Everyone is talking about Kurt Warner. He is this knight in shining armor to GM's. The funny thing is I don't know why.
Yes, he was the feel good story of the NFL and the Super Bowl. We all love the underdog; coming from Arena Football and your local grocery store, but we have to let that die.
The fact is Kurt Warner is not worth a lot of money. He not worth much. First off he is 38 years old this fall. That will not help you out, especially with the cap on most teams and a financial crisis hitting pro sports. Secondly he is not an overly successful QB. In all his pro career, he only has 5 winning seasons and only two of them featured more than 10 wins. Even then those years were in a dome and sunny Arizona. Though to counter when he traveled to the East Coast or heaven forbid a cold climate, he falls apart (see New England this year).
The time to act for Kurt Warner was like 7 years ago, when he was worth a damn. Now, I cannot see spending money on him, even if I am Minnesota. The economics and time are just not on his side. Granted he didn't win the big game, he should have walked away from football. Though he will never be a Hall of Famer (those stats are not impressive to the history of the game) he will be remembered in the same light as Rudy or Vince Papale.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
SUPER BOWL MEDIA: So much hype for so little action
Yesterday was the media day for the Super Bowl.
No, no one said anything that would warrant a posting on a cork board prior to Sunday's game. Yes there were stupid people dressed in outfits asking retarded questions. Actually scratch that, retarded is not the word because it's offense to what retarded means. I need a word that is like retarded but is more powerful and means something is so ludicrous and outrageous and utterly stupid one's head would explode like that guy in Scanners.
Man, I hate the two weeks before the Super Bowl. Granted I hate the NFL because all it is, is non-stop hype about stuff that could be summed up in two minutes but must be repeated several million times on all 839 airings of NFL, which itself is a lark of programming. Do we need NFL in the summer... NO! It takes away from Baseball Tonight, truly amazing broadcasting.
Back from the sidebar... the Super Bowl hype is outrageous. Yes, Kurt Warner is back. No, I don't care if he is confident in his chances. Yes, I know Mike Tomlin is black. No, I don't think he could be President of these United States. Football allows itself to swell with all this context, pretext and background and match ups. It hemorrhages and before you know it, you forgot what was so big about it when the game was over. Basketball doesn't have it, neither does hockey. Baseball could never have it since they play everyday and pointless build up would be... well... pointless.
Could someone tell the league to eliminate the bye week and just end this damn season... pitchers and catchers are going to report soon.
Sal Sez: "You play to win the game... and go to Hooters afterwards!"
No, no one said anything that would warrant a posting on a cork board prior to Sunday's game. Yes there were stupid people dressed in outfits asking retarded questions. Actually scratch that, retarded is not the word because it's offense to what retarded means. I need a word that is like retarded but is more powerful and means something is so ludicrous and outrageous and utterly stupid one's head would explode like that guy in Scanners.
Man, I hate the two weeks before the Super Bowl. Granted I hate the NFL because all it is, is non-stop hype about stuff that could be summed up in two minutes but must be repeated several million times on all 839 airings of NFL, which itself is a lark of programming. Do we need NFL in the summer... NO! It takes away from Baseball Tonight, truly amazing broadcasting.
Back from the sidebar... the Super Bowl hype is outrageous. Yes, Kurt Warner is back. No, I don't care if he is confident in his chances. Yes, I know Mike Tomlin is black. No, I don't think he could be President of these United States. Football allows itself to swell with all this context, pretext and background and match ups. It hemorrhages and before you know it, you forgot what was so big about it when the game was over. Basketball doesn't have it, neither does hockey. Baseball could never have it since they play everyday and pointless build up would be... well... pointless.
Could someone tell the league to eliminate the bye week and just end this damn season... pitchers and catchers are going to report soon.
Sal Sez: "You play to win the game... and go to Hooters afterwards!"
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