Randomness

Sorry, no Valentine's Day stuff today. It's a Hallmark holiday. I just believe that one should treat their significant other right for 365 days/year (366 in leap years), that's all. Don't get me wrong, I love my wife tremendously and she knows it.

I ended up missing most of Exteme Makeover: Home Edition last night as I had a fun night out with the kids. I love this show, and it's arguably the best show on TV. The stories of the families are incredible and last night's just about took the cake. They built 2 homeless families a duplex home. Now, this is only a temporary home for them as once they are back on their feet, they will leave and another homeless family will move in. Not only did the team build the duplex, but they made a park for the community and rehabbed the community center. To top it off, they found a job for the dad of one of the families and a job for one of his friends that was homeless that helped build the duplex. I've never seen a more appreciative family in all the episodes I've seen. This show makes me realize how blessed my life has been. Hope it's on for a long time.

Sports Notes
The new coaches keep coming in for the Packers. Last week, 2 more of the coaches from Miami's defense joined the Packers, Bob Sanders and Robert Nunn. Sanders coached the LB and Nunn as an assistant, with experience coaching the DL. Both of them have a great deal of experience in Bates' scheme, so the transistion from the Slowik disaster will be smoother. I have a great deal of excitement for next season as the defense seems to be on the right track with the coaching staff. The other addition is Turner Gill, taking over for Edgar Bennett as the director of player development. The fact that both he and Sherman came to the same realization that he would be a great fit for this job is a great sign. Hopefully he can continue the great job Edgar did.

Well, the Badgers lose to Illinois again. A team just needs to play a perfect game against Illinois to beat them, and the Badgers could not. Their FT shooting was once again horrible, just like the first game. That is the biggest weakness with this team as they shoot .667 from the line. This is going to be the reason why they exit the tourney in March.

I go and complain about the Bucks, and they go and win 5 of 6. Toni Kukoc is the key for this team. They simply win when he plays more than 10 minutes/game. Their record is 12-4 when this happens. The last win comes against Atlanta, without Michael Redd, by 20. Go figure. Now the latest rumor is that Van Horn could be traded to Philly for Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson. Glenn is in the last year of his contract and after the season the Bucks would be able to lift $14M in salary off the books. This would be a great move if it happens. Yes, Robinson is hurt and may not play the rest of the season, but given how this season has gone, this would be the best move as it would enable the Bucks to spend on FA and work on Redd's extention that he wants in the offseason. I like Van Horn as a person, he has done a lot of good things for the city off the court. But on the court, he is not even close to being worth the money. And hey, it'd be nice to have the Big Dog back, if only for a little while.

Ben Sheets signs a 1 year $6M deal and the Crew once again avoids arbitration. This was a great move once again by Melvin and Attanasio to get this roster set. This makes the future negotiations with Sheets that much easier to get a multi-year deal done as no "disrespect" was done. I'm getting so excited for the season. Barring injuries, this team is going to be over .500.