The last time I blogged the Saints season had come crashing down like the Metrodome Roof on a frigid December morn. The debacle in Seattle still prevents me from enjoying the playoffs and the Super Bowl. I'm sorry, while most NFL fans are celebrating a super bowl stand off featuring two of the most storied franchises in history, I could carre less. Let me restate that, I could give a ____!
As I watched the rest of the playoffs, all I could think was "that Seattle loss was worse than I thought, Chicago has no O, Atlanta was a fraud and Green Bay in the Superdome for all the NFC marbles would have been epic".
In the AFC, after Payton Manning was eliminated(I can't help pulling for him), my only other team of interest was the Jets. Love him or hate him, you can't ignore their big talkin foot smoochin compuslive cussin head football coach. Rex Ryan has stormed onto NFL scene like a nor'easter sized breathe of fresh air, smelling of pork fat no less, but fresh indeed. He has coached the Jets from cellar dwelling squatters to two AFC championship games in his first two seasons. Name a coach who can say the same.
Well, they lost to the Steelers, a team I could not loathe more. From the Immaculate reception against Snake's Raiders to beating my childhood beloved Cowboys in two Super Bowls to their date rapin QB. Not to mention THE most overrated and overcreditted head coach in sports. I just can't stomach 'em.
So now I'm stuck in no football land. I'll watch the bowl, half heartedly pull for the Pack since they are NFC and their fans remind me of Saints fans. And, of course, Lombardi will be home again.
My attention now turns to the streaking Hornets. Ten straight wins as of this blog. Monty Williams seems to have found his voice and is now ahead of the curve in his growth as a head coach. CP3 is back to the MVP type point gaurd we're used to seeing. David Wext and Omeka Okafor are playing like all-stars and Trevor Ariza has stepped up his game. What's also encouraging is the emergence of former LSU gaurd Marcus Thorthon and the play of the bench. Watching the Hornets play is fun again. Their poise when down, their grit in close games and now blowing out three of their last four opponents, including San Antonio, makes them a force in the West. Never in my wildest dreams did I see this coming after the off season, pre-season then crash after the fast start. As a fan, I don't want the all-star break to come as I fear it will break the momentum the Bees have built over the last few weeks. One fan wrote it best, BeeDat!
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