Dick Jauron salivated over getting a special player at No. 4.
Then Jerry Angelo traded it for the 13th and the 22nd picks.
Angelo’s job is knowing special players, and he apparently was so sure there wasn’t a special player who could start right here, right now in the first 13 picks that he’s betting Jauron’s job on it.
Angelo’s fear of failure with the No. 4 pick vs. Ted Phillips’ unwillingness to spend about $10 million of McCaskey money on a signing bonus alone for that No. 4 pick. Discuss.
Michael Haynes had 25 1/2 career sacks, or 1 1/2 more than Terrell Suggs had last year alone.
Haynes once had a piranha as a pet. Draft the pet.
The Bears took quarterback Rex Grossman at No. 22. Question is, did the quarterback controversy start when Baltimore took Kyle Boller at No. 19?
Baltimore landed Suggs and Boller. Hey, wasn’t that supposed to be the Bears’ draft?
The Bears have two new shotgun quarterbacks. Now if only they had a shotgun center and a shotgun offensive coordinator.
Cornerback Charles Tillman was a four-year starter who had just two interceptions last year. Says Bear to me.
Truth is, the clock ran out on the Vikings a long time ago.
The Bengals signed Carson Palmer before the draft officially started, and I’m thinking, the Bengals probably were surprised Palmer was still available.
The Cubs score one run in two games against the measly Padres at Wrigley Imbecile Field, and some idiot throws his friend’s cell phone on the field, reportedly because he’s annoyed with the constant ringing. That is so Cubs fan.
Look, if you want to go to Wrigley Mouthbreather Field when cell phones aren’t ringing, try October.
Just guessing that the fan had that special cellular package that includes moron-waiting and moron-forwarding features.
Cubs fans, keep an eye on Adrian Beltre, the third baseman whose situation with the Dodgers keeps getting worse. He’s not on the block now, but just wait. He’s 24 and talented but has a bad relationship with manager Jim Tracy. For reference, the same was said of Mark Grudzielanek.
Shawn Estes, your plane is boarding.
After Reds outfielder Reggie Taylor missed a squeeze sign against the Cubs recently, he bought bottles of wine for manager Bob Boone and third-base coach Tim Foli as a self-imposed fine.
Running onto the field will cost you $1,000 and 30 days in jail. Running Tom Gordon onto the field should cost you your job.
Is it a rule that Gordon has to ruin both local teams before he’s done?
And he’s done, believe me.
When Bill Self said he went back and forth on leaving Illinois, was he talking about taking boxes from his office to his car before he supposedly agonized about this decision?
Georgia Tech basketball coach Paul Hewitt said he’s not interested in the Illinois job. Hey, who asked you? Hey, who are you?
The expansion Wild upset the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs in the Wild’s third year of existence. And yet, with the Hawkalayzers, one of the Original Six, Mike Smith is saying three years is only halfway through his rebuilding plan. Tell you what, it sounds like the Hawkalyzers hired Baghdad Bob.
Vancouver GM Brian Burke, on Wild coach Jacques Lemaire’s hold on his players: “The Minnesota Wild is not a hockey team. It’s a cult.”
Kevin Garnett, asked if the Wild’s surprising success was inspiring the Timberwolves: “I wish I could sit here and say, `Hey, that’s motivating us.’ The Wild don’t have to deal with Shaq [O’Neal.]”
Ever wonder how hockey players have the energy to play a five-overtime game the way the Ducks and Stars did Thursday? Petr Sykora scored the winner after eating seven Power Bars during the seven intermissions.
Steve-mail from Todd Johnson:
“Q: What’s the difference between the Blackhawks and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks?
“A: One is a Mickey Mouse operation, and the other is owned by Disney.”
The WNBA and its labor union signed an agreement, so the league can get on with the business of being ignored.
AOL Time Warner just sold its 50 percent stake in Comedy Central. AOL Time Warner also owns the Atlanta Hawks, known as the NBA Comedy Central.
Rockies manager Clint Hurdle, on opposing pitchers’ complaints about Coors Field, where ERAs go to die: “Mentally we are trying to regain that [edge] where it becomes a house of pain again. You worry before you get there. You whine when you are there. You are limping when you leave.”
