It has been a bad day for Tennessee football. After weeks of hoping, Jon Gruden turned down the head coaching job. To be fair, Gruden's agent claims that no offer was made, that Gruden was never interested & Tennessee also claims that they have not offered or talked to Gruden about the job. However, several media sources in Tennessee dispute those facts & I believe them. Anyway Tennessee still needs a coach & wants to go big, here are some suggestions. Note all of these choices are Tennesseans.
On October 25th the NBA board of governors approved the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies. It is now only a matter of time before Robert Pera is the now owner. With the ownership change now certain it is time to take a look back at the Michael Heisley era.
When Heisley first brought the Grizzlies they were losing money, being miss managed and in Vancouver. He tried to succeed in Vancouver but couldn't. Maybe it was the lack of support or it could have been the crime and bad music.
Michael Heisley needed to get the team out of that city. So he came to Memphis. Since then the Grizz have made 5 trips to the playoffs & have played in a game 7 in the 2nd round. They have had 3 all-stars, and are now a team people respect. There have been some problems, the Otis Thorpe trade cost the Grizz a chance at, getting either Melo, D. Wade or Chris Bosh. Pau Gasol demanded to be traded & went on to win 2 NBA titles with the Lakers. (Which was great for me except Grizz fans whined about it so much that they then had trouble realizing that Marc Gasol was awesome) Beside Pau, Shane Battier, J-Will, James Posley all went on to win titles with the Heat the very next season after they left. Then there was this
Yes Mr Heisley, we are going to talk about how bad Thabeet is!
Yet Michael Heisley kept going and now he has sold the team for a profit and the team is better than ever. He is the reason why the Grizzlies are in Memphis. So Thank You Michael Heisley.
Last week on Raw, Jerry Lawler returned to WWE. Of course being WWE the had to make a skit out of it. Paul Heyman aka Paulie Dangerously, CM Punk's manager faked a heart attack. A lot of people were offended by it. I wasn't really offended by it, why? One, Lawler and Heyman have feuded in the past and I would love to see it restarted. Two, the WWE has done way, way worse. So for here is the list.
Voting for the NBA All-Star game has begun. This year the center position has been abolished. Instead of voting for two forwards, two guard and a center, fans will vote for three front court players and two back court players. As someone who played center for all of my church school league career, I strongly disagree. Truth be told the NBA should have separate lists for each of the five position. But it is what it is. Another year, another set of picks. Here I go
Montreal Screwjob, back story Bret Hart was leaving the WWF (WWE) to go to WCW. The thing was Bret was still WWF Champion. Vince McMahon wanted Bret to lose to Shawn Michaels. Problem was Bret hated Shawn and swore never to drop the belt to him.The match was in Monteal, Canada. So Vince, Shawn & HHH got together and came up with a plan. Because just having Bret lose to the Undertaker was clearly a crazy idea.
Lakers, I have been a fan of yours since the 80s. I have suffered through Celtic, Piston, Bull, Kings, Heat, & Grizz fans. I live in Memphis so I get mocked for not being a Grizz fans. I struck with you guys because the Lakers aren't just winners. You guys have a winning attitude. Lakers & we Laker fans don't tolerate losing, unlike Grizzlies fans. Now in the mist of the worst opening to a season by the Lakers in my life. (Note: I am 31) I hear "give it time", WHAT!!!! THAT IS NOT HOW LAKERS TALK, CLIPPERS TALK LIKE THAT BUT NOT LAKERS!! Repeat after me, Jim Buss. I will fire Mike Brown. I will get rid of the stupid offense. I will hire either Phil Jackson, Coach K or if necessary Coach Cal.
Memphis Tigers, you are my team, my school, my classmates. I don't want to say this but, What in the World is going on. You guys are a top 20 team & had trouble with CBU! Arriving late to meetings, getting sent to the locker room, really??? For 2 years you guys have underachieved. It is time to growup.
I have made my point however I feel it should be made again. Therefore Francine of American Dad will make in Coach Cal fashion!
