Thought

I haven't posted for awhile. Hmmm, I have nothing but blank mind right now. Maybe it is because I watched 24 min. of Dubya. I think I got more stupid and wasted my time. I will try to post something good in the next few days.

School Reform

How much money did you spend taking some bull shit class in college that you took in high school? MOre to come.....

Mock Draft (2nd version of top 5)

My 2nd of many more Mock Drafts

1. Houston Texans - Reggie Bush, RB, USC (traded to N.Y. Jets)
2. New Orleans Saints - Vince Young, QB, Texas
3. Tennessee Titans - Matt Leinart, QB, USC
4. New York Jets - D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia (traded to Houston)
5. Green Bay Packers - DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis

1. Houston will pull off a trade using Bush to get Ferguson and possilbe a 2nd rnd pick or another offensive lineman. Although Houston is getting pressure from fans to draft Young.
2. New Orleans is taking Young over Leinart mostly for his mobility. He can watch Aaron Brooks for a year or even maybe replace him mid year.
3. Tennessee's OC Norm Chow will not let them pass on Leinart. They will take Leinart because he knows the offensive system already and then Tennessee will start shopping McNair's Backup, Billy Volek
4. The J.E.T.S. Jets, Jets, Jets will have their fans booing to start the day but when all is said and done the will be cheering because they will have Bush.
5. Green Bay has a dilema at RB. Green and Davenport are both coming off of season ending injuries and are also free agents. Although I would like to keep them both there are just too many question marks. The Packers will draft Williams(the best RB in the draft), resign Green to a one year contract. Davenport will be left to test the free agent waters and could still possible be back with the Packers. That will leave Fischer to find a new home and Gado will have to really show improvement from an above average rookie year.

Others to look at for top 5:
A.J. Hawk, LB, Ohio State
Jimmy Williams, CB/S, Virginia Tech
Mathias Kiwanuka, DE, Boston College
Ahmad Brooks, LB, UVA
Tamba Hall, DE, Penn State
Mario Williams, DE, NC State
Haloti Ngata, DT, Oregon

Over Medicated America

I have gained a lot of experience the last 2 years working with a lot of people with problems. Some physical, some psychiatric, some with addictions, and some just lazy. If you do not know I work at the Salvation Army emergency shelter or in other words a homeless shelter. You name the drug, there is probably a current client that is prescribed to it.
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My favorite store (at least today)

Goodwill is my favorite store. Where can you go and buy 2-NeilYoung, 2-Cat Stevens, 2-Jim Croce, a Village People, a Beach Boys, a Simon and Garfunkel, Grand Funk, and a Paul Simon record for under $25. All of these great grabs, the record is in mint condition and the covers are in good condition. The only downfall is that there is a price sticker on the cover and if you try to peel it off some of the cover comes off with it. I love records and playing them on mine and Zelda's console record player we got from Salvation Army for free. Thrift stores kick ass.

What now?

Now that Jim Bates is gone, what are the Packers going to do? I was really hoping the Packers and Bates could work something out. The defenese was responding to Bates and you could see it on the field. With Bates gone now, some of the canidates to take over are Dom Capers, Rick Venturi, Ted Cottrell, Winston Moss, and Donnie Henderson, Dave McGinnis, Rod Marinelli, Dick Jauron, Steve Spagnuolo, Jerry Gray, Joe Vitt, Vic Fangio, Emmitt Thomas and Bob Sanders. Some you may reconize and some you may not. Out of this group I would have to say Donnie Henderson would be my pick. He seemed to do well teamed with Kansas City new Head Coach, Herm Edwards in N.Y. Bob Sanders would probably be my second choice because I think he would keep the defenese philosophy very close to the way Jim Bates ran it. Out of that list I would put a big fat reject stamp on would be Dick Jauron and Emmitt Thomas. Whoever Teddy Thompson (McCarthy) hires better be good. Thompson's moves are changing the make up of the team more than I think anybody expected. There hasn't been much change in Green Bay since Holmgren was hired and now we are seeing a transition. It could be good but that remains to be seen and Thompson will and should be the one we praise if it goes well. On the other hand, he should also be the goat if his plan doesn't succeed. I hope there will be a lot of praising going on, starting next season.

Jeff Jagodzinski

Does any one remember him? Old tight ends coach and now offensive coord. of the Packers. Fired by Mike Sherman and hired by Mike McCarthy. Atlanta gobbled him up soon after Sherman fired him so he must be a good coach. We will see.

Dear Jim,

I am writing this letter to you in hopes that you will stay in Green Bay. I like your coaching style and philosophy. Please stay and teach our young defense how to become the leagues best. I have faith in your coaching and wish you would have landed the head coaching job but understand your frustrations. Hopefully the Packers organization will also agree with me and do everything in their power to keep you on board with them. So please, please stay in Green Bay.

Sincerley,
Provoking Thoughts

McCarthy?????

2000 10th (Jeff Blake/Aaron Brooks, QB, Ricky Williams, RB, Joe Horn, WR.)
2001 13th (Aaron Brooks, QB, Ricky William, RB, Joe Horn/Willie Jackson, WR.)
2002 03th (Aaron Brooks, QB, Deuce McAllister, RB, Joe Horn, WR.)
2003 14th (Aaron Brooks, QB, Deuce McAllister, RB, Joe Horn, WR.)
2004 14th (Aaron Brooks, QB, Deuce McAllister, RB, Joe Horn, WR.)
2005 30th (Committee lead by Alex Smith, QB, Kevan Barlow/Frank Gore, RB, Brandon Lloyd/Arnaz Battle/Johnnie Morton, WR)

OK, What am I talking about? NFL points scored rankings of Mike McCarthy lead offenses. What does this mean? In my eyes it looks like he is excellent with talent and not so good without. He has worked with the likes of Montana, Brett Favre, Rich Gannon, and has developed Aaron Brooks and Matt Hasselbeck. Maybe Thompson is trying to develope Aaron Rodgers. In my opinion, they should be hiring a defensive head coach and then go after an offensive coordinator that would have full control of the offense. I guess since Ray Rhodes didn't workout they were not going to go down that path again. Hopefully Ted Thompson knows what he is doing because I sure don't.

No Offense

How good will the Wisconsin Badgers be next year. Well if they win any games it will have to be won by the defense. Brian Calhoun has announced he is making himself available for the NFL Draft. Plus, they will lose their top 3 WR's, a TE/WR, and their fullback. That leaves Stooco the lone starting perimeter player on offense. Is Stocco good enough to lead the offense all by himself? I don't think so. That leaves the defense, which new head coach Bret Bielema headed this past year, in control of how good the team will be. Fortunately, for the offense and Stocco, OT Joe Thomas got hurt in the bowl game against Auburn which made him decide right away to come back for his senior year. Hopefully he recovers well and fast to create holes for Walker or whoever is runnung the ball next year for Bucky. Hopefully the Wausau boys at LB will put on a show for Wisconsin and make Wausau proud.

Going Pro?

Vince Young has announced he is entering the NFL draft. Great move for Vince. Not so good for Texas's chance to repeat. Will Mack Brown be seen on the NFL sidelines also? I really do not think he will but it is an interesting thought. Just think about a University of Texas reunion in Houston. It is a possibility with the Texans looking for a new coach and many experts are saying the Texans are looking to go another direction at Quarterback. I guess we will see.

Mike Sherman

The Packers fired Head Coach Mike Sherman a day after their season ended. I never have been a big Mike Sherman fan but I totally disagree with his firing. How can you have faith in a coach and give him a contract extension before the season and after the season fire him? Yeah, they only won 4 games but his coaching wasn't the reason they had that poor record. Quite frankly I think they play pretty good this season. The Packers had 8 games they lost by a touchdown or less and if they didn't have the injuries to some key players they would have won some if not all of those games. The Packers also might have won some of the other games too . If Favre had Walker to throw to this season he may have cut those 28 ints in half. Sherman is not to blame. Tell me how the coach, Sherman hurt the Packers this year? Did he hurt Walker, Green, Davenport, Murphy, Franks, Diggs and others for part of the year? I know injuries are part of football and it is no excuse but losing players like that really can change games. Samkon Gado played well but is no starting RB in the NFL. Trying to win games with your practice squad is no easy task and Mike Sherman kept the Packers from totally falling apart. So what do the Packers do now? The Packers need to try to hire a coach in an offseason that many teams are in search of the same. So far Sean Payton, Maurice Carthon, Ron Rivera, Mike McCarthy have had interviews with Wade Phillips, Russ Grimm, Tim Lewis, And Jim Bates all expected to be interviewed. Out of that group, who is better than Sherman? By looking at them Russ Grimm looks like a Head Coach. Tim Lewis an ex-Packer CB. Sean Payton is supposed to be a young offensive genius. Maurice Carthon is O-coord. of the Browns. Ron Rivera D-coord of the Bears. Mike McCarthy is O-coord of the 49ers. Wade Phillips is a journeyman coach. Jim Bates is with the Packers already. So who do you think? I think they should all have a paper, rock, scissors tournament. I do not want any of them. If these guys are the possibilities they might as well rehire Sherman.

Mock Drafts

Mock drafts for any league are quite ridiculous. Rarely are they close to what actually happens but fans love to read them. I don't take much stock in them personally but I do get excited thinking of the possiblities. With that said I am going to post a series of mock drafts on this blog. Since the NFL's draft order isn't set yet with the playoffs starting this weekend and college kids still decided if they should stay or should they go(Vince Young), I am going to only post the top 5 picks. Please stay tuned.

Early prediction of top 5 picks(at least what I would do)
1. Houston Texans - Reggie Bush, RB, USC (traded to Tennessee)
2. New Orleans Saints - Matt Leinart, QB, USC
3. Tennessee Titans - D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia (traded to Houston)
4. New York Jets - DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis
5. Green Bay Packers - Haloti Ngata, DT, Oregon

NFL Draft Bust?

USC's RB Reggie Bush is said to be a lock as the first pick in this years draft. If I had that pick I would pick him and immediatley look for to trade him. I just have too hard of a time believing in the hype when he hasn't even been an every down back in college. Why isn't he? Well maybe Lendale White is just a better overall back. I also think he is just not durable enough to take hits every down. I am not saying he will not be a good pro but he will probably end up being more of a 3rd down back, slot reciever, and a great punt/kick returner. The NFL relies on RB's that can run up the middle and I do not think Bush can do that. On the other hand, Lendale White can. White might not have the moves or the speed that Bush has but he is a solid runner up the middle. If I were Houston I would take Bush and set up a trade to acquire D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia and some extra picks. They need help on the o-line and Ferguson will give them that. Carr is good QB who is too young to give up on yet. They have a good recievers that get open, Carr just needs more time to set and throw. If Houston takes Bush and keeps him I will be shocked and they will regret taking him as the #1 overall pick.

For you

I am starting this blog not to hate on anybody although some of my posts might sound that way. MJ might get hated on because he and I do not agree on some topics, especially in the sports world. Some of my posts will actually be in response to what he says on his blog A Kosi Outlook . Although this blog may be kind of sports oriented I will try to post other topics. Any suggestion on material is welcomed but may not be honored. Hope you enjoy this and Momo you might not be a fan. Also my template will be ever changing(i am trying to learn html) so do not be alarmed if one day it is totally diferent from the last.