Weekend links with Jon Marthaler
Posted on March 1st, 2008 – 10:30 AMBy Michael Rand
Just a reminder: If you have links for tomorrow’s YouTubes, send them our way; we have a few ready to go, but we could always us a few more. And now, as always, Mr. Jon Marthaler:
Greetings once again, with another edition of the weekend links. No doubt your regular proprietor, Mr. Rand, is more or less exhausted at this point; he’s been out at the state wrestling tournament for a couple of days. Having just witnessed this event for the first time, I’ll say this: it’s like watching a Michael Bay movie after three weeks in a sensory deprivation tank. Chaos! Noise! Screaming! How The Proprietor can cover it, I have no idea; I couldn’t even comprehend most of it.
On with the links:
*Awful Announcing has an interesting breakdown of a month’s worth of SportsCenters, divided up by sport. The noteworthy thing, for the hoc-key fan: the NHL comes in seventh, behind NASCAR. Sigh.
*Speaking of the NHL: the New York Times has the story of a few Russian players who are staying home instead of playing this side of the pond. I know, I know, we’re all thinking the same thing: if this continues, who’s going to play for the Detroit Red Wings?
*I’m not sure I even quite know what to say about Rangers reliever CJ Wilson. He called his teammates imbeciles, he’s into politics, he embraces a lifestyle that makes him sound like a cross between Richard Gere and Jerry Falwell … just read for yourself, I guess. If there were more guys in pro sports like Wilson, no writer would ever want for notebook items again.
*I’m nervous about the self-promotion — it seems crass — but on the other hand, anytime I have an opportunity to Photoshop Doug Risebrough’s head onto Harvey Korman’s body, it seems like I should promote it. We’ve got the inside scoop on trade deadline day with the Minnesota Wild! [Proprietor note: We totally meant to link to this earlier in the week and then forgot.]
*The Chicago Tribune points out: We’re coming up on the 25th anniversary of the greatest postgame managerial rant of all time — Lee Elia’s three-minute, cuss-filled tirade. I won’t link to the outburst — you can find it on YouTube — but know this: it makes Mike Gundy look like Bud Grant.
*And finally, the Vikings are hot on the trail of Bernard Berrian. Here’s my Berrian story: every year, I’m in a fantasy football league that assigns players via auction. Towards the end of the night, the “You can have him!” comments are flying, as players come up for auction, usually for $1, that just about nobody wants. This year, we had a rookie in our league, and as the auction moved on, it came to his turn to put a player up for bid. He studied his cheat sheet, he thought for a moment, and then he announced, “I’ll go with Bernard Berrian for $5. You have never heard nine other guys laugh so hard in your life. Berrian can’t possibly fail to be an improvement for the Purple, but still, this isn’t a good sign.
That’s it for me; here’s hoping everything goes your way this Saturday.
9 Responses to "Weekend links with Jon Marthaler"
“Eighty-five percent of the [redacted] world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A [redacted] playground for the [redacted].”
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
I liked Wilson’s comment about athletes not paying attention to politics… ” you’re talking about a population that makes a ton of money, so the ups and downs of the economy don’t impact whether we’re getting paid. Therefore, we often don’t care.”…Duh, do we think these politicians are themselves in bread lines. Politicians and sports figures hardly make school teacher wages
..but I didn’t like Ellison’s schtick about being “inspired” by Obama since that phoney baloney guy only says what his well paid focus groups decide we all want to hear, and what’s this being “inspired” all about anyway ? Do we really feel any politician, even Sir Lanky Ichabod himself, can turn this econ around or pull out of this war in 6 mos ! Kix and inspiration are for kids…The rest of us have to work..
but doesn’t Berrian have Williamson Syndrome ?
Weird… last nite I sent the Proprietor a link to Hal McRae’s great rant - unique in the world of managerial rants because it involved a bloodied sports reporter.
It was on MSN’s front page, but did anyone see that Michigan women’s coach lose it ? For a moment there, I thought he was going to pull an ovary..
Jon
I’m getting this sneaky suspicion that you like hockey.
I read this morning that the Vikes landed Bernard Berrian. Damn !! If they now get a decent qb or Tavaris overcomes his wondrous skill at missing receivers with beautiful spirals,
so suddenly next year the Vikes (Gulp !) become good, what will I write about ?
what will I write about?
About 30,000 fewer words than last year, one hopes.
Bring on the videos!
Let it be written….let it be done..
