How do some of the Regina sports personalities keep their sanity after fielding opinions from Saskatchewan Roughrider fans? I caught about five minutes of The Sports Cage this evening and that was more than enough. Rod Pedersen was accepting calls from listeners to submit their opinions on who should be the new head coach of the Riders. Holy smokes. Some of the suggestions are crazy. Some maybe have merit. Almost all of the reasoning is goofy. Ken Miller has made many correct decisions in his three years as head coach and I suspect whoever he chooses to succeed himself will also be a good one.
I just finished watching Washington blow a three goal lead to the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs. I don't watch the NHL nearly as intently as I did half a dozen years ago; but I think I've seen enough to say Sidney Crosby is a much better player than Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin may even rank third right now behind Steven Stamkos as well. The Caps look like San Jose East. A lot of talent, fun to watch, but just not willing to go that extra mile to win in the playoffs.
Full marks to Rex Ryan. I just turned to the NFL Monday Night Football game and New England is pasting them. It really shouldn't be a shock, I guess. Who would you rather have leading your team? Tom Brady, a Super Bowl champ, or second year pivot Mark Sanchez? After awhile, you can't hide the fact your quarterback is really nothing more than a caretaker.
Josh McDaniels made one right decision during his tenure in Denver: he shipped Jay Cutler out of town. After that, it was all down hill.
Mike McIntyre, of Winnipeg Free Press, reported on a case today involving a killer who was sentenced to just seven years for stabbing a complete stranger three times, ultimately to death, because he and his buddies had run out of beer. Apparently, they decided to rob random people so they could continue their drinking binge. I guess the judge bought the defense's argument that the man has been an alcoholic since he was 12, and therefore it's also the fault of the alcohol. Zero accountability and it's becoming more and more acceptable in society. It's like another story relayed to me about a company Christmas party that was held in Yorkton last year. I guess some guy took off all of his clothes and started partying in his birthday suit on the tables. He was not fired because the man has a problem. Technically, I suppose the company could be in a position where they not only can't fire the man, they may have to pay for some alcohol rehabilitation as well.
McIntyre also reported on a case where a young man admitted to his role in a fatal vehicle crash involving a Hummer he had stolen. In fact, the guy has been involved in two fatal crashes with stolen vehicles. Figures that neither time was the thief killed. It seems like the innocent always get the shaft. His lawyer is doing a heck of a job defending him. He's asked for a report on his native background and could use it to ask for a lighter sentence based on precedence set in a case involving Jamie Tanis Gladue from 1999. Gladue got a three year sentence for stabbing her common law spouse to death after she suspected he was cheating on her with her sister. There was evidence that suggested she even jumped up and down as he bled to death, saying, "I got you, you bastard." The defense filed an appeal saying the trial judge did not adequately consider aboriginal circumstances and the Supreme Court agreed; although they left the sentence intact. Gladue was out in six months on electronic monitoring. While the trial judge should have given more consideration to her aboriginal circumstances, the court said, the sentence was reasonable. Furthermore,
in its 7-0 judgment, the court said aboriginals are imprisoned in grossly disproportionate numbers. A male treaty Indian is 25 times as likely to be admitted to a provincial jail than a non-native, and a female treaty Indian is 131 times as likely. This reality, the court said, is "so stark and appalling that the magnitude of the problem can be neither understood nor interpreted away".
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