Is it any wonder more and more people get their information and news from alternative sites and NOT from the same sources that have been out there for centuries? The Constitution guarantees freedom of the press, but those writing the Constitution never envisioned that a very small group of people with views differing vastly from the mainstream would essentially take over the press and destroy much of what people had respected for centuries.
So what am I talking about? Just read for yourself...don't let me make your mind up for you. Just read a few of the following.........
Many polls have asked people what were the MOST and LEAST respected professions. I am sure you've seen these polls, there are so many of them that it's hard to imagine how they can all come out so similar with the same 2 or 3 professions always landing so far behind all the others at rock bottom. Anyway, in one such poll that I just read....journalists finished dead last just behind politicians, lawyers, and garbage collectors, although lots of people questioned why the garbage collectors deserved to be on that list. Nobody questioned why the others belonged.
Now we have proof positive...
some have pointed to Andrew Breitbart..but all he did was post a video someone else provided and let YOU make up your own mind about it...
BUT -- far worse is the fact that many self proclaimed "fair and unbiased" journalists are really extremely far left leaning journalists and the proof now exists that they have conspired to present the news in a horrifically biased fashion, and even have colluded together in an effort to destroy other news media outlets that they didn't like or felt threatened by!
They DON'T want you to have all the truth or info and they DON'T want you to make up your mind...
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/21/liberals-on-journolist-say-the-government-should-shut-down-fox/
http://www.mattlewis.org/?p=3403
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/21/journalists-reportedly-debated-government-shut-fox-news/
This morning's political cartoon in the Journal Star was quite appropriate. It pictured numerous thug-like guys surrounding the President, protecting him and preventing anyone from getting at him...
The caption coming from two observers was this...
One guy says...
"The Secret Service sure does a good job of protecting the President"
The other guy responds...
"That's not the Secret Service, those are journalists!"
Finally on this topic...just a few observations from others.........
Thomas Sowell...
"In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media."
Donald Trump...
"The New York Times is now reeling from so many huge mistakes by reporters and management that people are saying it's one of the worst newspapers in America."
Howard Fineman...ultra left-leaning contributor on Keith Olbermann's show...and editor of Newsweek, a publication that still clings to the guise of being fair and unbiased...
"..the notion of a neutral, non-partisan mainstream press was, to me at least, worth holding onto. Now it's pretty much dead, at least as the public sees things."
Mark Brunner...
"Larry King is to good journalism as Howard Stern is to good taste."
Then, of course, the major networks all announced Al Gore as the winner in Florida in 2000, causing tens of thousands of people in the Florida Panhandle, where polls were still open, to head home and not vote...They nearly succeeded in altering the outcome of the election!
OK...now on to basketball...........
-What's happening on the coaching scene in Chicago is interesting for a couple reasons. First...when Tracy Dildy was brought back to UIC, where he starred in college, he was PROMISED that he'd he in line to succeed UIC head coach Jimmy Collins when Collins retired. BUT - as the time approached, Dildy felt he was being snubbed and stepped over...
So Dildy left and took the head spot at
Chicago State...read what he says, he does NOT sound happy about the way he was treated...
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/colleges/post/_/id/616/dildy-says-leaving-uic-was-right-move
By the way...with TWO of the Illini assistants being considered, Jerrance Howard and Jay Price, and even an ex-Bradley assistant Howard Moore....how come no mention of Wayne McClain who we were all told would surely move on soon to a head coaching job if ever one in the state opened up??
-My take on Robert Goff, a kid we've talked about on BradleyFans, and a kid Bradley had targeted at one time, but now coming out of juco, the kid has several different big schools offering, including Tom Crean at Indiana. Crean has already shown a distinct lack of ability to assess big man talent, landing kids like Tijan Jobe and Bawa Muniru who were so inept at the Big Ten level that they never even saw the floor or got playing time even in garbage time!
............so how good is Robert Goff??
Goff has played just one season of junior college ball, yet all the hype makes the kid out to be the next DeMarcus Cousins......
In his only season of juco he averaged 7.9 ppg & 4.8 rpg...not exactly earth shattering figures for juco...at Cowley Co. in 2008-2009...
But he did not play this year...and the explanation is a little weak
"because he transferred"....to Hutchinson CC....but kids transfer all the time and still play...so it was probably something more, some other issue or disciplinary or academic...
Nobody has ever said why Goff didn't play this past season.
Then check this report..
http://purdue.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1106072
NOW, even though the averages from this juco showcase are easily available online, and Goff's averages were around 8 ppg, and 5 rpg...they say this...
"Likely the top big man prospect in the junior
college ranks, the Indianapolis native has really made
strides under head coach Steve Eck. Explosive off
the floor, he rises above the crowd for backboard
shaking dunks, runs the floor and contests shots
around the rim. Love the way he finishes with either
hand. Among those involved or looking to be are
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, South
Florida, Alabama and Oregon."
So his legend is growing even though he doesn't seem to be able to score all that much or rebound!!
He might be an awesome player and might be a lot better than anyone thinks, but he did just get done playing in a junior college exposure event against a bunch of other juco kids who as yet DO NOT have D-I offers!
In other words...he played against a bunch of non-D-I kids and didn't exactly dominate.....
Keep in mind, that very, very few juco kids ever go to BCS schools and do much of anything although a whole lot of them try and spend a lot of time sitting the bench (recall Tyrone Appleton, and 27ppg Dominique Keller??)
Clearly Goff would be a better fit at a mid-major but he's hoping to pull a classic Shang Ping or Tijan Jobe and go to some big school and get humbled by kids 3 years younger than he is...
So, I guess time will tell...but the hype is deafening...
-Then, in that same vein, I checked back and saw a few names rated as 4-Star and 5-Star guys back in 2008 & 2009 and decided to do a followup.....
Anyone remember Angel Garcia...who parlayed the hype into 5-Star status...yup -- at one point he was a TOP 25 player nationally...
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=2&cid=654965&nid=1945071&fhn=1
Then he bounced around to a couple different high schools and ended up suing the state of Indiana in order to get eligible...
Then there was even talk of the guy being a ONE-AND-DONE-TO-THE-NBA player!!
Seriously, this column hints he's only gonna stay at Memphis under Calipari for only a year then right to the NBA!
http://indiana.scout.com/2/671811.html
He went to Memphis...and now he's entering his 3rd YEAR at Memphis and to this point has scored a grand total of 81 points in 12 games.
So far, he's been a little bit less of a success than predicted...
BTW -- gotta read near the end of this story -- they say if Angel Garcia had picked Indiana, he'd have been the NEXT LANCE STEMLER!!!
Then....remember the guy Ray Penn who shot the lights out all summer in various AAU tournaments in 2008...
Many schools passed on him because he was only 5-9 but he ended up with a nice offer to Oklahoma State...
Now he's entering his sophomore year, but as a freshman he hit only 36% of his shots, and only 27% of his 3-pointers, and for a 5-9 guard, all he does is shoot!!
He launched 8 shots per game, 4.5 of which were 3-pointers...pretty prolific for a 27% shooter..
PLUS - he isn't good on defense and only gets 3 apg
Likewise........he shoulda gone mid-major........
Lastly -- for all the hype, you'd think Emmanuel Negedu was an All American...
but he's entering his 3rd year in college at New Mexico, and to date the guy has scored a grand total of 63 career points in college in 33 games played..
1.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg, and virtually no other statistical contributions - no steals, assists, etc...
YET -- the hype continues to grow....and it's the constant, daily buzz about how he's gonna help New Mexico since he was granted immediate eligibility despite transferring.
By the way....a recent blog details that there is concern about Negedu playing at New Mexico...
..remember - no place else would clear the kid...
not Tennessee
not Indiana...
but the doctors at New Mexico cleared Negedu
apparently WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE KID OR EXAMINING HIM...
That's right, a guy who wrote a recent blog said they simply asked for his medical records, reviewed them, and pronounced the kid cleared at UNM!!
Negedu's medical records prove he has...
"hypertrophic cardiomyopathy"
So it's NOT a simple case of the kid having an electrical fluke that's quite possibly resolved by the AICD (implantable defibrillator).
The kid actually has a very serious heart condition for a 20-year old, and will NEED to be on beta blockers (medication), making it hard to expect much athletic superiority out of the kid...
they even suggested Negedu want to play despite the risks...
"...shopped around and eventually found a college that would let him play ball"...
with the same medical condition.."that killed Hank Gathers, Reggie Lewis, Kevin Duckworth"
...and that the fans will be holding their breath every time the kid's on the court....
So I hope the kid and his advisors are not making a mistake. Recall, the Reggie Lewis family had been told by TWO different cardiology expert groups that he should NEVER play basketball. But he and his family kept on shopping until they found a cardiologist who gave a more favorable recommendation. Then he went out and played, and we all, sadly, know the end result.
Again....I don't know the situation, and am only quoting those who have written on it...but some people do have worries........time will tell.
Last comment - there's a proposal to make twitter.com a pay-site...
I use it now but am not likely to if it becomes a pay site...
Follow other breaking news and items on twitter at...
www.twitter.com/xb7
Some dirty laundry being aired out at IUPUI..
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100728/LOCAL/7280304/1004/SPORTS/Emotional-abuse-at-IUPUI
Then just for fun, here are...
"The Top 10 Douchiest Coaches in College Sports"
..there are only three college basketball coaches on the list and Mike Kyzyzewski is not one of them....Mike Brey, Bob Huggins, and John Calipari are, though...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/426201-top-10-douchiest-coaches-in-college-sports#page/1
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