Lie Back and Take It

Coach Bobby Knight once said, "if rape is inevitable, why not just lie back and take it?". A comment he regrets, but one that hit very close to home last night as I watched the Kings lose to the worst team in hockey- the Washington Capitals...at home no less.

I am not and Andy Murray guy. I think the guy is a hack, and his act grows hold very quickly. He seems like a good man, but I know a lot of good men who should not be coaching the Kings. The Kings played the heaviest team in the league last night. They responded with a team that could have wrestled 141's. Jeff Giuliano- aka "energy guy"- was called up to fill the roster spot Jeff Cowan vacated when injured. I always hear great things about Jeff, but the fact is that a 175 pound forward who can't score, fight, hit, create or agitate is not the answer. Is that AM's fault or Dave Taylor's? Not sure. I know that if DT got a big, physical player, he would play about 3 minutes with 17 different line combinations and be rendered as useless as any other forward the Kings have.

Here is the problem. I haven't purchased a ticket since the Kings traded Rob Blake, because I think the organization is full of it. Major market teams that salary dump elite players are doing something wrong. I put it behind me and bought tickets for Saturday. Then I watched the game last night....

I could see the red sweater and the white hair. I could hear those words as I eased into my recliner....

Just lie back and take it.

Welcome to the Big House

I needed to be able to vent, so this is how I will do it. Politics, sports- alright maybe mostly sports- and life in general.

I start with two subjects today. First is the Dodgers.

Why do I continue to support them? Why am I passing that fault on to another generation as I buy my son Dodger gear? Is there any direction to this team? I liked Milton Bradley. I liked the fact he cared so much that he wigged out on the field. The Dodgers have a history of players who could only really get riled if a hair got out of place. Now they trade the guy who showed more moxy than any player since that dick Kurt Gibson? The Dodgers need a dick. Not a Jeff Kent not like anyone, worry about himself only dick, but a Gibby dick who is a weenie to everyone who is not working as hard as he is. It is not Furcal. It is not Kent. It is not Choi. It was Bradley.

Second is Tookie Williams...

Let me say I am pretty much to the right. I am pro death penalty and anti-abortion. Many say that those views run counter to each other, but I see an innocent life and a guilty life as two different things. That being said, the Tookie Williams case has really had me perplexed. I am not sure if he was innocent or guilty, so I have to go with what a jury rendered him all those years ago. I credit him for attempting to right some wrongs, but I honestly would have rather he did those things before he killed four people. That is not what bothers me. What bothers me is the feeling of this old man being put to death. He lived for how long and now he is going to pay? If we are going to do the death penalty in this state, then do it. Waiting 30 years opens the door for the feelings and controversy that surrounds the Tookie Williams case. Even as someone who supports the death penalty, I personally feel no justice was done, and no crime will be deterred by executing 60 year old men.