Toting Heisman, Great Football Mind Bad Coach?, How Are You Better Off?

Toting Heisman
Johnny "Football" Manziel, the Texas A&M QB made a visit to the NYC man cave today with Heisman Trophy in tow. From the not so obvious, he said he would like to keep the Heisman next to him in his bed forever, and that it would be ok to let his offensive linemen each have it for a day there was a warning from Dan to not let team mates play "hide the Heisman." Thinking the last item may create a small challenge considering the size and shape of the trophy and that it weighs about fifty pounds.

This was either the best or the worse stop of Johnny's day

Great Football Mind, Bad Coach?
Does Tony Dungy think Peyton Manning, who seeks perfection in himself and others, would be a good coach or analyst? Coach? No, he has a hard time understanding why others don’t put in the time and effort that he does. Analyst? Yes, but he would need to learn and understand that there are time limitations to what can be said and done. So if Peyton became an analyst after his playing days were done, what network would better suit his personality and style? NBC, ESPN, CBS, FOX or NFL Network? Or could Peyton alter his way of thinking and become a good coach? He’s had to make adjustments since his injury and leaving the Colts, so maybe he could learn to be more accepting and become a coach.

Is the suit and tie uniform the best fit for
Peyton after playing is done?

How Are You Better Off?
That’s become a question of late. Are you better off using the car service of the NFLPA or Player Protection and not risk a DUI or accident involving yourself or others that could result in damage, injury or worse? Or do you continue to take the "this is more convenient, I’m worried about my car, I can make it, I don’t want to take a chance that someone else will know and effect my contract or future negotiations" approach? Any anti-drunk driving organization would have no problem answering that question. But how about you? Take a walk in all the different pairs of shoes and there are more hard questions than easy answers.

If you have rules that are set by your employer whether it be the NFL or McDonalds, and you make the choice to not abide by those rules, you pay a consequence. It may be a reprimand, a slap on the wrist, it could effect future promotions or raises, it could become public knowledge, it could mean losing your job. Are those things worse than injury or death to yourself or others?

Would you reach out for help?
Would you help an outreached hand?

People celebrate. Everyone knows and accepts that. What they don’t accept is when you don’t make the responsible choice when you over celebrate. That doesn’t only apply to athletes and celebrities, but to everyone. If you are excessive in the amount of times you celebrate, is it wrong that someone is concerned about your welfare and speaks with you pre-emptively? Could that conversation serve as a needed wake up call? Or is that something that you turn a blind eye to? Do you not want to deal with grievences by a union or a legal representative if you fine, sit or cut someone? When does safety of yourself and others come together with personal freedom? When does common sense amongst all parties become most important? When do the options and services available to you really become confidential and not confidential to a point? What does it take to realize you’re not invincible? This is the culture we live in and this is just a small sampling of many other questions and answers no one seems to agree upon.

What we can celebrate is that as of Sunday, seven NFL players turned in their personal guns last week. One of those players, who had multiple guns, said he no longer trusted having them. Maybe more people will follow these players leads now that the word is out. One more question: Why would you want to go somewhere that you didn’t feel safe if you didn’t need to?

Work together to find a peaceful middle

Lupus steals a young life, NFL coach yard sale

The show came to you from the NYC vacation man cave - 

If you’re a former NFL head coach do you hold a yard sale?
Tony dungy doesn’t wear any of his Buccaneers or Colts gear or either of his Super Bowl rings.  Now I can understand not wearing the rings.  They’re big, they’re expensive and not something you’d want on your hand if you were washing the car.  But what about the clothing?  Ok, so you’re an analyst and you want to be objective.  I’m not saying wear it during interviews or while on air but you could still wear it while you’re cleaning your gutters, taking out the trash, lounging around watching pro-bowling or sleeping if you don’t go bare.  At some point his wife is going to say that stuff is taking up too much space in the closet or basement and it’s going to have to go.  Tony, whatever you don’t give to charity to auction off you can send my way.  Thanks – me

I'd look good in this sweet sweater vest

Does Fritzy have a ghostwriter?
Fritzy’s MNF song was good, really good, maybe too good.  Did he get help from his professional writing brother?  When confronted by Dan, he couldn’t produce the script. It was on his brother’s computer.  Hmmm  His brother’s computer.  His brother that lives and works in California and writes for a living computer.  We heard a letter from the brother saying he in no way had anything to do with the MNF song.  Things just aren’t fitting together.  Great MNF song, on brother’s computer, not Fritzy’s…something’s fishy in the aquarium.  Too bad his brother didn’t help Fritzy with today’s mock headlines.

Did an ugly truth about a MNF song come out?

“I don’t give a rat’s ass about USC” Drama
Jim Mora Jr. is still a big thing.  Why is he still a big thing?  Because he’s making a stink over words that came out of his mouth on DP’s show.  Jim you said it.  It was not taken out of context. It was not edited. Go to The Dan Patrick Show website. The full interview is posted for your listening pleasure. After you sit quietly in a dark room and listen to the words coming out of your mouth, take your lumps, don’t be a high school girl - put on your big boy pants, call DP and give him an apology for bad mouthing a Marconi winner. Oh, well.  So Jim won’t be back on the show by his choice.  His loss, not ours.

I.Did.Not.Say.Rat's.Ass Grrrr

McLovin Jealousy and Hair Paint

Who spent time with Dan during the Thanksgiving weekend?  Not McLovin.  Dan and his son and Seton and his son all got together during the long weekend and did what multi-generational males do. Whatever it was, it was the highlight of Dan’s weekend.   Once again there were no pictures. Just like a previous Thanksgiving Dan/Seton get together there was no photographic evidence.  A little odd since Seton is one of the shows Twitter kings. In a move to shift the attention back to him, McLovin will have a painted hair reveal on Wednesday.  The blogger, who truly wants to be a talking hair do, thought his hair paint over the weekend didn’t go so well, had Dan look at it in private and got a two day hat permit.

Mani's, spray tans, paint -
so high maintenance

Fritzy’s Sharp Left Pervy Turn
In some crazy attempt to become relevant in the conversation about McLovin’s hair paint and how the camera shows your flaws - Fritzy contributed:  “TV adds a few inches”, “I’ve had some alone time in the back”, “Sometimes I hang out with the cleaning lady and we play cards”, “That (the groan from the back) was from the person who deals cards when we play strip poker”.  What goes through this man’s head while the show is in progress is amazing sometimes.

Not my idea of a great
strip poker view

Condolences 
To the Kevin McHale family in the loss of Kevin’s daughter, Alexandra “Sasha” McHale, who passed away Saturday at the age of 23 of complications from Lupus.  Kevin is the head coach of the Houston Rockets.  

To learn more about Lupus, please visit www.lupus.org