A Sherwin in the Sports Bahr

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 9:49 pm

Hey. Mike Sherwin's letter in The Sports Bahr.

http://www.sportingnews.com/sportsbahr/

Cool.

Eric

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:17 pm

The Sports Bahr prints Mike's stuff every so often. He (Mike) is kind of like a semi-regular there. I think his latest one was on Aaron Brooks, right?

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 7:13 am

Yes. I haven't been reading this page regularly but I decided to try and keep up with football a bit more this season, especially seeing as with baseball's labor problems that might soon be the only game in town.

So Mike is in the Sporting News! I am deeply impressed. The Sporting News is the Bible. I subscribed back when it was amazing to get regular offeason baseball team reports and complete player stats during the season.

Eric

msherwin · Post by **msherwin** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:15 am

Here's my latest rambling on the SportingNews about the worst teams in the NFL. These guys should be paying me.

http://www.sportingnews.com/sportsbahr/20020807.html

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:39 am

(Re: Mike's call of the Pats being one of the three worst teams)

The Patriots were something like 19th in offense last year and 24th in defense. That's got to be the worst placement for a Super Bowl winner. So from a pure numbers perspective, missing the post-season seems quite possible. But at the same time I think they have a head coach who was flat-out smarter than everyone else last year and is probably still ahead of everyone else this year. I have no idea how that team will do.

I would say that especially in the playoffs (and probably in the regular season) they were so far ahead of everyone else on special teams that it was ridiculous. Troy Brown couldn't be stopped, Vinatieri became one of the most clutch kickers in playoff history (and totally OWNED Martz when he put Faulk out there to return a kickoff) and even their frigging punter led all playoff teams in punts inside the 20. Special teams really are an equal third of the game, and it's sad just how ignored or badly-managed they are by most coaches in the NFL, especially since Marv Levy demonstrated that superior special teams were a big reason why he got four straight Super Bowl appearances.

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Thu Aug 08, 2002 9:00 pm

I gotta mention it -- inspired by Mike -- I saw my chance -- I took my shot -- I scored! See the Sports Bahr (link at the head of the thread) Got my name in The Bible (or web equivalent) Holy Cow!

Eric

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Aug 08, 2002 10:49 pm

There's a whole new generation of groupies that missed out on getting shagged by Wilt! The Stilt GOTTA make a comeback!

And maybe -- maybe -- Dikembe is a better center than Wilt at 60 right now. But Wilt'd still be #2.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:42 am

I honestly had no idea that Wilt was dead until Mike informed me off this fact tonight.

That still puts him in the top 10 for centers in the East, though. LORORLRLORORORS!!!!!!

(Sorry.)