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Rex Ryan's MMA debut, Tebow's Senior Bowl, and the Celtics aging rapidly
Thought #1- If you were afraid that with the Jets failing to make the Super Bowl you would be forced to have two weeks absent of Rex Ryan's antics, put your mind at ease. Rexy made a series of bad decisions Saturday night which resulted is a sweet photo of him sporting a goofy grin behind a fully raised middle finger at a MMA event in Miami. Now Rex is a different breed that's for sure, but mistake number one was attending this event and sitting among the fans. Can't image the combination of liquored up fans who are all geeked up to see guys make each other bleed is going to mix well with the head coach of their biggest rival. Mistake number two came when Rex decided to speak to the crowd and announce they would be beating them twice this coming season. That was about as smart as trying to put out a campfire with a gas can. So of course MMA fan went MMA fan on Rex tossing f-bomb laced remarks towards Ryan, which always is the best way to prove your team is better. Ryan then makes mistake number three, talked some trash back and flipped the bird.
Was there any possible way this wasn't going to get caught on a camera phone somewhere and plastered all over the internet? I'm guessing it to a max of about 20 minutes for that pic to hit the inbox of that guy's 50 closest friends, and probably 10 after that to be forwarded to hundreds of others. You got to be smarter than that Rex. This isn't 1985. Gone are the days that would have just been a Polaroid shot hanging above some local Miami sports bar. If you do have to see an MMA match again, I would suggested looking into some luxury boxes or at least refusing the offer to go Dusty Rhodes on the crowd. The again if this coaching thing doesn't pan out, you could have a pretty sweet gig in the WWE.
Thought #2- The Senior Bowl, or what was commonly known as the Tim Tebow benchmark test, was held Saturday afternoon and Timbo didn't exactly impress. Following a extremely poor showing, Tebow said he felt like he improved everyday since he arrived in Mobile for the game. Thank goodness the game wasn't played earlier in the week then. Most scouts have blamed his weak performance on his having to adjust to taking snaps under center and play in a NFL style offense. Not sure how that makes the ball harder to hold on to, Timmy fumbling twice, or how that makes a player look like his running without one shoe, but I guess it does. The good news is Tim will still have plenty of chances to prove himself in his quest to become an NFL quarterback, the bad news is so far, the only thing he's proved is his critics correct.
Thought #3- We all get there one day. That day when you go out to your regular pick up game with the fellas and about halfway through a game, you've just been blown by for the fourth straight time by the new kid, and it hits you. Crap, I'm old. Now this isn't the worst thing in the world, you can still play, you just have to change up your game a little. Pick up a slower guy on defense, try to feed the younger guys the ball, and learn to those little old man tricks. You know, keeping your hand on a guy, stripping the ball when a guy comes down with a good board, and throwing your hips into people to knock off their shots. It's bad, but it's manageable.
The problem for the Boston Celtics is that they all got old really fast and at the same time. They've dropped three straight games to the Magic, Hawks, and the Lakers. All three were winnable contests, if only their stars had enough wind to finish those teams off. Instead you saw Garnett getting ate up, Allen bricking his trademark jumper off the high screen, and Pierce getting a lazy offensive foul in an attempt to get separation from Ron Artest. This is on top of the general observation that they just look beat out there. Now all three of those guys can still compete and contribute, but they are getting darn close to having to take a Gary Payton esque back seat to some younger guys. Again, the problem is that they still make up the core of that team and have to produce quality minutes for Boston to have success. I'm not saying they can't rally, I'm not saying it's time to trade in the ball shoes for golf spikes, but I am saying the days of full body ben-gay rub downs is creeping up on them and it's about time to take notice of it.
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