Meanwhile Back at the Hall of Justice...

I'M BACK!! I'm pretty sure nobody missed me but whatever I'm fine with it. Power outages and lack of internet accessibility really puts a limit on how much a guy can do. Let's get after it then...

Michael Curry is the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons. I think Curry has a total of about 35 minutes of head coaching experience under his belt and only one season as an assistant. However, he was the NBAPA player rep or something along those lines so he has a good rep with the players which is something but not everything. Having an in with the players is not the main ingredient to success, you have to know how to COACH the players. I'm not really doubting that Curry will be a good if not great coach, it just kind of makes me wonder why you hand the keys to a successful franchise to a guy who has only a little more head NBA coaching experience as I do. He was a good player and is respected in a lot of different circles, but I am just wondering if this is really the best choice. At the same time however, how hard could it really be to coach an NBA team? It's got to be right up there with beating a retard in checkers. Not that hard if you have the players.

Speaking of the players, who is going to be traded where? The free agent market is garbage this year so that means for the Pistons to improve they will have to do it via a trade or some "sleeper" pick in an equally weak draft class. I am pretty much betting that Sheed is going to get Sheeded on and traded to some team full of bums to end his career as the best player in the league when he wanted to be. One idea I just brewed up was a trade to the Spurs for like Bruce Bowen or something. He still plays for the Spurs right? I like the way he plays. Dirty.

When you think about it though, you have two real trade options. Sheed, and Chauncey. You can't trade Prince because, well, you just can't. Rip is still capable of averaging 25 a night. Stuckey is going to be a borderline superstar in the league. Maxiel is also on his way to having a cult like following a la Ben Wallace. Basically Sheed and Chauncey are the ones who need to go in order to get some fresh blood in the organization. Look for one or either of them to go to a contender (Phoenix, Dallas, Utah, um Cleveland?) in exchange for some youngsters with potential or future draft picks. But then again, I'm just some asshole and don't know what I'm talking about at all.

One of the most electrifying and prolific netminders in the history of the NHL, Dominic Hasek retired from the NHL on Monday. Hasek also retired after the Wings won the cup in 2002, but this time it is for real. Dominic Hasek will be known most for his acrobatic goaltending throughout his long NHL career which started in Chicago as Ed Belfour's backup, then took him to Buffalo where he came within a Brett Hull skateblade away from winning Buffalo's first major sports championship. He was traded to Detroit in the summer of 2001 and won the cup in that first season with the Wings. As a hockey fan, I loved watching his flop around, rob a goal style with all the SportsCenter highlight reel saves. When he played with the Wings in 2001-2002, he was amazingly fun to watch, but he also made me want to pull my hair out one hair at a time with his borderline recklessness. It worked though and I will always enjoy thinking of the Dominator in a Red Wings sweater. Although I wholeheartedly disagree with Mitch Albom's idea of retiring Hasek's number, which is just absurd, I will never argue that he wasn't one of the game's best. Below is my favorite memory of Dominic Hasek, other than him hoisting the Cup of course.



Dontrelle Willis is now playing for the Tigers. Not the Detroit Tigers, the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Willis was sent down after he did his best Rick Vaughn impression Monday night against the Tribe, allowing 8 runs on 3 hits in one and a third innings of work. Normally I would go off on a tangent on Dombrowski and the Illitch's but in this case, there is something Dimitri Young-esque wrong with Dontrelle Willis and I feel bad for the guy. His velocity is still close to what it was, his breaking stuff is fine, he just can't get the ball over the plate. When you combine this with the probable loss of Bonderman for the season, the Tigers' pitching staff is in absolute disarray. The good news though, Robertson pitched a decent game in picking up the win last night against the previously streaking White Sox and Galaragga is looking just as strong. Verlander goes tonight against the hated Pale Hosers from the Windy City. The starting pitching staff has up until Monday night, been one of the best in baseball in the last ten games, the only problem is, as per fucking usual, the bats remained silent resulting in a 4-6 record. Needless to say, the Tigers need to really go on a run here at home before they go out west again for some Interleague play action with the Giants and Padres. In fact, after Friday night's game against the Sox, the Tigers don't play an American League team until the 30th in Minnesota. Great.

To wrap this post up, there is a news reporter in Detroit who needs to be run out of town.



C'mon, use your head ya stupid broad.