Random Sports Babbling Post 2

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Yes, but my point is by playing with other top atheletes, it can really improve your chances of getting picked early in the draft, making alot more money. All in all, the new guys at USC will be getting screwed for the transgressions of previous players/coaches/admins. That policy stinks. Punish the school monetarily and historically, but not the new guys. You start to impact thier possible futures when doing so.

 

dmc - are you reasonably nervous about the Lakers now? I still think the Lakers will win the series. I simply don't think Boston will be able to win three in a row. The Lakers play much better at home, and I think they will tie the series tonight. Game 7 would also be in LA, and there is a huge statisical advantage for home teams in Game 7. While Boston showed they are capable of beating the Lakers in LA, they needed a near-perfect game to do so.

 

I think Kobe was trying to get his teammates involved. Everytime he went to the paint, no one slashed to the net for him to pass to when drawing the double and triple-teams. Bostons was bringing 2 to 3 guys on him everytime, but the other Lakers were flat-footed when it happened. I am really surprised at that, as Jackson should of changed his sets up a bit to disrupt this. What hurts the Lakers when Boston does this is they don't have a point guard that can take over and start driving to the lane as well. Fisher is to old and Brown doesn't have it. Kobe can't do it all.

 

I have no doubt in my mind that the better team for the series, taken as a whole, won.

As for the game itself - I agree - the Lakers were downright pitiful in the 1st half. If the Celtics weren't nearly as bad, the Lakers wouldn't have come back. It was looking dire for a while there though - the Celtics did manage to take a 13-point lead in the 3rd quarter.

 

Woohoo! Pironkova just beat Venus Williams, 6:2 6:3 !

I don't think a Bulgarian has ever played a semi on Wimbledon, here's hoping she won't settle just for that ! Mind you, despite her playing a great game, I can't help but think Venus Williams wasn't at her best either. I mean, she's #2, losing in an hour and a half after having taken a total of 5 games was quite the surprise. Still, that's her problem - I say Go Tsveti!

And now the football game is on

 

We've crushed Canada in a friendly basketball game yesterday, 123-49. We are among the big guys, as far as basketball is concerned, but really I don't know if we are so good or Canada is so bad.

 

Steve Stricker is killing us. I just hope we can end this day something like even.

 

All Blacks vs England at Twickenham.

Always look forward to a rugby test at Twickenham.

Go the All Blacks!

Are you watching it, Barmy?

 

I was at work mate, but I saw the score. You killed us! We're still in transition though. We miss the old boys who gave our team backbone. I'm speaking of Dallaglio, Johnson etc.

 

It was awesome to England actually use their backline and run with the ball for once. Much better than the stodgy 10 man game they've been playing for the last 20 years.

 

Yeah, but the problem is, you play the All Blacks at their own game then you're going to get dicked. You need to get in their faces and stop them playing. Clive Woodward knew this, which is why he won a World Cup.

 

Clive's team played well for one year. They were rubbish before and rubbish after. So hardly an endorsement for a successful long term strategy. 10 man rugby only worked in 2003 (because those 10 men were really good and the strategy was executed perfectly) and was a relative failure every other year. Especially under the revised rules, you've got to actually score points to win, and England did pretty well to do this on the weekend. They came really close to winning towards the end. If you've got 15 players on the field, it's best to use them all.

 

We will let the French, All Blacks and Australians do that. We will play the spoiler game, thank you very much, the one that got us a final place at the last World Cup. We simply don't have the players to play your game - that is a fact!

The All Blacks would swap none of their backs for any of ours.... but would maybe swap a few forwards.

 

Um, I can't think of a single current England forward I'd like to swap any current All Black forward for. Those aren't the 2003 forwards. Lewis Moody wouldn't make the All Black 2nd XV.

 

You wouldn't want Andrew Sheridan in your pack?

 

To replace whom? Not Woodcock or Franks. Maybe he could displace Afoa on the bench.

 

See! I told you that England would profit from using all 15 of their players. England got the ball out their backs and cleaned up. Under the new rules, that style of play is more rewarded. Well played, England.