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Pete Carroll leaves USC just in time, Marshawn swipes a 20, & Gilbert drags his teammates down.
Thought #1 - Pete Carroll is leaving town. Carroll is heading to Seattle and will reportedly replace the recently fired Jim Mora as head coach of the Seahawks. Most people are convinced that with the lack of GM currently in Seattle, this will provide Pete with the opportunity to fully run the show, something is has become very much accustom to during his tenure at USC.
Maybe more importantly though, this gives Pete a ticket out of town before the hammer falls on that program. Think about it. Last week the school comes out and punishes the basketball program for NCAA infractions in regards to O.J. Mayo. Odds are Pete heard of similar punishments heading his way. Between all the talk of what Reggie Bush got when he was at USC and this year's controversy surrounding Joe McKnight, somebody is eventually going to be punish and now it darn sure isn't going to be Carroll.
Pete is basically taking of the role of the kid at the high school party who hears that the cops are showing up, doesn't really tell anybody, and slips out the back door just before that door bell rings and the questions as to who bought the Natty Ice start flying around.Pete sliding out the door just before the NCAA shows up and starts laying down the law.
Smart Pete, very smart. The question now is can Pete get used to legit methods of paying his players? I mean how is Matt Hasselbeck going to react when instead of a check this year, he finds 100 grand in a shoe box sitting outside of his locker? Could be hard for Pete to get used to not having to spend Friday evenings stuffing envelopes with cash.
Thought #2 - Marshawn Lynch makes a good living. In fact I would say that making 18.9 million dollars over a period of six years is a darn good living. But you know the coaches always athletes, "never get satisfied," and Marshawn has really taken that to heart.
Lynch reportedly stole $20 from a lady at a TGI Friday's in Buffalo on Dec. 7. Now I know what you're thinking; yes a dinner at a Friday's can run up a pretty hefty tab, and you're no doubt going to be disappointed with your meal, but seriously Marshawn, you ganked an Andrew Jackson? Listen, if you are a little light in the wallet, do that whole smaller portion thing buddy. That's why they created it, which by the way, may be the worst all time restaurant gimmick. I mean really who was the guy who was like, "oh I know, let's give people less food. That'll bring em in!"
The lady Marshawn stole the 20 spot from, just happened to be the wife of a Buffalo police sergeant. Now granted Lynch isn't the smartest guy in the world and granted he looks like the love child of Busta Rhymes and a catfish, but he stole from a cop's wife? The only thing worse than you being a criminal Marshawn, is that you are a stupid criminal. Pretty sure I'll be checking you on one of those stupid criminal shows that comes on Spike at 1 am soon, crashing a stolen car into a police station or holding up a 7 eleven and accidentally locking yourself inside.
Thought #2b. - The lady who Lynch stole from reported the incident to the Buffalo police department the next day. Sounds pretty normal right? 10 days later she received a note and a $20 bill in the mail from the police. Nice one Buffalo PD. Way to look out for the home team. I mean we all saw Varsity Blues right? You don't arrest Tweeter for stealing cop cars, you don't lock of Billy Bob for getting tanked, so no way you're taking Marshawn down for just swiping a 20. Just drop that 20 in her mail box with a little note and go back to patrolling the local bowling alleys.
Thought #3 - Growing up did you ever heard the expression, guilty by association? You know, don't hang with the bad kids so you won't get blamed when they go out and spray paint pot leaves of the school sign. It's a tough lesson to learn but I'm sure four of the Washington Wizards have a pretty good grasp on it by now.
Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee, Randy Foye, and Nick Young were all fined 10 grand each for making fun of Gilbert Arenas pregame finger gun demonstration earlier this week. That's exactly what I want from a teammate. Not only did you bring guns into my locker room, you acted like a jackass about it, I laughed at you, and now I'm in trouble. Now granted you probably barely know anything about the players who were fined. Doubt that is just a coincidence. Pretty sure a Lebron or Kobe isn't getting fined for laughing at Gilbert. But that's how it goes; you can hang with the bad kids if you're the principal's son. Your stock is to high for you to get in trouble.
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