A little bit of background about me.
I’m in my late forties. I grew up when sports was leisure or recreation and not a business or industry.
You didn’t have to fill every available moment on the air with useless statistics and other nonsense.
I don’t expect to be following professional sports in my fifties. I’m too old and not interested in what they are expected to do to appease their sponsors.
Thankfully I’m married with a good job and have many other things to fill my day. It’s a nice hobby but nothing more. Now it’s politicized and everything is scrutinized.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019
An unprofessional baseball team
How can a city have a Major League Baseball team and yet seem unprofessional ? If you have been a member of the ownership group or executive branch of the Seattle Mariners and haven’t made the playoffs in nearly 20 years, that’s how.
The definition of professionalism is”the competence or skill expected of a professional “. Competently run franchises should be able to make the playoffs every three or four years.
What to do about it? Hire new people and not yes men or yes people.
The definition of professionalism is”the competence or skill expected of a professional “. Competently run franchises should be able to make the playoffs every three or four years.
What to do about it? Hire new people and not yes men or yes people.
Monday, September 9, 2019
Failure of leadership in Washington State leads to Anti-Semitism
Based on the fact that there is no leadership in the state of Washington just followers of the Democrat Party. Similar to living in the Iron Curtain many years ago.
What is popular leads to an atmosphere of letting the bad guys win.
What is popular leads to an atmosphere of letting the bad guys win.
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Why I support Trump (or why I don’t vote Democrat)
People will ask you from time to time, “How can you support Trump? He’s a bigot, misogynist, etc” he’s caused the fringe right to feel comfortable attacking synagogues etc.
I have voted Republican since 1992. I was I. College then and I voted for George H W Bush over the eventual winner Bill Clinton. In Judaism and other walks of life, we have something called a team or community. I’m a member of the GOP team so therefore I vote for its mantle bearer, good bad or indifferent. I voted for Dole and McCain and Romney. All of them lost to Clinton and Obama.
In the old days I might have considered voting Democrat if they had Sam Nunn or Zeli Miller is Joe Lieberman as their nominee. Sadly, that isn’t the case.
The Republicans have to start taking on the culture and the blue state democrats and SJW’s in a hurry.
Additionally, any RINO who criticizes Trump but not the Democrats is a person who should lose his or her job and influence. These people are selfish ballhogs and ego centric who only care about their power.
I have voted Republican since 1992. I was I. College then and I voted for George H W Bush over the eventual winner Bill Clinton. In Judaism and other walks of life, we have something called a team or community. I’m a member of the GOP team so therefore I vote for its mantle bearer, good bad or indifferent. I voted for Dole and McCain and Romney. All of them lost to Clinton and Obama.
In the old days I might have considered voting Democrat if they had Sam Nunn or Zeli Miller is Joe Lieberman as their nominee. Sadly, that isn’t the case.
The Republicans have to start taking on the culture and the blue state democrats and SJW’s in a hurry.
Additionally, any RINO who criticizes Trump but not the Democrats is a person who should lose his or her job and influence. These people are selfish ballhogs and ego centric who only care about their power.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
NHL in big trouble
In my opinion, the NHL is in big trouble in finding a niche or an audience in the United States. This despite the fact that very few Canadian teams are good anymore, Why is this the case?
1) fans relate to stars not teams, the NBA and NFL create stars and superstars.
2) The NHL whether fair or not is perceived as an old stodgy white male dominated league that is stuck in past similar to baseball. By contrast, the NBA is young modern and hip.
3) Espn ignoring or having nothing to do with the NHL was the death knell starting in 2004-05.
How to fix it?
One new younger leadership at all levels of the sport,
Two shorten the season not going to happen but worth it.
1) fans relate to stars not teams, the NBA and NFL create stars and superstars.
2) The NHL whether fair or not is perceived as an old stodgy white male dominated league that is stuck in past similar to baseball. By contrast, the NBA is young modern and hip.
3) Espn ignoring or having nothing to do with the NHL was the death knell starting in 2004-05.
How to fix it?
One new younger leadership at all levels of the sport,
Two shorten the season not going to happen but worth it.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Houston failed
The Houston Tockets are a colossal failure because they have won a whole bunch of games the last five years but haven’t made it to the NBA finals or won a championship. They lost to Golden State last night losing the series in 6 games 4 to 2. If I owned the team, I would IMMEDIATELY fire Daryl Morey, the alleged GM of the team who put together this roster and Mike D’Antoni, who somehow gets to coach a bench of teams without being asked to win a title.
Just like the Oklahoma City Thunder, the stars of the Rockets are too consumed with their personal statistics at the expense of the team goals. Harden can’t lead a team to a title. He isn’t wired that way.
Just like the Oklahoma City Thunder, the stars of the Rockets are too consumed with their personal statistics at the expense of the team goals. Harden can’t lead a team to a title. He isn’t wired that way.
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