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Friday, March 2, 2012

Will Anyone Get 101?

50 years ago on March 2, 1962, rocker Jon Bon Jovi came into this earth (that's for Mrs. Scruffy who loves JBJ) and more importantly for this blog, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA game. Is that a record we can assume will never be broken? Chamberlain scored 100--without having a 3 point basket. Kobe Bryant had 81 for the Lakers in a win over the Raptors a few years ago, but he was still 19 points shy of tying the record.

Chamberlain's 100 is one record I think will never be broken. Others include Wayne Gretzky's 92 goals and 215 points and the 56 game hitting streak from Joe Dimaggio. Any pro records out there you think won't get beat in our lifetime?

Congrats to Russ Parker. The owner of the Regina Pats is going into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame for his work in baseball. Russ is known as Mr. Baseball in Alberta.

Congrats to Dave Taylor and the Cougar womens basketball team. They disposed of Fraser Valley in a Canada West semi-final and will play UBC in the conference final Saturday at the CKHS starting at 7. From all accounts, there were over 1600 people in the gym on Friday. Lets hope for that and a lot more on Saturday.

It scares me to hear talk of fighting being eliminated in hockey. The braintrust must decide if fighting is going to be a thing of the past what to do with the excessive stickwork that will follow. I see more Marty McSorley-Donald Brashear incidents if dropping the gloves isn't allowed. Lets do something about eliminating concussions before we even start about eliminating fighting. You ask players if they would rather get rid of head shots or fighting and see what they tell you. Why hockey hides its head in the sand on the concussion issue while acting all brave and mighty when it comes to fighting is beyond me.

Why is it hockey must constantly change its game---a game that is working now. Has baseball tried to change its game each year. NO! Has the NFL? NO! Has the NBA? No! Someone please explain to me then why hockey minds have to get together every year to keep finding ideas to change the game. Does the NBA sit there and say we have to market to Canada to make it a better game so lets do this and that and this and that. NO! If Gary Bettman wants to eliminate fighting just so that it pleases those in US markets, he is dead wrong. By the way Mr. Bettman, look at the way the crowd reacts when there is a fight. I'm not calling for brawls like what we saw in the 70's and I can't even remember the last time there was a full out brawl in the NHL.

There is no doubt Brian Burke hates the Toronto media. Do you think he said to himself "Have a nice weekend boys" as he spoiled everyone's Friday night (except for Leaf fans) by announcing the Ron Wilson firing. Did all Canadian networks instantly stop programming for this? Do you think Hockey Night in Canada is asking for an expanded pre-game show tomorrow? Who's kidding who, they probably want to come on at Noon. I can only wonder after Wilson's firing if Don Cherry's first tweet will be Wilson related.

If I'm Drew Brees, I might want to tighten that chinstrap a little and be wary of diving defenders at his knees. The New Orleans Saints "bounty" story is a bad one and make no doubt about it, the Saints will be penalized heavily by the NFL. The question I ask though is is it just the Saints?

Great story in Friday's LP and Star-Phoenix by Kevin Mitchell on Scott Manners. The Saskatchewan skip at the Brier is a recovered alcoholic. You gotta think being a curler and spending many times at the lounges of various curling clubs that Manners has been tempted. What about going into the Patch? Manners' rink isn't being given much of a shot to succeed in Saskatoon this week seeing this is his first rodeo. If he gets four wins, can we call that a success? I don't know why we just don't have Glenn Howard and Kevin Koe play a best of nine right now as that's who we will see in the final.

Riders PR princess Sheri Trapp tweeted on Friday morning that she was at some event before the CFL coach of the year award in which Tony Gabriel was talking about his game winning catch in the 76 Grey Cup. I had to immediately tweet her back if she was thinking of "Joe Kapp"ing Gabriel. She tweeted me back that its a good job Steve Mazurak wasn't there.

Does the CFL really need to review every scoring play? I wish the CFL would tweak its overtime format just a little and call for teams to start at midfield instead of the 35 where a field goal try is basically guaranteed if you kneel twice. I want teams to get a couple of first downs before having a shot at scoring. Make them work for it.


Saving the best for last, I am a very happy pappy. For the 2nd year in a row, my daughter is a city wrestling champ capturing the 68 kg division on Friday. Provincials are next weekend and its her last kick at the can seeing she's graduating. I'd love to see her end things off with one more first place finish. She's gone from 5th to 3rd the past two years and she might have won last year if not for hurting herself in a quarterfinal and then gutting out the win in the bronze medal match.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

The CFL needs to get a handle on pass interference, not replay every score.

Anonymous said...

I'd gladly "Joe Kapp" Tony Gabriel.

Anonymous said...

In all football the definition of a touchdown is ridiculous. You must get the ball to the goal line. That's 'to' not 'over'. To equate that to hockey, if you hit the crossbar or goalposts it's a goal. Stupid isn't it?
I agree with the first comment, the CFL zebras have to decide what constitutes 'pass interference'

BB

Anonymous said...

Getting rid of fighting is stupid. People talk about World Jrs and Olympics and how there is no fighting. That is because "the season" is two weeks old and there is no 82 game season. The stickwork will increase and we will see several stick-swinging incidents. Ogie Oglethorpe can become the new commish.

Anonymous said...

A few comments:

-Fighting has nothing to do with stickwork. Do you really think players today don't slash other players because they are affraid to fight?

-Scruffy, you're Bettman comment about the US market doesn't hold water. Fighting is one of the reasons people watch hockey in the states.

-5% of concussions are caused by fighting. A ban on fighting would be a good start on preventing concussions.

-The NFL changes evry year. Just as much as the NHL.

-The Brashear type slashes won't increase because guys like Brashear won't be in the NHL. They will be replaced with players with actuall talent.

-I can't understand why Bon Jovi is so popular. Never has somebody with so little talent gone so far. Why isn't Def Leppard playing at Mosaic?

Fred Norris

Anonymous said...

Has Tony Gabriel ever set foot in Regina? I'm guessing there are some oldtimers are out there (LYNCH!!) that would Joe Kapp him today. I hate that guy!!!


GB

Anonymous said...

Nothing wrong with Bon Jovi Fred, nothing wrong at all!

Anonymous said...

Fred, the NFL changes every year? Please explain yourself. They haven't done anything with the downs, they haven't expanded the field, they haven't put a 12th man onto the field. They have tweaked an overtime rule and made it tough on people who give headshots by fines, but the rules of the game haven't changed the way hockey has. Give your head a shake!


perry