Posts Tagged ‘Donovan McNabb’
Has your opinion of Mcnabb changed after 2010?
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011Out From the Shadows
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
"The Phour Aces", "The Phour Kings", "The Phour (insert noun here)"
If you are a Philadelphia sports enthusiast like myself, then you are on a serious high right now. First the uniting of the four kings, (Halladay, Lee, Oswalt, and Hamels), and now this? The Miracle at the Meadowlands part II? Only one word can describe it; unbelievable.
ANOTHER Miracle in the Meadowlands!
Can you feel it in the air or am I just riding the hallucination train thinking we might go-all-the-way? First, a little arena football team called the Philadelphia Soul brought home a championship, much needed in the city of drought. This little team won and challenged all the major league teams to do the same. Then the boys in red pinstripes rolled through Milwaukee, LA, to Tampa to bring home a much-needed World Series that sent this City into a euphoric state. The Flyers, the ultimate Cinderella story, made it to the Stanley Cup Finals last year when nobody thought they would even make it out of the first round.
Phillies Win the 2008 World Series!!!
I don’t know about you, but I can smell the polish they use to make that Lombardi trophy shine. In my life, I have never seen anything like what I saw on Sunday and I have been watching football for a long time. I could be naïve in thinking that we are going to the Superbowl, but what I saw Sunday gave me something that I haven’t had in a long time; hope.
2009-2010 Eastern Conference Champions!!!
There were so many blunders in Sunday’s game, a fumble here, an interception there. It seemed like the Giants had Vick’s number and yet he still found a way to make it happen. I love you Donovan, but you would have never been able to make this happen.
Mike Vick Never Says "Die"
We may finally be getting out from the under big brother’s shadow. For now, we have the bragging rights over the Big Apple. The only thing they can say is that the New York Knicks are slightly better than the 76ers and I’m okay with that. All I know is that on a Sunday afternoon in December, I became glued to the television. I watched history happen. I watched Michael Vick turn an impossible to a possible. I saw the speed of young man lift an entire city from its somber state. I saw that same man celebrate in a way that I would usually frown upon, but this time he earned it.
Stephanie C. Curry, Guest Blogger for War Room Sports
Hey Mike Vick…Can I Get Your Autograph?
Monday, December 20th, 2010
"Thank you Mr. Vick. Thank you Suh."
Tashard Choice…YOU my friend, are a noodle. As a matter of fact, you are a wet, limp, ramen-style noodle. Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past week, you have probably seen, or at least heard about Cowboys’ Running Back Tashard Choice asking Eagles Quarterback Mike Vick to sign his gloves, ON THE FIELD, directly after a Sunday Night Cowboys loss to the Eagles, on national television. Now judging from the opinions of many people on TV, radio, print, and even our own War Room Sports Facebook forum (www.Facebook.com/WarRoomSports), my disdain for this apparent act of extreme “richard-ridery” seems to fall somewhere in the midst of the minority….which is actually cool with me, because when my overall opinions begin to align with the masses, that is when I will know that I am slipping.
Now back to this rather odd CHOICE by Tashard (pun intended). I’ve heard all of the defenses… “Players do this all the time”, “it was a sign of respect”, yadda yadda woopty damn doo. Well, obviously players don’t grovel for the opposing teams’ autographs ON THE FIELD, ON CAMERA, AFTER A LOSS, AT HOME too much. If that were the case, this “all the time” occurrence would not have been national sports news in the days following the game. So if this happens ALL THE TIME, make it happen ANOTHER TIME…not directly after a tough loss to a division opponent. If this is a “sign of respect”, then respect that man somewhere else…not in the middle of your home field in front of 100,000 angry home fans…not to mention the millions of viewers watching on television. Even his head coach remarked that “there is a time and place for that”.
The funny thing about this whole thing to me is that most of the people that I’ve had personal conversations with about this topic are Eagles fans. None of them seem to have a problem with it. To that, I say…FOH Eagles fans. WE…and yes I say WE…were the same group of fans who took Donovan McNabb to the proverbial verbal woodshed EVERY time he made a boneheaded play and then left the field with a smile on his face. Imagine if McNabb or any other Eagles player had solicited an opposing players’ autograph after a tough loss on national TV. You Eagles fans would have lost your mother-loving minds. So again, I say FOH Eagles fans. It was a punk move…BOTTOM LINE!
It goes back to my co-host Jimmy’s “Pass The Rock” rant and subsequent blog about how sports are getting soft in general. It is yet another occurrence that leads paying fans to believe that these spoiled millionaires just don’t care. I’m pretty sure Cowboys fans would have rather seen him walk off the field appearing as if he was upset about losing yet another game, rather than chasing the opponent’s quarterback halfway across the field for his John Hancock and a fatherly pat on the head. But if you all think this display of noodlery is okay in a “so-called” competitive environment, than more power to you and your cotton swab-loving tendencies. By the way…I’ll be signing autographs for all my fans throughout the holidays. Just send your valuables to the address listed on our website and I’ll get them back to you all signed up as soon as possible. Fatherly head pats not included.
Washington “Deadskin” theme song
Monday, December 6th, 2010Vick has earned the Job but why diss Kolb?
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Shanahan Benches Mcnabb
Friday, November 26th, 2010PJ Talks About Jason Peters
Friday, November 5th, 2010Sports Word Association
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010This is more of a word association/“did you ever notice” type issue rather than one of my customary rants. I was recently watching an episode of the hit comedy “The League” on FX, and they were having a rather interesting “did you ever notice” conversation that we’ve all probably had before. They presented it as more of a racial issue, but since I will expand on some of the words and phrases, I’ll say that the issue is part racial, part political correctness (two phenomenons that I absolutely hate). Oh……so maybe this is a bit of a rant after all.
The League on FX
Anyway, they were discussing the usage of certain words/phrases in sports, and how those words are inexplicably synonymous with a certain group of people. When you hear a sports commentator us the term “class-act”, they are usually referring to some well-behaved Black guy, as if they MUST use this distinguishing term because well-behaved Black guys (ESPECIALLY in sports) are hard to come by. We constantly hear this term used when someone is speaking of Tony Dungy, Lovey Smith, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair (until the revelations that ultimately led to his death), Tim Duncan, etc.
Tony Dungy - "Class Act"
When we hear the word “scrappy”, it is usually referring to non-athletic White guys, such as Scott Skiles, Tyler Hansbrough, Daryl “Moose” Johnston, Dan Majerle, Aaron Rowand, and even the great Larry Bird. It’s as if White guys can’t just be good players, they have to be “scrappy” to stand out.
The ever so-"scrappy" Scott Skiles
Here’s another…
When is it that we hear commentators harp on someone’s youth, the fact that they are very young, their inexperience, etc? Well, 9 times out of 10 when I hear that, they are referring to someone who just made a boneheaded mistake, or someone who is KNOWN for making boneheaded mistakes. So, common sense tells me that in sports, the overuse of the word “young” is just the politically correct way to call a dude…“dumb”. Come on announcers! How many more years can J.R. Smith POSSIBLY be…….”young”? He has to age someday, right?
Talking smack to Kobe Bryant is EXTREMELY........."Young".
Now that you get my drift, let’s play the sports word association game. I’ve started you off with a few. Can you think of any? If you can, post them in the comments section below. Take notes bloggers! Reader participation is the way to go when you are too……………”YOUNG”……………..to finish your own blog post.
HELP ME OUT EVERYBODY!
The “McBenching” of Donovan
Monday, November 1st, 2010
Do these comments from Mike Shanahan sound familiar Philly fans??? Does this bring back memories of 2-minute drills past?
“(McNabb’s) still our starter.”
“At the end of the game, with Rex knowing how to run the two-minute offense, I felt with the time (left) and no timeouts, he gave us the best chance to win. The terminology, it puts a lot of pressure on the quarterback.
“Everything is sped up when you don’t have timeouts. It’s gotta come automatic. You gotta call a couple plays at the line. You can’t think, you gotta react. Donovan understands. I don’t think any quarterback likes it, but you gotta make those tough decisions.”
This “McNabb in the clutch” thing is nothing new to those who have actually watched his career with an analytical eye. Do you all remember the Eagles’ so-called hurry-up offense in the Superbowl vs the Patriots? That happened often in Philly but you probably didn’t hear about it until it was on the national stage under the big lights. Here’s a stat that might interest you:
Since 2005, with 5 minutes or less to go in the game (when the Eagles were either losing by a score or less, or tied), McCan’tGetItDone’s record is 2-12-1. And this doesn’t even include his brief stint as the Redskins quarterback!!! For all of the positive stats put out there, this is one of those lines that you NEVER hear about.
***SHAKING OUR HEADS***
