Mauice Cheeks Axed
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You know what bothers me? Its never the players!!! Its always the coach. Cmon, the sixers are notorious for heavy partying. They use to hang out in this one bar in west philly that was known to be shady. Im not saying ALL sixers are partiers but boy we sure have alot of them
Dont even get me started with the Eagles, My friend's exfiance is best friends with Willie "something"(he was an eagle a few years back) he got traded to oakland. Anyway, OMG the stories I heard from their parties!! And yes, the day before a game
Dont even get me started with the Eagles, My friend's exfiance is best friends with Willie "something"(he was an eagle a few years back) he got traded to oakland. Anyway, OMG the stories I heard from their parties!! And yes, the day before a game
Unless you are Paterno, lol , the nature of the Beast in pro and collegiate coaching is to be hired to be fired (aka sometimes forced resignation).
Although Steinbrenner has mellowed, he and Al Davis of the Raiders have perfected the art. Yet, the irony is both have rehired coaches/managers with the late Billy Martin's coming and going's prolly being the most colorful,infamous,not sure of all time.
Now days, no harm to the coaches other than maybe some bruised egos , most caoches are fired but leave extremely wealthy at least financially as buy out clauses are standard in 99% of contracts. Maybe, the English language should establish a new noun/verb for this type of firing, LOL
Shula, Noll, and Landry (imo the least classy and most despicable firing in my lifetime but at least Landry left with class, something Jerry Jones,nevermind) shows no one is immune to the Beast.
As far as Cheeks (Philly is a tough sports town that is best known for booing Santa Claus
), he is the fifth NBA coach , (and only 20+ games into the season) fired to date. Silly moi, I thought the NHL was bad on pulling the trigger,lol. Sad but true, the dollar (the fan's indirectly like rear ends in seats), what have you done for me lately and the need for that instant gratification all playing out. That said, there are exceptions.MORE SIDENOTES,LOL:
1.Gambling related, about a year and half ago I did play BJ in Tunny for about 4 hours with former 76er coach, John Lucas, on a not very busy Saturday afternoon at the Horseshoe. He and I were the only two players in the section (same section where Laurie and Jim brought me some good luck last year,lol
). Lucas is a very interesting and humble man. His son, Jai was being recruited by UF (which I did not know at the time) and my UF hat
broke the conversation ice per se.2.Locally, prolly a good thing that our NFL team has had Coach Fisher ((a Buddy Ryan disciple who did coach defense for Ryan in Philly and played under Ryan in your former stomping ground of Chicago)) as well as our NHL team coach from Day One. Quite rare especially in the NHL but Nashvegas, the city , needs the stability not that it has a say in the firing of coaches,lol.
Not sure if FisherBall will ever win a Super Bowl but that has been a daily subject for years on the team local message boards. Often compared to Marty Schottenheimer who just recently (less than 2 years ago) was fired after a 14-2 season but has always been unable to get through the playoffs despite his history of sucessful seasons. Mind boggling, the firing that is despite some other issues as I understood!
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It is not hearsay fwiw and yep, before and after, I mean right after (but after is before until,lol)...I have a picture of Philly's 10 year tackle, #69 but prolly should not post online.
Being 10 to 15 years older as well as I hope considered a reputable business owner, than most of the NFL players I became close friends with, I had to distance myself eventually from the constant partying as I did not have the time, energy, and although generally conversative with a every now and then wild side, I ultimately was not comfortable with the situational risks.
That said, there were many positives including the insight to the NFL per se, a few close true friendships that I maintained (did post a few pics of one of my friend's retirement party this summer in a thread) and more.
Most of these guys are just kids out of college that are no different than their peers at that age or for that matter you or I at that age. The only difference I saw with some was they had a sense of entitlement, falsely.
However, as athletes the public has a totally different perception of the athlete , not only are these kids held to a higher standard but often perceived as larger than life glorified idols and role models (Thank You Charles Barkley
) not only by the youhg but also mature adults. I was just as guilty until I had to opportunity to learn that our percption is just not reality. A 21 old kid, maybe now with money, being swamped for autographs, get the picture. Some just are not yet mature enough or adjusted to handle the higher standard that is expected and they are held to. The media and it's scrutiny is no help and often viscious......Yes, I know the flipside arguements from the public, pay me millons and I would be perfect et al, ya think so???The above said, most do adjust and mature (at least the few I know), marry (prolly a little too soon, lol) and have families and live responsible, productive lives. A good thing that evolves for most.
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It is not hearsay fwiw and yep, before and after, I mean right after (but after is before until,lol)...I have a picture of Philly's 10 year tackle, #69 but prolly should not post online.
Being 10 to 15 years older as well as I hope considered a reputable business owner, than most of the NFL players I became close friends with, I had to distance myself eventually from the constant partying as I did not have the time, energy, and although generally conversative with a every now and then wild side, I ultimately was not comfortable with the situational risks.
That said, there were many positives including the insight to the NFL per se, a few close true friendships that I maintained (did post a few pics of one of my friend's retirement party this summer in a thread) and more.
Most of these guys are just kids out of college that are no different than their peers at that age or for that matter you or I at that age. The only difference I saw with some was they had a sense of entitlement, falsely.
However, as athletes the public has a totally different perception of the athlete , not only are these kids held to a higher standard but often perceived as larger than life glorified idols and role models (Thank You Charles Barkley
The above said, most do adjust and mature (at least the few I know), marry (prolly a little too soon, lol) and have families and live responsible, productive lives. A good thing that evolves for most.
very well said........
