The Monday Morning Fullback

1. My new favorite coach in any sport is Mike Singletary. In his first game as a NFL head coach he sent a player to the showers and called out his team. Mike spelled out to his batch of spoiled brats there was no 'I" in TEAM and if anyone thought there was had better take a remedial spelling course. Can you imagine if other professional coaches take this lead? We could clean up the kids in no time. Only wish TO was still a 49'er.
   
   
2. "Midnight Lute" struck again. This time he swooped in and plain old quit. There are rumors of health issues and if there are then I apologize in advance. But this guy single-handily may have destroyed an University of Arizona basketball program he built from the ground up. He's always been a bit pompous but the guy could coach. My troubles with Lute are two-fold. First as one of the highest paid if not the highest paid employee of the State of Arizona, we fellow tax payers deserve the truth, and I for one can handle the truth. Secondly, he just played with the lives of kids who had looked to him for his expertise. A complete recruiting class is gone and players who might have left after last years travesty are stuck with their third coach in as many years. Tucson is going to start looking a lot like Corvallis and Pullman
   
   
3. We are heading down the homestretch of the presidential campaign and why is it Obama continues to get a free pass? I know McCain is no treat but when did the mainstream media decide tough questions aren't part of the process. Hey folks, it's tougher than tough out there and the next bozo who works out of the West Wing had better be prepared for the toughest job of his life. America will be watching and we we remember.
   
   
4. Fox, Fox, Fox. Let me count the ways I hate thee. At the very least they set a record for viewership in the 1:30-2:00 AM time slot for Friday's or was it Saturday's game three of the World Series. All 1000 of those glued to their sets get an 99 cent gift certificate to the Waffle House.
   
   
5. Bud Selig. You're a bigger moron that I even thought. Repeat after me. I am the commissioner of Major League Baseball. The World Series is a premier event. Get rid of Fox. Now. And find a national television network (NBC) that pledges to showcase the World Series. Not run away and hide from College Football on Saturday and NFL on Sunday. You are the problem for the sport. Do us all a favor and pull a Lute Olson.
   
   
6. The NBA starts another season this week, oh boy, so look for my predictions for the 2008-2009 season. I'll have a couple of surprises.
   
   
7. Let's get this boring World Series over and get on to the Hot Stove League.