CONGRATULATIONS to Jim Harbaugh and the University of Michigan for winning the National Championship on Monday against an over-rated and out classed Washington football team. Michigan/Georgia would have had football fans howling at the moon.
Speaking of Harbaugh, what's next for the coach who wins EVERYPLACE he coaches? The Bears are too stupid to hire him but I'm thinking Atlanta or the west coast is his next stop.
The Bears dump everyone EXCEPT the head coach who has ONE year left on his contract which means nobody is leaving their current job for Chicago and a one year employment blanket. The right move was to sweep everyone out the door and let a new coach bring in his own staff (there are currently 6 recently fired head coaches hanging around)....but that would have been the right way to do it and we know the Bears don't like doing that. They suck. And don't buy that crap that they were sooooooooo close to making the playoffs. IF ONLY WE HAD WON THAT GAME.....or this one.....or that one. Complete and total bullshit.
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Trade the 1st pick again for a boatload of draftees?
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Someone finally woke up the CHICAGO CUBS front office and they signed a high caliber pitcher from the Japanese League. That was their first off season acquisition and now they need to make about 4 more moves, including re-signing CODY BELLINGER. They should also work hard to sign BLAKE SNELL if they want to be serious about the post season.
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The WHITE SOX make me laugh because they keep signing players that I have never heard of but I do notice the contracts all seem to be one year with a club option for a second year and most of these guys will disappear around July 31 in trades for minor leaguers. Does that sound familiar to anyone in Chicago? It should because that's exactly what the Cubs did in 2012-13-14 to build up their farm system before putting a competitive team on the field. Of course, you have to lose a hundred games a year for a while.
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The BLACKHAWKS have suffered more injuries that any other NHL team but the worst one was the other night when rookie superstar CONNOR BEDARD'S jaw was broken and now he will miss two months. Either way, the Hawks are going to finish at the bottom of the league again but Bedard was putting people in the seats and he was very exciting to watch.
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Any football fan had to be surprised by at least one of the three coaching moves this week. NICK SABAN, the best college coach EVER calls it a day and walks away from Alabama. Then BILL BELICHICK gets fired after 24 years at New England with six Super Bowl rings in his pocket but three consecutive losing seasons. What have you done for me lately?
And then there's PETE CARROLL, who should have been fired LONG AGO for his decision in SUPER BOWL XLIX when he decided, with 30 seconds left in the game, to pass from the one yard line instead of handing the ball to MARSHAWN LYNCH aka THE BEAST. Pass is intercepted and New England wins the game. And to this day, that obnoxious prick still defends his call even though it's been voted 'worst coaching call in NFL history' several times in different forums.
Most of these coaches will be recycled as they always are. Life goes on in the NFL.
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CALEB WILLIAMS?
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Believe it or not, the CHICAGO BULLS are on the verge of the playoffs! Until they trade ZACH LAVINE. But no matter what, COBY WHITE still has the best hair in the NBA.
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CONGRATS to the 'Danimal' DAN HAMPTON who was elected to the COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME out of the University of Arkansas. He played 12 years with the Bears and is already in the NFL HALL OF FAME. He was fun to watch.
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DRAKE MAYE?
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This should be interesting. Comedian BILL MURRAY, MIKE VEECK and his son WILLIAM "NIGHT TRAIN" VEECK have bought controlling interest in THE JOLIET SLAMMERS of the independent Frontier League. Can't wait to see the promotions.
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I was reminded that I forgot a very big name in Chicago sports when I listed my R.I.P. section in a recent blog and I can't believe I missed it.
BOBBY HULL electrified Chicago hockey fans for 15 years and made the old Chicago Stadium come to life when he would make an end to end rink rush which would finish with one of his 100 mph slap shots. As a person who saw many of those games, he was one of a kind. Hull was 84 when he passed away in January.
God bless and rest easy #9.
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And that does it for now, amigos. I'll be heading south shortly to get the hell away from this crappy weather. Stay safe and warm.
