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I will continue to write on here as the Draft comes around the bend and will resume twice a week articles once the preseason gets underway in August.
Until then, you can catch my updated writings at Taking Back Sports.
Stay classy.
March 31, 2009
Update on The Commish
As of April 1st, 2009, yours truly will be one of the featured writers at the brand spanking new "Taking Back Sports" website.
February 4, 2009
A Long Winter...
After spending countless hours reading more popular (and much wittier) blogs than my own, I decided to let those guys do all the talking on this wacky 2008 NFL season and concentrate on rebuilding this site from scratch for the 2009 season.
This year was a rough experience. I wasn't prepared to handle the weekly responsibilities of writing and it showed. The site went into the tank two months in and couldn't recover. I promise that won't happen next season.
Before I wrap this up, a final note on the craziness that was 2008:
It's anyone's game from here on out. If the Cardinals can make it to the Super Bowl, you can too. If a 1-15 Miami team can have a 10-game swing, then the Lions can do the same thing next year. If Atlanta can weather the Vick storm to make the playoffs with a Rookie QB . . . you get the point. The NFL has become a league of parity, a mix and match league where anyone is capable of making it to the big time. Give yourself a smart, savvy, practical front office and a group of players who believe in the "team collective" and you can win 9-12 games.
Baltimore, Miami, Atlanta, Minnesota, Carolina, Philadelphia and Arizona.
These teams were either 8-8 or worse last year and ALL of them made the playoffs this year. Hell, five of them were in the NFC alone! Two of them were starting rookie QB's!
Granted, the mark of consistency (Pittsburgh) won the Super Bowl but that's the cherry on top these days. It's all about getting into January and those seven teams did it after sub-par years in 2007.
Dallas, Green Bay, San Francisco, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kansas City and all the other underachieving teams: Let these seven be the benchmark for how you proceed into the 2009 campaign. You don't need the flashy primadonnas and all-star "Me First" attitudes to get the job done. Draft smart, sign smart and bring in coaches who are hungry to win. John Harbaugh, Mike Smith, Tony Sparano, these were first time coaches who had their teams primed and starving for victories.
It's anyone's game now. And for some reason, I'm ok with that.
This year was a rough experience. I wasn't prepared to handle the weekly responsibilities of writing and it showed. The site went into the tank two months in and couldn't recover. I promise that won't happen next season.
Before I wrap this up, a final note on the craziness that was 2008:
It's anyone's game from here on out. If the Cardinals can make it to the Super Bowl, you can too. If a 1-15 Miami team can have a 10-game swing, then the Lions can do the same thing next year. If Atlanta can weather the Vick storm to make the playoffs with a Rookie QB . . . you get the point. The NFL has become a league of parity, a mix and match league where anyone is capable of making it to the big time. Give yourself a smart, savvy, practical front office and a group of players who believe in the "team collective" and you can win 9-12 games.
Baltimore, Miami, Atlanta, Minnesota, Carolina, Philadelphia and Arizona.
These teams were either 8-8 or worse last year and ALL of them made the playoffs this year. Hell, five of them were in the NFC alone! Two of them were starting rookie QB's!
Granted, the mark of consistency (Pittsburgh) won the Super Bowl but that's the cherry on top these days. It's all about getting into January and those seven teams did it after sub-par years in 2007.
Dallas, Green Bay, San Francisco, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kansas City and all the other underachieving teams: Let these seven be the benchmark for how you proceed into the 2009 campaign. You don't need the flashy primadonnas and all-star "Me First" attitudes to get the job done. Draft smart, sign smart and bring in coaches who are hungry to win. John Harbaugh, Mike Smith, Tony Sparano, these were first time coaches who had their teams primed and starving for victories.
It's anyone's game now. And for some reason, I'm ok with that.
I'll keep you posted for future articles as we get closer to the NFL Draft. Until then, stay classy.
December 17, 2008
Two Month Hiatus
Before I get into my spiel about why I was gone, just know it was for the best. You'll be getting a brand new Commish from now on.
Now, why I was gone: My writing has been absolute pants.
I mean, it has been complete trash. I blame it on the Limericks. They had me writing in a way I had never done before. Though they were amusing and quite witty, they took way too much time to do and way too much of my thought power to come up with. I only have so many brain cells left and I have to apply them accordingly.
Therefore, Limericks = FAIL. You won't be seeing them again.
Anyway, like I said before, it was for the best that I went away for a couple months. Why, do you ask? Because I have some pretty cool news.
A buddy of mine from my alma mater, THE College of New Jersey, has started a sports writing website, "Taking Back Sports." I have been approached to write for said site and will be doing one article a week over there (under Greg Miller). My first article went up this week and there will be many more to follow.
I will maintain this blog a little better from now on, with one small update and one big update per week. I just needed some time to refuel.
Long story short: I'm back.
Stay Classy.
Now, why I was gone: My writing has been absolute pants.
I mean, it has been complete trash. I blame it on the Limericks. They had me writing in a way I had never done before. Though they were amusing and quite witty, they took way too much time to do and way too much of my thought power to come up with. I only have so many brain cells left and I have to apply them accordingly.
Therefore, Limericks = FAIL. You won't be seeing them again.
Anyway, like I said before, it was for the best that I went away for a couple months. Why, do you ask? Because I have some pretty cool news.
A buddy of mine from my alma mater, THE College of New Jersey, has started a sports writing website, "Taking Back Sports." I have been approached to write for said site and will be doing one article a week over there (under Greg Miller). My first article went up this week and there will be many more to follow.
I will maintain this blog a little better from now on, with one small update and one big update per week. I just needed some time to refuel.
Long story short: I'm back.
Stay Classy.
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