Issue Number 5: Screw You Casey Treat
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You cannot stop The Rocky Mountain High Boys. While everyone else may be rooting for Arizona, Boston or Cleveland, I am excited that the Colorado Rockies are one game away from going to the World Series. Why am I excited? It's the Colorado Rockies. Why not?
On Saturday, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren defended the running style of Shaun Alexander. Over the course of the season, Alexander has been criticized for his style of running. While backers say it's a "patient" style of running, a lot of fans would prefer he just hit the hole like a bull. But going back to Holmgren's defense of Alexander's running style, it makes me wonder what the actual translation of the defense was. Maybe it went something like this:
"Because of that huge contract the front office gave him, I'm obligated to have a backfield consisted of Savion Glover."
I didn't watch the entire game between the Saints and Seahawks. Earlier in the day, I had decided to watch a wrestling pay-per-view over the game thinking that the former would have a few more moments of entertainment. I was wrong. Comparing the two shows was about the same. Both were sub-par.
You can put it on the injuries, the offensive gameplan and/or the running style, but I think Alexander's lack of trying has a lot to do with his BFF Casey Treat. Around here, Casey Treat is the local big Christian. He has TV spots and most of the time, the co-star in those TV spots is Shaun Alexander. Does Treat have a sphere of influence on Alexander because they're both Christian and the end result is Alexander auditioning for "Dancing With The Stars?" I don't know if Treat has any sort of influence over the way Alexander plays/not plays a football game. I am mostly writing this out of frustration over his output for the money he is being paid. Call me insane, but I think just because one puts up MVP numbers in a "contract year," they shouldn't be given the key to the cash vault. I am not an expert in the world of sports business, but the Seahawks front office should have given him an ultimatum contract. One year for this ___ amount of money and prove to us that you can do it again and you're not a fluke.
But I still say Casey Treat has something to do with it.
So here's my advice to Shaun Alexander.
Dump Casey Treat.
That might be hard pill to swallow for him, but Alexander needs to dump Casey Treat, tell him he is not going to the Winter Prom with him and no longer be BFFs.
And in order for him to get over the blues of dumping his BFF, I would suggest Alexander take up Satanism.
Sell your soul to the devil and maybe, just maybe, he'll stop calling for a Weakside Stretch and just take it straight up the gut.
Or start drawing pentagrams on the 50 yard line.
BCS Standings : Please don't shaft Hawaii if they go undefeated. Oh who am I kidding, you will shaft them.
Eric Gagne : So how many zeros were on that check that Steinbrenner gave you under the table?
Penn State : See what happens when you take away playing time from one of your kids?
The Ironman Jeff Garcia
