SICK LEAVE

***** I HAVE NOT POSTED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS DUE TO ILLNESS.

I HAVE BLOOD SUGAR AND KIDNEY ISSUES IN ADDITION TO MY OTHER PROBLEMS .

I AM GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES .

PLEASE KEEP CHECKING BACK WITH ME . I LOVE ALL MY FAITHFUL READERS AND HOPE TO BE BACK SOON .

COACH COACH COACH

**** WELL, WE PREDICTED LANE KIFFIN WOULD NOT MAKE IT THE YEAR .

LANE - O IS OUTTA THERE , FIRED AT THE AIRPORT . 

DON'T KNOW WHERE LANE GOES FROM HERE . HE HAS RUN THROUGH THREE GREAT HEAD COACH OPPORTUNITIES. THE RAIDERS, TENNESSEE & USC . 

I THINK KIFFIN IS A GOOD COACH ,BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY LANE TEES PEOPLE OFF . 

HIS NEXT GIG MAYBE HARD TO FIND . 

A NAME TO CONSIDER AT USC  - JACK DEL RIO !

**** IF TEXAS PULLS THE TRIGGER  ON MACK BROWN  A GUY TO WATCH FOR IS CHAD MORRIS

MORRIS IS THE OC AT CLEMSON . CHAD IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST  NAMES AROUND . 

MORRIS WAS FOR MANY YEARS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL  HIGH SCHOOL COACHES IN TEXAS . CHAD KNOWS THE FOLKS YOU NEED TO KNOW.

***** FOURTH DOWN FREEZE . I BELIEVE IN BEING AGGRESSIVE  BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO TAKE A FIELD GOAL AND STAY IN THE GAME . 

THE BIG MISTAKE IS THE REFUSAL TO RUN PLAYS WITH THE QB UNDER CENTER .

TAKING THE BALL OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN SHORT YARDAGE OR WHEN JAMMED UP IS RISKY BUSINESS .

BEING HARD-HEADED COST HUGH A SAFETY , TAKING THEM OUT OF THE GAME WITH BAMA . 

SLOW LEARNER OR NO LEARNER 

***** JASON GARRETT OF THE COWBOYS HAS A GREAT JOB . JASON JUST STANDS ON THE SIDELINES AND ENJOYS THE GAME .

GARRETT DOESN'T CALL ANY PLAYS OR DEFENSES . GARRETT MAKES NO PERSONNEL DECISIONS THAT'S JERRY JONES . 

ALL JASON HAS TO DO IS STAND THERE ,LOOK NICE & TAKE THE BLAME WHEN THINGS GO WRONG . 

SUCH IS THE WORLD WHEN YOU WORK FOR JERRY JONES . 

THINGS GO WELL OLD JERRY TAKES ALL CREDIT , THINGS GO WRONG YOU GET FIRED . 

**** LOCAL COACH SUSPENDED FOR PEEING ON SIDELINE . HEY THAT HAPPENS NOW & THEN .

ONCE IN A PLAY-OFF GAME A STAR PLAYER HAD TO GO . THERE WAS NO TIME TO RUN TO THE DRESSING ROOM . 

BUT THE MAN HAD A PLAN ,HE GATHERED SEVERAL TEAMMATES TO STAND AROUND HIM WHILE HE SOUGHT SWEET RELIEF.

THINGS WERE GOING TO PLAN ,UNTILL A BIG PLAY HAPPENED ON THE FIELD . 

THE STAND AROUNDERS RAN TO THE SIDELINE TO SEE THE PLAY . 

MR STAR WAS LEFT THERE SPURTING IN FRONT OF 15000 . HE RECEIVED THE BIGGEST CHEER OF THE NIGHT .

I DON'T THINK THEY CHEERED THE LOCAL COACH . 

 ***** MALZHAN VS FREEZE 

THE MAN WHO CREATED THE HURRY-UP NO HUDDLE OFFENSE VS  THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED IT TO THE SEC . 

HUGH MAY HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS BUT THEY ARE THROWING DOWN AT GUS' HOUSE . 

COULD BE A SNOT- KNOCKER . 

***** THANKS FOR READING 

IT'S ONLY A GAME

***** WE FAIL TO REMEMBER THAT ALL SPORTS ARE JUST GAMES . WE HAVE DISTORTED THE MEANING AND REMOVED THE JOY OF SPORTS .

WHAT MAKES ME THINK OUR PRIORITIES ARE OFF-TRACK ?

 1. STATE SUPREME COURT HEARING CASE OF ELIGIBILITY OF HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER .   YOU WOULD THINK THE HIGH COURT HAD BIGGER FISH TO FRY SUCH AS CRIME , HEALTH CARE , POVERTY , & SO FORTH.

2. ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL COACHES FIGHT AFTER THE GAME . A NASTY FIGHT . THE COACH THAT THREW AN OVERHAND RIGHT THAT MIKE TYSON WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF ,COULD HAVE A FUTURE IN MMA NOW THAT HE IS NO LONGER COACHING .

3. A SCHOOL BUILDS A SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR STADIUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ONLY . WONDER HOW THEY ARE FIXED ON BOOKS , PCS , AND OTHER LEARNING NEEDS .

4. IN MOST STATES THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE IS A COACH . THE LIST OF COACHES MAKING ONE TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS IS LONGER THAN MY HOSPITAL BILL STATEMENT WHICH IS MOST TIMES 3-4 PAGES .

THE GAMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUN & ENJOYABLE . THEY SHOULD BE AN ESCAPE  FROM THE STRESS AND PRESSURE OF REAL LIFE. INSTEAD IT IS AN EXPENSIVE, EMOTIONAL ORDEAL .

THE DOLLAR RULES ALL . COACHES WILL CHEAT TO KEEP THOSE HIGH PAY JOBS . PLAYERS WILL GIVE UP HEALTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET AN EDGE , WHOLE FAMILIES WILL MAKE SACRIFICES TO ENSURE A CHILD CAN HAVE A SHOT .

OUR PRIORITIES ARE BENT AND WARPED .

***** TENNESSEE MISSED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT FLORIDA .

BUTCH NEEDS A BUTT KICKING FOR STARTING A NEW QB IN THE SWAMP
THAT REALLY IS THROWING A GUY TO THE GATORS . 


THE KID MAY NEVER RECOVER FROM THE FIRST HALF TRAUMA   . COME ON BUTCH . START THE VETERAN & BRING IN THE KID LATER .

THE VOLS WERE TRYING TO RUN A ONE BACK SHOTGUN OFFENSE WITH A LOT OF ZONE READ . PROBLEM IS THAT QB IS SLOWER THAN I AM AT AGE 63 AND BATTLING MANY HEALTH ISSUES.

FLORIDA LOST THEIR QB  TO THE I -BUG .  THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE FLORIDA SUB WAS A GOOD ATHLETE AND THE GATORS HELPED HIM OUT WITH A LOT OF TWO - BACK OFFENSE .

****** I AM ASHAMED OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH PANOLA .  THE TIGERS WERE THE BIGGER FASTER STRONGER TEAM BUT LOST TO MUS .

I THINK USP DOES TOO MUCH STUFF AND IS TOO FANCY . GET BACK TO BASIC FOOTBALL  AND LET THOSE MARVELOUS PLAYERS MAKE PLAYS .

IF TRAIL PLAYS OLIVE BRANCH WILL BEAT SOUTH PANOLA .

***** IF OLE MISS UPSETS ALABAMA , HUGH FREEZE WILL BE DECLARED SUPREME RULER OF MISSISSIPPI . THE NAME JOHNNY VAUGHT NEED NEVER BE SPOKEN AGAIN . OLE MISS PLUS 17 IS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP . I WILL PUT A BURGER  & AN ICE COLD COLA  ON THAT .

****** THE WEEK MARKS THE  20 YEAR PASSING OF COACH LELAND SMITH . WE ALL MISS YOU BIG GUY .

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!

SUCKER PUNCHES

***** AS LONG AS HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL THERE HAVE BEEN ACCUSATIONS OF RECRUITING .

THERE ARE RECRUITING CONTROVERSIES EVERYWHERE THAT FOOTBALL IS PLAYED .FROM COAST TO COAST & BORDER TO BORDER NOT ONLY OLIVE BRANCH MISSISSIPPI .

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS RECRUITING IN HIGH SCHOOL ? MAYBE .

SCHOOLS ATTRACT STUDENTS OR PLAYERS BY THEIR REPUTATION IN ACADEMICS , ATHLETICS , & ARTS . SCHOOLS  DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ATTRACT PARTICIPANTS.

RECRUITING IS BASED ON A FAULTY PREMISE THAT A STUDENT BELONGS TO A SCHOOL BASED ON THE LOCATION OF HIS RESIDENCE .

THIS MAKES THE STUDENT A SERF OR AN INDENTURED SERVANT.

A PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT THEIR CHILD IN THE BEST PLACE FOR THE CHILD .

TAKE GIBSON COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE . IF YOUR SON IS IN THE BAND GCHS IS WHERE YOU WANT HIM TO BE . A HUGH EXCELLENT BAND , WELL FUNDED , GREAT TRIPS , JUST TOP NOTCH .

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOUR SON PLAYS FOOTBALL YOU WANT HIM ANYWHERE BUT GCHS . LOW NUMBERS , BAD TEAM , HAVE LOST OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE GAMES .

WHY WOULD YOUR BOY PLAY AT G-COUNTY WHEN THERE IS A SUPER PROGRAM WITHIN 10 MILES IN ANY DIRECTION ?

YOU WERE ATTRACTED TO THE GCHS BAND NOT RECRUITED . SAME WITH THE OTHER FOOTBALL PROGRAMS .

  A PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO RIGHT TO SEND HIS CHILD TO ANY SCHOOL TO WHICH ;
1. PARENT CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
2.THE SCHOOL HAS ROOM FOR
3. PARENT MUST PAY ANY FEES NEEDED

 HOW THE PARENT PAYS IS HIS BUSINESS . IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE GOOFY ENOUGH TO PAY YOUR KIDS WAY GOOD FOR YOU .

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN .

A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF ATTRACTION THEY WANT THEIR SCHOOL TO HAVE .

OLIVE BRANCH CHOSE FOOTBALL.

 IF YOU WANT TO BE A FOOTBALL SCHOOL MAKE YOUR PROGRAM AS ATTRACTIVE AS OLIVE BRANCH THEN PLAYERS WILL COME TO YOU

IF THE OLIVE BRANCH COMMUNITY WANTS TO ACCEPT FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOT PAYING LOCAL TAXES AND FORE-SAID PLAYERS WILL PUT LOCAL BOYS ON THE BENCH , THEN SO BE IT . 

ALL OLIVE BRANCH HAS TO DO IS SAY  ; WE HAVE A VERY ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL PROGRAM . MANY PLAYERS WANT TO COME HERE TO PLAY .

BUT OLIVE BRANCH WANTS TO ACT  LIKE EVERYONE IS STUPID AND SAY THE PLAYERS ARE COMING FOR THE ACADEMICS .

JUST TELL THE TRUTH OB . WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM AND PLAYERS WANT TO PLAY HERE .

I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE . I WAS A DECK CHAIR ON THE RED DEVIL CRUISE SHIP . GERMANTOWN HAD A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS DOMINATE FOR OVER 20 YEARS .

MANY PLAYERS CAME THERE TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM . THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF THINGS .

GERMANTOWN DID NOT RECRUIT , THE RED DEVILS ATTRACTED.

A COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT IN A SCHOOL

 SOME SCHOOLS THINK FOOTBALL MATTERS MOST ; SOME FOOTBALL MATTERS NOT AT ALL .

THERE WAS ONCE A SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE A BOOSTER DECIDED THE SCHOOL WOULD BECOME A BASKETBALL POWER .

THE SCHOOL WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION SO TRANSFER RULES WERE NOT A FACTOR .

TUITION WAS PAID BY THE MONTH  . SO AT THE BEGINNING OF BASKETBALL IN OCTOBER  FIVE GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS WOULD SHOW UP .

THEY WOULD STAY TO THE END OF BASKETBALL  , THEN LEAVE SCHOOL.  PAID 5 MONTHS TUITION  , PLAYED A SEASON OF BASKETBALL .

TEAM WON 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS , THEN BOOSTER SAID BEEN THERE DONE THAT & MOVED ON . 

SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN CLOSE TO A WINNING SEASON SINCE

I WAS NOT RECRUITED FROM MEDINA TO MILAN . TRUTH IS NEITHER SCHOOL WANTED ME .

I WAS ATTRACTED BY MIRAGES AT MILAN .

LOOKING BACK

****** WHAT A WEEK IT WAS IN FOOTBALL

1. I KNEW WKU  UNDER BOBBY PETRINO WOULD BE EXPLOSIVE . THINGS TEND TO BLOW UP AROUND BOBBY ALL THE TIME

EXAMPLES ARE THE AUBURN JOB FLIRTATION  , THE FALCONS GIG , AND THE ARKANSAS CYCLE CRASH .

BUT THE HILLTOPPER IMPLOSION AT TENNESSEE WAS A DOOSY EVEN BY PETRINO STANDARDS .

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TEAM TURN THE BALL OVER THAT MANY TIMES THAT FAST . FIVE TURNOVERS IN SIX PLAYS .

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED THE TOPPERS WERE IN A 31 - 3 HOLE AND NEVER RECOVERED.

DON'T GET COCKY BIG ORANGE , THE TOPPERS WERE KICKING YOUR HINEY TILL THE STROM HIT .

2. MACK BROWN THREW MANNY DIAZ UNDER THE BUS AT TEXAS . I THINK MACK BROWN CATCHES THE BUS AT THE END OF THE SEASON . IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE IN AUSTIN

THE ONE WITH THE MOST TO GAIN FROM THE TEXAS TROUBLE IS HUGH FREEZE .THE REBELS PLAY TEXAS THIS WEEK .

IF HUGH CAN WIN 4 GAMES THE FIRST HALF THE REBS COULD RING UP 9 OR 10 FOR THE SEASON . THE BACK END OF THE SCHEDULE IS SOFT .

3. GEORGIA BEATS CAROLINA . THE FIGHTING CHICKENS HAD WHIPPED THE ATHENS PUPPIES 3 STRAIGHT YEARS .  GEORGIA HAD THE CAROLINA COACHES FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES ON THE SIDELINE .

I THINK THE BULLDOGS ARE BETTER IN THE I - FORMATION THAN WHEN IN THE SHOTGUN . GURLEY IS A GREAT BACK

 BUT GEORGIA USED A WHITE TAILBACK TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK.THAT IS AS ODD AS OUR NEW FOREIGN DIPLOMAT  DENNIS RODMAN .

4. COWBOY NATION ;DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY . YES ,YOU BEAT THE GIANTS BUT THE G-MEN TURNED IT OVER 6 TIMES .

5. THE NFL IS A GREAT SHOW . SUNDAY 4 GAMES WERE DECIDED BY 3 POINTS OR LESS . FIVE MORE WERE DECIDED BY ONE SCORE.

6. WINNING THE TURNOVER MARGIN  IS IMPORTANT IN THE NFL . TEAMS WINNING THE TURNOVER MARGIN WERE 10 - 1 SUNDAY .

7. CHIP KELLY MADE ME LOOK BAD . I SAID KELLY WAS A BAD HIRE . I STILL SAY THAT .

KELLY SHOWED OUT AGAINST THE REDSKINS . LOOKED REALLY GOOD . BUT I STILL DON'T BELIEVE CHIPPER BALL WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME IN THE NFL .

8. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR LANE KIFFIN . ODDS ARE LANE WON'T MAKE THE SEASON .

LANE MAY BE THE MOST DIS - LIKED COLLEGE COACH .  THIS MAYBE KIFFIN'S ONLY WIN AGAINST SABAN .

9 QUICK PICKS

 BAMA OVER A&M   FLORIDA OVER TENNESSEE


CATCH Y'ALL LATER

MYSTIC MUSING

***** SEC FOOTBALL STARTED AS EXPECTED . I DIDN'T THINK GEORGIA WOULD BEAT CLEMSON AT DEATH VALLEY . OLE MISS BEATING VANDY WAS NOT A SHOCK AND BAMA WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY .

STATE'S WHUPPING WAS NOT A SURPRISE .  TYLER RUSSELL HAS A CONCUSSION WHICH MEANS HE HAS HALF AS MUCH BRAIN DAMAGE AS HIS COACH .

MULLEN TALKED ALL SUMMER ABOUT HAVING THE QB UNDER CENTER BUT HE DIDN'T DO IT .

STATE FANS CAN PUT AWAY THEIR CAPS AND JACKETS , IT IS TIME TO GO UNDERGROUND . STATE WILL BE HORRIBLE THIS SEASON . MULLEN IS NOT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ADAPT TO THE SITUATION

BOBBY PETRINO LEAD WKU TO A BIG WIN OVER KENTUCKY . IF PETRINO CAN BEAT TENNESSEE THIS WEEK HE GETS    A NEW MOTORCYCLE AND A HOTTIE TO RIDE ALONG . BETTER WATCH OUT VOLS .

OLE MISS WON A BIG ONE TO START . IF THE REBELS CAN BREAK EVEN THE FIRST HALF  OF THE SEASON WATCH OUT . THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHEDULE  IS FULL OF SEASHELLS AND BALLOONS . I DON'T SEE THE REBELS LOSING MORE THAN ONE IN THE SECOND HALF .

THE INJURY BUG MUST STAY AWAY FROM OXFORD  FOR THE REBS TO ROAR .

 THE BURNING QUESTION IN THE SEC IS WHO IS THE BIGGEST FOOL ? MARSHALL HENDERSON  OR JOHNNY MANZIEL !

YOU WONDER IF JOHNNY FOOTBALL 'S JERSEY NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN HIS IQ . JOHNNY WEARS NUMBER TWO .

MANZIEL LOST A LOT OF FANS WITH HIS PUNK BEHAVIOR IN THE RICE GAME .

AN OLD ADAGE IN FOOTBALL IS YOU CAN'T WIN WITH TURDS . JOHNNY SEEMS TO BE BECOMING ONE .

TO BE THE BIGGEST FOOL IN THE SEC IS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING . REMEMBER LES MILES IS IN THE LEAGUE.

THE UGA /USC GAME IS THIS WEEK . I JUST DON'T THINK THE DAWGS CAN GET THE GAMECOCKS . THIS IS MUST WIN FOR THE FIGHTIN CHICKENS   A MUCH NEEDED ONE FOR GEORGIA .

TENNESSEE HAS A FORK IN THE ROAD THIS WEEK AGAINST PETRINO AND WKU . THIS IS A PIVOTAL GAME FOR THE BIG ORANGE .

I SMELL WHAT THE VOLS COULD BE STEPPING IN .

****** I THINK WE SHOULD STAY OUT OF  SYRIA . WE ARE NOT THE WORLD POLICE .

WE HAVE GONE BROKE RUNNING AROUND PUTTING OUT FIRES.

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER TAR BABY . THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND WILL KEEP FIGHTING TILL THE END OF TIME .

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE A LONG TERM DIFFERENCE.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE ISOLATIONIST THAN INTERNATIONALIST. WE NEED TO SIT THIS ONE OUT .

****** I SEE NO HOPE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL . THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO EXCLUDE .

IT IS LIKE HAVING A COMMODE THAT WILL NOT FLUSH . IT IS NOT LONG BEFORE YOU HAVE A MAJOR STINK . 

****** ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN MY LIFE CAME 36 YEARS AGO TODAY . HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON .

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN

***** DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN 

1. FOOTBALL CONFERENCES MADE GEOGRAPHICAL SENSE .    A CONFERENCE ONLY HAD 8 OR 9 MEMBERS SO EVERYONE PLAYED THE COMPLETE CONFERENCE . 

THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS DETERMINED BY THE REGULAR SEASON . YOU HAD ROOM FOR TWO TO FOUR OUT OF CONFERENCE GAMES . 

 THE SEASON ONLY LASTED 10 TO 12 WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF BYE WEEKS YOU WANTED .

 THEN IN SEARCH OF THE DOLLAR CONFERENCES EXPANDED TO 12 TO 16 TEAMS . SCHOOLS PLAYED IN DIVISIONS THEN HAD A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME . 

 THIS WAS DONE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE TV MARKET AND THE INCOME FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME . 

 THE AVERAGE FAN GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK  . INCREASED TICKET PRICES AND LONG DRIVING  TRIPS TO SEE THE TEAM PLAY ON THE ROAD .    

 NOW SCHOOLS ARE ENGAGED IN AN ARMS RACE TO PROVIDE THE MOST ORNATE FACILITIES POSSIBLE . YOU FALL BEHIND IN THE ARMS RACE YOU FALL BEHIND IN RECRUITING . 

 CHASING THE DOLLAR HAS GOTTEN MANY TEAMS IN FINANCIAL STRESS AND CAUSED HARM TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL . 

 COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS NOT AN EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITY BUT IS A MULTI - MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL BUSINESS .

THIS IS NOT GOOD . 

2. BASEBALL HAD TWO LEAGUES , THE WINNER OF EACH LEAGUE PLAYED IN THE WORLD SERIES . 

THE WORLD SERIES WAS OVER BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF COLD WINTER . I DON'T THINK BASEBALL WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED IN ICE AND SNOW .

EACH LEAGUE DETERMINED THE CHAMP IN THE REGULAR SEASON .

AFTER YOU PLAY A 162 GAMES YOU DON'T NEED 7 - GAME PLAYOFFS TO DETERMINE THE BEST TEAM . YOU HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THAT . 

 BUT THE PLAYOFFS ARE A BIG BIG MONEYMAKER . SO WE HAVE A 162 GAME SEASON . TWO OR THREE OF 7-GAME PLAYOFF SERIES ,THEN THE WORLD SERIES . 

IN THE NAME OF THE DOLLAR WE PLAY ENDLESS BASEBALL INTO THE DEAD OF WINTER . 
BUT YOU MUST WAIT TO THE SPRING THAW TO FIND THE NUMBER OF FANS FROZEN IN THE CLASSIC . 

***** ANOTHER QUICK THOUGHT 

THE SUPER BOWL IS IN NEW YORK THIS YEAR . 

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN OUTDOOR GAME AT NIGHT IN NYC IN FEBRUARY .

WHOSE IDEAL WAS THIS  ? IN THE NEW LANGUAGE OF TEXTING THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO FTAO .

LATER GATOR .  I THINK OLE MISS WILL GET VANDY . HOPE NOT . I SHOULD NOT REALLY CARE . I WAS NOT RICH ENOUGH TO GO TO OLE MISS AND NOT SMART ENOUGH TO GO TO VANDERBILT.      

WHO WOULD I HIRE

***** IN RATING THE SEC COACHES ,I TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH . I ASKED MYSELF WHO WOULD I HIRE IF THESE WERE THE CANDIDATES .

 I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIKE THE GUY OR HANG OUT WITH HIM . I JUST PICKED THE GUY I FELT WOULD GET THE JOB DONE .

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE IMPRESSED BY THE RECORD OF SOME BUT YOU HAVE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE SITUATION

 1. NICK SABAN

NOW ,I DON'T LIKE TEDDY BEAR , THINK HE IS  A TURD BUT HE  DOES PRODUCE . KING OF THE HILL AT THIS TIME .

2. STEVE SPURRIER

HE IS OLD BUT HIS AGE IS EXCEEDED BY HIS EGO .   THE OLD BALL COACH CAN STILL GET HER DONE .

 3. MARK  RICHT

SUPER PERSON WHO HAS CLOCK TROUBLE NOW AND THEN . THE BIG DAWG IS A STEADY HAND AT THE WHEEL .

 4. JAMES FRANKLIN

SHOCKED ? STOP AND THINK WHAT HE HAS DONE AT VANDY . SURE , HE SAYS STUPID THINGS TRYING TO BE FUNNY  BUT BACK TO BACK BOWLS AT VANDERBILT .

  5. BRET BIELEMA

HE WON'T WIN ANY PERSONALITY CONTEST AND CAN OUT - CUSS THE STOOPS  BROTHERS BUT HIS WORK UP NORTH IS IMPRESSIVE .

   6. KEVIN SUMLIN

IS HE A ONE HIT WONDER ? I DON'T THINK SO . GREAT START AT A&M NOW MUST KEEP ON KEEPING ON .

    7. WILL MUSCHAMP

IF BITCHING WAS COACHING WILL  WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST .  WILL NEEDS TO GET A GRIP . BEING OUT OF CONTROL DOES NOT HELP HIS TEAM

     8.  LES MILES

I FEEL BAD PUTTING MILES HERE . I FEEL LIKE I CHEATED . TRUTH IS I WOULDN'T HIRE MILES NO -HOW NO- WAY . I MIGHT DO WITHOUT A COACH . GREAT TALENT SAVES HIS SORRY BUTT OVER AND OVER

      9. DAN MULLEN

HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AT STATE BUT EGO AND TEMPER ISSUES ARE IN THE MIX . CAN HE MAINTAIN SEVEN TO EIGHT WINS AT STATE ?  I THINK NOT .

      10 HUGH FREEZE

 BASED ON FIRST YEAR PERFORMANCE AND RECRUITING HUGH SHOULD BE HIGHER . REMEMBER FREEZE CAN SLING SNOT WITH THE BEST OF THEM . IT TAKES A WHILE TO FIND THE WIZARD BEHIND THE CURTAIN .

     11 . GARY PINKEL

 ANOTHER GUY WHO IS AS MUCH FUN AS A PROCTOLOGY EXAM . BUT PINK HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD FOR A LONG TIME . THE SEC WATER  MAY BE TOO DEEP  FOR PINK  .

      12.   BUTCH JONES

 ANOTHER MANURE SPREADER LIKE HF . WHEN THE WAGON STARTS ROLLING DOWNHILL IT IS HARD TO GET IT STOPPED . THE BIG ORANGE WAGON IS GOING FAST AND OUR MAN JONES IS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE LOAD  GOOD LUCK BUTCH

   13. GUS MALZAHN

IT IS PUT UP OR SHUT UP TIME FOR THE FATHER OF THE HURRY UP OFFENSE . YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN WITH THE BIG DOGS AT AUBURN

   14. MARK STOOPS

THE QUESTION WITH ANY OF THE STOOPS IS CAN THEY COACH AS WELL AS THEY CUSS . I BET MARK FINDS MORE TO CUSS THAN COACH AT KENTUCKY .


KEEP BETWEEN THE DITCHES TILL NEXT TIME !!!!!!

BUY, SELL, & HOLD SEC WEST

***** TIME FOR BUY SELL AND HOLD TO TACKLE THE SEC - WEST

1. ALABAMA  - COULD BE THE HARDEST DECISION OF ALL .

 HOW CAN YOU NOT BUY A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN 68 - 13 THE LAST 6 YEARS ?

HOW CAN YOU THINK A TEAM CAN MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE ON 13 WINS ?

HOW CAN YOU NOT BUY A TEAM THAT IS A CLEAR FAVORITE IN ALL OF THEIR GAMES?

HOW CAN YOU NOT BUY A TEAM THAT HAS WON 3 OF THE LAST 4 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ?

BUT HOW PROBABLE IS IMPROVEMENT ON 13 WINS ?

BAMA RETURNS 14 STARTERS INCLUDING THE QB  AND IS A SOLID FAVORITE IN EVERY GAME .

STILL I CAN'T GET PAST IMPROVING ON 13 WINS .

I AM GOING TO ARMADILLO THIS ONE & STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

  ALABAMA  - HOLD

2. ARKANSAS   THE HOGS WON 4 LAST YEAR . THEY RETURN 13 STARTERS AND HAVE A NEW COACH  WITH A NEW STYLE .

I THINK THE HAPPIER HAWGS WILL DO BETTER THAN LAST YEAR

   ARKANSAS - BUY

3. AUBURN   THE TIGERS RETURN 14 STARTERS FROM LAST YEARS 3 GAME WINNER .

THE TIGERS ALSO BRING BACK FORMER OC GUS MALZAHN AS HEAD COACH .

LOOK FOR THE IN GUS WE TRUST SIGNS ALL OVER THE STADIUM .

A PROGRAM LIKE AUBURN SHOULD NOT HAVE A YEAR LIKE LAST YEAR .

AUBURN SHOULD EQUAL LAST YEARS' WIN TOTAL VS THEIR NON -CONFERENCE OPPONENTS.

CAN THE TIGERS WIN ONE CONFERENCE GAME ? I THINK SO

   AUBURN - BUY

4.LSU   IS THIS THE YEAR LES MILES CATCHES UP WITH LSU ?

 FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS LSU HAS HAD THE MOST TALENT  IN THE SEC .

BUT THE TIGERS HAVE ALSO HAD LES MILES WHOSE STUPID DECISIONS HAVE HELD THE TIGERS BACK

LSU WON 10 LAST YEAR AND HAVE ONLY 9 RETURNING STARTERS BACK

I CAN'T SEE LSU WINNING TEN

     LSU - SELL


  5. OLE MISS     THE REBELS WON 7 LAST YEAR AND WON BIG IN FEBRUARY  RECRUITING WARS

 THE REBS RETURN 16 STARTERS . QB BO WALLACE IS ONE OF THE RETURNEES .

THINGS ARE ROLLING IN OXFORD  AND SEEM TO BE GOOD TIMES AHEAD
IN A CLOSE CALL I AM SAYING BUY

  OLE MISS - BUY


6 . MISSISSIPPI STATE     THE BULLDOGS WON 8 LAST YEAR AFTER A 7 - 0 START .

THE DAWGS RETURN 12 STARTERS 

THERE IS NO WAY MSU GETS 8 THIS YEAR .  I SEE THEM 3 - 1 NON -CON,
1 - 3 ON THE SEC ROAD AND  1 MAYBE TWO SEC HOME WINS

I CAN'T FIND 8 WINS

 MISSISSIPPI STATE  - - SELL

7.TEXAS A&M      THE AGGIES WON 11 LAST  YEAR IN A DREAM SEASON

A&M RETURNS 11 STARTERS INCLUDING A QB WHO WON THE HEISMAN LAST YEAR .

I HAVE BEEN THINKING THE AGGIES ARE DUE FOR A DIP . I WAS  THINKING THIS BEFORE THE MANZIEL MELTDOWN

THE AGGIES SHOULD GO 4-0 OUT OF CONFERENCE 3-1 SEC HOME AND 2-2 ON THE SEC ROAD

          TEXAS A&M --   SELL

****** MAKE YOUR BUY-SELL - HOLD CALLS AND SEE HOW YOU DO
 NEXT TIME I RATE THE SEC COACHES . GET YOUR LIST READY !!!!!

BUY ,SELL,OR HOLD

***** IT IS TIME TO PLAY BUY - SELL - OR HOLD .

A SIMPLE BUT DIFFICULT  GAME .  SIMPLE IN THAT WILL A TEAM WIN AS MANY AS LAST YEAR

IF YOU THINK A TEAM WILL WIN MORE YOU BUY . IF YOU THINK A TEAM WILL WIN LESS YOU SELL . IF YOU THINK A TEAM WILL WIN THE SAME YOU HOLD . SIMPLE

DIFFICULT IN THAT YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO SELL SOME REALLY GOOD TEAMS BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK THEY CAN KEEP THE WINNING PACE .

EXAMPLES  TEAMS THAT WON TEN OR MORE . CAN THEY DO IT AGAIN ?

YOU MAY BUY SOME BAD TEAMS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HELP BE BETTER .
IF YOU THINK THINGS WILL REMAIN THE SAME YOU HOLD .

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SEC - EAST .

FLORIDA

 THE GATORS WON 11 GAMES LAST YEAR , THEY RETURN 10 STARTERS  5 ON OFFENSE  4 ON DEFENSE AND A PUNTER .

THEY HAVE A RETURNING STARTER AT QB . THE SCHEDULE IS TOUGH WITH TWO VERY HARD ROAD GAMES .

I AM GOING TO SELL THE GATORS . I DON'T THINK THEY CAN GET 11 THIS YEAR .

SELL - FLORIDA

GEORGIA

THE DAWGS WON 12 GAMES LAST YEAR . THEY RETURN 10 STARTERS ON OFFENSE INCLUDING QB . GEORGIA HAS ONLY 3 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING .

THE BULLDOGS HAVE TWO HARD ROAD GAMES AND TWO BIG ONES AT HOME .

IT HURTS BECAUSE I LOVE GEORGIA BUT I HAVE TO SELL THE DAWGS . THAT 12 BAR IS JUST A BIT TOO HIGH

SELL - GEORGIA

KENTUCKY

THE WILDCATS WON TWO LAST YEAR  . THEY RETURN 4 OFFENSIVE STARTERS INCLUDING A QB . THEY DEFENSE RETURNS FIVE .

I DON'T SEE MANY WINS ON THE KENTUCKY DANCE CARD BUT YOU WOULD THINK THEY COULD GET A COUPLE .

HOLD - KENTUCKY

MISSOURI

THE TIGERS WON FIVE LAST YEAR . THEY HAVE GOT TO BE RE-THINKING THIS SEC TRIP .

MISSOURI RETURNS A QB AMONG 8 OFFENSE STARTERS AND 6 ON DEFENSE

LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE THE TIGERS COULD START 4 - 0 .  MISSOURI COULD COME UP WITH 2 OR 3 MORE WINS IF THINGS FELL RIGHT .

I AM NOT GOING TO BUY JUST YET

HOLD  - MISSOURI

SOUTH CAROLINA

THE GAMECOCKS HAVE WON 11 THE PAST TWO YEARS .

THE FIGHTING CHICKENS RETURN  6 ON OFFENSE AND FIVE ON DEFENSE . STARTERS INCLUDE A QB AND THE CONFERENCE'S MOST DOMINANT DEFENSIVE PLAYER  JADEVON CLOWNEY

USC ONLY HAS ONE REALLY HARD ROAD  GAME AND TWO HOME GAMES THAT COULD BE IFFY .

THIS IS A REALLY HARD CALL . BUT HERE GOES .

SELL - SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

THE BIG ORANGE WON FIVE LAST YEAR .  THEY RETURN FIVE OFFENSIVE STARTERS INCLUDING THE BEST O-LINE IN THE SEC ..

THE VOLS RETURN 8 ON DEFENSE BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE GOOD . LAST YEARS DEFENSE WAS THE WORST IN SCHOOL HISTORY .

I THINK TENNESSEE WILL BE AWFUL BUT THE VOLS ARE  DUE  SOME BREAKS .

TENNESSEE HAS 5 VERY WINNABLE HOME GAMES AND SHOULD WIN A COUPLE ON THE ROAD

MY INDICATORS SAY BUY BUT I JUST CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO BELIEVE .

HOLD - TENNESSEE

VANDERBILT

I LOVE THE COMMODORES . LAST YEARS NINE WIN SEASON WAS THE BEST IN ALMOST 100 YEARS .

VANDY FANS THINK THEY HAVE DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN .

WILL LIGHTING STRIKE AGAIN ?

THE DORES RETURN 8 ON OFFENSE { NO QB] AND  6 ON DEFENSE .

VANDY COULD GO 4 - 0 IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY  THEY SHOULD HAVE A SHOT TO GO 6 OF 7 AT HOME . 

BUT THE MOST I CAN COME UP WITH IS SEVEN .

THIS JUST KILLS ME BUT I MUST .

SELL - VANDERBILT .



********** NEXT WEEK THE WEST .

ONLY WORDS

****** THEY'RE ONLY WORDS ,BUT WORDS ARE ALL I HAVE TO TAKE YOUR HEART AWAY  . THAT IS WHAT THE BEE-GEES SANG .

THE SEC FOOTBALL COACHES ARE SINGING THAT REFRAIN TODAY AS LOUD AS THEY CAN .

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE COACHES TOSS AS MUCH VERBAL MANURE AS POSSIBLE ON THEIR LOYAL FANS .

EVERY YEAR WE HEAR THE SAME SONG ,SOMETIMES FROM A NEW VOICE . DON'T GET EXCITED IT'S ONLY WORDS .

WORDS YOU HEAR OVER AND OVER , SUCH AS  :

1. WE ARE GOING IN A NEW DIRECTION .

COACHES KEEP SAYING THAT BUT IT IS THE SAME - O - SAME - O  YEAR AFTER YEAR . NOTHING CHANGES BUT THE COACHES .

2. WE HAVE A GREAT RECRUITING CLASS

NEVER ONCE HAVE I HEARD A COACH SAY WE DIDN'T GET A SINGLE PLAYER WE WANTED . WE JUST TOOK THE LEFT - OVERS . GUYS NOBODY ELSE WANTED .

3. WE HAVE A NEW OFFENSE

WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT MOST EVERY TEAM IN THE NATION IS DOING . THE FANS CAN'T BE TOO CRITICAL AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW THE CROWD .
WE VISITED THE NATIONAL CHAMPS AND COPIED THEIR OFFENSE PLAY BY PLAY .

MAYBE ,WE SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP A FEW OF THEIR PLAYERS . THESE PLAYS SEEM TO WORK BETTER WITH THEIR PLAYERS .

4. WE ARE GOING TO CONTROL TEMPO .

YES, WE ARE GOING TO PLAY FAST .  WE WILL RUN THE OTHER TEAM RAGGED .

ON THE OTHER HAND IF WE PLAY FAST THAT SORRY OFFENSE WON'T BE OUT THERE LONG BEFORE THEY CAN HIDE ON THE BENCH AND RECOVER FROM THOSE CONCUSSIONS .

5. WE ARE GOING TO PLAY WITH PRIDE AND ENTHUSIASM .

THIS RAGGEDY  BUNCH WILL HAVE TROUBLE MAKING IT OUT OF THE TUNNEL WITHOUT FALLING DOWN . THEY ARE ABOUT AS ENTHUSIASTIC AS A GUY WAITING ON A PROCTOLOGY  EXAM .

6. OUR FAMILY IS VERY HAPPY HERE .

MY WIFE MAVIS JEAN IS ALREADY WORKING WITH A REALTOR AND THE KIDS ARE ASKING IF THEY CAN GO LIVE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS .

I DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVED LIKE THIS . THE NEXT STOP HAS TO BE BETTER .

7. WE ARE MUCH IMPROVED

MY LORD , WE COULD NOT BE ANY WORSE .  I GUESS WE COULD BEAT MOST ALL HIGH SCHOOLS BUT THERE IS NOT MANY OF THOSE ON AN SEC SCHEDULE.  

SEE IT IS ONLY WORDS . WORDS ARE ARE MEANINGLESS .

YOU WANT TO BE BETTER ,GET BETTER PLAYERS .

IT'S NOT YOUR OFFENSE OR DEFENSE , IT'S YOUR PLAYERS .

HUGH FREEZE HAS IMPROVED OLE MISS BECAUSE HE IS GETTING BETTER PLAYERS . HOW HE GETS THEM I DON'T KNOW . BUT HE IS .

EVERY YEAR COACHES GO TO CLINICS AND GET NEW PLAYS . MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A PLACE TO GO GET PLAYERS .


LET'S PUT AWAY THE WORDS AND START PLAYING !!!!!!!!

TIME TO PULL THE PLUG

***** IT IS TIME TO PULL THE PLUG ON ALL - STAR GAMES . THE MLB ALL - STAR GAME WOULD BE THE START .

HOW CAN I SAY SUCH A THING ? WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF REASONS .

1. THE PLAYERS DON'T WANT TO PLAY .

THE PLAYERS WOULD RATHER HAVE A THREE DAY BREAK THAN TRAVEL TO A MEANINGLESS GAME . A 162 GAME SEASON DOES NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED .

PLAYERS MAKE SO MUCH MONEY NOW THAT THE ALL- STAR BONUS IS LESS THAN TIP MONEY FOR THESE GUYS .

AND THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK OF INJURY . SOME PLAYERS HAVE HAD CAREERS ENDED AT THE ALL - STAR GAME. REMEMBER RAY FOSSE .


THE ONLY THING PLAYERS GET FROM THE ALL-STAR THING IS THE EGO BOOST . LIKE THEY REALLY NEED ONE .

2. THE OWNERS DON'T WANT THE PLAYERS TO PLAY  . 

THE RISK OF INJURY TO PLAYERS IS THE OWNER'S GREATEST FEAR . YOU HATE TO LOSE A MULTI- MILLION DOLLAR PLAYER IN A MEANINGLESS GAME .

ALSO THE GAME CAN PLAY HAVOC WITH YOUR PITCHING ROTATION . THE DAMAGE TO YOUR PITCHING ROTATION CAN PERSIST LONG AFTER THE GAME . 

3. THE FANS ARE REALLY SHORTCHANGED .

THE FANS`ONLY SEE THE PLAYER BAT ONCE OR PITCH ONE INNING . 

AND ARE THE BEST PLAYERS REALLY THERE ?  FANS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO STUFF THE BALLOT BOX . 

SOME PLAYERS ARE AUTOMATIC SELECTIONS  NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF YEAR THEY ARE HAVING 

4. THE GAME IS MEANINGLESS 

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE WORLD SERIES IS AT STAKE . I HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE BUT ONLY THE PLAYERS FROM CONTENDING  TEAMS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS . 
 
A PLAYER IS NOT GOING TO BUST HIS TAIL IF THERE IS NO BENEFIT FOR HIM . THAT IS JUST THE WAY THE COMMODE FLUSHES . 

ALSO INTER - LEAGUE PLAY HAS KNOCKED THE SHINE OFF OF THE ALL - STAR GAME . 

THERE YOU HAVE MY CASE TO PULL THE PLUG ON ALL -STAR GAMES . I THINK YOUR STRONGEST ARGUMENTS FOR MLB . FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL ALL-STAR  GAMES ARE IRRELEVANT & RIDICULOUS !

***** A SHOUT - OUT TO PHIL MICKELSON FOR WINNING THE BRITISH OPEN . PHIL IS 43 , YOU DON'T WIN MANY MAJORS PAST 40 .

OL' TIGER IS JUST NOT THE SAME . HE DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE HE WANTS TO BE THERE . 

***** A BIG HI HO TO GREAT MEDINA CLOSER  PITCHER SQUEEZE JOHNSON .  HE WAS UN-HITABLE DOWN THE STRETCH  . I CAN SEE HIM NOW SITTING IN THE DUGOUT  SMOKING A COUPLE OF VICE - ROYS  WHILE WAITING TO PITCH . 

TELL YOUR MOMMA & THEM HI !!!!!!!    
   

JUST THINKING JUDGEMENTS

***** DIVISION OF LABOR WAS A GREAT IDEAL IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD . A WORKER DOES NOT MAKE THE WHOLE PRODUCT ,JUST A CERTAIN PART .

THE WORKER BECOMES VERY SKILLED AT HIS JOB . MORE PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT . IT CAN BE BIG TROUBLE WHEN YOU TRY TO DO SOMEONE ELSE'S JOB .

WHAT WORKS IN THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY ALSO WORKS IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. WE HAVE SPIRITUAL GIFTS TO ENABLE US TO DO CERTAIN JOBS . WE GET IN TROUBLE WHEN WE TRY TO DO SOMEONE ELSE'S JOB

I WAS READING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 'S JOB WAS TO CONVICT , THE LORD'S JOB WAS TO JUDGE , AND OUR JOB WAS TO LOVE .

THINGS WILL WORK GREAT WHEN WE DO OUR JOB AND LET THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE LORD DO THEIR JOB .

IT IS TROUBLE WHEN WE PUT OUR PREACHING ROBES TRYING TO BRING OTHERS TO CONVICTION . WE CAN'T BRING ONE TO CONVICTION ,THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES THAT .

THEN WE SLIP ON OUR JUDICIAL ROBES AND START PROCLAIMING JUDGMENTS . WE ARE REALLY OUT OF LINE NOW .

WE ARE TOLD  THERE IS ONE LAWGIVER AND ONE JUDGE . AND IT IS NOT US . LIKE CHICO USED TO SAY ITS NOT MY JOB MAN .

OUR JOB IS TO LOVE . THE BIBLE SAYS THE WORLD WILL KNOW CHRISTIANS BY THEIR LOVE FOR OTHERS .

THIS IS A HARD  JOB . IT IS HARD TO LOVE THE UNLOVEABLE .  ONLY THROUGH JESUS CAN WE DO THIS .

I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT YOU ONLY LOVE JESUS AS MUCH AS THE PERSON YOU LOVE THE LEAST . STRONG STATEMENT HUH!

SO LET US ALL COMMIT TO DO OUR JOB AND ONLY OUR JOB THE BEST WE CAN .

***** I DON'T THINK THE RACIAL DIVIDE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL EVER BE BRIDGED .

BLACKS AND WHITES SEE THINGS FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS .AS LONG AS PERCEPTIONS ARE DIFFERENT JUDGMENTS WILL BE ALSO .

YOU MAKE JUDGMENTS FROM YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE . A PERSON WITH A DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCE FROM YOURS IS PROBABLY GOING TO ARRIVE AT A DIFFERENT  DECISION THAN YOU .

I THINK WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE EXPERIENCES WE HAVE IN COMMON .

I KNOW IN THE CHEMO ROOM DIFFERENCES SEEM TO FADE AWAY . WHEN YOU FACE THE SAME OPPONENT YOU TEND TO SHARE PERCEPTIONS

MORE SO WHEN THE FOE  IS RELENTLESS  AND RARELY BEATEN .    

***** SEC FOOTBALL COMING UP SOON

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT IS HE THINKING ?

**** BRAD STEVENS IS LEAVING AN ELITE COLLEGE COACHING JOB FOR A REBUILDING NBA TEAM . 

STEVENS IS LEAVING BUTLER FOR THE BOSTON CELTICS. BRAD IS WELL ESTABLISHED AT BUTLER . HE HAS BEEN TO TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES & IS AMERICA'S BEST LOVED UNDERDOG . 

STEVENS WILL ALWAYS BE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN AT BUTLER & THE NATION'S CINDERELLA TEAM ALMOST EVERY YEAR . 

BRAD IS THE BIG DAWG IN INDY SINCE PEYTON BOOKED FOR THE MOUNTAINS . 

OH, BY THE WAY STEVENS MAKES 1.2 MILLION A YEAR AT BUTLER . 

WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE A GIG LIKE THAT ? TO GO TO BOSTON WHERE THE CELTICS ARE PRETTY MUCH STARTING OVER . 

STEVENS MUST KNOW THAT COACHING IN THE NBA IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN COLLEGE . 

YOU PLAY MORE THAN TWICE THE GAMES , HAVE A 24 SECOND CLOCK RATHER THAN 35 . 

BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS POWER . AT BUTLER STEVENS HAS THE POWER . BRAD IS THE BOSS . AT BOSTON THE PLAYERS HAVE THE POWER . 

SEVERAL PLAYERS WILL MAKE MORE THAN BRAD WHO WILL KNOCK DOWN 3.7 MILLION A YEAR . IT IS TOUGH TO BE THE BOSS OF SOMEONE WHO IS PAID MORE THAN YOU . 

IN THE NBA COACHES MAKE SUGGESTIONS NOT DECISIONS . THE STARS ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY PLEASE . 

THE COACH VERY SELDOM WINS A POWER STRUGGLE WITH STAR PLAYERS . THAT INCLUDES PHIL JACKSON AND HIS ELEVEN RINGS . THE LAKERS DID NOT GIVE PHIL A THIRD RIDE BECAUSE KOBE WAS SICK OF PHIL . 

IF THERE IS CONFLICT IN MIAMI BETWEEN LITTLE ERIC AND LBJ  WHO HITS THE HIGHWAY ?
IT IS NOT LBJ .     

WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT THEMSELVES IN THIS POSITION ? EGO ? YOU ARE THE COACH OF ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED BASKETBALL TEAMS . MONEY ? 3.7 MILLION IS THREE TIMES WHAT STEVENS MADE AT BUTLER .

STILL ,YOU ARE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND VERY LITTLE AUTHORITY . 

NOW , STEVENS IS NOT WORKING WITHOUT A NET HERE . BRAD KNOWS THAT IF THINGS GO IN THE TOILET AT BOSTON ,THERE WILL BE MANY COLLEGE PROGRAMS PLEADING FOR STEVENS . 

MAYBE , BRAD FIGURES IT IS A NO LOSE DEAL .NOT REALLY ANY RISK AT ALL . 

I SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HIS THINKING . 

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!     

CROSSING THE LINE

**** IS IT HARDER TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS RACIAL LINES OR ECONOMIC LINES?  HARD QUESTION .

I GREW UP IN A RURAL AREA WITH A CASTE SYSTEM THE HINDU WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF . YOUR SOCIAL CLASS OR STANDING DETERMINED SO MANY THINGS .

WHO YOU RAN AROUND WITH , WHO YOU DATED , AND CERTAIN CHURCHES CATERED TO DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS .

EVEN THE EXPECTATIONS  OF YOUR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL WAS BASED ON YOUR SOCIAL CLASS . THE ELITES  SEEMED TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IN  AWARDS AND THE SELECTION OF TEAMS AND GROUPS .

SPORTS WAS AN AREA WHERE ONE COULD JUMP THE CLASS BOUNDARY. ONE COULD GAIN SPECIAL TREATMENT IF HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER . ACCEPTANCE IN GROUPS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ATTAINABLE WAS COMMON .

THESE CLASS LINES WERE FIRM, RIGID, AND WELL DEFINED . EVERYONE KNEW WHERE HE STOOD .

HE KNOWS HIS PLACE WAS SAID IN PRAISE OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T ROCK THE BOAT OR CAUSE   TROUBLE . TO COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES OR MOVE ACROSS CLASS LINES WAS FROWNED UPON .

VIOLATION OF THE SOCIAL ORDER WAS A SERIOUS SIN . YOU MIGHT THINK I AM OVERSTATING THIS . BUT IN SPEAKING WITH FOUR CLASSMATES ABOUT AN UPCOMING REUNION THIS SUBJECT SURFACED .ALL DECIDED TO SKIP THE REUNION .

THINK ABOUT IT . HOW MANY LAWYERS DO YOU KNOW HANG OUT WITH THE GUYS THAT WORK ON THE GARBAGE TRUCK .

DO YOU KNOW ANY DOCTORS WHO SOCIALIZE WITH THE GUYS WHO ROTATE THE TIRES OR CHANGE OIL DOWN AT WAL-MART ?

IT IS HARD TO CROSS THOSE SOCIAL LINES . JUST LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD . YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN POPLAR FROM COLLIERVILLE TO THE RIVER AND SEE EVERY SOCIAL CLASS THAT EXISTS .

STATS SAY MEN MARRY EQUAL TO OR SLIGHTLY DOWN IN SOCIAL CLASS . WOMEN MARRY EQUAL TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE IN SOCIAL CLASS .

MARRIAGES ACROSS SEVERAL SOCIAL CLASSES HAVE A HIGH FAILURE RATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAGIC RESULTS .

CHECK OUT TEXAS EXAMPLES PRICE & VICKIE DANIEL OR CULLEN & PRISCILLA DAVIS TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN .

NO , WE DON'T LIKE TO DISCUSS SOCIAL CLASS BUT BE HONEST . LOOK AT YOUR FRIENDS , YOUR ACTIVITIES , &YOUR LIFE  TO SEE HOW DEFINED BY CLASS .

HAVE YOU FELT OUT OF PLACE , LIKE YOU DIDN'T BELONG ?  I DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS GOING TO OAK HALL TO SHOP . THAT IS NOT FOR ME . SOME THINGS ARE NOT A GOOD FIT .

I THINK SOCIAL LINES ARE HARDER THAN RACIAL LINES TO CROSS . BOTH LINES ARE PRETTY DARN HIGH .

BOTTOM LINE - ALL THESE YEARS AND I STILL DON'T KNOW MY PLACE .
I DO KNOW I PREFER PEPSI TO PINOT  AND A MOON PIE TO CAVIAR .

UNTIL NEXT TIME I'M LOOKING FOR MY PLACE!!!!!!!!!

HERE &THERE

***** YOUTH PREVAILS . FATHER TIME TRUMPS ALL . THE HEAT BEAT THE SPURS . 

YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN . AFTER THAT LOSS IN GAME SIX, THE SPURS HAD NO CHANCE IN GAME SEVEN . 

YOU CAN'T TAKE A SHOT LIKE THAT AND BOUNCE  BACK . THE RANGERS COULD NOT AGAINST THE CARDINALS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO .

YOU LET GAME SIX SLIP AWAY , IT IS TOUGH TO COME BACK IN GAME SEVEN . I THINK IT IS BETTER TO BE BLOWN OUT IN GAME SIX THAN TO THINK YOU HAVE IT WON , THEN GET AWAY .

CAN MIAMI KEEP IT GOING ? I DON'T KNOW . IT WILL GET HARDER EACH YEAR . 

I THINK THE SPURS AS WE KNOW THEM HAVE JUST WALKED OFF INTO THE SUNSET .

***** HOW ABOUT THE BULLDOGS ? IT IS GREAT FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE TO BE IN THE CWS FINALS .

WHETHER THE DAWGS WIN IT OR NOT , IT IS A SUPER YEAR . 

I THINK THE DAWGS HAVE THE BIGGEST FIRST BASEMAN IN BASEBALL .SIX FIVE & 272 IS A LOT OF FIRST BASEMAN .

**** THE SCHOOL MERGER HAS BEGUN TO HURT REAL PEOPLE . OVER 200 CENTRAL OFFICE WORKERS WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS . 

THIS IS DEVASTATING AT THIS STAGE OF THEIR CAREER . THERE ARE NOT MANY LATERAL MOVES FOR THESE FOLKS TO MAKE . 

THEIR AGE AND JOB LEVEL WORK AGAINST THEM . MOST ARE WITHIN THREE YEARS OF RETIREMENT . 

WHAT IS REALLY SAD IS THAT THIS WAS UNNECESSARY . THIS TRAIN WRECK WAS CAUSED BY POLITICAL INFIGHTING . DESTROYING CAREERS IN THE FINAL STAGES IS THE PRICE . 

BOTH SIDES LOSE BIG TIME IN THE MERGER . THE WINNERS ARE THE LAWYERS ,CONSULTANTS , & THE POLITICIANS.

***** THE CITY COUNCIL IS AT IT AGAIN . THEY ARE GOING TO RAISE TAXES  , LAY OFF WORKERS ,CUT PROGRAMS & DENY RAISES . 

BUT THE COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO DO AWAY WITH THE LUNCH THEY ARE PROVIDED EVERY MEETING . 

PEOPLE WITH NO JOBS PAY HIGHER TAXES FOR LESS SERVICES  BUT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET THAT FREE LUNCH .  YEAH BUDDY!

***** I AM NOT DEFENDING WHAT PAULA DEEN SAID . BUT LET'S GET REAL . 

WHAT PERSON AGE SIXTY OR MORE , BLACK OR WHITE HAS NOT SAID THAT WORD IN THEIR LIFETIME ? 

CAN ANYONE SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SAID AN OFFENSIVE WORD TO ANYONE DURING THEIR LIFETIME ? 

WELL, HELEN KELLER MAYBE . 

WE NEED TO SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS & NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT A COOK SAID WHEN .  

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!     

JUST THE WAY IT IS

 ***** COME ON NOW, YOU REALLY DIDN'T THINK THE GRIZZLIES WERE GOING TO KEEP COACH HOLLINS .

NOT AFTER FORCING HOLLINS TO PLEAD FOR HIS JOB . THAT PUBLIC HUMILIATION WAS A SURE SIGN FOR COACH TO PACK HIS BAGS .

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE FRONT OFFICE WAS UNHAPPY WITH HOLLINS . BUT THEY MUST HAVE BEEN MOST UNHAPPY TO PART WAYS WITH COACH AFTER THE BEST YEAR IN TEAM HISTORY .

I KNOW HOLLINS CAN BE STUBBORN  AT TIMES . THE GRIZZLIES DIDN'T THINK HOLLINS WAS WORTH THE PRICE HE WAS ASKING . THE BEAN COUNTERS BELIEVE THEY CAN GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF COACHING FOR LESS MONEY .

THE GRIZZLIES ARE TAKING A BIG RISK DITCHING HOLLINS . IF THE TEAM DOESN'T DO AS WELL NEXT YEAR THE SCAPEGOAT IS OBVIOUS. THE FRONT OFFICE WILL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN .

MEMPHIS FANS HAVE NOT BEEN KNOWN FOR PURCHASING TICKETS THROUGH THICK AND THIN .

ILLNESS CAUSED THE GRIZZLIES TO MAKE THIS RISK . THE BOSS WAS SICK OF LIONEL .

***** I DON'T THINK IT IS IN THE STARS OR CARDS FOR PHIL MICKELSON TO WIN A U.S. OPEN . PHIL HAS PLACED SECOND SIX TIMES IN THE OPEN .AT THE AGE OF 43 HE WON'T HAVE MANY MORE CHANCES .

SPEAKING OF RUNNING SHORT OF CHANCES , TIGER FANS ,YOU CAN START TO WORRY NOW .

TIGER IS NOT THE SAME AS HE WAS . I DON'T THINK HE WANTS TO BE TIGER WOODS ANYMORE . AT LEAST HE DOESN'T WANT TO PAY THE PRICE TO BE THAT TIGER WOODS . 

WOODS LOOKS LIKE A GUY WHO HAS DISCOVERED THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN GOLF . BE HARD TO CATCH JACK THINKING LIKE THAT.

***** YOU THINK THE HEAT IS SAYING "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE ?' THE BIG THREE IS ABOUT TO BE SHOT DOWN BY A BUNCH OF OLD DUDES .

THE SOCIAL SECURITY ALL - STARS {AKA THE SPURS} ARE CLOSE TO CLOSING OUT LBJ, WADE ,& BOSH .

THE OLD GUYS KNOW IT IS MOST LIKELY THEIR LAST ROUND - UP SO THEY ARE GOING TO FIRE TO THE LAST BULLET .

GO SPURS GO ! 

****** THANKS FOR READING !!!!!

THE GUN LAP

***** THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG SIT IN A GLIDER SWING ON THE BACK PORCH  OVERLOOKING THE LAKE .

THEY WATCH THE SUN SPARKLE ON THE WATER . THAT MUST BE THE THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT GEORGE H.W. BUSH TALKED ABOUT .

THEY ARE ON THE GUN LAP NOW . YOU KNOW , THE GUN LAP . AT THE START OF THE FINAL LAP OF A RACE THEY FIRE A GUN TO LET THE RUNNERS KNOW IT IS THE FINAL LAP .

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG ARE ON THE FINAL LAP .

THE OLD MAN IS THANKFUL HE IS STILL ON THE TRACK . THESE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN A MEDICAL JOURNEY .

I AM NOT SURE IF THE OLD DOG HAS ANY IDEAL HOW WONDERFUL HIS LIFE HAS BEEN.
 SAD FACT ; SOME CHILDREN IN MEMPHIS DON'T LIVE AS WELL AS THE OLD DOG .

THE OLD MAN READS A LOT SITTING IN THE SWING . THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG BOTH SLEEP A LOT .

THE OLD MAN DREAMS OF THE YESTERDAYS THAT HAVE SLIPPED AWAY . THE OLD DOG DREAMS OF THINGS TO CHASE AND KICKS IN HIS SLEEP  TO START HIS PURSUIT .

THIS QUIET LIFE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE OLD MAN HAD BEFORE . STRESS,PRESSURE,& BATTLES TO FIGHT HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON THE OLD DUDE .

THE BATTLES THAT SEEMED SO IMPORTANT THEN DO NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE NOW.

LIFE IS FUNNY THAT WAY . ONCE YOU GOT IT FIGURED OUT , IT HAS MOVED PAST YOU . 

THE THINGS YOU STRIVED FOR PROVE TO BE WORTHLESS . THE THINGS YOU NECLECTED TURN OUT TO BE THE TREASURES .

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG WATCH THE CRANE, DUCKS, TURTLES, & SQUIRRELS DOWN BY THE LAKE . EVERY NOW & THEN THE OLD DOG IS UP FOR  A CHASE .

THE OLD MAN THINKS OF THE ONES HE SHARED LIFE'S WALK WITH . SOME HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AGAIN . SOME HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M SORRY . MOST HE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HUG .

THE NAME DOESN'T CATCH ATTENTION LIKE IT DID LONG AGO  & THE PHONE DOESN'T RING AS MUCH WITH PEOPLE ASKING HOW .

THE PAST ONLY MATTERS TO THOSE WHO LIVED IT .

NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU TRAVEL YOU ALWAYS WISH FOR ONE MORE RIDE !!!!!!!!

SCATTERSHOOTING

**** MOST EXPERTS SAY A ONE STATE SOLUTION WILL NOT WORK IN THE MIDDLE EAST .

 WELL ,A ONE SYSTEM SOLUTION WILL NOT WORK IN THE THE EDUCATION WORLD OF SHELBY COUNTY EITHER .

IN THE MIDDLE EAST BOTH THE JEWS AND THE ARABS  MUST HAVE A STATE OF THEIR OWN . SO IT IS IN SHELBY COUNTY .

MEMPHIS MUST HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM ,SO SHOULD THE SUBURBS . A ONE SYSTEM SOLUTION WILL NOT WORK .

THE NEEDS AND GOALS ARE TOO DIFFERENT . THERE ARE FEW VALUES HELD IN COMMON .

AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE THROWN AWAY SHELBY COUNTY WILL HAVE TWO OR MORE SCHOOL SYSTEMS .

JUST A LOT OF MONEY ,TIME , AND WORK FOR NOTHING . HOW STUPID .

**** IN THE NBA , ABOUT 85 % OF THE OFFENSE COMES FROM THE PICK & ROLL OR ISOLATION BASKETBALL .

MY QUESTION IS "WHY DON'T NBA TEAMS PLAY A MATCH - UP ZONE ?

THE ZONE NEGATES THE PICK & ROLL AND THE ISOLATION GAME . 85% OF A TEAMS' OFFENSE NEUTRALIZED JUST LIKE THAT .

24 SECONDS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO SOLVE A ZONE DEFENSE .

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE NBA GUYS AS TO WHY THIS IS NOT HAPPENING .

YOU KNOW THEY DID NOT THINK YOU COULD PLAY ZONE PASS DEFENSE IN THE NFL IN THE SIXTIES . VINCE LOMBARDI DEMANDED THAT HIS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR PLAY MAN TO MAN  .

TODAY ,YOU SEE LITTLE PURE MAN TO MAN PASS COVERAGE IN THE NFL .

**** I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU PAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A PRO SPORTS FRANCHISE YOU WANT YOUR GUYS RUNNING THE SHOW . COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD .

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FRANCHISE HAS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE YEAR EVER . THE TRAIN IS REALLY ROLLING AND YOU HAVE BIG MO.

DO YOU PUT ON THE BRAKES BECAUSE YOUR GUYS ARE NOT IN CHARGE ?

THE GRIZZLIES ARE . GM CHRIS WALLACE IS IN THE WIND & COACH HOLLINS IS HALFWAY OUT THE DOOR .

THIS IS A BIG GAMBLE BY THE GRIZZLY BRASS. THE GRIZZLIES WOULD HAVE TROUBLE MATCHING THIS YEAR EVEN IF WALLACE AND HOLLINS RETURNED .

THE GRIZZ OWNER & FRONT OFFICE ARE SETTING THEMSELVES UP TO FAIL .

THE SMART MOVE WOULD BE WAIT FOR THE TRAIN TO START DOWNHILL BEFORE YOU PART WAYS WITH THE GM AND COACH .

**** I WAS SO EXCITED BY THE NAMING RIGHTS IDEAL I CAME UP WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS

1. THE W.W. HERENTON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

2. THE JANIS FULLILOVE  PARKWAY  HIGHWAY 61 T0 TUNICA

3. THE CHARLES " DAGO" TILLER JUSTICE CENTER

CAN YOU THINK OF OTHERS ?
 

**** AS I GROW OLDER , I AM BECOMING MORE LIBERTARIAN . iS THAT NORMAL ?

I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO BEING TOLD WHO I MUST INCLUDE , AND WHAT I MUST SUPPORT .

THERE IS A STRONG FORCE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY TO NORMALIZE HOMOSEXUALITY .

NOW, I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT TO PERSECUTE OR HARM PEOPLE FOR BEING DIFFERENT , BUT I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE FORCED TO ASSOCIATE WITH ANYONE .

I THINK EVERY GROUP SHOULD HAVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES . IF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT THE GROUP STANDS FOR JOIN UP .

IF NOT  STAY AWAY .

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!   

TROUBLE FROM THINKING

 ***** SOMETIMES THE THINGS I THINK GET ME INTO TROUBLE . SUCH AS ; 
 I DO NOT THINK ANY PUBLIC BUILDING , HIGHWAY, PARK ,OR ANY PUBLIC FACILITY SHOULD BE NAMED FOR ANYONE . 

IF YOU WANT A PUBLIC ENTITY NAMED FOR SOMEONE LET THE FAMILY , ESTATE ,OR FOUNDATION PAY A YEARLY NAMING RIGHTS FEE . 

THE SONS  OF THE CONFEDERACY CAN PAY TO CALL THE PARK FORREST PARK , THE KING FAMILY FOR THE MLK EXPRESSWAY , AND THE MORRIS  FAMILY FOR THE PARKWAY . 

THINK OF HOW MUCH MONEY THESE FEES WOULD BRING IT EVERY YEAR . IT MIGHT EVEN GO A LONG WAY FOR PAYING THE EXPENSE OF THESE AMENITIES. 

YOU CAN HAVE THINGS NAMED FOR ANYONE  YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR .  

 TROUBLE  WITH PUBLIC NAMING IS THAT TODAY'S HERO MAY BE TOMORROW'S SHAME ONCE ALL THE FACTS ARE KNOWN . THE O.J. SIMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL  DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT DOES IT .

WHEN WHOEVER IS PAYING THE BILL DOES NOT WANT TO PAY ANYMORE THE NAME GOES AWAY . 

***** THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS IS PAYING JOSH PASTNER WAY TOO MUCH MONEY . IT IS STUPID TO PAY JOSH OVER TWO MILLION A YEAR . 

 I LIKE JOSH . HE IS A OKAY COACH , AN EXCELLENT RECRUITER AND A REALLY GOOD PERSON . 

ALL THIS BEING SAID ; YOU CAN FIND 100 COACHES THE CALIBER OF JOSH FOR  HALF THE MONEY MEMPHIS IS PAYING JOSH . 

MEMPHIS WILL BEG FOR INCREASED FUNDING AND HOWL THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO OPERATE . THEN THEY OVER PAY THE MARKET LIKE THIS . I THINK TOM BOWEN IS NOT PERFORMING WELL . 

***** I THINK I SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE MY FRIENDS . I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH WHO I CHOOSE . 

I THINK A GROUP SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE ITS MEMBERS . AS LONG AS A GROUP IS NOT RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDING THE GROUPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT ITS MEMBERS . 

 AN ORGANIZATION CAN USE ANY CRITERIA TO INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE WHO IT WISHES . 

THERE ARE A LOT OF GROUPS I CAN NOT BE A MEMBER OF . THEY DO NOT WANT ME AS A MEMBER . 

 BIG DEAL ! LET THEM DO THEIR THING AND ME DO MINE . IF I WANT TO ALLOW SMOKING IN MY HOME IT IS MY CHOICE EITHER WAY . 

 I DID NOT THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE A FRATERNITY MEMBER . I DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A SHIRT WITH FUNNY LETTERS ON IT OR PAY DUES TO DRINK BEER WITH THE SAME BUNCH OF GOOBERS . 

SOME OTHERS THOUGHT  THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THEIR LIFE . LET THEM GO THE WAY THEY CHOOSE AND I THE WAY I CHOOSE .

  IT IS GETTING WHERE YOU CAN'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS  ANYMORE . 

THANKS FOR READING !!!!! FOR CHOOSING TO READ !!!!!!

HOCUS POCUS BONUS

***** THE LATEST IDEAL TO SAVE EDUCATION IS OUT OF THE BOX . IT IS A REAL DOOZY . 

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PLACE HIGHLY RATED TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE LOW TEST SCORES . 

THE TEACHERS ARE HIGHLY RATED BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THEY HAVE BEEN TEACHING HAVE SCORED WELL ON TESTS . 

TO GET THE TEACHERS TO GO TO LOW SCORING SCHOOLS , TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A 7000 DOLLAR BONUS . 

FOLKS,THIS WILL NOT FLY . WHY ? 

FIRST OF ALL , YOU ARE ADRESSING THE WRONG GROUP . THE TEACHERS ARE NOT THE PRIMARY FACTOR. THE STUDENTS ARE . 

YES, GREAT TEACHERS CAN MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE  BUT ALL A TEACHER CAN DO IS HELP STUDENTS REACH THIER MAX POTENTIAL .

IT IS THE SAME AS A  CAREER IN COACHING . IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PLAYERS .

JOHN WOODEN WHEN ASKED WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN BUILDING A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM , WOODEN SAID BE SURE YOU GET THE BEST PLAYERS .

TOP COACHES ARE NOT TAKING JOBS WHERE THEY CAN'T GET BIG TIME PLAYERS . BONUS OR NO BONUS 

IF COACHES TRY IT WITHOUT PLAYERS THEY WILL NOT BE TOP COACHES LONG . SEE BOBBY KNIGHT . KNIGHT REACHED THE POINT WHERE HE BELIEVED HIS COACHING WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TALENT LEVEL OF HIS PLAYERS . IT WAS A QUICK TRIP DOWN FOR BOBBY .

CAL DIDN'T GO TO SOUTHERN MISS ,HE WENT TO KENTUCKY . NICK SABAN WENT TO ALABAMA , HE DIDN'T GO TO DUKE . BIG TIME COACHES GO WHERE THE PLAYERS ARE . WON'T BIG TIME TEACHERS DO THE SAME .

IN COACHING THE SMART THING IS ONLY PRACTICE WHAT YOU DO IN A GAME . THIS PRINCIPLE IS NOT HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM . 

TEACHERS ARE SO BUSY WITH NEEDLESS PAPERWORK THEY DO NOT HAVE TIME TO TEACH . SILLY EVALUATION MODELS TAKE SO MUCH TIME WHEN THE TEACHERS SHOULD BE TEACHING .

ALL THIS EVALUATION PROCESS IS A COMPLETE JOKE ,A TOTAL JOKE . ANY ADMINSTRATOR CAN TELL YOU WHICH TEACHERS ARE DOING A GOOD TEACHING JOB AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT . 

ALSO MOST EVERY KID IN SCHOOL CAN TELL YOU WHO THE GOOD AND BAD TEACHERS ARE .

STOP ALL THIS POLITICAL CORRECTNESS CROCK OF MESS AND LET THE TEACHERS TEACH .

STOP ALL THESE NEW PROGRAMS AND GO WITH THE TRIED AND TRUE . TWO PROVERN  WINNERS ARE REDUCED CLASS SIZE AND ABILITY GROUPING.

IF YOU EVALUATE TEACHERS THE SAME WAY YOU DO COACHES {  WINS /LOSSES & TEST SCORES} GET READY FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS AND ABUSES YOU HAVE IN THE SPORTS WORLD. 

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE TRIALS OF MR. JIMMY

***** MR. JIMMY WAS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AT MEDINA . HE WAS ONE OF THREE DRIVERS . 

BUT MR .JIMMY WAS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE. EVERYONE LOVED MR.JIMMY .THEY EVEN DEDICATED THE YEARBOOK TO MR. JIMMY .

THE KIDS DID NOT ACT UP ON MR JIMMY'S BUS BECAUSE THEY LIKED MR JIMMY 

WELL ,THERE WAS ONE EXCEPTION . A LITTLE FELLOW IN THE EARLY GRADES WHO WAS A DOUBLE HAND FULL .

THE LITTLE DUDE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM MR JIMMY SO A DIFFERENT BUS WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION . THE KID WAS THE FIRST ONE ON IN THE MORNING & THE LAST ONE OFF IN THE AFTERNOON . 

THE ACTION WAS NON - STOP ;
 SIT DOWN WHEN THE BUS IS MOVING 
 QUIT CHANGING SEATS 
 DON'T STICK YOUR HEAD OUT THE WINDOW 
 DON'T THROW THINGS OUT THE WINDOW 
 DON'T THROW THINGS PERIOD
 DON'T LIGHT ANYMORE MATCHES 
 DON'T YOU EVER TURN A SNAKE LOOSE ON THIS BUS AGAIN !

ON AND ON ,EVERY DAY,  MR JIMMY THOUGHT ABOUT BUSTING THE KID'S BOTTOM BUT  HE NEVER DID . 

BUT THE WORST PART WAS AS SOON AS THE BUS PARKED THE BOY WENT STRAIGHT TO MR JIMMY'S STORE WHERE HE DRANK COKES BY THE GALLON ,& ATE HIS WEIGHT IN HOOP CHEESE AND BALONEY .

 AND RAN THROUGH A BOX OF CANDY BARS FASTER THAN DIARRHEA THROUGH A DAY CARE . MR JIMMY NEVER CHARGED THE BOY A DIME .

 THE KID WAS A REGULAR AT THE STORE WHERE HE PESTERED CUSTOMERS AND ASKED UNENDING QUESTIONS . 

AND IN THE SUMMER ,THE KID WAS AT THE STORE 24/7 . 

THEN THE BOYS PARENTS CAME TO SEE MR JIMMY . THEY TOLD HIM THE ECONOMY WAS BAD , NO JOBS AROUND HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO CHICAGO FOR A JOB OPPORTUNITY . 

MR JIMMY WATCHED THEM GO WITH A HEAVY HEART , THE LITTLE MAN WAVING BYE THROUGH THE BACK GLASS .

BUT MR JIMMY KNEW THEY WOULD BE BACK . JOBS HERE WOULD PICK UP  AND THE LITTLE DEVIL WOULD BE COMING BACK SOON . 

WHAT MR JIMMY DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT HIS TIME WAS SHORT . IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS MR JIMMY WOULD DIE IN A CAR WRECK . 

MR JIMMY WAS ON THE WAY TO CHICAGO WHEN HE WAS KILLED . MR JIMMY WAS ON HIS WAY TO SEE THE GRANDSON HE LOVED SO MUCH . !

THANKS FOR READING  !!!!!!!!!!!

A TOUGH LOSS

***** YOU NEVER LIKE TO LOSE A GAME BUT THE WAY MEMPHIS LOST SUNDAY IS REALLY HARD .

A THREE POINT LEAD , POSSESSION OF THE BALL, AND ONLY 45 SECONDS TO PLAY , YOU SHOULD WIN THAT GAME .

IT CAN TEAR THE HEART OUT ON A TEAM TO LOSE ONE LIKE THAT . IN CONTROL MOST OF THE GAME WITH A 12 POINT ,LEAD, NINE AT THE START  OF THE FOURTH QUARTER .

TEAMS THAT THROW AWAY GAMES LAST ABOUT AS LONG IN THE PLAYOFFS AS DOGS THAT CHASE CARS .

WHEN THE FIRST ONE TO WIN FOUR ADVANCES , IT IS DEVASTATING TO THROW ONE AWAY .

I HOPE THE GRIZZLIES CAN BOUNCE BACK , WIN ONE IN OK-CITY , AND PLAY GREAT IN MEMPHO .

TO TELL THE TRUTH I REALLY DON'T LIKE NBA BASKETBALL . I SELDOM WATCH UNLESS THE GRIZZLIES ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

WHAT DO I NOT LIKE ?

FIRST OF ALL THE CONTACT . TOO MUCH PUSHING AND SHOVING . THEY LIT US UP WITH A PADDLE AT MEDINA FOR FIST FIGHTS WITH A TENTH  OF THE ACTION THATS GOES ON IN THE PAINT

THEY NEED TO DO AWAY WITH TRUNKS AND LET THEM WEAR THOSE STRING DRAWERS LIKE THE BIG WRESTLERS FROM JAPAN DO .

THEY WEAR THOSE THONGS AND TRY TO PUSH ONE ANOTHER OUT OF A CIRCLE . SOUNDS LIKE THE NBA TO ME .

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE DUDE RESPONSIBLE FOR WASHING THOSE BRITCHES ? 

I SEE PLAYERS THROW HEADBANDS AND WRIST BANDS TO THE CROWD , LET'S HOPE THEY DON'T START THROWING THOSE THONGS .

SECOND, THEY TAKE ONE TO THREE EXTRA STEPS . I COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD AT MEDINA IF THEY HAD LET ME MOVE THE BALL WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIBBLE .

CAMEL MUST BE THE NBA 'S OFFICIAL CIGARETTE , BECAUSE THESE GUYS WALK A MILE EVERYTIME   DOWN THE FLOOR .

BEING EXPOSED TO THE PURE BASKETBALL PLAYED AT MEDINA ONE CAN UNDERSTAND BEING LET DOWN BY THE NBA .

A LOT OF GUYS SHOT LIKE DURANT AT MEDINA . ONLY DIFFERENCE THE BALL DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE HOOP MUCH .

UP -TEMPO GAME  ?

MY MAIN MAN J-MACK WHO IS COACHING IN HEAVEN NOW USED TO PROCLAIM "YOU KNOW BASKETBALL , ANYBODY THAT KNOWS` BASKETBALL KNOWS MEDINA HAS TO RUN TO WIN ."

J- MACK WAS UPSET WITH A NEW COACH AND SLOW - DOWN STYLE .  YOU HAD TO LET THOSE HORNETS FLY .

THE HORNETS WERE SOMETHING TO BEHOLD ON THE FAST BREAK, WITH PEERLESS POINT GUARD PISSANT PIERCEY  LEADING THE CHARGE . THINK CHRIS PAUL HERE .

WHEN PISSANT FLUNKED OUT AFTER PLAYING SIX YEARS THE FAST BREAK WAS NOT AS EXCITING . REDUCTION OF SPEED AT THE POINT TOOK SOME STING OUT OF THE FAST BREAK .

IN FACT , IN THE POST - PIERCEY YEARS THE BREAK WAS KNOW AS THE HALF -FAST BREAK .

I SURE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT 15 CENT BROWN PAPER SACK OF POPCORN AND THAT DIME COKE AND WATCH OL PISSANT WHEEL AND DEAL ONE MORE TIME .

I LOVE YOU ALL AND THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!     

SAY IT'S NOT SO ZIVA

***** LAST WEEK ON NCIS ,TONY & ZIVA WERE INJURED IN A CAR WRECK . THE SHOW CLOSED WITH THE TWO CLINGING TO LIFE .

JUST AS THE TWO WERE HOLDING HANDS ,& ZIVA ABOUT TO PROCLAIM HER LOVE FOR TONY TRAGEDY STRUCK .

IN MOST CASES I WOULD NOT BE CONCERNED . THE STARS HAVE TO MAKE IT BACK FOR THE NEXT EPISODE  .

BUT THE YOUNG LADY WHO PORTRAYS ZIVA HAS NOT SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR NEXT SEASON .

OH , I HOPE THEY DON'T KILL ZIVA OFF . THE LITTLE HEBREW HONEY IS A MAJOR PART OF THE SHOW .

I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE AS INTERESTED WITH OUT ZIVA .

PLEASE BRING BACK ZIVA . AS THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS USED TO SING "BRING IT ON BACK BRING BACK THAT LOVING FEELING "

BRING BACK ZIVA !!

****** TALK ABOUT LIVING  ON FANTASY ISLAND . DID YOU SEE THE MOTHER OF THE BOSTON BOMBING BOYS ?

MOM SAID HER BOYS HAD BEEN TREATED CRUELTY . SHE SAID THE BOMBING WAS A FAKE . THE WHOLE THING A HOAX TO WRONGLY ACCUSE HER BOYS .

THIS OLD CHICK HAS SOME FINE STASH TO SMOKE .

***** WHILE WE ARE ON BOMBERS LET US TOUCH ON BILL & BERNIE . THAT'S RIGHT THE HAPPILY MARRIED COUPLE AYERS & DOHRN .

YOU KNOW FRIENDS FROM THE NEIGHBOR HOOD OF BARRY & SHELLY OBAMA .

YOU REMEMBER BILL & BERNIE , USED TO BE THE LEADERS OF THE WEATHERMEN , A TERRORIST GROUP IN THE SIXTIES .

THEY BLEW UP SOME BUILDINGS ,TOOK A FEW LIVES ,& SAY THEY WISH THEY COULD HAVE DONE MORE.

WILL JUSTICE EVER CATCH BILL & BERNIE ?

****** WHEN I AM WRONG  I WILL ADMIT IT .  I WAS WRONG  BAD WRONG ABOUT MARC GASOL

I WATCHED GASOL AS A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER  . HE WAS A HEAVY SOFT CRYBABY .

I THOUGHT HE HAD AS MUCH CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NBA AS I DO OF PEEING OVER MY HOUSE .

BUT NOW BIG SPAIN IS THE NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR . SHAME ON THE ROCK

****** MY FEARS FOR THE GRIZZLIES WERE UNFOUNDED .THE BATTLING BEARS HAVE TIED THE SERIES UP .

IT IS A BEST OF THREE GIG NOW .

GRIZZLIES ; STAY IN FRONT OF CHRIS PAUL .

****** SEE Y'ALL NEXT TIME !!!!!

REFLECTIONS

**** ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW TWO GUYS CAN RUN OFF THE RAILS LIKE THOSE  TWO IN BOSTON ? TWO EVERYDAY DUDES JUST POP OUT INTO TERRORISTS . AMAZING !

AMERICANS NEED TO FACE FACTS . RADICAL ISLAM IS A GRAVE DANGER TO US . ISLAM TEACHES THAT UNBELIEVERS MUST BE CONVERTED OR KILLED .

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM THERE . COMPROMISE AND LIVE AND LET LIVE ARE NOT IN THE ISLAM DITTY BAG . THEIR GOAL IS OUR DESTRUCTION .

RADICAL ISLAM IS A POLITICAL SYSTEM AND RELIGION ALL IN ONE . TRUE BELIEVERS ARE CALLED TO PRACTICE JIHAD [ HOLY WAR ] TO REACH THEIR GOAL WHICH IS WORLD WIDE DOMINATION .

SUN TZU SAYS "KNOW YOURSELF AND KNOW YOUR ENEMY, IN 100 BATTLES YOU WILL NOT BE IN DANGER "

AMERICANS BETTER BE LEARNING WHAT ISLAM IS  ABOUT AND WHAT THE PURPOSE THERE OF IS .

IN THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT BUSH 43 " IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING " THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER HUH ?

***** I LIKE TO PREDICT ELECTIONS BY RIDING AROUND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND COUNTING YARD SIGNS . I AM ABLE TO FORECAST THE WINNER MOST OF THE TIME .

 I AM SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT GREG DAVIS HAS FOR SOUTH HAVEN MAYOR .

I AM NOT CALLING THE ELECTION FOR DAVIS .  I JUST AM SURPRISED DAVIS HAS SUPPORTERS .

DAVIS HAS LEGAL ACTIONS PENDING DUE TO HIS TENURE IN OFFICE . HE ALSO LEFT HIS WIFE AND FAMILY  FOR A GAY LOVER .

WHO IS THE MONEY BEHIND GREG DAVIS ? WHO STANDS TO GAIN FROM THE RE-ELECTION OF DAVIS ?

INTERESTING THEATER IN A SMALL TOWN .

***** GRIZZLE FANS , I THINK YOU ARE IN TROUBLE . THE MATCH-UPS DON'T SEEM TO FAVOR MEMPHIS .

MEMPHIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANSWERS FOR ERIC BLEDSOE OR CHRIS PAUL .

IF THE GRIZZ COULD GET A WIN MONDAY NIGHT THINGS WOULD CHANGE .

MEMPHIS HAS TO WONDER HOW CAN YOU WIN 55 GAMES IN THE NBA AND BE A FIVE SEED ?

***** I WANT TO GO TO THE KARAOKE BAR . TIGER WOODS WILL BE PERFORMING HANK WILLIAMS SONGS .

I HEAR TIGER WILL BE DOING YOUR CHEATIN HEART AND YOU WIN AGAIN . 

***** ROCK'S READING RATINGS

SUMMITT IT UP  BY PAT SUMMITT  - FOUR STARS

POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING  BY BOB KNIGHT -  THREE STARS

RACE ,POWER,AND POLITICAL EMERGENCE IN MEMPHIS  BY WRIGHT FIVE STARS

BUSH ON THE COUCH BY FRANK - THREE STARS

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!                                           -

SCATTERSHOOTING

 ***** I AM GLAD TIGER WOODS DID NOT WIN THE MASTERS . TIGER CHEATED OR BROKE THE RULES IF YOU WILL . HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF THERE .

THOSE DUDES IN THE GREEN JACKETS REALLY WENT TO BAT FOR WOODS . IF MIKE RICE HAD THE GREEN JACKETS ON HIS SIDE, RICE WOULD STILL BE COACHING AT RUTGERS .

I THINK THE RULES COMMITTEE MADE AN EXCEPTION FOR TIGER . IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT WAY . LOOKS LIKE THE PRISTINE MASTERS IS AS DOWN AND DIRTY AS EVERYONE ELSE .

WAY TO GO ADAM SCOTT . YEA AUSSIE !

***** SAD TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF FROSTY WESTERING . COACH WAS 85 . ALL COACHES SHOULD READ FROSTY'S BOOK - MAKE THE BIG TIME WHERE YOU ARE .

FROSTY AND JOHN GAGLIARDI ARE GREAT ROLE MODELS FOR COACHES . I WISH I HAD BEEN LIKE THOSE TWO . JOHN WOODEN WAS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW .

WESTERING AND GAGLIARDI DO THE BEST JOB OF KEEPING THE RIGHT THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER OF ANYONE IN THE COACHING WORLD.


IT IS HARD TO WALK THE PATH THEY HAVE CHOSEN BUT IT IS THE RIGHT WAY . IT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT OUTLOOK ON THE MATTERS YOU FACE .

***** CONTROVERSIAL ATTORNEY RICHARD FIELDS KILLED CROSSING A MEMPHIS STREET .  RICHARD WAS THE MAJOR ACTOR IN EVERY CIVIL RIGHTS CASE IN THE AREA FOR YEARS .

THE IMPACT OF HIS LIFE WILL BE HARD TO MEASURE .

***** TWO YEARS AND COUNTING , WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HOLLY BOBO . THE PAIN OF THE FAMILY MUST BE UNBEARABLE .

 COME ON , SOMEBODY MUST KNOW SOMETHING . PLEASE STEP UP AND END THIS TORTURE .

****** CAN  A GAY MAN UNDER INDICTMENT FOR IMPROPER USE OF FUNDS BE RE-ELECTED MAYOR OF A MISSISSIPPI TOWN ?

TO EVEN POSE THE QUESTION IS A SIGN OF THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE .

THE MAYOR WAS STILL IN THE CLOSET WHEN HE WAS LAST ELECTED . THESE REVELATIONS OF SECRET LOVE AND STEALING MONEY HAVE POPPED UP SINCE THE LAST TIME VOTERS SPOKE .

WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?   HOW WILL THIS SOAP OPERA PLAY OUT ?  STAY TUNED .

***** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE PARTY 'S OVER

***** TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
          THE PARTY 'S OVER
         THEY SAY ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END
         CALL IT A NIGHT
         THE PARTY OVER

THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL PARTY IS OVER . WHAT A PARTY IT WAS .

I REALLY ENJOYED BOTH TOURNAMENTS , MEN AND WOMENS' .IN THE MEN'S FINAL I WAS NOT SURE IF I WAS WATCHING BASKETBALL OR WRESTLE MANIA . SO MUCH CONTACT .

I THOUGHT MICHIGAN HAD IMPORTED OLLIE FROM HOOSIERS WATCHING LITTLE SPIKE IN THE FIRST HALF .

BUT LOUISVILLE PREVAILED MAKING RICK PITINO THE FIRST COACH TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP AT TWO SCHOOLS .

A SHOUT OUT TO RICK FOR CHANGING THE GAME . RICK WAS ONE OF THEFIRST TO  STRESS SHOOTING THE THREE AND PRESSING FULL TIME

A BUDDY OF MINE SAID THIS SHOULD BE CALLED THE WBTO TOURNAMENT . WHITE BOYS TAKING OVER . BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THAT MANY WHITE GUYS PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLES IN GAMES .

ALSO MORE ZONE DEFENSE THAN IN MANY MOONS . LOOK FOR MORE ZONE IN THE FUTURE . THE ZONE CAN NEUTRALIZE THE BEAT YOU OFF THE DRIBBLE OFFENSES POPULAR TODAY .

NO TELLING WHO WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR . IN THE AGE OF ONE AND DONE  THINGS CHANGE QUICKLY .

I DON'T KNOW IF MEMPHIS WILL BE HELPED BY GOING TO A FEW CONFERENCE . TOO MANY TAG ALONGS  COMING WITH THEM .

SUPER CONRADS TO MY BOY GENO FOR WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP  # 8 . THIS ONE TIES PAT SUMMITT FOR THE MOST IN WOMENS BALL AND IS ONLY 2 BEHIND WOODEN FOR ALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL .

GENO COULD AND SHOULD BREAK THE RECORD . HE IS 59 AND HAS MOST OF HIS BIG GUNS BACK . FRESHMAN STEWIE THE PRIME EXAMPLE .

GENO WILL NOT BREAK PAT'S RECORD FOR GAMES WON . HE WOULD HAVE TO COACH TILL AGE 70 TO COACH AS LONG AS PAT DID .  

I DON'T SEE GENO GOING PAST 65 . BUT UNTIL THEN GENO SHOULD BE AN INSPIRATION TO SMART A$$ES EVERYWHERE .

MAYBE PAT AND GENO WILL BURY THE HATCHET SOME WHERE BESIDE EACH OTHERS   BACK .

***** IT IS MASTERS TIME  AND I FEEL IT IS TIGER TIME .

TIGER IS PLAYING WELL , HAS A NEW BLOND SWEETIE  , AND IS`READY TO ROLL . IF WOODS DOES NOT WIN A MAJOR THIS YEAR , I THINK THE FAT LADY IS TUNING UP .

I AM AN ABT FAN .ANYBODY BUT TIGER . I KEEP HOPING FOR TIN CUP .

IT IS AMAZING TO ME , THE MARKETING GENIUS OF THE MASTERS . THEY HAVE BUILT AN IMAGE FAR ABOVE ALL OTHERS .  IT IS THE SAME RULES , SAME PLAYERS AS ANY OTHER TOURNAMENT .  SO WHAT IF YOU GET A CRAPPY GREEN JACKET FOR WINNING ?

THINK I WILL GET SOME HEAT FOR DISSING THOSE SNOBS ?

LET'S GO  GENO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

WILD WILD WORLD

***** THE NCAA TOURNAMENT IS AS UNPREDICTABLE AS THE MEMPHIS WEATHER . I HAD ALL FOUR OF THOSE TEAMS MAKING THE FINAL FOUR .

YEAH RIGHT , THE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR I HAD A HINT WOULD BE LOUISVILLE THE ONLY #1 TO MAKE IT .

THIS ONE AND DONE DRAMA IS WHAT MAKES THE BIG DANCE  THE SHOW THAT IT IS . YOU HAVE TO WIN SIX IN A ROW TO BE THE CHAMP .

YOU KNOW ,YOU COULD PLAY THE TOURNAMENT OVER NEXT MONTH AND THE RESULTS WOULD BE MUCH DIFFERENT . YOU JUST NEVER KNOW .

SYRACUSE , WICHITA STATE , AND MICHIGAN , WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SUCH . I WONDER IF THERE IS ONE BRACKET  IN THE WORLD WITH THE CORRECT FINAL FOUR .

I GUESS I WILL PULL FOR THE SHOCKERS . THEY ARE NOT FROM A POWER - 6  CONFERENCE , A #9 SEED , AND A COACH WHO LOOKS LIKE  A MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER .

JUST LOOKING AT THE COACHES , RICKY P. IS FAR AND AWAY THE MOST FLASHY OF THIS LITTER . RICK SPENDS MORE ON ONE SUIT THAN THESE BOYS COMBINED ON A COMPLETE WARDROBE .

I DON'T KNOW  WHERE RICK GETS HIS RAGS BUT THESE TWO FROM MICHIGAN  & WICHITA ARE RIGHT OUT OF THE TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE .

I DO LIKE THE SYRACUSE 2-3 ZONE BUT IF A HEMORRHOID COULD TALK IT WOULD SOUND LIKE JIMMY B .

THE WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT IS JUST AS CRAZY . NUMBER ONES BAYLOR AND STANFORD  GONE . MY TWO FAVORITE GIRLS JUKE JOINT KIM AND HONKY TONK SHERRI  ARE OUT EARLY TO MY DISMAY . BUT I GUESS IT EVENS OUT  CAUSE TARA IS OUT TO MY DELIGHT .

I HOPE MY MAN GENO CAN PULL THROUGH . DID YOU SEE THE FINE FIT GENO THREW ?  IT WAS A CLASSIC AND SHOULD HAVE EARNED GENO MORE THAN ONE TECH .

 JUST THINK IF DELLA DONNE HAD NOT GOTTEN HOMESICK AND STAYED AT U -CONN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN .

A TOURNAMENT IS A WONDERFUL THING .

***** THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WORLD WAS SADDENED AT THE DEATH OF GLENN MCADAMS . MAC COACHED FOOTBALL FOR OVER 40 YEARS . HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WINNING ABOUT 75% OF HIS GAMES AND PLURAL CHAMPIONSHIPS . THING IS MAC WAS AN EVEN BETTER MAN . A GREAT PERSON AND EXAMPLE .

MY GUESS IS MAC GOT A HIGH FIVE AND A WELL DONE FROM JESUS WHEN HE MADE IT HOME .

****** THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WORLD WAS SURPRISED AT THE ADVENT OF RICKY WOODS TO TRENTON PEABODY .

RICKY IS A LARGE ,LARGE DEAL IN MISSISSIPPI . ONE OF HIS STOPS WAS SOUTH PANOLA  WHERE HE LOST ONE GAME IN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS .

RICKY'S LAST GIG WAS A JR. COLLEGE  JOB WHERE HE WON A BUNCH .

I DIDN'T THINK  RICKY WOODS COULD FIND TRENTON ON A MAP WITH A FLASHLIGHT .

PEABODY MUST BE READY FOR SOME SERIOUS BIG TIME FOOTBALL TO BRING IN A HIRED GUN LIKE WOODS .

AND I THOUGHT THE METH COOKERS HAD ALL THE MONEY IN GIBSON COUNTY .

WONDER IF RICKY WILL BE TEACHING ANY CLASSES  AT PEABODY .  

****** HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON !!!!!!!!!!!

TOURNEY TALK

***** WELL ,MEMPHIS WINS 31 GAMES INCLUDING ONE IN THE BIG DANCE . NOW THEY SAY JOSH NEEDS A RAISE .

UNLESS HE GETS MORE MONEY ,JOSH MIGHT GO TO UCLA OR MINNESOTA . PASTNER MAKES 1.7 MILLION NOW .

I SAY, IF HE WANTS TO ROLL LET HIM GO . I THINK HE IS OVERPAID AS IT IS .

YES , HE DID WIN 31 GAMES BUT AGAINST COMPETITION  TWO STEPS ABOVE CHURCH LEAGUE. JOSH'S FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST A REAL TEAM WAS A DISASTER .

JOSH IS A GOOD RECRUITER AND AN AVERAGE OR BELOW BENCH COACH . I THINK THE TIGERS COULD FIND A BUCKETFUL OF HOT YOUNG COACHES FOR A MILLION A YEAR .

I DON'T THINK JOSH IS DUMB ENOUGH TO LEAVE A SWEET GIG LIKE MEMPHIS .   BUT IF HE IS LET HIM GO , IT WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT JUST AS GOOD .

MAYBE JOSH THINKS HE NEEDS TO BAIL BEFORE MEMPHIS MOVES TO A NEW CONFERENCE . DON'T WORRY THE NEW LEAGUE WILL NOT BE MUCH  HARDER THAN THE OLD ONE .

***** I CAN NOT REMEMBER A TOURNAMENT WITH MORE WHITE GUYS AND THIS MUCH ZONE DEFENSE .

 WHERE DID ALL THESE WHITE BOYS COME FROM ? NOT SAYING IT IS GOOD OR BAD . JUST UNUSUAL .

SEEMS LIKE EVERY GAME ONE OR BOTH TEAMS PLAY A LOT OF ZONE . I LOVE IT . I THINK IT GIVES THE LESS TALENTED TEAM A CHANCE TO HANG IN THERE .

 THE SLASH AND PENETRATE TEAMS HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AGAINST THE ZONE . HEAVEN FORBID ,THEY MIGHT HAVE TO RUN AN OFFENSE AND PASS THE BALL .

TEAMS TODAY ,DON'T SEE ZONE TOO OFTEN . SO IT CAN BE CONFUSING TO BE CONFRONTED BY A GOOD ZONE . SYRACUSE HAS MADE A LIVING OFF OF THE 2-3 FOR YEARS . LOUISVILLE PLAYS A LOT OF 2-3 .

ANYONE WHO PLAYS MEMPHIS SHOULD PLAY A TON OF ZONE . I AM NOT SURE THE TIGERS HAVE A PLAN  TO ATTACH ZONE .

***** FLORIDA GULF COAST IS MY NEW FAVORITE TEAM . THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH . THEY ARE A  LOOSE HAPPY BUNCH , A CINDERELLA WITH A LOT OF  PERSONALITY .  HOPE THE EAGLES CAN FLY A LITTLE FARTHER .

 I WOULD LOVE FOR A TEAM NOT FROM A POWER CONFERENCE TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT . 

LASALLE  IS ANOTHER CREW YOU HAVE TO LOVE . I DIDN'T THINK HENDERSON AND OLE MISS WOULD INTIMIDATE THIS BUNCH FROM PHILLY .

THE EXPLORERS PLAY THAT TOUGH INNER CITY SUMMER BALL LIKE THE MEMPHIS KIDS DO YEAR ROUND . I THINK LASALLE MAY BE BETTER COACHED THAN MEMPHIS .

I AM NOT BANGING ON JOSH . I AM JUST TELLING THE TRUTH . JOSH IS A GOOD RECRUITER BUT JUST AN AVERAGE GAME COACH AT THIS TIME . JP IS STILL LEARNING ON THE JOB .

 I DON'T THINK JOSH CAN IMPROVE HIS SIDELINE JUMP . I THINK HE HAS MAXED OUT  ON HIS LEAPS .

***** ONLY THING WORSE FOR MEMPHIS IF OLE MISS HAD WON . IT WOULD HAVE KILLED TIGER FANS FOR THE REBELS TO GO DEEPER  THAN THE TIGERS .

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A LOT ON MY MIND

***** WELL , CHILI PEPPER HAD A SETBACK AND HAD TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL .

IT SEEMS LIKE WE SPEND THE MONTH OF MARCH IN BAPTIST HOSPITAL. I WAS THERE THE ENTIRE MARCH OF 2012 AND NOW CHILI PEPPER HAS BEEN THERE MOST OF MARCH THIS YEAR .

A LITTLE MORE SURGERY AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE HER ALL FIXED UP . I HOPE AND PRAY THAT IS THE CASE .

EVEN WITH THE GREAT FAMILY SUPPORT  WE HAVE , I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALONE AS I DO WHEN SHE IS NOT THERE .

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS , CARDS ,CALLS , AND VISITS . THEY MEAN SO MUCH .

***** THE TIGERS HAVE A  FULL DANCE CARD AT THE BIG DANCE . I AM NOT SURE THE TIGERS CAN WIN A GAME  BUT THEY WILL EARN EVERY STEP THEY TAKE .

THERE ARE NO MORE CUPCAKES . THESE TEAMS CAN ALL PLAY . CAN THE TALENTED TIGERS MAKE A RUN ?

MY MAIN MAN, DR .WINE SAYS NO . THE TIGERS DO NOT GET ENOUGH POINTS FROM THEIR BIG MEN TO ROAR . WINE SAYS LACK OF AN INSIDE GAME WILL PUT AN EARLY END TO THE TIGERS .

****** I FEEL BAD THAT USM DID NOT MAKE THE SHOW . I THINK THE GOLDEN BIRDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE . I DON'T FEEL TENNESSEE, BAMA , VANDY , & KENTUCKY HAD MUCH OF A CASE .

IT SHOULD BE AN ENTERTAINING DANCE WITH A LOT OF CANDIDATES FOR PROM QUEEN .

I WISH BELMONT COULD MAKE A RUN  OR SOME SCHOOL FROM A NON - POWER CONFERENCE . THIS TIME NEXT WEEK WE WILL KNOW THE SWEET - 16.

***** 22 YEARS AGO TODAY , MY DAD LEFT THIS EARTH . BIG MOOSE ALL 145 POUNDS OF HIM , WAS ONE OF A KIND .

THEY DID NOT MAKE ANY MORE LIKE DADDY . A FREE SPIRIT , AND A DREAM CHASER ,DADDY LIVED LIFE PRETTY MUCH ON HIS TERMS AND HIS OWN RULES .

DAD NEVER GAVE IN TO THE SYSTEM . HE ALWAYS DID THINGS HIS WAY AND MANAGED JUST FINE . MOOSE SELDOM PUNCHED A CLOCK OR HAD A FIXED SCHEDULE.

DADDY ALWAYS DEALT IN CASH , AND CAME AS CLOSE TO BEATING THE TAX MAN AS ANYONE EVER HAS .

I MISS THAT COLORFUL CHARACTER THAT WAS MY DAD EVERY DAY  AND HOPE TO SEE HIM AGAIN SOME DAY BEYOND THE SETTING SUN .  

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CRAZY CRAZY

***** THANK THE LORD ,CHILI PEPPER IS HOME AND DOING FINE . THE GIRL CAME THRU SURGERY LIKE A CHAMP AND SHOULD BE FULL SPEED IN A FEW WEEKS .

PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE GREAT DOCTORS AND HOSPITAL CARE PROVIDED FOR CHILI PEPPER . SURE IS GREAT TO HAVE HER HOME .

AND A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO MAMA AND SISTER ANNIE FOR TAKING GREAT CARE OF US . THEY ARE AWESOME !

****** THEY USED TO SAY AT MEDINA " IT IS NOT HARD TO SCREW UP , IT JUST TAKES SOME TIME "

THIS MEANS IF WE FOOL WITH SOMETHING ,THEN WE WILL MESS IT UP PRETTY QUICK .

THIS IS TRUE IN THE SCHOOL MERGER . HAVE YOU SEEN A BIGGER SNAFU ? AND IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE .

SAME THING FOR THE CONFERENCE RE - ALIGNMENT . GRABBING FOR DOLLARS AND GREED IS DRIVING THIS TRAIN WRECK .

TRADITIONAL RIVALS AND GEOGRAPHY DON'T MEAN A THING IT IS HOW MUCH TV MARKET CAN YOU COVER AND HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU MAKE .

I WONDER IF THE SCHOOLS HAVE COUNTED THE COST . YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES WILL BE ASTRONOMICAL WHEN YOUR TEAMS TRAVEL COAST TO COAST TO PLAY.

SOME TEAMS JUST IN A NEW CONFERENCE ARE ALREADY LOOKING TO BAIL . THEY ARE LIKE BARGAIN SHOPPERS RUNNING HERE AND THERE FOR THE BEST DEAL .

****** AS USUAL THE MEMPHIS TIGERS WILL BE THE ONES THAT WIND  UP WITH MESS ON THEIR HEAD .

THERE WAS JOY IN TIGER LAND WHEN   MEMPHIS MADE THE BIG EAST .

THE TIGERS WERE LEAVING  THE WOEFUL C-USA . FINALLY MOVING TO A POWER CONFERENCE

BUT BEFORE MEMPHIS COULD UNPACK THEIR BAGS , THE HEART OF THE BIG EAST HAULED OFF AND LEFT ,TAKING THE NAME ON THE DOOR WITH THEM .

THEN 5 OR 6 REFUGEES FROM C-USA JOINED UP LEAVING MEMPHIS WITH THE SAME UGLY DANCE PARTNERS THEY HAD .

GET THOSE TIGERS A ROLL OF TOILET  PAPER !!!

****** BOB KNIGHT HAS A NEW BOOK ,THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING .

BOB SHOULD BE WELL VERSED IN THE CONCEPT .

KNIGHT IS REALLY A SAD CASE . HE WAS THE BEST TEACHER OF BASKETBALL OF HIS TIME .

BUT HE COULD NOT MASTER THE INNER DEMONS THAT DROVE HIM TO SELF DESTRUCT .

HE WAS ONCE MY HERO BUT HE KEPT MOVING TO THE DARK SIDE .

KNIGHT WAS LIKE A GREAT SHIP SAILING TOWARD A GIANT WATERFALL .

VERY MUCH LIKE WOODY HAYES , ANOTHER OF MY HEROS AND ROLE MODEL .

WONDER WHAT DROVE THESE VERY SMART COMPLEX MEN TO SELF DESTRUCT ?

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