The Holic Catches Hell From Pete Coors

The following showed up in the Holic's inbox this afternoon from the Colorado Cat, who swears he isn't Gary Barnett, Gov. Bill Owens or Pat Bowlen.

"The Sportsaholic appears to have been drinking too much this weekend. Not a lot of love for anyone in the sports world more than 30 miles from the big dig. I’m thinking bender Saturday and Sunday… First of all, the mastermind made a great pick at the end of the third round. Clarett is one of the most talented players in the draft and received a completely bad wrap for the very minor and way overblown issues at OSU. And part of the issue, which he brought on himself by telling the truth about OSU after they screwed him on eligibility, I commend him for! Would have thought the Sportsaholic had Claretts back with spilling the beans under those circumstances… Combine times are also way overrated in my opinion; especially when you look at what the kid has done on the field (1,237 yards and 16 touchdowns as a freshman despite missing three games with injuries.) Clarett seems humble now and is ready to work to prove he belongs. He’s going to be a player! And if not- Who cares, he is basically a 4th round pick. How many 4th rounders and below will make NFL squads this year?

Staying in Colorado, the Sportsaholic also failed to realize the true story is the West 2 vs. 7 series. The story is the second best record in NBA history since the all star break, not Duncan’s ankle.. Is the Sportsaholic beginning to align himself with Barkley and Kenny Smith. Next we will probably see the Sportsaholic taking the Spurs in this series… ""

Wow, those are some fighting words even though the Holic will concede up front that he had a few this weekend. Where do I start. I guess I have to start off with that referrence to a "mastermind." I suspect the Cat is referring to Mike Shanahan, who is otherwise known as "The Retard of the Rockies. Lest anyone forgot this little set of facts: Shanahan hasn't won a playoff game since John Elway retired. That is six seasons with only three playoff appearances. His teams happened to lose those heartbreakers by the following scores: 21-3, 41-10, and 49-24. Had the "mastermind" not had those two rings that Elway bought him from Zales, he would have been fired two years ago. And it was too bad for Broncos fans that this didn't happen since this off-season has been an unmitigated disaster.

So let's get to Maurice. Combine times aren't important if they are off by fractions but Clarett took 6.9 seconds to run forty yards and that was with the help of a 75 mile tailwind down on the gulf. Clarett isn't merely slow - he is catatonic. They don't call him "flat tire" for nothing. Further, I give Clarett no credit for ratting out his boys at Ohio State, True, those scumbags at OSU hung him out to dry, but he was the one accepting gifts. I didn't see him offering any press releases while he still had his eligibility. In the Holic's book, once you take the gift, you get short shrift. The Holic also takes issue with the Cat's view that fourth rounders have little value. Wasn't Terrel Davis a sixth rounder?

So on to the Nuggets. I have nothing against this series, but I just couldn't find anything of note to say on game one. What do you want me to say - that if the Nuggets win this series, it will be the biggest playoff upset since the 8th seeded Noogies beat the top seeded Sonics? That woudln't be truthful since the Nuggets are only +175 which isn't exactly David versus that Big Guy. I give the Nugggets a fighting chance in this tiff, which is a big story, at least as big as they come in the NBA. But that isn't saying too much.

Sox down 3-2 in the second to the O's. I guess Wells is struggling with the gout once again.