Good for you, Vanessa.
You finally stood up for yourself and said, "Enough is enough!" I'm out of here.
There's only so many multi-million dollar diamonds in the world that can buy your loyalty, and I applaud you for that.
Granted, what Kobe did in Denver several years ago invoked the necessity for multi-million dollar diamonds, and priceless news conferences (get some Chap-stick Kobe), but this was different, wasn't it?
This was too close to home. This was simply "I'm too bored because of this damn lock-out and need something to grab my attention." How dare the man!
Vanessa bolted...and I can't blame her. The Lakers are in complete disarray.
What, you thought I was going all Doctor Phil on you?
Lamar Odom is gone, the Zen Master is gone, Chris Paul plays in the stadium (but he's wearing blue and red), and now Kobe is physically and intimately alone. That should work well for the biggest ego in basketball.
So much for high and mighty for the greatest franchise in NBA history, you don't have the TIME for high and mighty. You need help now!
Everybody outside of Kobe knows that Kobe is in the twilight of his career. You have two years, maximum, of the Icy Killer that is Kobe. That means no more of, "He's definitely making this shot" or "We're down by two in the waning seconds, but we have Kobe".
Side Note: How sad is that? I'm not even close to a Lakers' fan but the fact that I will live and see Kobe Bryant not play basketball is very upsetting to me. He was my Jordan.
So the divorce thing affected Michael in a big way. His happened after his playing career but then he went out and became owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Michael Jordan forgets more about the National Basketball Association by the day than I will ever know, yet, I know not to buy the Bobcats. They suck.
He was divorce-blind though. That's why the greatest basketball player ever bought a professional team in North Carolina. It has nothing to do with roots.
So, with a divorce-blind Kobe, and a rag-tag team of starters, the Lakers are simply screwed. Do you remember when Shaq left and Kobe had that 80 point game but the Lakers were still terrible? Yeah, it's like that but no 80 point game is coming.
At this point, even if the Lakers manage to wrangle Dwight Howard away from the Magic, they would be even more screwed. The Lakers would almost certainly have to give away key pieces of their line-up, as well as potential future draft picks, to get the best big man in the game. That buys them some time, but like I said, two years MAXIMUM!
Then you have no Kobe, Dwight bolts again, and you start starting Clipper-rejects.
Side note: Pairing Blake Griffin with Chris Paul was a total Laker move, about six years ago. What the hell happened? Are my kids going to grow up hating the Clippers and rooting for the Lakers? Bizarro world?
The man at the helm now is Mike Brown, the guy from Cleveland that couldn't get LeBron a championship. Now he's in LA, replacing Phil Jackson, inheriting a rapidly aging Kobe, and a fan base that simply wants to win. That's the recipe for dynamite and I simply can't wait. Blow it up!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Christmas Miracle
Stop it. Please just let it stop. For the love of God, let it stop!
If this is the last Tim Tebow post I will ever write, it's still come way too late.
Look, the guy is a great motivator, a positive influence in the league, and has great hair despite wearing a helmet all day. Seriously, I take a nap and it looks like I just got roughed up.
The sustainability of the Tebow-led Broncos is just not there.
If I'm a Broncos fan right now, I'm loving life, don't get me wrong. But I have to know a great gimmick when I see one. Back in 2008, the Miami Dolphins had a great gimmick and it led them to the playoffs. They played one game and were promptly dispatched and have not been back since.
That's because they played the Ravens and they had a GREAT defense and a smart, efficient offense. Miami had the Wild Cat, which essentially could end in about three ways: 1) Ronnie Brown runs to the left, 2) Ronnie Brown hands it off to Ricky Williams for a sweep to the left, or 3) Ronnie Brown fakes to the left and throws it to the the tight end. That's about it.
At first, when the Wild Cat was unveiled on the New England Patriots, it looked as if this was the next great thing in football. The Miami juggernaut had been unleashed! They destroyed the hapless Patriots and Belichick stood on the sidelines with a "What the hell was that?" look on his face.
I've seen that look seven times now this year on the faces of the Broncos opponents. The way that Tebow guides his offense is eerily similar to how the Dolphins approached their games in 2008.
Notice I keep talking about 2008. This is 2011. We don't do the Wild Cat anymore because there is video tape, and there's meetings, and practices, and game plans, and eventually you learn how to defend what was previously unstoppable. You eventually realize, we can blitz corners to defend the outside run and have a linebacker drop back into coverage on the tight end, because it's a TIGHT END! There's the death of the Wild Cat in a nutshell.
The Tebow-led structure will eventually hit it's buzz-saw and when it happens, it won't be pretty. The majority wants Tebow to succeed and often perpetuates his faith and nature to football for some reason. It's especially bad here in Florida. Every time I see another Broncos 15 jersey I think to myself, "Well, that guy's about to have an eye opening."
The problem with having a gimmick-run offense is that you've committed. You have no room for adaptation and that's very dangerous when you consider that defenses are always changing.
The "Here's what we do and just try and stop us!" schtick works right up to the minute that you get stopped. Now what?
The Broncos play the New England Patriots next. Tom Brady is looking to crochet himself another Division Title Sweater for the holidays and will unleash the dogs of war on poor Tebow.
Now with that said, Denver might win this game. The Pats don't have a great defense and rely on an a high octane offense to win their games. Denver's defense has played unbelievably well in the Tebow stretch. If it's close in the end, who knows? Tebow might eke out another one.
Don't get comfortable though. All good things must come to a smashing and bloody end.
Prediction: New England 24, Denver 13.
Quote: "Screw you, Matt Prater. I won't forget what you did to UCF." - Me, still very bitter towards the Denver kicker.
If this is the last Tim Tebow post I will ever write, it's still come way too late.
Look, the guy is a great motivator, a positive influence in the league, and has great hair despite wearing a helmet all day. Seriously, I take a nap and it looks like I just got roughed up.
The sustainability of the Tebow-led Broncos is just not there.
If I'm a Broncos fan right now, I'm loving life, don't get me wrong. But I have to know a great gimmick when I see one. Back in 2008, the Miami Dolphins had a great gimmick and it led them to the playoffs. They played one game and were promptly dispatched and have not been back since.
That's because they played the Ravens and they had a GREAT defense and a smart, efficient offense. Miami had the Wild Cat, which essentially could end in about three ways: 1) Ronnie Brown runs to the left, 2) Ronnie Brown hands it off to Ricky Williams for a sweep to the left, or 3) Ronnie Brown fakes to the left and throws it to the the tight end. That's about it.
At first, when the Wild Cat was unveiled on the New England Patriots, it looked as if this was the next great thing in football. The Miami juggernaut had been unleashed! They destroyed the hapless Patriots and Belichick stood on the sidelines with a "What the hell was that?" look on his face.
I've seen that look seven times now this year on the faces of the Broncos opponents. The way that Tebow guides his offense is eerily similar to how the Dolphins approached their games in 2008.
Notice I keep talking about 2008. This is 2011. We don't do the Wild Cat anymore because there is video tape, and there's meetings, and practices, and game plans, and eventually you learn how to defend what was previously unstoppable. You eventually realize, we can blitz corners to defend the outside run and have a linebacker drop back into coverage on the tight end, because it's a TIGHT END! There's the death of the Wild Cat in a nutshell.
The Tebow-led structure will eventually hit it's buzz-saw and when it happens, it won't be pretty. The majority wants Tebow to succeed and often perpetuates his faith and nature to football for some reason. It's especially bad here in Florida. Every time I see another Broncos 15 jersey I think to myself, "Well, that guy's about to have an eye opening."
The problem with having a gimmick-run offense is that you've committed. You have no room for adaptation and that's very dangerous when you consider that defenses are always changing.
The "Here's what we do and just try and stop us!" schtick works right up to the minute that you get stopped. Now what?
The Broncos play the New England Patriots next. Tom Brady is looking to crochet himself another Division Title Sweater for the holidays and will unleash the dogs of war on poor Tebow.
Now with that said, Denver might win this game. The Pats don't have a great defense and rely on an a high octane offense to win their games. Denver's defense has played unbelievably well in the Tebow stretch. If it's close in the end, who knows? Tebow might eke out another one.
Don't get comfortable though. All good things must come to a smashing and bloody end.
Prediction: New England 24, Denver 13.
Quote: "Screw you, Matt Prater. I won't forget what you did to UCF." - Me, still very bitter towards the Denver kicker.
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