After a summer of discontent for Chris Paul and rumours of him getting traded he is saying all the right things now that he is still with the Hornets and training camp is about to begin. He seems a long way from July when he made a wedding toast about the possibility of him joining Amare Stoudemire and possibly Carmelo at the NY Knicks. Will he really be happy in New Orelans? If the Hornets start to lose will he change his tune? Here are some quotes from an article on NOLA.com.
"I'm happy, and I'm ready to play, '' said Paul, who has two years remaining on his contract before he can opt out and become a free agent. "Trevor is a great addition, and we are definitely more athletic with the guys coming in. Trevor is a great addition. He plays with the same passion and energy that I do. He just wants to win.'' (Hornets brought in Trevor Ariza this off season)
"Of course, we want to play fast, but we have to see if that's possible, '' Paul said. "I know coach says he wants to play fast. I want to play fast, but at the same time, you can't play fast and have a team that plays slow.''
"I think this summer I got an opportunity to see a lot of people's true colors, '' Paul said. "You see everything said and written about you, but my biggest thing is that I haven't changed. I'm the same person."
Click here for the whole story
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Get ready Boston for the Shaquille O'Neal Show
This morning as I was driving to work I heard Dennis and Callahan talking to Shaq on WEEI. It's amazing how little you really know about pro sports guys until you they actually play for a team in your town and then they come under the microscope of the local papers and the local radio stations. I always that of Shaq as a pretty selfish guy on the way out, getting slow. Some of those points may be true but one thing is for certain its going to be entertaining this year with Shaq on the Celtics. In his interview this morning he was witty, pretty funny, very frank and even sounds honest. I would love to hear from Lakers or Heat fans about him. He said he never drinks because he is the son of a drill sergeant, he wants to finish his doctorate, he still wants to be a sheriff and he wants to do whatever it takes to help the Celtics to win.
Quite a variety of topics!
Quite a variety of topics!
Norv Turner tells Crayton to shut his mouth
In the off season the Cowboys were loaded with wide receivers (including drafting Dez Bryant) so they shipped Patrick Crayton to San Diego for a 7th round pick in 2011 (pretty embarassing huh?)
On his way out he made this comment (from The Dallas Morning News):
"Content? no. I don't know anyone that's content, going into their seventh year, with being a No. 4 guy after you've been a starter in this league. That doesn't sit well with any vet or true competitor."
Now he took it upon himself to call out the Chargers' special teams by saying that the speical teams coach has a right to be unhappy.
I love the comment from Norv Turner about Crayton:
"Patrick is new to our organization," Turner said on Monday. "And I don't think you'll hear any other comments about it from Patrick. He knows now that the way we handle things is in-house."
Whole story here
On his way out he made this comment (from The Dallas Morning News):
"Content? no. I don't know anyone that's content, going into their seventh year, with being a No. 4 guy after you've been a starter in this league. That doesn't sit well with any vet or true competitor."
Now he took it upon himself to call out the Chargers' special teams by saying that the speical teams coach has a right to be unhappy.
I love the comment from Norv Turner about Crayton:
"Patrick is new to our organization," Turner said on Monday. "And I don't think you'll hear any other comments about it from Patrick. He knows now that the way we handle things is in-house."
Whole story here
Are the Chiefs for real?
Came across a very interesting article by Chase Stuart of the Ny Times (see link at end for whole article). A brief summary of the article is as follows.
A total of 108 teams, including three this year, have started 3-0 since 1990. But the Chiefs are just the sixth team to do so after winning no more than four games the season before (last year the Chiefs were 4-12).
In Stuart's article he points out the fates of the other 5 teams:
2006 Saints - after going 3-13 in 2005 the next year they went 10-6, got to the NFC championship game and then three years later went to the Super Bowl
2002 Panthers - Carolina was dismal in 2001 when they went 1-15 but in 2002 they improved to 7-9 and then in 2003 they went to the NFC Championship game
2001 Chargers - Chargers are one exception they went 1-15 in 2000 (with Ryan Leaf) then started 3-0 the next year but ended up 5-11 but they got LT in the draft
1999 Rams - After a 4-12 season in 1998 the Rams assembled the Greatest Show in Turf and in 1999 won the Super Bowl
1995 Rams - 4-12 in 1994 ended up 7-9 in 1995
Check out the whole article (highly recommended here)
A total of 108 teams, including three this year, have started 3-0 since 1990. But the Chiefs are just the sixth team to do so after winning no more than four games the season before (last year the Chiefs were 4-12).
In Stuart's article he points out the fates of the other 5 teams:
2006 Saints - after going 3-13 in 2005 the next year they went 10-6, got to the NFC championship game and then three years later went to the Super Bowl
2002 Panthers - Carolina was dismal in 2001 when they went 1-15 but in 2002 they improved to 7-9 and then in 2003 they went to the NFC Championship game
2001 Chargers - Chargers are one exception they went 1-15 in 2000 (with Ryan Leaf) then started 3-0 the next year but ended up 5-11 but they got LT in the draft
1999 Rams - After a 4-12 season in 1998 the Rams assembled the Greatest Show in Turf and in 1999 won the Super Bowl
1995 Rams - 4-12 in 1994 ended up 7-9 in 1995
Check out the whole article (highly recommended here)
After 3 games three NFL teams are starting from scratch
The stats are quite striking - if you start 0-3 there is very little chance you make the playoffs (not sure what the stat is exactly but I know 0-2 it is 13%). Three teams have already made drastic changes to their teams in an attempt to salvage something from this season.
San Francisco : fires OC Jimmy Raye a day after he got a vote of confidence from Coach Mike Singletary
Buffalo : releases 3rd year QB Trent Edwards
Carolina : starts rookie QB Jimmy Clausen
Here's a quote from Carolina coach John Fox "We are what we are, and that's what I'm trying to change so we're not that." (LA Times)
Check out the article in the LA Times here
San Francisco : fires OC Jimmy Raye a day after he got a vote of confidence from Coach Mike Singletary
Buffalo : releases 3rd year QB Trent Edwards
Carolina : starts rookie QB Jimmy Clausen
Here's a quote from Carolina coach John Fox "We are what we are, and that's what I'm trying to change so we're not that." (LA Times)
Check out the article in the LA Times here
Roy Williams claims Michael Irvin's comments took him to another level
So a couple of weeks ago Michael Irvin made a commen that having Roy Williams on the Dallas offense was like playing with 10 v 11. Last weekend he scored 2 touchdowns and the Cowboys won. In a recent interview Williams claimed that Irwin's comments fired him up and "If anything, Michael Irvin picked me up a little bit with the 10-on-11 comment. That really ticked me off and that’s taken me to another level. My thing is just be consistent, don’t worry about what everybody else says and just do my job.”
My question is why does it take some stupid comment by Irvin to fire up Roy Williams. You would think the mere fact they drafted Dez Bryant and he is getting some serious action would be enought to fire him up right?
Here is the whole interview click here
My question is why does it take some stupid comment by Irvin to fire up Roy Williams. You would think the mere fact they drafted Dez Bryant and he is getting some serious action would be enought to fire him up right?
Here is the whole interview click here
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