Jordan, Rory and Day

I was very pleased that Spieth won this weekend in Fort Worth. His demise talk was starting to bug me to death.

Jordan

• 15 Events 2 wins, 2 seconds, 5 top tens and he is still missing shots to the right. 

Another player that is not dead yet is Rory

• 11 PGA or European events.6 top tens and 1 win. 
• And if he could read putts he would be unbeatable. 
• Rory travels so often comparable to the other two it is truly insane. I really wish he would focus on the PGA, but I know he will never do it.  It hurt Ernie and may kill Rory. 

Jason Day deserves number 1. 

• 10 Events 6 top tens with 3 wins. 
• Day is definitely taking the Woods route in not playing too often and focusing on courses he wants to play.  
• Is this good for the game? (doubtful)  But he has the power and can putt lights out.

Danny Willet, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson are also the steady ones, I expect they will win a few more. 

The next level is Fowler, Reed and Matsuyama

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Pick your winners for the next two majors from this group. 

J. 

Briles and this debacle in Waco.

First, I hate the fact that Art Briles played such a huge part in the travesty in Waco.
He deserved to get fired!  The stories out of Waco make me want to not watch sports, especially since logic says that this is not the only school with many such stories.

Baylor 12 years prior to Briles a total of 35 wins.
Baylor last 5 years 50 wins.
He may not have matched what Bobby Bowden did, but he was getting closer.

Hiring Jim Grobe as interim coach is not only shocking to me, but far beyond any reason that I can conceive. Are they giving up this recent success to avoid more punishment?  If so, they are nuts.
The punishment is coming regardless of this interim mess.

All I can envision is the wishbone offense that he ran at Wake Forest. Did you cringe a little with that comment, I sure did. 

I loved Mac Engel article in Star Telegram that Mike Leach should be hired.
Who else can overcome this mess?  With his unique personality and incredible ability to score with less than Baylor talent is still remarkable.
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article80819157.html

Briles, who may have been my favorite offense mind in the last 20 years. Chip Kelly gets too much credit and Briles teams were even more balanced.
He has ruined my enjoyment and maybe killed the Big 12 in many ways.

With this happening, I hope the Big 12, just goes back to the SWC days and gets Houston and SMU.   They may not get national recognition, but I would at least have nostalgia to peak my interest.

J.

NBA

Painful as it is was to watch OKC monumental collapse, it is enjoyable to watch shooters on Warriors.

Previously you mentioned that you did not like Durant with the ball at the point and I agree completely.
But  Mr. Westbrook makes too many mistakes at crunch time when the other team sets up specific defenses to stop Durant on rotations for an open shot.  Kerr did an excellent job getting Westbrook in his frenzy state at full speed while trying to dribble past collapsing defenses with the others over playing their men.

Westbrook just is not getting past the collapse without his dribble and seems to be missing the first option to set up the offense on the next screen, when in all likelihood would have the ball back in his hands.

I will be a Lebron homer during the next two weeks. The Cavs can win this thing if Frye keeps playing this well and Irving can shoot over 47%.
Lebron is just the best player in the last 15 years, but I do not know if today's NBA and switching defenses can keep the Warriors under 105 points.


J

Nomar G Revisited

Sometimes I think of a player that I've kind of forgotten and will check them out on baseball-reference.  Today was Nomar Garciaparra.  I totally surprised myself when re-discovering how good he was.  Wow, .313 lifetime hitter, .521 slugging, .882 OPS at shortstop, 6-time all-star, 2-time batting champion.  Career derailed by various injuries so no chance for HOF, but some kind of player he was.  Even though his career totals fall short, his 7-year peak WAR is right on par with HOF shortstops.  Look at those 162-game averages, pretty salty.  He definitely belongs in my "Hall of Very Good".

S