Marvin

Let us see if the HoF Committee can finally get this right.

I look at that era more fondly as time passes. "Bittersweet" is a good description.

Happy Birthday, Kim! I hope your rehab is going well.

Enjoy your retirement.

Disclaimer: I am unapologetically line-obsessed. Clay Matthews, L.C. Greenwood, Joe Jacoby, Ron McDole, and Steve Tasker are near the top of my list. I am sure that there are numerous linemen who were better than some of the players who are in on big offencive numbers. IMHO, the media part of the HoF selectors wouldn't know good line play if it ran them over.

Infinity plus 1 is still infinity.

Great coach. Marv Levy reminded me a lot of him.

A book called The Hockey Compendium by Jeff Z. Klein and Karl-Eric Reif showed that the minimum of Hasek's goaltending performances from 1993-2001 was better than the largest ever goaltending performance going back to WWI. He was the RJ of goaltenders. (Quoting Hockey Stars magazine in 1996, "Jeanneret is, hands down, the best TV play-by-play man in the NHL and he's so far ahead of the rest that there's no second best.") Having said that, the youngsters have to go see the highlights of OJ's career to understand exactly how good he was and how mediocre the Bills were for most of his career. 5 down linemen, 3 LB, and the SS in the box? No problem.

It's worse than you made it. On one of the games on YouTube, Brent Musberger said that the Braves "have supplanted the Knicks as the Celtics' main rival." The money was specifically to cover the purchase of the team, yet John Y. Brown started threatening to move the team. Oh, yeah. I pick Hasek and then McAdoo.

I think all 3 are true: Josh has to be more intelligent with the ball; the receivers are not getting open fast enough; and the offencive line stunk, which hurt his play even more. You can see him act like he can feel pressure on the few times when there isn't any. He sometimes does not have a hot read available on blitzes. He forces the ball downfield when he has someone open short. Even mediocre defences can consistently get pressure rushing 4 -- and it forces Knox to stay in and block.

Anyone else remember the Monday Night Football game where they seemingly had dedicated one camera for Dobler just to gripe about his admittedly dirty play?

I was about to point this out. Thank you for enumerating all of this. People thought Andy Reid was a choker until he won it all. Now he is like Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius. Was he an idiot before then?

How about tweaking the rules so that they are not so biased for passing offence, so that QBs are less valuable and teams can win with average QBs and a good running game?

Saffold in the Pro Bowl just shows how much of a joke it is. Mind blowing.

Does someone have an idea of what strategic drafting, cuts, and restructuring can free up money a year from now, but have the team still competitive next season?