bad, and he can't read defenses any better than I can from my couch. He has the same flaws as guys like Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch, Alex Smith, and Brad Smith did coming from spread-option attacks in college and I am not sure he has what it takes to be an NFL starting quarterback. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so...and I definitely don't apologize for saying so. Just because I criticize the kid as a football player doesn't mean I don't like him, it just means I don't think his skills translate from college to the NFL.
Staying on the draft for a minute, why all the hate on Jimmy Clausen and Colt McCoy? I heard people overlooking Clausen's stats and style, and the fact he is probably the most NFL-ready quarterback in the draft to harp on the fact that he showed up to sign with Notre Dame in a stretch Hummer limo. That is supposedly emblematic if his "attitude problem"...even though it was over three years ago, when he was a freaking high school senior! I thought the tape was supposed to be what mattered, and the problems at Notre Dame the last couple of years certainly were not with Jimmy Clausen and the offense! As for Colt McCoy, why weren't his 'intangibles' enough to vault him up the draft list? He is more mobile, faster, and more accurate than Tim Tebow AND he has the most wins as a starting quarterback (45) that ANYONE in NCAA football history! If Tebow's 'intangibles' made him a first rounder, then why couldn't McCoy's get him into the early second round?
Why is everyone so up in arms about the Gieco dude getting canned for leaving a dumbasp message in the FreedomWorks voicemail system? If this idiot didn't understand that he was a representative of his company whenever he spoke in public or on a public issue, he could have called me. I used to work for a textile company and played for the company sponsored basketball team; if we got into any trouble during the games; fighting, cursing, etc.; we were liable to the same reprecussions that we would have faced for doing that at work...because we were representing the company! What's hard about that to understand? You have an absolute right to say what you want, FreedomWorks has an absolute right to complain, and Gieco had an absolute right to can that idiot!
Why is Geraldo Rivera on FNC? I understand "Fair & Balanced", but this guy is the same liberal hack he's always been. Just because he supports the military doesn't mean that he is someone I want to hear from. He's pro-amnesty, he thinks there's racism behind every tree, and this clown says the SEALs on trial should be pardoned by the president...but not have the charges against them dismissed! What a moron!
Finally, did anyone see the Fox & Friends segment about rapper T.I. doing a speech at an Atlanta-area middle school? It seems that some of the parents had a problem with a "convicted felon" speaking to the kids about avoiding bullying and staying out of trouble. Now I understand that the school should have informed the parents of the visit, and it seems that some of the teachers weren't informed either...and the prinicpal got snippy in an email exchange with parents and took some unwarranted shots at former President GW Bush. But the larger issue for me is that if you want to explain to kids the dangers of getting involved with criminal activity, it is probably best to use someone who has gotten caught up and can tell you what prison is like. Honestly, kids listen more to a guy like T.I. than some Olympic bronze medalist who's never been in trouble a day in their lives.
But that's just my opinion, now tell me yours!