Monday Moaning

 

Well folks, Football season is upon us...Hell, ESPN aired at least 9 high school football games this weekend...And this week the College season starts, which forced me to get my ass in gear and post my Heisman PREVIEW/PREDICTION...And just to toot my own horn...2 years ago I nailed it with RGIII and last year I went with Colin Klein who finished 3rd in the voting...Not bad...I did leave out a name this year that I do like...UCLA's QB Brett Hundley...Kid passed for 3,740 yards with 29 TD's as a redshirt freshman last year...He looks good, but I don't see him getting the run this year...The PAC-12 is coming down to Oregon and Stanford this year, with Arizona and ASU making a bit of noise...I'm already looking at Hundley for next year...

-Last week I wrote a bit about Notre Dame OLB Danny Spond retiring from football...There was little info as to why...He spoke this past week and explained the situation...What had been causing his migraine issue last year and again in camp does seem to be brought on by the big impact collisions he's had...He is dealing with Hemiplegic migraines, which are a rare form of headaches that show up with temporary stroke-like symptoms...With medication and rehab, doctors feel Spond will be free of long-term consequences...Taking football out of the equation seems to be the logical first step...

-Changing gears to a bit of Hockey news...The NHL and players association agreed to shorten goalie pads for this up coming season...For shorter goalies, it may only result in about an inch of difference...For taller goalies it can mean 5 inches...This could be a big deal...It could not...I think it's another weak attempt by the NHL to get more scoring...Even though we constantly rave, especially in the playoffs, about outstanding goaltending...

Here an example with Craig Anderson's pads...On the right is last year's...The left is this year's...

I particularly like Jean-Sebastien Giguer's comments...“Coaches and GMs, you guys want that, you’ve been asking for more goals [through the] five hole,” Giguere said. “So if your goalie gives up a goal five hole, you need to take a breath and remember that you asked for it.”

You gotta understand his point there...Giguer doesn’t want to see goaltenders getting the blame if this adversely impacts their numbers...Everyone is conspiring against goalies, and not thinking about theirs...

-In local news...Where I coached the Little Beeze and company, there are two baseball fields behind our rec center...Between the fields, there was two toddler swings, and a old school slide...Just a ladder, and slide...So, the long, rainy, poorly organized, no money spent on the fields, season is over...Then the city replaces the swings with two new ones, and adds this...

What the Fuck!  Molly gave it a try this weekend...It's bitchin' for little kids like her...But why the fuck did they wait until after the baseball season was over...Now it will sit there all fall and winter, barely used, until Baseball gets kicked up again...That is if enough people sign their kids up, after how poorly the rec ran things this past season...Fucking dolts running this town!

-Now to a heavier topic...This past week there was a 22 year old, white, college baseball player murdered, because, "They were bored"...two of the "they" were black...One had tweeted some racists shit about whites, just before the murder...But the media won't scream hate crime...They refuse to acknowledge race was involved...And Jesse Jackson didn't feel the need to talk tough about this, simply saying, "This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."  Not the same fire we get from Jesse when a white kills a black...

Thankfully there is a black person, in the media, being honest about things...I was relieved to read THIS, and feel it has to be read by as many people as possible...

And Wednesday WWII Veteran Delbert Belton was beaten to death and robbed by two black teens...And honest to God, I have not seen enough coverage about this from the mainstream media...Why am I not shocked that Social Media is what got this story the attention?  Why are only certain crimes covered...Why do we hear and see more about white on black crimes, then we do about Black on Black, White on White, or Black on White?  Why is race never brought up when it's Black on White?  But if it's White on Black, race is the first thing we get...

The fact of the matter is, race shouldn't be or first thought about crimes...I look at this as two punks saw a old man, they could rip off easily...Belton being a REAL MAN, probably stuck up for himself, and that's when they beat the hell out of him with heavy flashlights...Or, they saw an old man they thought they could kill and rob easily...Which just shows how this generation has no respect for life, and no respect for anyone...

All I know is there seems to be a willingness by the media to hold back on black on white crimes, while they seem to want to push a race issue when there is a white on black crime...And there is a disgusting willingness to not speak up for a MAN like Delbert Belton?

-The last thing I have is my annual post about BEVERLY_POTTS...

Have a week...

The Beeze.