Long tenured head coach Mike McCarthy got canned in Green Bay. It's also long been rumored he was at odds with one Aaron Rodgers. Of course the latter has been somewhat of a bust himself lately. For a so-called super-star, #12 has sure been stinking it up on the field recently.
But maybe this is what happens when a former great player starts shacking up with one Danica Patrick. Nothing exemplifies loser more so than dear Danica. All those years in NASCAR with nary a win. Many more in the Indy car circuit before that, with one obscure victory in Japan at a race most of the top drivers and teams didn't even show up for. And along the way, she likely wrecked more cars - hers and others -- than one would see in 15-20 demolition derbies. Maybe her losing ways are contagious. Alas, what a waste of sheet metal, millions of dollars, and a once really good quarterback.
Nonetheless, the Packers had been underwhelming this year to say the least. Losing at home to the lowly Arizona Cardinals likely sealed McCarthy's fate. The Cheesers, loyal at they normally are to their own, had likely seen enough. This guy's gotta go.
[Idle thought. If the fans indeed "own" the Packers, then who makes the decisions as to appointing the front office personnel, that hence has the hiring and firing power over head coaches? Do they have a caucus or something?
Worse, it appears fans can invest in the Packers -- buy "shares", but they aren't allowed to sell them. Sort of like the Eagles' oldie Hotel California. You can come, but you can never leave. What kind of fool would invest in a stock that they can't sell when it begins to tank? That's not only stupid, but probably illegal in the financial world.]
But MM gone. Ah, he's got enough dough to last several lifetimes. He'll be just fine.
I've long had a soft spot for the Chicago Bears. Though probably not Super Bowl contenders, it was nice to see them leading the NFC North Division. Then they went on the road to play the woeful NY Giants. Should have been a piece of cake win. But not so.
They needed a semi-miracle just to force overtime. And then something even stupider happened. After the Giants managed a field goal, the Bears got the ball. Match the field goal and the game goes on. Score a touchdown and they win.
On their ensuing possession, quarterback Chase Daniel managed to fumble three --count em -- THREE times. In the shotgun formation, one snap went between his legs. Beat him cleanly in the five hole. Another went through his hands and bounced off his face mask. So of course they lost. It put the "Duh" into Duh Bears.
Interesting how running back Todd Gurley of the LA Rams refused to score with his team already ahead by a touchdown over the Detroit Lions and time running low. He could have walked into the end zone, but chose to be put down at the 2 yard line. The announcers praised his "game management". By doing this, the Rams forced the Lions to burn the rest of their time-outs. And it worked out, cuz the Rams would go on to score a TD and secure the win anyway.
But what if -- they would have fumbled ala Daniel mentioned above? Instead of taking the easy 7 points and stretching their lead to 14 with under a minute remaining, the Lions would have gotten the ball only trailing by 7. Weirder things have happened than a team marching the length of the field in the last minute to score a touchdown. Had THAT occurred, and the Lions went on to somehow pull out another miracle win, Gurley would have been righteously roasted as an idiot. Hey, give me the seven points any time.
Eldrick Dept.
See the "Hero Challenge" played in the Bahamas. See eighteen of the world's best golfers get together to duke it out on a course that looked hard, but was yielding birdies -- and eagles -- like the average home-owner dishes out candy on Halloween.
See Spaniard Jon Rahm shoot 20 under par and claim the win.
See Eldrick Tont Woods -- sometimes known as Tiger -- flail away and finish one under par. A colossal 19 strokes behind. One stroke out of dead last place. Only Japan's Hidecki Matsuyama had a worse score, by one stroke.
See the TV folks continue in their Tiger, ahem, hero worship. Tiger this. Tiger that. They even had the gall to interview him when the match was over. The as usual shameless Woods gladly put his mug in front of the cameras again, and started yapping away.
Eldrick Tont said he didn't play "clean enough"
That's one way of putting it.
Another would be he stunk it up for 72 holes. You don't finish a whopping 19 strokes behind unless you're doing just about everything wrong. In any normal tournament, he would have, mercifully, been cut before the final two rounds of the weekend. But no, Woods got to play, and even collect a check, for his pitiful performance.
And since when do bottom-feeders get interviews on TV? Shouldn't those be reserved for the players that either won, or at least came close?
Did I mention shameless?
Yes, I get it. Like a certain President, Eldrick has his blind followers, who will remain loyal to him no matter how gawd-awful his results. They want him to win. They NEED him to win.
But guess what?
He ain't gonna win. Stick a fork in him. He had his decade of dominance, but it's been over and done with for another decade.
There's way too many hot shot younger golfers out there these days -- and new ones are popping up like weeds in a garden every year -- for Eldrick to make any sort of "comeback". Though they won't publicly say so, does anybody really think the young guns on tour these days consider Woods any sort of threat?
They just tolerate him, because they have to. But also likely dread being partnered with him in any given tournament because of the media circus and the throngs of idiots that continue to follow him around.
I, for one, can't wait until Eldrick Tont Woods shuffles off to the Geezer Circuit, sometimes known as the Champions Tour.
Pity, unlike McCarthy, there's not a way to fire Tiger too.
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