Sunday, October 12, 2014

Fair-Weather Farts

Sitting in a bar, watching the fair-weather Blackhawks fans fill the place and watch the 'Hawks win. Fans sighing and dying with every shot on goal.

Where were they when then 'Hawks were struggling? Once thing about the 'Hawks, as long as Joel Quennville is the coach, the 'Hawks will never get outhustled, never get beat by a team that plays harder or with more heart.

Quennville won't allow it. It's why the 'Hawks dominate at game's end or rally from ridiculous deficits. You can't coach heart. You can demand it.
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From the "Really?" department:

The NFL fines Colin Kaepernick for wearing non-authorized headphones. Really? The Jacksonville Jaguars mascot runs around with a sign saying, "Towels Carry Ebola." Really? And Danny Green of the Spurs tweets a selfie at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial and says, "...lol, @Holocaust." Really?
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Jerry Angelo tells USA Today that hundreds and hundreds of domestic-abuse cases were swept under the rug, including his own team's.

Really? He has since backed off from and modified his remarks. Guess he got a phone call from the league reminding him that if he ever wants to work in the NFL again, he better shut up.
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A New Jersey powerhouse high school football team has suspended the rest of its season in the wake of hazing allegations that include inappropriate sexual contact.

Or, a case of the next class of high school kids who think they're smarter than the previous classes that got caught.

They're not.

Parents are incensed that the season has been suspended. Too bad. Hello, those are your kids doing the hazing.
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In St. Louis, Cardinals' fans are being pointed at by Ferguson-shooting protesters as the demographic majority responsible for turning a blind eye to the racial divides in the area that caused the shooting death in the first place.

Maybe. And maybe NY Giants fans are the reason that Sayreville War Memorial High had its season suspended over a hazing incident.

Michael Brown, the Ferguson shooting victim, was wearing a Cardinals' hat when he was shot.

Maybe the Ferguson prosecutor should get the grand jury off its butts.


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