tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post3822729870133794587..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Bill Simmons Has Some Fat Rhymes to Spit at YouBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-69061549210512721972012-10-29T08:36:44.787-04:002012-10-29T08:36:44.787-04:00Cs, I can imagine the ego running through him ever...Cs, I can imagine the ego running through him every week. I am sure we will get to read about the ego running through him. Fortunately, I never watch pregame shows in any sport so I won't hear a word of what he has to say. <br /><br />Ivn, I can't imagine why I would watch much reality television, much less read a column about it. <br /><br />But you don't understand! Bill doesn't want to watch his team lose. Real fans don't stick beside their teams through thick and thin, they dream up excuses to not watch their team lose. <br /><br />I've worked the Columnist Trade Machine and think that's a fair trade. WHO SAYS NO? NOT ME!Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-25384602297559271932012-10-27T17:06:20.146-04:002012-10-27T17:06:20.146-04:00Why aren't you reading Jacoby's reality-TV...<b>Why aren't you reading Jacoby's reality-TV column every Friday?</b><br /><br />I assume that's a rhetorical question.<br /><br /><b>The more I'm thinking about it, I might skip this game altogether and take my kids to a pumpkin patch or something.</b><br /><br />OK, so this is a guy who branded himself as "The Sports Guy," wrote an entire list of rules for being a sports fan, and has taken potshots at fans in Miami/Atlanta/LA/etc. and now in the last six months he's left a Celtics playoff game early and entertained the idea of skipping out on a fairly important divisional rivalry game. if he wants to change his name to "The Poor Man's Chuck Klosterman Guy" he can do it any time. <br /><br /><b>they've been stacking the line against a Texans rushing attack that isn't quite as potent as you think it is (just 3.8 rushes per carry)</b><br /><br />"rushes per carry." Dear Trade Machine fiend, how about Grantland trades your asinine reality TV columns for an editor? TELL ME THIS WON'T WORK. YOU CAN'T. WHO SAYS NO?!?!ivnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-39650418054188907882012-10-27T15:07:06.796-04:002012-10-27T15:07:06.796-04:00I cannot believe they are putting this man on TV e...I cannot believe they are putting this man on TV every week. Can you imagine the ego running through him right now? Which always begs a question for me- without Uncle Tony does Bill still rise to this level with ESPN?csnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-65521366420448629202012-10-26T12:47:52.587-04:002012-10-26T12:47:52.587-04:00JD, I can handle talking about a fantasy league if...JD, I can handle talking about a fantasy league if I am in that league. Otherwise, it is like showing someone 200 pictures of your family vacation. <br /><br />Jack, fantasy football is a completely issue in this discussion. What essentially amounts to a week off of football would probably kill ratings if there aren't many teams playing. Like I say about him becoming a GM, Bill's ideas aren't always terrible, but they aren't ever practical. Why even have teams play if most of the teams are going to be off? <br /><br />His pop culture references are just getting bad. There's no way around it. Everything is forced in his writing and it could sound Reilly-esque if he isn't careful. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-63163464414621724132012-10-26T12:19:32.011-04:002012-10-26T12:19:32.011-04:00"Maybe they create two Über-Bye Weeks each se... "Maybe they create two Über-Bye Weeks each season, with which something like 12 teams have byes and no game starting until 4 p.m. ET."<br /><br />That's one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. Whether they admit it or not (and they actually are starting to) the NFL knows one of the biggest factors contributing to its massive popularity is fantasy football. Just how are these "Save the Marriage Uber-Bye Weeks" going to impact a hobby which millions of people play on a weekly basis, which leads to millions of casual fans tuning into games they normally wouldn't care about? That one week 2 weeks ago when 6 teams were on a bye was fucking awful for fantasy football, I want to know how Bill's dumbass is going to work this out and not have millions of fantasy owners want to kill him with a testicle squeeze or poke him in the eye with a stick like MAHKIE FAHKIN MAHK!<br /><br />As for all his tortured pop cultures references and forced analogies the man really is entering Reilly territory in hackish-ness. It's brutal.<br /><br />jacktotheracknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-8433545434344101522012-10-26T12:00:47.953-04:002012-10-26T12:00:47.953-04:00"Here's the kind of fantasy season I'..."Here's the kind of fantasy season I'm having with my crummy West Coast team"<br /><br />There is no greater gap in the size of a shit given between a man discussing his fantasy team and everyone else. JDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-77476509568984681712012-10-26T08:50:58.311-04:002012-10-26T08:50:58.311-04:00Aaron, I don't know how he would do. I don'...Aaron, I don't know how he would do. I don't necessarily think he would do poorly, but I also don't believe he completely understands everything that goes into being an NBA GM. It's more than signing players and figuring out what trades to make. I think that aspect of the position may surprise him. Even if he is friends with current NBA, I'm not sure he gets all that goes into the position. <br /><br />Rich, I think Gary Bettman is the worst commish. I feel like hockey was starting to gain some momentum (and this is just a feeling, I have no proof) last year and now they are locking the players out. It's just ridiculous to me. In a league like the NHL, lockouts just can't happen as frequently as they do. It's terrible for the sport. <br /><br />The Thursday night games are about revenue and they have been since the beginning. I don't love all the Thursday night games, but they are for money purposes and we know this a while back. <br /><br />I'm not a big Bud Selig fan, but the one game playoff has done what it was intended to do...for better or worse. He has major flaws (ASG being a big one), but otherwise MLB has the best web presence of any other sport and uses the Internet best to market the sport. Ratings do appear to be increasing. Maybe he stumbled onto success, but it seems to be happening regardless. <br /><br />I can't believe that guy whined about wasting Tom Brady's prime. Sure, maybe the Patriots should have won another Super Bowl, but they have experienced such success. Grow a pair. <br /><br />BR, I don't know how Bill would do. I believe his ego would fit in pretty well, but could also cause him some issues with other GM's. It's easier to say what teams should do while on the sidelines. <br /><br />Ace, that was a pure coincidence. I usually have terrible timing and for once I got it right. I know nearly nothing about Adam Silver, but considering Silver appears to adore Stern I am assuming he won't be incredibly different. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-49156381961792635152012-10-25T19:11:17.881-04:002012-10-25T19:11:17.881-04:00Huh. That's funny that you and Bill wrote abou...Huh. That's funny that you and Bill wrote about this since Stern just announced his retirement for next year. That would be good news except Adam Silver doesn't sound any better than him at all.Acenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-65356707283584949942012-10-25T18:55:53.793-04:002012-10-25T18:55:53.793-04:00I would relish Simmons being hired to run an NBA f...I would relish Simmons being hired to run an NBA franchise. <br />He would be a huge favorite to fail miserably and be shit-canned in disgrace. <br /><br />BRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-79788521293478947012012-10-25T18:26:59.801-04:002012-10-25T18:26:59.801-04:00And you wonder why Goodell might be wearing the &q...<b>And you wonder why Goodell might be wearing the "Most Dangerously Incompetent Commissioner in Sports" championship belt for the foreseeable future</b><br /><br />Are you fucking kidding me? Of the three sports that had their CBAs expire in the past 5 years only 1 has avoided canceling games.<br /><br />Stern and Bettman (TWICE) have had to cancel parts or entire seasons to deal with CBA stuff. To call Goodell the most "dangerously incompetent" commissioner in sports is hilariously stupid.<br /><br />It should also be noted that this article was written... as the NHL was locking its players out for the second time in a decade. <br /><br /><b>Everything Scott Fujita said was true.</b><br /><br />Really? I'm pretty sure, Vincent Fay banned two fucking people from baseball forever without much of a problem.<br /><br />Pretty sure Bettman has locked hockey players out twice in the past decade and three times in his NHL tenure.<br /><br /><b>Has there ever been a lamer excuse for a shameless money grab?</b><br /><br />I'm not sure how more Thursday night games is "shameless," but how about the NBA "considering" putting ads on their uniforms?<br /><br />Oh and um, it's kind of Goodell's job to maximize revenues, so who gives a shit if it is "shameless" to do, he's making the league (and by extension the players) more money.<br /><br /><b>You don't have a reason to watch NBCSN right now unless you love the NHL (R.I.P.), CFL, college football, college basketball, old Olympics games and events</b><br /><br />Ya, because fuck hockey, college basketball and college football. They need those shitty (by Bills thinking) Thursday night NFL games too!<br /><br /><b>who wanted to follow a professional sports league run by someone IN HIS EIGHTIES. Are you kidding me???</b><br /><br />Ya, it's not like baseball doesn't have record revenues. Bud Selig, despite at least two huge flaws (ASG, new one game WC format), he's been very good for the sport. The fact that sports fans talk more about the other three than Selig tells you he's been at least the most competent of the four, so who gives a crap how old he is.<br /><br /><b>The Patriots with a one score lead give me the same feeling as A-Rod batting in the 9th inning.</b><br /><br />I'm confused, if you follow Boston sports, A-Rod batting in the 9th should make you happy... because he plays on Boston's rival.<br /><br />Ohhhhh I get it, the guy is a douchebag fair weather fan.<br /><br /><b>Now he's 35, still has three Super Bowls and is exiting his prime.</b><br /><br />My greatest source of pride as a Giants fan right now is that I've gotten to watch my team crush the spirit of the whinniest, most self-absorbed fans on the planet.richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-34059324894165246962012-10-25T17:00:58.772-04:002012-10-25T17:00:58.772-04:00At this point, I think I want Simmons to be an NBA...At this point, I think I want Simmons to be an NBA GM or have some front office position relative to player movement. I'd like to see how he would do.Aaron D.noreply@blogger.com