Early word from the northeast is that despite being no. 2 on the depth chart, Josh Haden has decided to transfer mid-season. The news comes as a shock to all the Boston College coaches, players, and fans and people aren’t exactly happy about it. Early implications from the coaching staff point to Gainesville as Haden’s destination, but no official word has come from Haden or probably more importantly Haden Sr…yet.
Stay tuned.
It was opening night in the NBA last night, and among the stars returning to the hardwood was Gilbert Arenas who has been nursing injuries on and off for 2 years. As surprising as it may seem the Washington Wizards were expecting more this season than just the return of there superstar.
The team went into American Airlines Center in Dallas last night with new faces and a new coach in Flip Saunders.
Among those new faces Randy Foye, who was acquired via trade from Minnesota contributed with 19 points off the bench. The team looked pretty good and Gil looked healthier than he’s been in over a year. He led the team with 29 points and 9 assist.
It’s a long season ahead but a win against the Dallas Mavericks returning from a 19-63 season is more than enough to get excited about.
Fans wore cool shirts since cool signs are banned...thanks Danny
Monday Night Football. Divisional game. In front of a national audience. On B Mitch’s induction into the Ring of Fame.
Same result.
The Skins suffered a disgusting lost in a must win game against a divisional opponent who also needed the W. They showed no urgency, emotion, or testicular fortitude in a game where everything about their franchise and player personnel has been criticized by the media. They came out turned the ball over 4 times, didn’t pass protect, continued on their staggering 17 points per game average and did absolutely nothing to adjust to the problems that they have been continuing to have all season. On a week where the team had been in the national headlines everyday (whether necessary or not) for their antics off the field, the team acted like they had nothing to prove and played like nothing was on the line.
This team goes into the bye week in absolute and utter shambles and it’s a sad sight. Once again, the Skins performed exactly like what every coherent football fan expected them to do….not only lose, but completely bum it up. There’s absolutely no answer to the problem, which is the worst part of being a Skins supporter right now. Zorn’s days are numbered despite what Vinny says because really who believes what he says. The fans’ loyalty has clearly been grotesquely abused to the point where I really don’t see why people go the game anymore and continue to give Ol’ Danny Boy more money (of course I do season ticket holders, but I hope you see my point).
In short, another week, more injuries none more crucial then the always open Chris Cooley, and another ugly L for the Skins.
Pictures speak a thousand words
Who said it couldn’t get worse?
J Cam benched.
No touchdowns the entire game.
About 30,000 empty seats.
Yeah, it got worse.
Real ballers step up in big games. In one of last week’s premier games young Curtis Hardy from the good ol’ Gwynn Park did just that. The matchup featured undefeated Gwynn Park versus undefeated Douglass in the “Battle of 301″ and young Curtis decided to take the game over early and often. He had three touchdowns and one interception (HANDS????) all in the first half and would’ve had three if he didn’t drop two of them prompting the response when asked after the game: “I’M A BALL HAWK!!!”
Aight young baller, we see you out here!
I guess Monday morning was just too late. Jim Zorn has been officially stripped of his play calling duties as of last night. The Skins offense managed 2 field goals against the winless Chiefs yesterday afternoon and that apparently was too much watch for Ol Danny Boy. Zorn is expected to announce the decision in about an hour at his Monday afternoon press conference at 12:25 PM.
Meanwhile, BSP has decided to put him on an official watch because we strongly believe that this is the second step of Danny’s master plan to get Zorn up outta here. If he makes it past Philly, I, personally will be shocked!!
Details on the game that officially lost Zorn his game will be coming up soon.
When Joe Haden arrived at Florida the Gators were in desperate need of cornerbacks so he sat down with coach Urban Meyer and said he wanted a shot on defense even though he was recruited to play on the other side of the ball.
ESPN RISE wrote a profile on Bishop O’Connell’s (Arlington, VA) Kendall Marshall who is in his senior year of high school and ready to take it to the next level. Marshall committed to attend North Carolina University when he was just a sophomore and is still committed today.
Last year Marshall led the Knights to a 22-8 record averaging 16 points and 8 assist. In his last year all that’s left is the WCAC title which Dematha doesn’t let come easy, but for the young star there’s going to be more to his story to be told….
All is well so far for the Washington Wizards as they went up against the Memphis Grizzlies last night in both teams Preseason opener. The bullet pulled this one off 101-92 at the Verizon Arena in Richmond, VA. The team was led by Antawn Jamison with 20 points, Gilbert also attributed with 10 assist. It’s a good feeling to have the whole team back together, we can only sit back and wait to see how far they go.
After the game Gil declined to talk to to reporters stating “I don’t talk anymore – next training camp”.
Vinny's seen enough of these confused looks
About 8 months overdue, Cerrato (and probably Ol Danny Boy) has decided to make a change on offense, at least somewhat. It’s been announced earlier today that Sherm Lewis has been hired to serve as an offensive consultant. Lewis has over 20 years of experience in the West Coast offense that Jim Zorn apparently runs and has been brought in to give Zorn ‘another set of eyes’ on the play calling. It become very evident that Zorn doesn’t really know what he’s doing at all times and the offense has suffered because of it averaging 14 points a game.
Umm…I think it’s safe to say that we can began the countdown until Zorn gets fired now.
Don't it seem like dude's always open????
Week 4 is in the books and while I don’t feel as optimistic for both of my fantasy teams to be 2-2, the Skins do. They narrowly escaped this past Sunday with a 16-13 over the Josh Johnson (who?) led Tampa Bay Bucs.
Fortunately late game heroics saved a life on Sunday!
In an interview with ESPN.com Scoop Jackson, former league MVP and VA native Allen Iverson (“Bubbachuck” for the childhood friends) spoke about his year in Detroit and how it was the worst of his career. Iverson claims that the coach lied to him and treated him as if he weren’t valuable to the teams success.
Now A.I makes it clear that his eye is on the prize and nothing else. The group of young guys on the Grizzlies forces Iverson to be a complete leader on and off the court if he plans on competing in the western conference this year. Memphis, which won 24 games last season and had the league’s fifth-worst record, to be a playoff contender.
“They told me, straight up, ‘Allen we would never disrespect you or your career like that,’ by making me come off the bench,” Iverson said in an interview with ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Scoop Jackson. “That’s what they told me to my face. And after that, I never thought about it again. I just went back to playing. Then, they came to me saying that they felt it would be in the ‘best interest of the team’ if I came off of the bench behind Rip [Richard Hamilton].
“… After that, they told me that if I didn’t come off the bench — the team was going to lie down on [not play with] me. … When he told me that, that’s when I felt that this was the worst career move I’d ever made and it was the worst year of my career.”
It deteriorated when Iverson said he heard whispers the team wanted him to come off the bench. He had started 824 of 829 career games before last season.
“If you are a head coach and you feel strongly about this, what would make you think that I want to be around these guys?” Iverson told Jackson. “Especially if you are telling me that they don’t want to be around me like that?” Iverson continued: “I’d never been on a team where a coach told me the guys gave up on me. You know what I mean? And I kept this under wraps the whole time … because I didn’t want to bad-mouth any of those guys.
“… I don’t have [anything] bad to say about the organization, especially Joe [Dumars]. I never had a problem with Joe. He’s a stand-up person that I have love for and respect. He was not part of any of the problems I had in Detroit. “But for [the coach] to tell me these things and for him to go back on his word like that, it was the hardest and the roughest season I’ve ever had.”
Iverson told Jackson that he’s in a “lose-lose” situation in Memphis if the Grizzlies don’t win, but that he’s not going to “allow that to happen.” “I gotta win games,” he said. “Because if we lose games and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much. If we lose games and I don’t score a lot, they gonna say I’m not scoring enough. It’s a lose-lose, unless we win. So all I can do is huddle up with these guys and try to win basketball games.”
“I’m not going to be content and happy with [just making the playoffs],” he said. “And I want them to know that. Yeah, we [can] get into the playoffs — God forbid somebody knocks us out — then yeah it’ll be a successful season for them , but not for me. “I’m going to let guys know that I’m not here to just go to the playoffs. I believe in these dudes here. All I want them to do is trust me and trust that I’ll do everything the right way and lead them to where we need to be.”
“Man, again, I’m 34 years old, I don’t want to be going to do what I love to do and it’s hurting me. Like every time I show up to games I got an attitude all the time. I don’t want that. So when I said ‘it’s personal,’ I mean as far as me wanting to have fun again and have that love for the game all over again.”
