I'm covering a little league coach, who has been voluntary giving his time to five, six, and seven year olds. Jimmy Marron of Oak Park has coached Tee-ball, Mustang, Jr. Bronco and Bronco for the past 20 years.
I plan to go out and sit-in on one of his practices. Not only to write a better paper, but i'm also interested in seeing how these kids react to him as a coach. I wan't to know what drives this coach to work for free.
Besides interviewing this coach, i've already talked to a parent who had his son coached by Marron for two-years.
It was a very interesting interview. His wife screened me over the phone and i eventually was able to get to him. The first thing he asked me was about baseball. It was a question dealing with the Yankees. My first thought was this guy is serious about this sport.
After a few statements about the Yankees giving up 22 runs in their loss to Cleveland on saturday. The interview quickly got on its way. It lasted maybe for about 30 minutes with small breaks in between discussing the Major Leagues.
I was also looking at interviewing an umpire, who knows Marron, but I was unable to get a hold of him. As a repoter I will not stop there, until I eventually get a hold of him or another reliable source. Because in my world, I need them more than they need me.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Trading or Blowing Wind
As the season continues to play on in the NBA, the trade deadline is here for the 2009 NBA season. The pressure is on for teams to either get something in return for a potential free agent, play with what you have and just make a run for the playoffs.
Most of the trades are coming from teams that are at the bottom of the playoff picture, or teams that are trying to rebuild for the future. Another reason General Managers are moving players with big contracts in hopes of clearing up salary cap for the players that are heading into free agency.
One big trade that bothered me is the Chicago Bulls recieving John Salmons and Brad Miller and the Sacramento Kings recieve Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden, and two scrubs not even worth mentioning. Now ESPN analysis Avery Johnson thinks it's a good trade for the Bulls. He called it "a win win situation," because they received more than what they gave away.
I think even with the scrubs the Bulls gave away too much. I mean Brad Miller is a solid player if he doesn't hang out at the three point line all the time and John Salmons has a percentage just above being a scrub.
So this is the last move that John Paxson is going to make before resigning. He should have done that when he used his lottery pick to pick up Joakim Noah. That's like a Greg Oden, "a waste of a pick.
Most of the trades are coming from teams that are at the bottom of the playoff picture, or teams that are trying to rebuild for the future. Another reason General Managers are moving players with big contracts in hopes of clearing up salary cap for the players that are heading into free agency.
One big trade that bothered me is the Chicago Bulls recieving John Salmons and Brad Miller and the Sacramento Kings recieve Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden, and two scrubs not even worth mentioning. Now ESPN analysis Avery Johnson thinks it's a good trade for the Bulls. He called it "a win win situation," because they received more than what they gave away.
I think even with the scrubs the Bulls gave away too much. I mean Brad Miller is a solid player if he doesn't hang out at the three point line all the time and John Salmons has a percentage just above being a scrub.
So this is the last move that John Paxson is going to make before resigning. He should have done that when he used his lottery pick to pick up Joakim Noah. That's like a Greg Oden, "a waste of a pick.
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