wooah
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 13 January 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
Whitlock on the Mike Silver column:
My takeaway is that within the Raiders organization there are a lot of beaten-down, worthless Al Davis flunkies who are scared McKenzie has been given the autonomy to scrub the place clean of beaten-down, worthless Al Davis flunkies. The Al Davis-Oakland gravy train has run out of gravy and starving, beaten-down, worthless Al Davis flunkies are crying on the laptop of the media member Al Davis despised the most, Mike Silver.
Yep, Silver established his reputation as arguably the best NFL writer in the country (Silver is far superior to Peter the King) by repeatedly going toe-to-toe with Al Davis. It’s comical watching Hue-bris feign undying loyalty and respect for Al Davis while collaborating with Davis’ top media enemy on stories that paint Al’s son as inept.
Which leads me back to my main point: The city of Oakland should throw a parade for whoever — Mark Davis or Reggie McKenzie — was responsible for kicking Hue-bris Jackson to the curb.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/hue-jackson-hubris-not-racism-got-him-fired-by-oakland-raiders-011211
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 13 January 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
uhhhh
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 January 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
as ever, jason whitlock makes a salient point while still managing to be an ass
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 January 2012 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
rmde @ "Hue-bris"
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 January 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
mike sliver (intentionally misspelled) of talent
― omar little, Friday, 13 January 2012 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
if you're an editor and you let someone make a "Hue-bris" joke over 20 times in a column you should be fired immediately
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
The Hue-bris thing is genius.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
fisher to the rams apparently
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 January 2012 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ brian schottenheimer 2 rams
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 January 2012 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
im just glad the falcons dodged that bullet
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 16 January 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
Alabama, too.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 January 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
gregg williams leaves saints, joins rams as DC. pushed or jumped?
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 January 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
there were rumors from a few weeks ago saying he was gonna follow fisher wherever
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Monday, 16 January 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
colts keeping caldwell. also: http://www.theonion.com/articles/bucs-to-talk-with-marty-schottenheimer-about-how-l,27031/
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 January 2012 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
fuck are the colts doing
― horseshoe, Monday, 16 January 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
judging by the state of the roster, irsay made the right decision saying 'bye to the polians first and foremost. i'm 99% sure caldwell is no good but i guess the colts figured they would give him a chance to coach a team with players on it. one less team to worry about in the afc next year imo.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 January 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
really wonder if this is a prelude to bringing peyton back
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
cuz otherwise it makes zero sense
unless for some reason they just feel like there will be better HC candidates available after next season
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
wow so weird
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
I think they wisely realize that they will not be any good next year either, so give Peyton a victory lap with his coach before they cut the cord completely.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
lol if peyton is actually that invested in keeping caldwell around they should fire one and trade the other
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i didn't realize caldwell was "peyton's coach"?
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure they can trade him until he demonstrates that he can play. His contract is enormous.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
Caldwell is the closest thing to continuity that Peyton has now that Polian, Moore, and Dungy are all gone.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
but there is something they can do this very second, and that is fire jim caldwell
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's less that caldwell is peyton's coach and more that if caldwell is there peyton is the coach
i think it would be very hard to bring someone from the outside into "peyton's colts" -- the entire offense is basically "peyton walks to the line of scrimmage and decides what everyone is going to do"
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i still don't totally get that--it would be so hard to find someone who could coach up the defense and had the ability to speak while the game was taking place?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
so i guess caldwell has just been fired? colts must have been reading this thread
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
what in the world is going on over there.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
they prob intended to get rid of him all along and there were just erroneous reports out there?
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
the problem is exacerbated by ppl posting on this thread with unverified shit that they saw on twitter
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
xp i know i just enjoy imagining that the entire colts org. is in total chaos rn
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the idea of Caldwell not getting fired would have blown my mind too
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
the more bizarre thing is how irsay seems to be insistent on releasing peyton instead of trading him if they do indeed decide to get rid of him
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Manning's contract is front-loaded fwiw: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/sports/football/manning-agrees-to-90-million-contract-with-colts.html
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reports that former Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo interviewed for the Colts defensive coordinator position, and Caldwell was one of the people Spagnuolo interviewed with, along with other team officials.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
mike nolan joins atlanta as DC, his fourth team in four years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGKSjiw0HQ
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Umm, these emails:
http://deadspin.com/5855433/am-i-sick-are-we-all-sick-overwrought-things-the-media-wrote-to-auburns-pr-guy-during-cam-newtons-wild-2010-season
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
This whole Rob Lowe/Peyton Manning retirement hullaballoo on twitter and, subsequently, on various news outlets is my favorite thing ever.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Guy in my office said, "if Peyton and Rob are besties, does that mean Eli and Chad hang out together by default?"
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
what was Chad's helmet catch
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
AdamSchefter Adam SchefterOnly two of the 11 NFL head coaches hired in 2009 remain: Jim Schwartz and Rex Ryan. Other nine -- nine! -- each now fired.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
Jim Irsay: “My sources tell me Rob will star in an epic remake of ‘Deep Throat’ with aging porn stars and 4 finger circus clowns!”
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol stay classy, ladainian
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 January 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
I dont think LaDanian did anything wrong here. He's a leader on the team, he wants to see changes made so he went public. THeir season is over. Ed Reed on the other hand. Ed: you are playing in the AFC Championship this weekend. You are probably the greatest safety of all time, Joe Flacco isnt fit to wash your jock. But you need him to get you to the Super Bowl, so shut the fuck up
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 19 January 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
as much as i'd love to shit on LDT, he's approximately the eighth jet to publicly speak about the santonio thing, so i don't have much of a problem w/ it
plus it seems like all these dudes feel like their only recourse is to talk publicly about it? idk
anyway LOL jets, you signed santonio holmes to a long term deal
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
at least you'll always have that TD celebration
yeah it's not a big deal but ldt is a free agent so this feels distinctly like taking some shots on your way out (which he also did to the bolts iirc).
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link