What a sports weekend in the 'Burgh, eh?
- Pens get embarrassed by going into the 3rd period in Toronto up 2-1; proceed to lose 6-2.
- Steelers kicker, perhaps also depressed from the Pens' poor performance, proceeds to go ape shit on a paper towel dispenser in New Alexandria, PA. I'm not sure what's stranger: that he went off on a helpless paper towel dispenser, or that he was in New Alexandria, PA. Readers, I have family residing in New Alex. There is absolutely nothing there. What, exactly, was Skippy Skeeve doing there on a Saturday night?
- Ray Shero responds to Saturday's embarrassment by firing Coach Therrien on Sunday. I supported the coach in spite of my dad and brother's early season rants, but in the last month have come to realize something needed to be done. Will the Pens all of a sudden become a playoff-caliber team? Heck no. There are many, many issues to be dealt with. However, consistently watching a mediocre-to-terrible on-ice performance, knowing the energy I and others in Pittsburgh put into that team, knowing the money my parents and others spend at the Igloo several times a week, it became incredibly frustrating to watch an organization seemingly not care that the team was spiraling downward. Is Shero partly to blame? Duh. The grit and presence we had last year (Malone, Rutuu, Roberts, Armstrong) has yet to be replaced. Are the players partly to blame? Of course. Sid and Geno aside, scoring is pathetic. Our defense is laughable. Should it all fall on Therrien's shoulders? No. But that said, something needed to be done, and the coach is the first place to start. Any failing organization (sports, finance, retail, whatever) will start with the firings at the top when things go bad. So while this is a step, it's hardly a cure. There's a long way to go, but at least I now have an inkling that the men at the top care about the product they put on the ice.
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Jiffy Reed was in New Alexandria to do an appearance and was supposed to bring some Steeler friends. He showed up an hour and a half late, brought his dad, Sepulvida (sp?) and the team chiropractor. The bar announced that all the people lined up for autographs had to back away from the "VIP" area because "Mr. Reed just wants to party and have a good time tonight." Then the bar bouncers went through the crowd and picked out baby prostitutes from the bar patrons and said skanks were grinded on by DoucheBag Kicker himself all night long.
Gotta love when disgruntled Steeler fans call into the Ksss Freak Show in the AM! I completely agree w/ the one woman who said if that's what he wants to do on his own time, fine, but that night, he was there representing the team. People got there at 5 to get something signed and he used it to spread herpes to skanky yinzers.
Good think he is a hell of a kicker, because he sucks at life. I know you've seen his cell phone self portraits of his manscaping and the pics of him being an asshat on spring break. He's such a douche.
Leanne rules because she was able to provide this information.
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