discombulated
This is a lesson in what not to do if you work in NYC and are the President/Head coach/GM of a sports team. Especially if you happen to work right in the middle of Manhattan. There is no escape now. Isiah Thomas has signed his own death certificate.
From today’s NY Daily News
Isiah keeps on fanning flames
Thomas takes shot at Garden crowd’s basketball IQ
BY FRANK ISOLA
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Isiah Thomas cautioned reporters yesterday not to turn the Knicks’ season into a battle of wills between the embattled head coach and the team’s disgruntled fan base. But it may be too late.
Yesterday, an NPR news story on Morning Edition juxtaposed two post-election comments — one from George W. Bush and one from Bill Clinton, both of whom had just woken up to a party-switch in Congress — in order to compare how they both reacted to the changes in government:
Clinton:
“With the Democrats in control of both the whitehouse in congress, we were held accountable yesterday, and I accept my share of responsibility in the result of the elections.”
compared to Bush:
Hey, there is cantelope and chocolate in the breakroom”
some evil person left cookies there earlier.
i am strong i am strong i am strong
// posted by o @ 11:39 AM
7.07.2003
Back on Track
So I took my tired butt home and took a nap after work. I woke up sweating and feeling kind of discombulated, and hungry. I ate a few of those fake crab meat things, and went to the grocery store, because a lot of the produce I hate bought went bad over the weekend, and I had ran out of eggs and cheese. This dieting is expensive. I left the store $71 lighter! Granted, some stuff like the Laughing Cow is $2.99, but they had the light kind in, so I grabbed two ( I didn’t notice the book saying to eat the light kind, but on a list I belong too, people were talking about it, it couldn’t hurt)..two things of hummus.
http://www.recipeseasy.com/menu/ice-cream-recipes.php
http://www.recipeseasy.com/menu/indian-recipes.php
http://www.recipeseasy.com/menu/italian-food-recipes.php
I was also too lazy to cook, so I bought some roasted asparagus, and lime cilanto steak whcih i picked the potatoes of off, and had a small salad. When I was not dieting, i was eating so much pasta and ramen noodles, so that stuff is cheap. When I was a kid, I was always confused when I saw poor fat people, now that I am a broke adult, I totally understand. Cheap food is fattening.
“When I first came to Washington nearly six years ago, I was hopeful I could help change the tone here in the capital. As governor of Texas, I had worked with both Democrats and Republicans to help find common sense solutions to the problems facing our state. While we made some progress in changing the tone, I’m disappointed we haven’t made more. I’m confident we haven’t made more.”
Maybe I’m being picky, but I’m seeing a different attitude towards losing control of Congress from each president. Clinton is a bit more humbled and seems to smell the coffee, while Bush doesn’t seem as sincere. But maybe that’s because in 24 hours, he went from sounding like a cocky Texan to a. . . well, a more normal person.
The fans already have started chanting “Fire Thomas,” and Thomas didn’t help himself after practice yesterday when he said that Wednesday’s crowd at Madison Square Garden had the wrong take on the Knicks’ 113-102 loss to Washington.
“I can’t expect them to understand the game the way I understand it or see it the way we see it,” Thomas said. “It’s better that the punishment is given to myself than to the players. The players got to think and move free and perform. We had a good day today.”
AH: I JUST DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER
By MARC BERMAN
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this since I’ve been in the NBA,” Thomas said. “I don’t even know who to call to ask for advice. Most teams win at home and lose on the road. We’ve done just the opposite.
“There’s an aggression you need to perform at a high level. Our aggression at home is different than on the road. Our aggression at home - it’s tentative and cautious. The environment becomes a very comfortable place for the visiting team.”
OMFG he actually says “we had a good day today.” Are you kidding me Isiah??? Your team got thoroughly THRASHED by a team, who, before they had played the Knicks, were 0-8 on the road!!! Thats right, ZERO WINS AND EIGHT LOSSES!!! Hello??? And then he has the balls to say the fans don’t know what they’re talking about and shouldn’t boo because Washington was on fire hitting all their shots. Well DUMMY of course they were on fire because your team plays NO DEFENSE!!!