Friday Fryer (March 9, 2007)
by user Christof
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a look at the sports week's biggest losers
by Christof
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Welcome to the Friday Fryer, where we take a look at who was the sports' world's biggest idiot this week. So without further ado, let's go take a look at our three finalists and, of course, the person or team who is being dipped into the Fryer....
THE FINALISTS
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| Pat Burrell
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A Poem
Pat the Bat,
Is blind as a bat,
So get a pair of contacts,
You old bat!
Pat is known by many for being a man who refuses to swing at an inside pitch, but is willing to hack at a pitch way outside, failed an eye exam this week. He is expected to get a pair of contacts shortly.
Maybe getting engaged did Pat some good and eliminated the pride that prevented him from admitting he could not see. The wait, however, earned Pat the Bat a nomination in this week’s Friday Fryer challenge.
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| The Men’s Basketball team at Duke University
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| The Blue Devils have lost six of their last eleven games. This includes a three game losing streak to end their season. The last of these losses came against North Carolina State, a lower seed, in the ACC tournament.
And to make matters worse, it seems as though Duke is willing to play dirty in order to stay in games. Yes, I am talking about the elbow that freshman G. Henderson threw at a North Carolina player last Sunday. If that was not blatant attempt to injure, may I ask what is?
Duke is 22-10. They finished with an 8-8 record in their conference. They proceeded to lose to a lower seed in the first round of their conference tournament. Duke should be on the bubble, looking in, come Sunday. Yet, that is not the case. For shame! This, however, earned Duke another appearance in the Friday Fryer. Congrats!
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| Chris Simon
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| The New York Islanders tough guy decided to use his stick to clothes line a New York Rangers player across his face during the Rangers-Islanders game on Thursday night. The unlucky Ranger only needed a few stitches to close injury created by the stick to the face. The reason why Simon did this was because he was checked into the boards by another Ranger. Hence, he decided to take out his frustrations on the first Ranger he saw.
It may surprise many, but there is room in the NHL for tough guys. Yes, dropping the gloves and fighting is still permitted. Raising a stick and whacking a guy across his face with it, however, remains illegal.
Chris Simon deserves to be suspended for the remainder of this season. Whether or not he is suspended is not up to me. Nonetheless, I do have the ability to nominate him for the Chair this week in the Friday Fryer!
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AND THE LOSER IS . . .
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| Pokey Chatman
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Rule 1 – As a college coach, you are NOT permitted to have an affair with a player on your own team.
Rule 2 – Do not forget Rule 1.
Unfortunately, for Pokey Chatman, she forgot either both of these rules or did not think they applied to her. The now former head coach of women’s basketball at LSU has only herself to blame for her troubles.
Chatman, from her record, looked to have been an outstanding coach. She, however, could not keep her fingers off of a former player on her team. Ultimately, their affair became known to LSU officials, and that forced her resignation this week.
Chatman likely will never coach again in college. Whether or not she gets a look by a WNBA team as a coach is unknown. Hence, it is possible that Chatman’s coaching career is over. And for what? A role in the hay with an 19 year old? It was not worth it. It was, however, worth enough to earn Chatman this week’s Friday Fryer Chair!
Until next Friday, AMF!
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