| 05 January 2010
Happy New Year from “The Knee Jerks”!!
On our first show of the new year, we decided to eschew (triple word score!) a guest so that we could get caught up on some Detroit sports talk, last night on “The Knee Jerks,“ the weekly gabfest I co-host on Blog Talk Radio with Greg Eno, the man behind GregEno.com the internet waystation for all things Eno.
All our teams except the Tigers (who made no news, as they shut down operations for the last 2 weeks of December) got some generous air time. We started, naturally, with those lovable Lions.
We dissected the team’s 2009 season and the near future for about an hour, including giving a letter grade to rookie QB Matthew Stafford. Then, we talked Red Wings, with special emphasis on the resurgent Todd Bertuzzi and the surprising Jimmy Howard. We saved the Pistons for last, with us surmising whether GM Joe Dumars has it in him to author another rebuild.
Rants were aplenty last night!
We also each named our biggest sports story in Detroit in 2009 (hint: we both agreed!) before closing, as always with our “Jerks of the Week.”
Some Highlights:
Big Al
On the Lions’ off-season: “They have 24 free agents and will only realistically bring about six back. Can you imagine?!”
On Stafford: “He has ‘it.’ He looks like a quarterback. I think he can improve from a ‘C’ to a ‘B+’ or even ‘A-’ next year.”
On Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard: “Who would have thought that we’d be so impressed by Jimmy Howard at this time? He might be playing good enough to be the starter for the rest of the season.”
On Pistons GM Joe Dumars: “If you look back at his successful moves, you could say that some of them were kinda lucky.”
Eno
On Stafford: “The good thing about him is that what’s wrong with him is coachable. Plus, he knows he’s the No. 1 guy and doesn’t have to worry about all the draft hub-bub.”
On Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi: “He’s healthy, he’s happy, and he’s even playing well in his own zone. He’s playing the best hockey he’s played in years. If he didn’t get hot, the Red Wings would have been up you-know-what without a paddle.”
On Dumars: “I think he has to face some facts. He has to realize that his team is probably lottery-bound. But maybe he doesn’t even WANT to do a rebuild here. He likes winning too much.”
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Upcoming guests/topics:
Jan. 11: Former long-time morning man at the late, lamented WDFN, now 94.7 WCSX radio sports guy, Jamie Samuelsen, makes a return appearance with the Jerks. Back in August, when Jamie last stopped by to talk with the Jerks, we covered the demise of DFN. This time, expect us to immediately dive into the latest news in Detroit sports.
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