tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post116558539061290434..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Friday 12/07 A.M. Quickie:Bonds, BoSox, Brady Q., Bama and More!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165639930765635102006-12-08T23:52:00.000-05:002006-12-08T23:52:00.000-05:00UW started strong, but they had a tough stretch of...UW started strong, but they had a tough stretch of games (@USC, OSU, @CAL, ASU, @ORE). If they win one of those they probably go to a bowl (because they would have been more confident going against STAN - although that's still inexcusable). Ty needed to coach them to one of those wins and he didn't. Close in most of them, but kept falling short. Willingham should be able to lift the program to the top half of the Pac-10, but it'll never be what it was.chipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233463496650742328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165611191260434462006-12-08T15:53:00.000-05:002006-12-08T15:53:00.000-05:00I can't believe anyone would claim that Willingham...I can't believe anyone would claim that Willingham did poorly at Washington this year. The Huskies finished with 3-4 more wins than most people thought they would, not to mention defeating rival WSU in the Apple Cup. Not too shabby, considering they had to play the second half of the season without their starting QB, around whom the offense was designed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165609740823597202006-12-08T15:29:00.000-05:002006-12-08T15:29:00.000-05:00As someone who knows statistics, it's clear that l...As someone who knows statistics, it's clear that likely candidates for a NCAA coaching job are not going to include ME. It's former coaches and players, and that's pretty much it, and any judge in a discrimination case would use qualified applicants, not the population as a whole for the basis of comparison.<BR/><BR/>We're really just talking about the popular, multimillion dollar programs, who will ALWAYS choose someone with job experience.<BR/><BR/>What the NCAA really should have is that the coaches and the players tend to be about the same ethnicity as a percentage. It's not like all the players in the 70s were white. We should have more minority coaches by now.<BR/><BR/>There's clearly a lag, here, and the control population is women's sports: it's not like women's sports have as many female coaches as female players (like 90% to 100%). So we could also easily argue it's sexism that there are 1-10% male coaches in women's college b-ball and 0% female coaches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165609353451047382006-12-08T15:22:00.000-05:002006-12-08T15:22:00.000-05:00eric - i would agree. it is more a symptom of soc...eric - i would agree. it is more a symptom of society in general, and not necessarily specific to football. <BR/><BR/>and i thoroughly enjoyed your use of 'egregious'.Sheldizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198083524704018695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165608495637216322006-12-08T15:08:00.000-05:002006-12-08T15:08:00.000-05:00jhawkjjm~ I was surprised Willingham was fired so ...jhawkjjm~ I was surprised Willingham was fired so quickly too. I liked him and really didn't think ND gave him a fair shake. Why is it ALWAYS the coaches' fault!? (I'm and ND fan too, BTW)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071405721004631626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165607810552960972006-12-08T14:56:00.000-05:002006-12-08T14:56:00.000-05:00eric -- i see what you're saying. i think we're j...eric -- i see what you're saying. i think we're just approaching the percentage differently, which is fine. i do think that there are some racial issues to be discussed regarding hiring and promoting practices in the NCAA, with or without a discussion of the percentage employed as related to the percent of the population.Sheldizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198083524704018695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165606963914173022006-12-08T14:42:00.000-05:002006-12-08T14:42:00.000-05:00Weiss got a contract extension so early because ND...Weiss got a contract extension so early because ND was afraid he'ld jump right back to the NFL. According to Don Banks of SI, there's a buyout clause in his contract that is 2 mill for every year left on the deal. So it will still cost 10 mill to buy his contract out half way through.<BR/><BR/>Even as an ND fan I think it rather curious that Willingham was fired so quickly. Hell, they kept Bob Davie for 5 years. But I think it was more of wanting to get Urban Meyer who was an assistant to Lou Holtz at ND. When he turned them down, they snatched up one of the hot names in the NFL and then extended him fairly quickly knowing he could jump to the NFL just as fast.jhawkjjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297634924511036895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165603194975093002006-12-08T13:39:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:39:00.000-05:00SF knew the PR hit it would've taken had Bonds lef...SF knew the PR hit it would've taken had Bonds left, which was in my mind why they totally overpaid for him. Then again when Gil Meche and Ted Lilly get 10-mil-plus...But the Giants knew letting him go would've been the worst thing ever given the loyalty of their fan base for him. Imagine rooting for a guy for 15 years who breaks the HR record in another uniform because the team wouldn't sign him.<BR/><BR/>He's a one-trick pony anymore, and I wonder how long he will last this season having to play the outfield. 16 million is a lot for a guy who will either homer, single (because he can't run-then will clog up the bases because he can only run station-to-station) or draw walks, and will more than likely miss a minimum of 50 games because of injury.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17200501702359629649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165603126621003302006-12-08T13:38:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:38:00.000-05:00Back when Bonds could still move, I thought it wou...Back when Bonds could still move, I thought it would have been interesting if he broke the record on an inside-the-park home run. Then there couldn't be a mob scene trying to retrieve the ball....the catcher would have it in his mitt a second too late after Bonds slid home. But at this point, you'd have to have a "Claudell Washington falling into the seats for Bill Buckner" - type event for Bonds to get all the way around. Come to think of it, if it's an inside-the-parker like that for 756, can the fan sell the clumsy outfielder on eBay?<BR/><BR/>pssst....ndyanks, you keep spelling your coach's last name wrong. (shhh!)<BR/><BR/>Does anyone else think the field at Heinz last night looked pretty bad and chewed up? If it had been raining it would have been just as bad as Foxboro. I almost wonder if there'll come a time when FieldTurf is required.Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165602706106085342006-12-08T13:31:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:31:00.000-05:00mike-NO! HaHamike-NO! HaHaJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071405721004631626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165601645878481932006-12-08T13:14:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:14:00.000-05:00[as I recall - haven't looked anything up]Willingh...[as I recall - haven't looked anything up]<BR/><BR/>Willingham was the first coach in ND history to get fired. Every previous coach was allowed to finish their contract then let go. Weis got his contract extensive during his first year - prior to any BCS Bowls - after a 3-0 start. Willingham started 8-0 at ND and received nothing for his efforts. That is definitely disparity (whether it is racial or not is a larger conversation) in treatment of the coaches.<BR/><BR/>Willingham is very mum in all aspects, especially the media whereas Weis prostrates himself to the media and I think ND likes that.chipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233463496650742328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165601631356761052006-12-08T13:13:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:13:00.000-05:00speaking of the giants:http://tinyurl.com/w28ugspeaking of the giants:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/w28ugSheldizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198083524704018695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165600986158400082006-12-08T13:03:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:03:00.000-05:00eric -- allow me to gloss over bill belicheck bein...eric -- allow me to gloss over bill belicheck being "the best coach out there" and jump right in to my point... do you have to have played college ball to be a coach? no, of course not. however, i imagine if you polled every football coach in the country, you would find that more of them than not have had some sort of playing experience (be it high school, college, pro, etc.). <BR/><BR/>That was my point. To me it doesn't make sense to use society as a whole as the population sample. The population as a whole doesn't even have an interest in football or in this day and age, the ability to be selected to coach. So if you start peeling away the layers -- no women, no people that hate football, no blind people, etc etc etc... you get a smaller and smaller sample. So, i my opinion, the sample to use for discussion would be those who have played football. In which case, the percetange of black men in that sample would be higher than the percentage of black men in the U.S, in general.Sheldizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198083524704018695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165600631869360302006-12-08T12:57:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:57:00.000-05:00No, Eric, you're right, I haven't studied antitrus...No, Eric, you're right, I haven't studied antitrust law. I thought harm to the consumer was important in the Microsoft case and thought that was the applicable yardstick. By that measure, it seems that blackouts and high videogame prices hurt consumers more than making a premium package exclusive.<BR/><BR/>But obviously, I don't understand how the "antitrust exemption" works and why they have one anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165600303241923992006-12-08T12:51:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:51:00.000-05:00Not quite against themselves the devil rays offere...Not quite against themselves the devil rays offered bonds a contract which supposedly he laughed at. I just hope andrew friedman doesnt do something retarded like trade baldelli or one of our many up and coming outfielders for a shaky fifth starter or a middle reliever with an arm weaker than mine.The heroin sheikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860402732123149415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165599703341958442006-12-08T12:41:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:41:00.000-05:00I have to agree with dan that I wold root for bond...I have to agree with dan that I wold root for bonds if he came to my team. Hell I would buy a bonds jersey and wear it with pride as my d-rays got destroyed once again. Personally I think bonds is an asshole but the man knows how to play the game and with a young team like the devil rays he might have actually taught those guys a thing or two about how to play the game right as well as give them a few pointers on how to get away with cheating. As my dad says I am morally bereft and I have no problem having a shady cheater on my team. All I care about is whether or not we win and if bonds could have helped us do that I would laud him as the second coming. We all know he cheated so even if he breaks a record there will always be an sterisk in our minds regarding him and his fellow roid uses.The heroin sheikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860402732123149415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165598922275985322006-12-08T12:28:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:28:00.000-05:00I thought that on the eighth day G-d created lego ...I thought that on the eighth day G-d created lego so that people could create things too.GuyInTheCornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281686811471557576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165598417597528042006-12-08T12:20:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:20:00.000-05:00kegdoctor said... I'd like to thank marcosquared f...<I>kegdoctor said... <BR/>I'd like to thank marcosquared for telling me I am and what I'm not...and for telling me how I should root and what constitutes being a fan and what doesn't. I never knew until today. You are the gospel.</I><BR/><BR/>Yup. Marco knows all. On the 8th day, God created Marco and his knowledge on what constitutes being a sports fan.Megahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407561625097289402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165597990712715782006-12-08T12:13:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:13:00.000-05:00big d -- don't worry, i don't wear it in public or...big d -- don't worry, i don't wear it in public or anything :)<BR/><BR/>i bought it literally two weeks before he got busted. i obviously don't support him or what he did... but maybe it'll be a cool retro ironic conversation piece my kids can wear one day.... maybe? okay maybe not.Sheldizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198083524704018695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165597977904140902006-12-08T12:12:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:12:00.000-05:00Yes, Dan, the NFL Draft is an inexact science.But ...Yes, Dan, the NFL Draft is an inexact science.<BR/><BR/>But the Cleveland Browns having no defensive skills seems to be a sure thing.MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833230465240793728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165597362848141592006-12-08T12:02:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:02:00.000-05:00actually you know what would be classic Bonds get ...actually you know what would be classic Bonds get with in 1 Home run of Arron with say 20 games left in the season and the Selig suspends him for 50 for using steriodsCMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165596965951573552006-12-08T11:56:00.000-05:002006-12-08T11:56:00.000-05:00I'd like to thank marcosquared for telling me I am...I'd like to thank marcosquared for telling me I am and what I'm not...and for telling me how I should root and what constitutes being a fan and what doesn't. I never knew until today. You are the gospel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165596716654575912006-12-08T11:51:00.000-05:002006-12-08T11:51:00.000-05:00You know what I would love to see is if Bonds gets...You know what I would love to see is if Bonds gets to with in 1 home run of the record that no one pitches to him. He just walks or gets hit by a pitch every time he comes up.CMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165596651350654782006-12-08T11:50:00.000-05:002006-12-08T11:50:00.000-05:00ROOT FOR BONDS?I don't think I could have, and luc...ROOT FOR BONDS?<BR/><BR/>I don't think I could have, and lucky for me, I don't have to decide.<BR/><BR/>As for the Giants being a draw on the road because of Bonds. I don't really see how. He's going to be a step slower and a split second later in reacting than last year, he'll need that much more rest, all making him not really worth going to see in general.<BR/><BR/>Now maybe IF he gets within 2 or 3 of the record there will be a surge in attendance, but once (IF) he passes the mark that would pretty much kill any further interest in Mr. Bonds and his team.<BR/> <BR/>Gotta think that on the whole, its not worth 16 million.MoonHopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389448166287818429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1165596457793701222006-12-08T11:47:00.000-05:002006-12-08T11:47:00.000-05:00biebs-Great Job. You beat me to it.biebs-<BR/><BR/>Great Job. You beat me to it.GuyInTheCornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281686811471557576noreply@blogger.com