Motor City Sonics

Also, keep this in mind. The Wings have 41 points. 15th place out of 16 teams is at 34 points. But there are some good signs. The defense has been MUCH better in the last 6 games, Two shutouts. John Gibson has been a lot better (but still gives up some softies). Another positive is that they are getting scoring from someone other than Larkin lately Alex DeBrincat is now tied for 5th in goals with 20. They need to figure out what's going on with Kasper.

I'd like to break up the monotony of all this non-stop non-news to bring you a musical break courtesy of Dennis Dale McLain. The second song, I'm not sure if Bob Gibson's guitar is even plugged in.

We have Justice Bigbie. Who cares about the rest?

I had a roommate named Tony Geary. He had epilepsy but never told me. One night we're watching basketball and he has a seizure. Scared the crap out of me. One of his friends came over when this was happening and explained it. Then when Tony got his wits about him he told me a joke that I couldn't repeat here because if it was linked to me I'd probably lose by job - but it was really funny. When Tony was in High School he was a really good pitcher. He was warming up before a game and had a seizure - and obviously didn't pitch that day. The next time he faced that team a few weeks later the lead off hitter mocked siezure movements when he stepped into the batter's box. Tony plunked him in the helmet. The kid's coach told him "you deserved that".

Let's be honest. The way the two power conferences want it - it should be 24 teams in 2 conferences and half the teams make the playoffs. That's what it feels like with the SEC and Big Ten stranglehold on everything. Oh, and nice move Diego Pavia. Class act. Did you not know you weren't going to win going in? Complete jackass.

Go to a four-conference set up. 20 teams in each conference. MAKE IT REGIONAL. East/Central/West/South. (let them all keep their silly names ACC/BIG 10/SEC/Big 12 or PAC). However the individual conferences decide their championship games - that's the first round of the playoffs. 8 teams. If you didn't get to your conference championship, you have no gripe. Notre Dame - join a conference or go pound sand. Nobody cares anymore. To Hell with the Big Ten. To Hell with the SEC and To Hell with Notre Dame. Just go ahead and start treating this like a minor league for the NFL since that's what it is now. Enough with this bullspit altruistic lie about "STUDENT ATHLETES". They're paid employees now. The other "Group Of Five" or whatever they are called can have their own playoff system so they can play for a title on their level rather than go to the big playoff and be a sacrificial lamb. James Madison and Tulane deserve to play for some sort of title but they are going to get brutalized in this playoff. This isn't like basketball where some small school can shoot the lights out for a couple of games and get into the Sweet 16. These big conference schools can come at the smaller school with wave after wave of playerscch How come a stupid cartoon by a couple of very very smart, but immature yuck ups like Matt & Trey can paint it so clearly but the rest of us can't?

Not fire him, but just move him to a different situation. He might be better-suited as a college coach. Michigan - a Top 5 job in the country?> I'm not so sure about that anymore. Michigan wants you to believe that, but there's a lot of things they want you to believe that simply aren't true and haven't been since Lloyd Carr retired.

Yes, the coach of the Dolphins. Mike MacDonald would not want it, and Michigan would be absolutely tone deaf to hire anyone who has anything to do with Jim Harbaugh. Not saying they wouldn't, but it would be a very stupid move. They need to completely cut ties to Jim Harbaugh - COMPLETELY. (And I guess, in a strange way, Stephen Ross owns the Dolphins and he basically bankrolled Harbaugh's nonsense, so McDaniel could be out). They could end up with Biff for a year. He's basically the modern take on Steve Fisher. I do think Michigan is going to go young with the next coach, unless they just can't find anyone Uncertainty with the AD doesn't help. But they also have an interim president. What a ****in' mess.

This Is Spinal Tap The Princess Bride Stand By Me. Those are all perfect movies, in my opinion. They all had the perfect amount of humor and heart and every single joke lands. And Rob set aside his ego and let improvisers improvise. Those movies were all perfectly-cast. When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men..........man, that's a list.

Killed by their own son? Oh, man.

I have an out-of-left-field name. Mike McDaniel

Already wondering if it was a political thing.

Chris Illitch is not going to spend big money on player payroll. He spent it on development and he's probably telling Harris (and Yzerman) - build from within - that's they only way you're gonna do it.

18-15 with a Goal Differential that looks like a Wind Chill temperature.

4-1-1 is absolutely terrific when you consider they went 3-1 on the West Coast swing. Being on a long roadie can build team unity. Sometimes it works. And it doesn't matter if Seattle, Vancouver and Calgary aren't good this year. West Coast sings are tough Now, based on the last few years, when are they going to go into that tailspin? Can we maybe avoid that this season and be consistent?

This Jensen move - feels like it's going to be Joe Nathan 2.0, And Joe had a 3.2 WAR season the year before joining the Tigers. I hope it turns out better.

Even ink on a contract doesn't mean s hit anymore.

Yep.

It's about just being good enough to sell tickets and that's it. It's depressing.

Mental illness. But please, don't have anyone in the room from HR or Mental Health Services when you fire him. It'll all be fine. Am I to understand this is the timeline - Monday morning she breaks up with him - He (on Monday) fires her - She (on Monday or Tuesday) goes to the school blows it all up - Then he's fired - Then all hell breaks loose. I just can't believe this week. Never have seen anything like this. Nobody has.

I don't know that they'll let him jump the queue. There are people that oversee that and they really TRY to not give preferential treatment to anyone unless there is a serious threat to the public, and I don't think there will be here. But he can't leave the area now. He's not going to be able to go anywhere without getting hounded. But it's all his fault.

Well, since just about everyone else in 14-A that goes before Judge Simpson is on You Tube there had better be no exception for him because he's famous. Of course we all know that things aren't equal, but I watch hearings with Judge Simpson EVERY SINGLE DAY. If this is an Arraignment, it will be quick and it's highly doubtful that Moore will say a word, which is an excellent strategy that only a few defendants pursue.

Remember, they don't put every actor on the poster.

I was just using that as an extreme example. I think some people see high prospects and they think they are automatic plus players Travis Chapman was going to be an All-Star, remember? The biggest ones I remember were Paul Householder and Clint Hurdle. Both of those guys were can't-miss. I will say this. I trust the current regime's development staff more than any other in my life. The do seem to develop guys pretty well. And the Tigers organization has done a 180. They were famous for always having power arms. You'd look at their Top 10 prospects and seven or eight would be pitchers, but the latest BA Top 10 list has ZERO pitchers. Wow.

But lets be honest about top level prospects. If 3 out of 10 of them are just average major league players - you're doing better than most teams. It's such a big leap. Rookie ball = One story Bungalow A ball - two story townhouse High ball - two story townhouse with a roof garden Double A Ball - 5 story building Triple A Ball - 5 story building with higher ceilings on each floor Major League Ball - 40 story skyscraper. It would be wonderful if 2/3rds of our prospects panned out. But it's more likely that 2/3rds don't because that final leap is so extreme.