According to sources close to WaitingForNextyear, Tom Izzo has told his players that he intends to take the Cavaliers head coaching job. Click the link for more info.
Something tells me Coach Izzo must either be really confident in LeBron James staying in town for a few more years...or he can't resist Dan Gilbert's $6 million-per-year offer. As the guys at WFNY has said in their post, anything can happen until an announcement is official, but they are confident enough in their sources to run with this. Of course, more to come later.
Can someone tell me what the hell the Indians management is thinking right now when it comes to the development of catching uber-prospect Carlos Santana? For three years now this guy has been tearing up minor league pitching at every level he's played at. He's won back-to-back league MVP's and, the way he is playing right now, is on his way to his third in a row at the Indians AAA affiliate in Columbus.
The fact that he's on his way toward the AAA MVP is actually a problem right now.
Heading into tonight's game against the Boston Red Sox, Indians poo-poo platter of a catching duo Lou Marson (.195/.261/.271) and Mike Redmond (.208/.250/.283) are performing about as bad as any Indians catching duo in recent memory.
You don't believe me? Take at look at the 1987 duo of Andy Allanson and Chris Bando. They were actually better than what we have right now. I'll wait patiently while you go throw up.
Well, it looks like there is some fire to the smoke signals coming out of Quicken Loans arena after all. The Plain Dealer's Brian Windhorst is now reporting that Cavs owner Dan Gilbert is preparing a $6 million a year offer to the Michigan State head coach. While this potential hire would be a splash among many fans and media alike, there is always risk in bringing a college coach.
Recent college hires to the NBA over the last decade-plus have included John Calipari, P.J. Carlisimo, Tim Floyd, Mike Montgomery, and Rick Pitino. None were considered successes. However, in their defense, none took over a team that had a good roster. In fact, all took over rudderless franchises with no hope and had even more bad luck in the lottery after their hires.
In the NBA, more than any other pro sport, coaches need players to win. This isn't the NFL where Bill Parcells can turn chicken shit into chicken salad in a year's time. Put Red Aurbach or John Wooden in charge of the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets and they are still picking in the top five of this months draft. That's just how the NBA is. One star can really make all the difference while a great coach can only do so much in the pro game.
So how would Tom Izzo do in Cleveland with LeBron James and a roster that has had back-to-back 60 win seasons? It would be interesting to say the least.
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but New York has launched an official website hellbent on bringing LeBron James to the Big Apple. They even have a hip slogan and video staring Mayor Bloomberg titled "C'mon LeBron."
I have to admit, after watching the very lame Cleveland song parody titled We Are LeBron (naturally in homage to this), I was gleefully hoping the New York video titled C'mon LeBron would also follow suit. Wouldn't that have been something to see Bloomberg wearing overalls like he's straight out of Dexy's Midnight Runners ??? I say hell yes. Instead, we get treated to some video that looks like it has the same production team of something we had to watch in drivers ed. Thanks for ruining my weekend New York.
Terrific. It had been only a few hours since a politician or celebrity last shamelessly campaigned for LeBron James to come and play in their NBA city next season. Now that President Obama is back to being a bullshitting politician and pretending that he would like to see James stay in Cleveland...we can all rest easy.
Now go scrub some oil off a seagull in the Gulf or something. We're used to seeing our athletes flee this town as fast as they can for greener pastures. Trust me, they don't need your help.
If MLB revises history and gives Galarraga the perfect game, that would more or less reduce the game to a kids soccer match in which the parents tell the kids not to worry about the score. To me, Galarraga's corrected "perfect game" would have as much merit.
Thankfully, we will be spared revisionist history invading the sports world.
Hey, at least Galarraga got a car for his troubles. Trust me, he'll sleep ok this week.
