Picture this if you will…Life long fan of a favorite team, growing up through the ankle biting years in the shadows of the venue in which this team played their home games. Having the luxury and ability just to be in walking distance to take in a game. For anyone of us this wet dreams couldn’t get wetter, but wait, it does! How about when one grows older and the team decides to move their operations from the shithole what was known as The Vet to their new digs of The Linc…Having the opportunity of a lifetime. To fill out an application to work at the Philadelphia Eagles new home. Just filling out an application is a dream in itself, but to actually get hired…Like I mentioned, the wet dream gets better!
And so it did and how it went for Eagles lifelong fan Dan Leone. Yes, we all wish we could be like Dan. Working for one of your favorite sports teams, in any capacity must be a thrill of a lifetime…Why, any sexual activities can’t hold a jock strap to it! Who cares is this do was west gate chief, (whatever the hell that means)…Running around on game day like a crack head going through withdraws! Like all wet dreams though, at some point it’s time to wake up realizing you’re all alone and you’re all wet. And so did Dan last week courtesy of some spits and spats he spit regarding Brian Dawkins becoming a Bronco over on Facebook in a vent session last week. So yes, in essence, you got it DL got the ax over comments he made in a public forum…A public forum such as this one right here, (although that forum comes with "friends"). Damn, love the American Dream…A country where we have free speech, one actually gets fired over it. Nice…Real nice! God bless the U.S.A.!
It’s not like Dan was any high powered brass of the Eagles…He was "west gate chief". Not quite as low as the janitor, but still. To get fired over a comment like this…"Dan is [expletive] devastated about Dawkins signing with Denver. . .Dam Eagles R Retarted!!", are you fukcing serious? I mean, really now! In a city where sports fans are notoriously outspoken…Having formulated far worse things to come out of their pieholes, he gets axed from his "seasonal gameday employee" status. "Seasonal gameday employee", is what the only thing the Eagle said about this situation. Can anyone tell me what the hell does that mean? So if that’s the case, why not fire Donovan McNabb or any other Eagle player who makes "inappropriate" five-year comments regarding the organization…Every football player falls under that "seasonal gameday employee" tag! It’s called all of fall and early winter! Referencing to McNabb for a second, how come no actions were taking when dear old mom speaks out? She has a tendency of having loose lizard lips from time to time…Gee, I wonder where sonny boy gets it from?
Anyway, who knew that there was ever a "west gate chief code" which must specifically say there will be no second grader bad mouthing over on Facebook…If so, two days later, the team's guest services manager will blow your celly up and fire your ass over the phone…In a conversation that will last less than 10 minutes, (the time it takes Andy Reid to run the 100). Don’t bother apologizing…Saying you worked there for six years…doing whatever they asked. Only missing one Eagles game the entire time of employment! Doesn’t matter if it was a dream to work for the Eagles and that Facebook would never be visited again. Might as well save your breath and quit contributing to global warming. It doesn’t matter… If you want some French cries, go visit the fukcing Golden Arches Dan! Don’t visit a bitch dubbed Rachel Vitagliano! An un-professional bitch who doesn’t operate under the proper ethics of firing a person face to face…Rather choosing the fukcing telemarketer route instead and saying to him he couldn't be trusted, that the post made the team look bad, and that the only way to resolve the situation was to fire him.
"Dam Eagles R Retarded!!"…Yeah, I can certainly see where there’d be a lack of trust in what resembles a damn text message! Sure can! That’s top secret team information that doesn’t need to fall into the wrong hands if it ever got out into public! I get organizations taking positions on things, but this? This is so fukcing petty! And why the Eagles would elect to take a bold position on such a petty thing….It's such a senseless position to take!
So what have we learned? That freedom of speech and expression are dear in this Country. That the Eagles don't care about people who work for them...Whether they are players or "game day" employees and middle age guys shouldn't be doing ANYTHING on Facebook . I wonder who's in charge of scanning the facebook of all their employees?? Another joke for this organization. Keep booing Santa Claus though!
For more Eagles-Facebook fallout…
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/03/10/its-not-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-if-youre-an-eagles-employee/
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Getcha Buffalo Wings and Sauce Ready, Same Old Show…Bills Nothing to Lose
We should all take Saturday’s signing of Terrell Owens to Buffalo as a sign of hope! For any out there who find themselves currently unempolyed hell if this cocksucker can land on his feet once again, (as we all knew he would) with the baggage he carries…Well, anybody can! We all knew somebody would take a flying leap over the edge for Owens, just we didn’t know Ralph Wilson would jump over the Niagara Falls and infest his franchise with cancer. We thought that would fall on the shoulders of Al Davis and the Raiders…Not since peanut butter and jelly did we think that there was a more perfect match than this. Dysfunctional meets Mr. Cancer Clusterfukc. Sounds like a hell of a movie title for Hollywood to be played out in Buffalo, what? Buffalo? Did anybody see this coming?
What was more surprising, that Dallas cleansing themselves of this type of cancer late Thursday night or that of all teams, the Bills infested themselves with it?
Aside from the Raiders picking up this form of colon cancer, I felt the only teams to be in the running for Mr. “I’m going to blow your locker room all up” would be the Colts, seemingly after they just released Harrison and the Patriots…Simply from the standpoint of, they don’t need him, but if it works…I mean, my God! And the one thing about Belechick, he doesn’t give a fukc who you are! It’s his way or nothing! But Dick Jauron, this still has me scratching my nuts. Nothing against Jauron who’s respected league-wide and universally liked by virtually everyone that has ever played for him, but…And that “but” says it all. He might be “well-respected league-wide”, but the only thing Mr. Popcorn Man respects is himself. Jauron isn’t notorious for winning, and it’s no big secret that if this ass hole isn’t winning, he’s simply not happy…Hell, even if he’s winning he’s still not happy, so where’s the logic here?
Why is Owens in Buffalo besides no other franchise wanted to touch him with a 10-foot pole? Well one, the argument can be made that the Buffalo Bills are the east-coast version of the Oakland Raiders in a sense. Nobody really pays attention to them…Hell, they even have to play their games in Toronto to receive any pub. So we all know that’s going to change with Owens in the mix both on, but more so off the field. For a franchise that hasn’t mattered since the Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas days, I guess one can actually see some logical explanation behind this…Simply given the fact that there’s not much to loose with the turnover ratio with players and coaches alike being more than ones local McDonald’s! We know from Ralph Wilson’s deliberations on whether or not to bring Jauron back or not for another year…He seemingly has one foot out the door already. Old Dick knows it’s essentially his last season in “The Lo”, so why not go out with a bang? Why not swing for the fences and try to create some buzz? Why not man up and put your grapes on the table and make a bold move? You have absolutely nothing to loose with a one year contract!
It’s not like they’ve mattered any since Super Bowl 28. T.O. gives Buffalo relevance once again…Also bringing them an excellent, (depending on your definition of the word) receiving duo with Lee Evans, (which was something well needed from that standpoint) and if you combine that with running back Marshawn Lynch you have an excellent skill position unit, provided quarterback Trent Edwards continues to grow. Oops, silly me…That might be a slight issue. How’s T.O. going to deal with Trent Edwards? As he’s only entering his second full year as a starter. Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo have all had dicey, (understatement) relationships with Owens. Edwards isn't nearly as accomplished as any of those players and the Bills' offense has been abysmal in recent years. Not too mention the fact that the Bills have really had jugernaught in the past decade or so, which one can argue his three prior teams all had better offenses. You hear that time bomb ticking already?
"I am really excited about the addition of Terrell Owens to our team," Edwards said. "We spoke earlier and both look forward to working hard this offseason. We share the common goal of winning football games. His ability and experience will add to our offense and the weapons we already have." Yeah, and lets see if this love fest lasts as long as MTV’s Newlyweds. What’s the over/under…Anybody have those odds? Of course I know that’s very inconsiderate to suggest that Owens may be a tad bit selfish and everything else that comes to mind. For the simple fact is very well known that he’s misunderstood and has been throughout his career. Although Owens isn't worried about his perceived selfishness in Dallas. "That's all hearsay," Owens said. "If you look at all the comments coming from my teammates with the Cowboys the last three years, it's all been positive. Prior to that, I really don't want to get into it." Is that all hearsay too, or you just can’t remember?
I think Lee Evans summed it up the best with, “'Wow!' was my first reaction,". Yes Lee, I think we felt the “Wow!” Hope you enjoy and all of Buffalo enjoy…There’s a new brand of hot sauce in the city just waiting to explode. So get your wings ready!
What was more surprising, that Dallas cleansing themselves of this type of cancer late Thursday night or that of all teams, the Bills infested themselves with it?
Aside from the Raiders picking up this form of colon cancer, I felt the only teams to be in the running for Mr. “I’m going to blow your locker room all up” would be the Colts, seemingly after they just released Harrison and the Patriots…Simply from the standpoint of, they don’t need him, but if it works…I mean, my God! And the one thing about Belechick, he doesn’t give a fukc who you are! It’s his way or nothing! But Dick Jauron, this still has me scratching my nuts. Nothing against Jauron who’s respected league-wide and universally liked by virtually everyone that has ever played for him, but…And that “but” says it all. He might be “well-respected league-wide”, but the only thing Mr. Popcorn Man respects is himself. Jauron isn’t notorious for winning, and it’s no big secret that if this ass hole isn’t winning, he’s simply not happy…Hell, even if he’s winning he’s still not happy, so where’s the logic here?
Why is Owens in Buffalo besides no other franchise wanted to touch him with a 10-foot pole? Well one, the argument can be made that the Buffalo Bills are the east-coast version of the Oakland Raiders in a sense. Nobody really pays attention to them…Hell, they even have to play their games in Toronto to receive any pub. So we all know that’s going to change with Owens in the mix both on, but more so off the field. For a franchise that hasn’t mattered since the Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas days, I guess one can actually see some logical explanation behind this…Simply given the fact that there’s not much to loose with the turnover ratio with players and coaches alike being more than ones local McDonald’s! We know from Ralph Wilson’s deliberations on whether or not to bring Jauron back or not for another year…He seemingly has one foot out the door already. Old Dick knows it’s essentially his last season in “The Lo”, so why not go out with a bang? Why not swing for the fences and try to create some buzz? Why not man up and put your grapes on the table and make a bold move? You have absolutely nothing to loose with a one year contract!
It’s not like they’ve mattered any since Super Bowl 28. T.O. gives Buffalo relevance once again…Also bringing them an excellent, (depending on your definition of the word) receiving duo with Lee Evans, (which was something well needed from that standpoint) and if you combine that with running back Marshawn Lynch you have an excellent skill position unit, provided quarterback Trent Edwards continues to grow. Oops, silly me…That might be a slight issue. How’s T.O. going to deal with Trent Edwards? As he’s only entering his second full year as a starter. Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo have all had dicey, (understatement) relationships with Owens. Edwards isn't nearly as accomplished as any of those players and the Bills' offense has been abysmal in recent years. Not too mention the fact that the Bills have really had jugernaught in the past decade or so, which one can argue his three prior teams all had better offenses. You hear that time bomb ticking already?
"I am really excited about the addition of Terrell Owens to our team," Edwards said. "We spoke earlier and both look forward to working hard this offseason. We share the common goal of winning football games. His ability and experience will add to our offense and the weapons we already have." Yeah, and lets see if this love fest lasts as long as MTV’s Newlyweds. What’s the over/under…Anybody have those odds? Of course I know that’s very inconsiderate to suggest that Owens may be a tad bit selfish and everything else that comes to mind. For the simple fact is very well known that he’s misunderstood and has been throughout his career. Although Owens isn't worried about his perceived selfishness in Dallas. "That's all hearsay," Owens said. "If you look at all the comments coming from my teammates with the Cowboys the last three years, it's all been positive. Prior to that, I really don't want to get into it." Is that all hearsay too, or you just can’t remember?
I think Lee Evans summed it up the best with, “'Wow!' was my first reaction,". Yes Lee, I think we felt the “Wow!” Hope you enjoy and all of Buffalo enjoy…There’s a new brand of hot sauce in the city just waiting to explode. So get your wings ready!
The All-Time Best Sports Prank…?
Everybody loves a good prank. Now to be the pranker is a whole hell of a lot better than being the prankie. We’ve all been on both sides…All can appreciate a good one when we see one. Some stand out more than others. The one which comes to my mind immediately was one I pulled in college, (but of course). I was a student assistant coach/manager for the men’s program. We had this one player…He was 6’4-6’5, 230-pounds plus. He been playing like shit for a stretch as if he was soft…So I figured, you going to play like a soft, candy ass, I’m going to call you out. So before practice one day, I got an Angel Soft toilet paper package…Cut out the words Angel Soft and taped it on the outside of his locker for everybody to see. And best part this particular player was the last one to show up in the locker room…So everybody on the team saw it. Trust me, it doesn’t sound like a good one, but you had to be there.
Point is, when we see or do a classic prank, we remember them like if it was yesterday. While I thought my "Angel Soft" prank was a great one…It’s on no level what you’re about to see. This one truly is in a league of it’s own…And everybody will agree. Almost wants to make me enroll in the University of Maryland.
Looksy…
Point is, when we see or do a classic prank, we remember them like if it was yesterday. While I thought my "Angel Soft" prank was a great one…It’s on no level what you’re about to see. This one truly is in a league of it’s own…And everybody will agree. Almost wants to make me enroll in the University of Maryland.
Looksy…
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