2/9/07

The Cowboys have decided on a new coach - old San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips. Wade is the second Chargers assistant to leave for a head coaching vacancy this offseason, the redundantly named offensive coordinator Cam Cameron went to Miami to take over for Nick Saban. This is a great hire for Dallas - if you are a Redskins fan. While Phillips is not quite as incompetent as Norv Turner, his previous head coaching stints - and he's had a few - have resulted in plenty of mediocrity and not much winning. Why NFL teams continue to hire failed retreads when there are great young assistants - like Norm Chow - out there to be hired escapes me. But, as long as it's Dallas, I'm happy. If Chow is still around when coach Gibbs decides to hang 'em up, I'd be happy as hell if the Redskins got him.

In other news, the Wizards took quite the hit recently when they lost Antawn Jamison for 3-6 weeks with a sprained knee. In fact, they have lost 3 of 4 since then. Hopefully, thy'll still be in contention for home court throughout when he is able to come back.

Ok, this weekend we have the Pro Bowl, which is famous for its complete irrelevance. The NBA match-ups are rather pedestrian, although the Kobe/LeBron showdown on Sunday afternoon could be somewhat watchable. All in all, a good weekend for going outside - if it weren't so goddam miserable out. Take in a movie, kids.