Gibbons, Melrose, Nolan, and others sacked this season in accordance with poor team performance…but who’s really to blame? Someone has to be held accountable when a team is failing to live up to its perceived expectations, and the finger is almost always pointed at the head coach. The coach serves as a scapegoat, when the [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Canned Coaches of 2008
Posted: 30th December 2008 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
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A couple of weeks ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins matched up against the New York Islanders in a game that resulted not only in a 9-2 dummying of the Islanders, but a re-writing of the history books as well. No, unfortunately this was no picture perfect, trophy-worthy moment in time; it was barely a memorable moment [...]
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So who’s not sick of hearing about Brian Burke and the god-damn Leafs? Because I know I am. With the lack of any original headlines in the NHL this week, I decided to examine a more pervasive topic; one at least more amusing than yet again new high hopes for Toronto. I introduce to you: [...]
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On the last episode of The Ultimate Fighter we saw Frank Mir throw a bit of a temper tantrum anytime Ryan Bader had Eliot Marshall on the ground. Frank Mir actually echoed the remarks of Junie earlier in the season when Junie was upset about the wrestling match he felt Efrain had put on. Mir [...]
Reflections on The Ultimate Fighter week 11 (or is it 12? do weeks without episodes count?)
Posted: 3rd December 2008 by Ray McIlroy in MMA, Ray McIlroyComments Off
So here we are at the end of Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter, and we have back-to-back episodes to say goodbye. We begin with Ryan Bader vs Eliot Marshall. The fight went all three rounds and is pretty simple to summarize: Bader took Eliot down and put him against the cage. Bader controlled Eliot [...]