Every year, when my Padres fade from contention, and there is nothing else (that I care about) going on in sports, I start craving for San Diego Chargers news. Just give me something! It seems that all the other teams are making the headlines on SportsCenter, or in the papers. My Chargers apetite is not being satisfied. Then it happens...
The Chargers make the news.
* Shawne Merriman test positive for steroids
* Steve Foley shot by off duty cop
* Stephen Cooper tests positive for stimulants
* Junior Seau, or Donnie Edwards, or Rodney Harrison sent packing
* Marty fired after 14-2 season
* Shawne Merriman and Chad Ocho-Cinco fighting over Twitter
That is not what I am looking for. How about...
* First round draft pick signs and shows up to camp early
* Charger player saves person's life
* NFL recognizes Chargers as the team of the century
You see, I'm not asking much.
What I have finally come to realize after years of frustration over the lack of coverage of my Bolts is that no news is good news. If I hear a report about the Chargers in the preseason, it will certainly be negative. A player breaks the law, a player breaks the rules, a player gets hurt, a player sits out, etc... So, I am happy not to hear about the Chargers this year.
The news out of San Diego this year has been positve, despite the lack of natinoal coverage.
* Team seems focused on winning, not hype
* Team healthiest it has been in years
* Shawne Merriman shows up to camp with rookies to get started
* Rookies showing great skills and potential
The only negative stuff right now is that their number one draft pick, Larry English has not signed. Norv Turner said yesterday that he is confident that English will sign and he is not concerned at this time. I hope he is right!
So, I guess what I am trying to say is, if you are sitting there craving stories about your team and are frustrated that nothing is coming out. Be happy instead. Those negative stories about Chargers players listed above could easily be about your favorite team next time. So remember, no news is good news.
5 comments:
Hey Will,
Nice article. I can't appreciate at the moment though. My mind is still in baseball mode. I don't even get serious about football until about week seven when baseball is over. Besides, I'm a Patriots fan....nuff said.
I need your help. In order to be able to read your stuff on this site I had to become a member of BlogSpot. Now I would like to post something under my "Leading with my chin" site. I can't figure out how to copy and paste onto the site. and I really don't want to have to retype the whole thing. Can you help? Contact me at bosox61@yahoo .com if you have the time and desire to. BTW, the help pages on this site haven't been much help so far.
Thanks for the comment. I sent you an email on doing a copy/paste with posts.
If you were a Padres fan, you would be getting into football by now. Red Sox/Patriots is a nice combo right now. However, there was a time, not that long ago, when neither team was great. I guess it was all about the Bruins back then. lol
Good luck with your posts!
Hey Bolt, I believe in that saying "no news is good news" The Chargers are the class of the AFC WEST and should go far even all the way.
Meanwhile, here in Buc country there is a quiet acceptence of things to come. A fitting quote would be " hope for the best, but expect the worst".
Good luck my friend.
Hey aero! I was glad to read, the day after this post, that the Bolts signed Larry English (number 1 draft pick). Funny timing I thought.
Should your Bucs go after Vick?
Good luck to the Bucs this year. I have good feelings about the Charges, but we'll see if everyone is healthy when it counts.
Hey Bolt, The Bucs signed Freeman a few days ago and he is the quarterback of the future.
As for Vick, I don't think the Bucs can stand anymore negative publicity. We already have Jeremy Stevens.
Good luck this year. Take care.
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