Could Sam Presti be making his "3rd Strike" decision with Donovan?

With reports that Oklahoma City is in "serious talks" with Flordia's Billy Donovan to become the next head coach of the Thunder, one has to wonder, is Sam Presti making his 3rd big mistake as the team's GM? 

Mistake 1 was letting James Harden go to Houston. If OKC keeps him, I think last and this year's results are different. 

Mistake 2 was Kendrick Perkins' ridiculous contract that kept him on the team WAY past his productive prime. Presti got lucky in being able to trade him off to Utah this year in the big 3 team trade that brought Enes Kanter and others to OKC. 

Colleges coaches with no previous NBA experience don't have the best track record, so why would Presti hire a guy like that when there are better options out there? 

Time will tell if this makes Presti look like a genius or sends him looking for another job. But of course, these are really just my random thoughts.

Have you figured these out?

So, sitting there thinking about what is going on in our lives, I got to thinking about things that if people knew and accepted, that life would be easier. 

1. Some people just suck.

Some people just choose to be a jerk. Responding to these people just fan their flame and make you more upset in the long run. Learning to deal with them and going on about life will take you a long way.

2. Family goes beyond blood.

There are those people that may not be related to you, but they will go to bat and be there for you just like (or even better than sometimes) family will. Recognize these people and treat them the same way. 

3. High school was a big smoke screen of BS.

There were so many fake people in high school, you thought you were in a sit-com. The real world saw through it real quick, or at least that first week of college.

4. College doesn't teach you everything you needed for your job.

As a teacher, there was A LOT I didn't learn how to deal with in college, it generally only comes from experience.

5. Money changes people.

When someone gets a job (or a spouts with a job) that changes their tax bracket, don't be surprised to see them change, and not usually for the better. If they treat you different just because they have more  money now, they weren't really who you thought in the long run.

Realizing these things will help your life immensely, but again, these are really just my random thoughts.

Is there any sports journalism that isn't crap anymore?

Today, as sanctions came against Oklahoma State University's football team. A couple of years ago, Sports Illustrated's Thayer Evans released an article about "major violations" committed  by OSU's program. Today, SI commended Thayer Evans for his work, despite the fact that the penalty was nothing major as there no major infractions. 

The funny thing about this, money was supposedly given to players as reported by Evans, but did he talk to any of these players, no. This is horrid journalistic integrity by Evans and by SI allowing it. SI wouldn't even allow Evans to be interviewed, which to me says they really knew that it was pure crap. The worst part is, Evans was on record as being a Cowboy hater, how could SI allow someone with a grudge go after this? Yet today, they commend and celebrate a "victory." 

My point is, the "major" sports media outlets have mostly gone to crap. ESPN has come to the point they want to find the entertainment value and looking for the "story behind the story" in everything. Give me some highlights, stats, and maybe a key point to win and go on. Now, I do think ESPN does a good job with some of the 30 for 30 programs they've done. But in the big picture, it's became ridiculous. 

Granted these are my opinions and really just my random thoughts.

Could this really be the best 2 days in sports?

Today, in less in 1 hour begins the full fledge NCAA basketball tournament. For me, this, especially the first 2 days maybe the greatest 2 days in sports! Listening to talk radio, the topic has came up over the last couple of days. Something I learned, 9 BILLION will be wagered on this total event! That's over twice the amount wagered on the Super Bowl. 

The action, the upsets, and the fact I can see it on channels at once (great excuse to go to B Dubs!) that is why it is the greatest 2 days in sports for me! 

But again, these are really just my random thoughts!

My respect for Mike Golic just went up!

Watching Mike and Mike this morning, in light of the Chris Borland decision to retire from the 49ers fearing brain injury, Golic got an email asking him if he would tell his own son would to hide his concussion. 

Mike then said he was in this situation and said he failed. His son(who just had his pro day) was in high school and took a shot and hit the ground. He was taken to the ambulance and Golic was told the medics wanted take him in for observation. He asked his son how felt and his son said he blacked out for a second but he felt fine. He said let's take him back. Coaches asked him if he wanted his son to go back in and he said yes.

Mike flat out said he messed up that time. Right there, my level of respect for Golic went up. He talked about how maybe the medics should have the ability to override the decision. He reiterated that he messed up in this situation. 

I wish the parent of every kid playing football would listen to what he said and take it to heart. The fact that a former NFL player said he messed up in handling his own son's situation should speak volumes to these fathers who didn't play beyond their high school years. 

That really struck a chord with me, but again, these are really just my random thoughts.

Match-ups that might give Kentucky trouble

So Kentucky moves into the NCAA tourney undefeated, having been challenged only a few times. After looking    at the season, I have come up with who I think could do it. 

1. Virginia

2. Wisconsin

3. Iowa St

The big reason, these 3 play great D. Granted, they won't have a chance to see any of these until the Final Four or Championship game.

I see the Wildcat nation being all defensive, remember, I'm just a basketball fan/blogger giving my opinion.

Seeing, Kentucky's road, I think they will probably see Notre Dame in the a Elite Eight, but that may be the biggest challenge they see until the Final Four. 

Again, these are really just my random thoughts.

Breakfast should be like this every morning.

First morning of Spring break and my wife says "let's go to Hugo's!" Well, this makes me very excited and you'll see why shortly. 

Hugo's is in Claremore, Ok and serves breakfast all day, well 6am-2pm anyway. They specialize in breakfast and big portions. First time we went, we split an omelette and got a side of bacon. I swear there was like half a pig on this plate. Well, we back this morning and each got our own plate. I got the 3 eggs and chicken fried steak which comes with a huge portion of German style hash browns and a biscuit and gravy. The biscuit is homemade by the at. 

The wife got the ham and cheese omelette with the German potatoes and she went with toast. 

Well, it was delicious as usual as you can tell from the picture. The whole bill was less than $22. Good food, good people, and good prices. If you are in NE Oklahoma, go check it out.