simononsports.blogspot.com - 12/29/2008
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Jon Gruden is EMO. Wade Phillips is battling a case of the sniffles. Eric Mangini is finished watching Arm Punts. Rod Marinelli is confused as to whether the scoreboard says 0-16. Rod Marinelli is sad to see that it actually does say 0-16. Romeo Crennel is eating for the last time at ...
nogutsglory.blogspot.com - 12/30/2008
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nogutsglory.blogspot.com —
What's the "Marinelli" you ask? It's a sickness
that forces a coach to look for any ounce...
of optimism that he can grab on to about his team. This in turn makes the coach sound like a bumbling idiot any time he does an interview.
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Has Mike D'Antoni Caught The "Marinelli"?
nogutsglory.blogspot.com - 12/29/2008
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nogutsglory.blogspot.com —
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know there are playoffs
to be played and a Super Bowl to be...
won, but we have a whole month to debate those. It's Black Monday in the NFL and it's time to play armchair GM and give our take on who should be fired, who better watch it next year, and who deserves a raise. ...
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And That Concludes Your NFL Regular Season, Now On To ...
deadspin.com - 12/24/2008
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deadspin.com —
There was a time, not that long ago,
when the Jets were on top of the world...
and area fans were seriously considering an all-Jersey Super Bowl. Boy, those were the days. Now, Eric Mangini has been issued an ultimatum by both New York papers. (Maybe ...
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Which NFL Coaches Will Be Unemployed Next Week? [Nfl]
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NFL Coach Faces From Week 17 [Blog Patrol]
FanIQ Blog —
A look at the faces of coaches who experienced some bad losses on Sunday. [Simon on Sports]
Apparently one Jet was more than happy to trash Brett Favre following the Jets' final loss of the season. [NJ.com]
That LeBron guy is pretty good. Here's a ridiculous reverse layup. [NESW Sports]
Is the PapaJohns.com Bowl the worst bowl in the world? Yes, it most definitely is. [Deadspin]
Here's Natalie Gulbis' Twitter page. [Twitter]
Channing Frye and Andrei Kirilenko are World of Warcraft junkies, also ...
The Sideshow | 12.29.08
Epic Carnival —
... link dump Stuff: Osama Bin Kitten Video: Get ready for The Unborn with this short film Babes: Wake Up With Daniela Pestova Babes: Vintage Cheerleader Tryouts: 1983 Arizona Wranglers Stuff: 15 Hilarious Book Covers Babes: Isabeli Fontana In The Pages Of Vogue Magazine Babes: 10 Videos of Ridiculously Hot Chicks Who Don't Speak English Sports: Steelers-Browns Photo Journal Sports: The NFL's Faces of Fail Stuff: Mickey Rourke's dominant performance highlights "The Wrestler" ...
The Glory-Lines 12/29/2008
No Guts, No Glory —
... Love That Steelers Gear NFL Shop Commercial, Too (PSAMP) Lions At Least Get First Pick in the Draft (MoonDog Sports) FANTASTIC FADES OF NFL 2008 (Zoner Sports) 2008 Holiday NBA Dancer Collection (Blaze of Love) One-Armed Basketball Player A Legit Prospect (SPORTSbyBROOKS) Faces of Fail: Week 17 Coaches (SimonOnSports) Jeanne Zelasko Trying To Become ...
Daily Links: Get Out of the Shadow
thejetsblog.com —
... goes back to look at some prescient comments from last summer on Fifth Down.
Neil Best ranks the worst Jets coaches and ranks Mangini #9.
JetNation has some thoughts and works through the finality of Mangini’s firing.
PFW notes that Mangini’s key issue was that even though he was a Belichick disciple, he “lacked Belichick’s resourcefulness to change up the scheme.”
SimonOnSports looks at the Faces of Fail, 2008 edition.
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