The Sports Capital
Written by Chriso, Thursday January 07 2010
Suddenly, the Sports Capital is the Nation's Capital.
Sure, the National Championship is on the left coast, but surely the winning team will soon be making a trip here to meet the President. The Capitals are at the top of the Southeast Division, and are buried in third place among the sports stories in the city.
The Redskins made national headlines in the signing of Mike Shanahan as coach. (Playerpress article). The problem? Redskin fans have seen this show before. Marty Shottenheimer was going to save the day. So was Steve Spurrier. They even brought back Joe Gibbs. The other problem? They still have Dan Snyder as the owner. Maybe bringing in Bruce Allen will help. Bruce Allen's father, George, lived by the creed "the future is now". Shanahan would probably like to turn things around right away as well. I guess the real answer will come in September. So maybe the future is not right now but next fall.
Meanwhile, the Wizards continue to struggle, but now they have lost their shooting guard, Gilbert Arenas. He was suspended indefinitely by the NBA. (Yahoo article). Do you ever notice when people try to compare themselves to athletes on sports radio or in a blog it never works out? Some caller will make some comparison to his job as if he was as rare as an NBA point guard when in fact he is a tollbooth collector. So here is my comparison, I don't know much about guns, and the only thing I can do well in Basketball is retire (I've retired four times now), but I am trying to compare myself to Arenas. We both have two eyes, a heart, and a brain. Although lately, looking at Arenas' latest actions, his brain might come into question.
Bringing the guns into the locker room was foolish. But as my music teacher in high school used to say, we all take turns being (bleep) of the day. So we all screw up. What should be noted is what the person who screws up does next. Arenas laughed at everyone. Before Tuesday night's game against the 76ers, he pretended to shoot his teammates. (picture) Was the NBA upset? They ordered the picture be removed, it has since returned. The suspension soon followed. It was beyond foolish, it was just stupid.
Did GIlbert Arenas use his brain? Maybe I have less in common with him than I thought. I guess if I want to compare brains, I will take the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. In the end, at least he showed he had some brains. And maybe Washington can get the Wizard to play point guard for them. I hear they have an opening.
With all of this happening in Washington, the Nationals could have a major free agent signing, and it would not be noticed. But of course, that would never happen anyway. Oh well, 38 days until pitchers and catchers report....
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It's sad but true but the only time D.C. sports get nationwide attention is when there is some kind of negative events occuring.