The NFL Rules Committee recently passed a ban on defenders tackling a Quarterback while they're on the ground.
Great bands come and go, and these in particular left faster than usual. Just for fun, I decided to make a list of 12 bands - in recent memory - who came and went well before their time. Mostly bands that only released one or two albums, and a few who - at the very least - disbanded when they were in their prime.
Word on the street is that Scott Pioli - #2 on my list of General Managers The Chiefs should hire - is now the General Manager/Head of Football Operations/what-have-you for the Kansas City Chiefs. Pioli is the Vice President of Player Personnel for the New England Patriots and is - as I stated in my article - responsible behind Bill Belichick for the New England Patriots three Super Bowl dynasty. More details as they develop.
2008 was a lot like 2005: There are definitely some albums that came out that are worth a listen, but overall, it wasn't what I would consider to be a great year in music. However, looking over my entire collection of music released within the year, there are certainly a few that I think will always "take me back" to this point in time. With that, I present my year-in-music review including my Top 10 Albums of 2008:
Clark Hunt relinquished Carl Peterson of all three of his official titles today: General Manager/President & CEO (I don't care what anyone says: He "resigned" on paper only. He was fired, plain and simple. Carl would have stayed with that team forever if they'd let him). Already there are rumors of the Chiefs going after Marty Schottenheimer and Scott Pioli...both of whom were on my list of potential replacements I posted on this page months before today's breaking news.
Axl Rose SWEARS this time that Chinese Democracy will be released on November 23rd. For those of you not familiar with the storied legend of this album, it's basically been promised to us about 200+ times within the last ten years. This date is supposedly official this time, but like many, I'll believe it when I see it. And even then, I still may be a bit cynical. I love the Chiefs...and have for almost 20 years. Ever since the 1991 season when my dad and I would don our red shirts every Sunday and watch Steve DeBerg and Christian Okoye lead the "Martyball" offense, and Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith hammer out a crushing defense, I've rarely missed a game. So, you can see why - being as I wasn't around to watch the wretched Chiefs of the 70s and 80s - it hurts to watch a team I'm so used to seeing in playoff contention (or at the very least winning 7 or 8 games) play the way they have the last few years.
Remember 10 years ago when Weezer was just another awesome rock band who put out two amazing records, and then fell off the face of the Earth? For years I considered myself to be a genuine Weezer fan. If you asked me if I liked Weezer, I would say, "Yes...I like Weezer."
Then, like, five years later they made this "comeback" of sorts, and as much as we appreciated it, it just wasn't the same. All the sudden, with every subsequent release, the good-song-to-bad-song-ratio slowly became more and more lopsided.