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January 09, 2004
return of the king..
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so esther and i drove into work together on wed mornin. i usually listen to the mike & mike show on espn, but since esther (who cant stand all that loud, sports chatter) was in the car it was pleasant music floatin in and out of our ears that mornin..
so when i got to work and hit espn.com, i was flabbergasted. WUT??!! JOE GIBBS IS BACK??!!
it was unlike a feelin i had ever really experienced before: full of surprise, elation, and pure joy. and this may sound sacreligious to some, but to any washington dc-area native, gibbs return is bigger than mjs stint w/ the wizards. gibbs is basically the only sports icon in the dc area for the past 10-15 yrs. and his second comin might as well be THE second comin..
even for someone like me, whose true knowledge of sports has only really developed in the past five yrs or so, i remember--and luved--joe gibbs because he was MY coach of the skins when he was pumpin out superbowl after superbowl. his teams were so strong and his record so consistently successful (124-60). gawd, he was the man..
now, i hafta say im not 100% convinced his return will be an auspicious one. theres still dan snyder to deal w/. free-agency and the salary cap werent around in gibbs days. and the nfc east aint no cakewalk w/ philly and dallas powered by parcells now. plus, the record of great coaches comin back to do an above-mediocre job isnt great..
but knowin all that, im glad hes back. now, i actually have an incentive to go to a skins game..
- by the way, i always wondered why ravens fans hated the skins so much. its not like weve been much competition for em since the ravens got here. plus, we dont even play in the same conference much less division. i wonder if it rests in some kind of innate inferiority-complex baltimore as a city has since while it is own metropolitan community distinct from washington dc, it always is coupled w/ dc whenever referred to or thought of outside of the area..
actually, thats kinda how i feel when people tell me how nice it must be to be back "home". dude, "home" is almost an hour-and-a-half away so shut the frick up. haha, naw--but i think its funny how the cities get entwined like that..
by the way, though ive lived here for a year-and-a-half now and though i listen to ravens radio almost daily, i can not say the ravens are my team cuz while i respect the organization immensely, the skins will always have my heart..
man, sports can make any man get in touch w/ his sensitive side..
- so esther and i caught the first episode of the apprentice yester. it was actually pretty captivatin, esp for an hour-and-a-half (how many times am i writin this "and-a-half" thang today?) long show. i think wuts gonna make the show more interestin than the so-called tasks is the interaction between all the type-A personalities. i look forward to the catfights, the backstabs, and the feedback sessions w/ donald trump..
- man, there have been five great extinctions in earths history? and one basically takes place every few hundred million yrs? hmm, i wonder wut the point of extinctions are. its like two steps forward, one step back..
id say extinctions suck but in a way, its like havin a new piece of canvas to draw from..
Posted by chars at January 9, 2004 09:53 AM