Archive for March 31st, 2009

Suns are done, we promise

Published on March 31, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

The Phoenix Suns are done.  No, really this time.  We promise.  So, with the Suns counting the days until the offseason, we’re counting on a few departures from this underachieving squad.  Sort of like a garage sale, but with multi-million dollar assets and not the clock your grandmother gave you in the late 1980’s.

Like a garage sale, the Suns figure to be putting quite a few items out for sale this summer, and they may just add or subtract a few depending on a how the sale goes.  Burnsy says they must first part with the heaviest piece of furniture in the house:  Shaq.  Amare may also go, since the Suns do not seem comfortable building around him.  Nash, by virtue of being the last one standing, may stay.  For now…

Alvin Gentry wants the game in Dallas on April 5 to have meaning to the Suns. 0-3 road trip probably demolished those thoughts. The Suns have a favorable schedule the rest of the way, after the Dallas game. Yeah, we also (as did Gentry) thought Sacramento was a favorable schedule match-up.

 
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Who is the casual fan cheering for?

Published on March 31, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Lesser of Four Evils:

We’re down to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament.  UConn, North Carolina, Michigan State, and Villanova.  1 seed, 1 seed, 2 seed, 3 seed.  Power conference, power conference, power conference, power conference.  Jim Calhoun, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo, Jay Wright.

Who among this group is worth the casual college basketball fans vote?  They way we see it…none.  They’re all bad.  Some more than others, but who stands out as they greatest villain in this rogues gallery:

UConn’s Jim Calhoun - powerful, presence, you notice him, intimidating: Kind of like…Darth Vadar.

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo - very smart, have to admire his intellect, but not his eating habits: Kind of like…Hannibal Lector.

North Carolina’s Roy Williams - Seems very nice, well spoken, charming in an awe-shucks sort of way:  Kind of like… Anny Wilkes (Kathy Bates, Misery).

Jay Wright- smart, conniving, lawerish (if that’s a word), good-looking: Gordon Gekko. (Michael Douglas, Wall Street)

So who’s the lesser of the four evils?   You have to vote.  It’s like Election Day when you really don’t like one of the candidates, but you really dislike one more than the other.   As a sports fan, you know you’re going to watch the Final Four, just like as a good American, you know you’re going to vote, no matter the participants.  So, by process of elimination (in a pessimistic sort of way), who’s the lesser of the four evils.  Burnsy says Villanova gets the slight edge.

 
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