September 27, 2004

Now What?

By: Marty Coultas
Milwaukeeworld.com
MartyCoultas@Yahoo.com

Hi Milwaukeeworlders. Hope your week was better than the week most Wisconsin Sports teams had. I know mine was. Yet again we have been dealt so many let downs that my head has not stopped throbbing since we last met. Okay, there were a few undeniable exemplary events that happened over the last seven days. The Wisconsin Badgers managed to school the overrated boys from Penn State on Saturday with a 13-point win and again managed to keep their opponents under seven points for the fourth straight game this season.

And, my beloved Milwaukee Bucks salvaged a little dominance for their offensive by signing Maurice “Mo” Williams and re-signing the most over-rated player, (IN MY OPINION) on our roster, Toni (God, How old are you?) Kukoc. Let’s just hope that both of the teams can keep up the solid moves and tactics so we can have something meaningful and genuine to talk about in the coming months.

But, alas I think these are the only two things that we Wisconsin Sporting fans have to be cheerful about.

Allow me to elaborate.

After the ridiculous play of the offense last Sunday in Green Bay and the disgraceful excuses (ONCE AGAIN) from “Coach” Sherman, the Packers were given THREE FREAKIN days off to rest for their game Sunday at Indy. Um, Mikey, why the hell would you allow your boys to have three days off to “rest” when they just got their asses kicked by a team that is predicted to be one of the worst teams in the NFL this season?

Oh, I guess it was because of the remarkable effort your men put forth on Sunday and even though they were defeated, very very very humiliating I might add, they still needed some time to regroup and become focused on their match up against probably the best QB in the game right now, Mr. Manning.

But, that is just a speculation on my part of course. Mr. Sherman, while on air with Wayne Laravee on Friday said his team was ready to play Sunday in Indy and that, although the loss to Chicago was a bitter one, the boys were back on track and ready to compete. Sure Mike. Ready to play in a dome, where they SUCK, ready to play on the road, where they SUCK, and most of all ready to play against one of the top ranked Offensive teams in the league, again....WHERE THEY SUCK.

God, is it me or is Sherman one of the blindest NFL head Coaches any of us have ever seen?

Seriously you guys, Stevie “freakin” Wonder could coach this team better than Sherman. I mean what the hell does he think he is doing up there in Cheese Land? His ego has gotten so out of control that there is nowhere to go but down. And believe me people, if he keeps these theatrics up, that is exactly what is going to happen.

This team will be nothing but a Slam-Jam opportunity for their upcoming opponents. I mean it Milwaukeeworlders, he is so over the top that I cannot even listen to his disgraceful drawl anymore. I cannot stand this man. We have got to do something about him. FOR REAL!

Then of course there was the completion (FINALLY) of the Milwaukee Brewers season. Well, sort of. They still have three more games in Zona this week, but its just scrap ball that noone, and I do mean noone, including the team, has completely no interest in. All these guys want now is to get this piss-poor season over with so they can go home and get their sorry faces out of this town.

That’s not an opinions either folks, its a fact. I know several Milwaukee Brewers players and coaches personally and I have been told, more than once, that all they want is to get through this week so they can pack up their belongings and get the hell out of dodge.

I’m serious Milwaukeeworlders; noone is more embarrassed and ashamed then the boys that wear the Brewers uniforms.

Believe me people, you heard it here first. Let’s move on and focus on the (FEW) positive acheivements the team managed to accomplish this season and let’s start to focus on next year and what the hell we are going to do to get our team back in contention.

Remember that we still (FOR NOW) have Bennie, who broke several personal and team records this season coming back next year. We have Mr. Overbay returning after his stellar season with the Crew and of course we have Mr. Franchise and My Hottie coming back next Spring to help this team out of the hell hole we have been stuck in for God knows how long.

But, also remember that we have to deal with the ever-so-trustworthy Selig family, (I am being fecicious for those of you that don’t know,) and the issue of what the hell is going on with the sale of our team. On Friday news broke that there were three offers on the table to purchase the team. Of course, Rick Schlesinger, the VP of Business Operations was “unavailable” for comment and not one team rep had anything to say except Brewers Spokesman, Jon Greenberg. And, Milwaukeeworlders if you did not get the chance to hear his comments, let me assure you that you missed absolutely nothing. He seemed more uniformed of anything than the rest of us.

This team; as far as I see it is in serious trouble. If something is not done in this off-season, not only will the Brewers have a 2004 season not remembered, but they will also have many, many, many more to come in future years.  Let’s get Wendy out of this town and let someone run the team who ACTUALLY knows something about the sport and how to run a team. Cause people, as long as she is at the helm, we have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to look forward to.

Remember Milwaukeeworlders, that is just my measly opinion, but I find it hard to believe that any of you would disagree with me. And if you do disagree with my observations, then you are just as ignorant and unaware as the people that run the obscenely awful Milwaukee Brewers.

So now that it is Monday and we have yet again seen Packer loss, although a hard fought battle with the end result not what we had hoped for, we yet again must focus on the week ahead and see what the future has to offer.

Until then Milwaukeeworlders, remember to keep your ears open and your noses clean!

Ciao.

Marty the Sports Chick
Milwaukeeworld.com
MartyCoultas@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later on Monday ...

And Another Thing.......

By: Marty Coultas
Milwaukeeworld.com
MartyCoultas@Yahoo.com

Hi. You guys, I just could not stop. Please allow me to vent a little while longer..........

The RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana; it is about 3:45 in the afternoon on Sunday the 26th and I wonder where Gruden and Garcia are. Not Jon and Jeff but Jay and Aaron. Oh that's right, I am at an NFL game not the Arena League. One wouldn't have thought so after the sloppy first quarter with no defense from either team that lit up the boards with so many points that we were wondering where the nets behind the goal posts had gone. Never in the history of the “real National Pastime” has so much mediocrity been the subject of so much adulation by so many. “It was a great game.” That is the word from the idiot talking heads on the radio and TV and don't even think of listening to the moron fans from Indianapolis that think that there was an exhibition of greatness displayed. Puhleeze, it was just a joke.

The Green Bay Packers defensive game plan and execution of same are a disaster and what was hinted at against the Bears became glaring in its failure in Indy. Frankly, our defensive secondary might not be as good some Arena League teams. Darren Sharper, one of the best guys at his position in the NFL gets burned three times in one quarter because he is too slow running backward and he has to spend too much time too close to the line of scrimmage in our new defense. This game was not about two great teams shooting it out, it was about which one had the worst defensive unit on the field and the Packers won that one hands down.

There were easily 15,000 Packer fans in attendance at the RCA Dome on Sunday and they did everything in their power to inspire our heroes to play hard. The fans gave a boisterous welcome to the team when they came out for warm-ups and then during the game chanted Go-Pack-Go so loudly that the pleasantly inebriated Colt fans were drowned out. Only for a few minutes though since being loud is considered cheering over in Hoosierland. What is it about those indoor people that they think loud is cheering? Same in St. Louis and Minnesota. Anyway, the Packer faithful, try as they might to help their team, were rewarded by soft coverage, soft hitting, blown assignments and a raft of slow footedness from the likes of Jason Howard, Al Harris, Michael Hawthorne, Mark Roman and, yes fans, even our beloved Darren.

I am not about to tell you that all these guys are not good players because that is not the case. While Al Harris is not capable of playing against a Marvin Harrison one on one, he is a good corner. In Roman and Sharper the Packers have two quality safeties. So something else is wrong and it can pretty much be explained as a screwed up defensive game plan. It is pitiful to watch as Harrison, Reggie Wayne and that Stokely just intimidate us and run right past our soft coverage. We don't have a single guy who can go belly to belly with even ordinary receivers. Oh, that's right, yes we do, but McKenzie was in Green Bay this weekend. Not that it would have changed the outcome but having a tough corner who didn't need help would have changed the game. Too much helping out was being done by too many guys who were out of position and you can't do that when Peyton Manning is looking at you.

Just pitiful. It was embarrassing.

Congratulations go out to Brett for exploiting an equally inept group of guys in the Indy secondary. Too bad we had another Donald Driver drop the pass day and Javon had to punctuate a brilliant day with a fumble that turned the game. The special teams had to overcome very poor kickoffs by Longwell and did pretty well overall. Brian Barker was good most of the time and Antonio Chatman and Ferguson were outstanding in their efforts. It looked like they both came to play and they may deserve better roles in the offensive scheme starting as soon as this week. The Giant secondary will not be so kind to us as was Indy and I am pretty sure that Kurt Warner is gonna smack his lips at what he sees on the game film from Sunday. We have a hard week ahead of us, Packer fans, but unless Mike Sherman can get a handle on things quickly, this could be a long season. By the way, what was the deal with that sloppy shirt Sherman was wearing with the tails not tucked in? Guess it was casual day on the sidelines. Then again it was fitting since the defense also thought it was casual day.

And one final thought on the game. That crap that Manning did with 2:40 on the clock was as disrespectful as I have seen. There was 2:40 on the game clock and 40 on the play clock and with about thirty on the play clock, Manning brings his team to the line and then goes through a series of running up and down his line of scrimmage and acting like he is calling an audible or changing something when everyone knew he was simply waiting for the play clock to expire and the two minute warning to be called. He had the Packer players down in the pro set and his own team down in the set for thirty seconds while he showed off. I hope that jackass gets a good comeuppance from someone this season because that was really bush-league.

Props to Vijay Singh. What a year he has had and he has done it with class. And, oh yes, this is the final week of the baseball season. Aren't you all excited about the wild card races? Yawner.

Thanks for listening. I feel better now.

Marty the Sports Chick
Milwaukeeworld.com
MartyCoultas@yahoo.com

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