The coaching carousel at the circus

For the last … decade? Or so? … the nfl has been all about winning now. You get a chance to prove yourself as a coach, and the goodwill around it may last as long as 4 years - if you're lucky. And if you're not, it may end after one (or in the middle of one of you really show yourself to be a jerk)

So every single year, there are anywhere between 6-9 head coaching jobs available. Yes, nearly 25% of the coaches are fired every year.

And for those teams that are really pathetic, they churn through a new coach regularly (the dolphins, for example, have had 11 coaches over 22 years. That's a new one every two years!)

With a new coach comes a new philosophy. A new set of players the coach likes. And a rebuild that sounds good on paper, but which inevitably gets the owner questioning the hire after a season or two.

And guess what? It's rare that these teams churning through coaches ever get any better. Sure they may show flash for one season. But it almost never lasts, and it's on to the next guy.

And yet the league is still popular. Fans still pay good money to see "their team" underperform.

The nfl is a joke.

Sam Obisanya turns down Edwin Akufo's offer - Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso is a really good show, very enjoyable. Sure, some episodes are a little weird, but its all entertaining. 

But this scene is pure comedic gold  

Oh, so the tables are turned...

Hannity has a trove of text messages released, and he starts in with it being an invasion of his privacy! How could anyone allow for such a thing?! His indignance is clearly a defensive measure. And pretty funny.

Especially when you consider his stance on the patriot act, which became a thing after 9/11. Congress decided to allow various means of spying on citizens, including the collection of any communications, ostensibly as a means to prevent "terrorism". As I recall, he was all in on that.

What happened on Jan 6 was basically an act of domestic terrorism. Full stop. The insurrection would allow for communications between citizens to become public under the law.

But I guess a dipshit blowhard like Hannity can only see the threats to our nation being foreigners with accents.

And, for the record, I see that he was kind of, sort of, trying to stop the events in some way. But two things: first, somehow he knew about these events in advance. How did that come to pass? Does that make him complicit? What was going on there? And how much more does he know? He will have to come clean on this.

And second, the fact that he was aware of a seditious act being planned, but he didn't alert anyone, and rather tried to stop it via pleading on text, may expose him in a legal sense. He had an obligation to alert the fbi or others, and failure to do so may make him an accomplice to the crime in the eyes of the law.

It's no wonder he sees it as a problem *for him*

Every single person involved needs to be held accountable. Every one.

Strange times

Antonio Brown, known purveyor of fake vaccine cards, has a meltdown and leaves the field and ostensibly gets kicked off the team and probably will be "blackballed" from the NFL for his antics.

Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers, who knowingly broke the rules set forth by the NFL regarding vaccination and mask wearing, and lied to reporters and fans (or as he essentially says he "misled them, and they didn't ask followups so it's on them") … gets a free pass. As he did when broke the rules.

Rodgers is the leading candidate for the MVP of the league - in spite of his flaunting of the rules, and what's worse, missing a game because of it.

Somehow…he's going to be rewarded for his behavior?

Oh right. This was never about player safety. This was about making money and he sells tickets and makes it exciting so he gets the kudos, and none of those pesky rules apply to him.

He can use and promote quack science. Lie. Cheat. But win a football game and you're the man!

Such dumbassery

Ain’t that stupid?

Last year, the NFL staged a "game" between the broncos and saints wherein the broncos had no QB on their roster for covid-related reasons.

It was an embarrassment.

And this year, the saints (in a moment if karma) had a similar problem. All of their top QBs were unavailable, but due to a rule change they were able to get a rookie QB with no experience in the NFL (and apparently no skills) to play against the dolphins.

And the results were similar. It was a embarrassment.

There was no reason for this to happen in either year; putting on these exhibitions strictly for money is just dumb.

But at least they kinda, sorta realize it's a problem.

So after the game, they "tweaked" the rule again. Test positive and you can return to the team after 5 days, without showing a negative test. As long as you say you feel okay.

See? They fixed it.

You probably won't see dumb games like that anymore. They'll be dumb in other ways.

And pro'lly you'll have more players test positive.

Dolphins Fan Misses His Own Jumbotron Marriage Proposal

saw this article: 

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dolphins-fan-misses-own-jumbotron-marriage-proposal-13541466

Funny by the way: “Jumbotron” was the trademark name of Sonys foray into stadium-sized screens. Essentially, they were individual tv screens arranged on a board. They have been superseded by other technologies.

Sony stopped making the Jumbotron a few years ago and officially retired the product over the last year or so. 

Calling it that is really a misnomer. 

 ...and was reminded of this ad (watch it on YouTube) Real Men Of Genius, Bud Light Mr Stadium Scoreboard Guy

I guess that’s one way to handle it?

The NFL has been struggling to deal with the number of positive covid tests, and resulting players deemed inactive, and therefore impacting scheduled games. And money of course.

Their answer? They pulled a page from 45s playbook. Reduce the number of tests administered, and you'll have fewer positive tests.

Problem solved!

What a stupid bunch of nonsense.