Why Bad Teams Should Keep Losing

So let me preface this by saying I hate losing. Losing sucks. Watching your favorite team go down can be just as crappy as taking a dump in a public bathroom only to realize that there is no toilet paper left when you need to wipe. But sometimes losing can be necessary.

Right now I just want the Sabres to lose. Take your lumps this year and get a #1-3 pick that will make an impact and be a great player. Why not. There has been nothing this year to show contention and with the season almost half way over things look bleak. There is a side note here. A magical 8-10 game win streak I'll take and then I'll change my mind but unless I see that I don't care.

Now I know you're going to give me the "how can you root for your team to lose, you should always want them to win." Yes, you're right. I should. When it's feasible and playoff runs are possible. If you're one of those people who always wants their team to try their hardest and will still pay a lot of money for tickets when the team sucks you're just encouraging mediocrity. You're basically a father who's son gets a medal for  7th place and you take him out for ice cream and tell him how special he is for trying. Don't get me wrong I'll watch the team on TV for free but I'm not about to pay $55-$75 for a ticket to see a team who more than likely will disappoint me.

If my team can't win I want the best pick possible. I want the team to improve more quickly, and a better quality player from the draft will help this occur faster. If you still pay for games when you know the team is bad then all you're doing is perpetuating the system. Sports are business. If the product sucks people don't go and the business doesn't make money.  This prompts the owners to make changes and put people in charge who will make decisions that create wins. If you still have dumb, blind faith in the team when they are bad and continue to pump money into the team you give ownership no reason to make changes that might improve the team. Basically you help the team continue to be mediocre. This goes for any professional team you support.

I realize that you can find quality players everywhere in a draft for any sport that can make a team better. I'd just rather be safer with a top 5 pick than #9 or #12. What's the difference anyways? Both picks don't make the playoffs for any professional sport so does it really matter? Wouldn't I want the safer, more talented pick? Look at the Penguins, they were dirt and then had the #1 and #2 picks and boom Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Look at the Washington Nationals in baseball. Strasburg and Harper will be dominant for years barring injury.

Let's look at the NHL's past #1 picks. 2012 Nail Yakupov, 2011 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 2010 Taylor Hall, 2009 John Taveres, 2008 Steven Stamkos, 2007 Patrick Kane, 2006 Erik Johnson, 2005 Sidney Crosby, 2004 Alex Ovechkin, 2003 Marc-Andre Fleury, 2002 Rick Nash, 2001 Ilya Kovalchuck. Looks safe to me.

Let me know if you disagree but I would have rather had a shot (2008) #1 Jake Long, #2 Chris Long, #3 Matt Ryan, #4 Darren McFadden or #5 Glenn Dorsey than #11 Leodis McKelvin...

Brockport Murder Trial

Was at the Rochester City court today to cover the pre-trial hearings to set the times for more hearings and trial date for the case where the dude from Brockport murdered his girlfriend. This was just a ten minute thing in court to set dates and what not for the rest of the proceedings.

Gathered some stuff from being there though and seeing the kid who alledgedly murdered his girlfriend. What I gathered is there is no alledged. Dude looks like a total plug for the 3 minutes I saw him. Like no doubt in my mind he did it. He has those wide-ass, broad I'm gonna stangle the shit out of you shoulders. Even the guys head screams I'm gonna kill someone. Total block-head. Straight square on his shoulders. The head and shoulders couldn't be a worse look for this guy. Guy even has a murderers name. His name is Clayton Whittlemore. That to me right there just screams I like killing people. Clayton, total murderer name. Sorry if your name is Clayton and you're reading this...and make sure you don't just hang around one person with possible weapons available.

Then there is this guy' defense. He is pleading that he was emotionally unstable to try and lessen the sentence he'll get. Like what the hell does that mean? Emotionally unstable so you horrifically murder your girlfriend. Other people get upset or emotional and they eat chocolate and ice cream or watch a movie. This guy murders his girlfriend? That's not emotionally unstable that's just a murderer. Murderers murder people and usually they are emotionally unstable because they're murderers in the first place because they murder.

This defense for this guy makes as much sense as somebody taking a bath with a toaster. Good luck buddy, nobody is rooting for you.

Parents Cheering for Their Kid

So I saw this while shooting video of a high school girls basketball game. You've all seen it. The hype-active, over-enthusiastic, I only cheer for my own kid parent. That selfish, turd-nugget parent who only cares about their own kid and somehow knows how to coach the team better than the actual coach. Seeing it again made me realize how pathetic these people are and made me realize I needed to write something about it.

First of all it's only a high school game, no need to go crazy and stand up and pound your chest when your kid scores a bucket (I actually witnessed the dad do this). Hey dumb ass, why are you pounding your chest, your kid scored...not you. Figure it out. Then when your kid loses her dribble and loses the ball no its not a foul. There was no ghost who fouled your kid and caused the ball to go out of bounds, she just doesn't have handles. How about instead of standing up like a moron you go all Charles Billingsley from Friday Night Lights and drunkenly duct tape the ball to your kids hands when they get home.

The next worst part is this parent questioning everything the coach of the team does. Listen just sit down and shut up there's a reason that the other person is the coach and not you...and why would you think that you know what defense or play should be ran? Do you coach the kids? Do you know all of their strengths and weaknesses like the coach does? No. So just sit down and shut the hell up. Listen I know all parents want their kid to succeed but does that mean you root for only your kid to do well and not your kids actual team.

Honestly if you have nothing better to do but get enraged over a high school game you live a shallow incomplete life and I hope God has mercy on your soul. Couple that with the fact that you will only root for your own kid and try to live vicariously through him or her and you must have absolutely nothing going for you.

Root for your kid, but don't make your kid hate you.