I'm going to revisit an early week topic here. People are not second-guessing Lovie Smith for sticking with QB Rex Grossman because the Bears are in the Super Bowl. They are the winner of the weaker NFL conference. The common theme is "We made it with Rex, so it was obviously the right choice to stick with Rex." Think people!
My first year in graduate school, I took a few of the same classes as another student in my research group. He rarely, if ever, studied and did well. I probably could have posted straight A's without studying much. However, I always error on the side of studying too much, rather than too little. Maybe, I'm wasting my time if all I'm looking for is an "A" in the class.
The Bears made it to the Super Bowl with Rex. The Bears may have made the Super Bowl with Brian Griese. That's the point. Maybe sticking with Rex has kept the Bears on the path to the Super Bowl. I don't think that is the case. The Bears won in spite of Grossman, not because of him. Griese would have known to throw at Fred Thomas, who should have intercepted Grossman's duck that Berrian turned into a TD. Lovie Smith and his supporters may point to the results as a justification for the move and it isn't that simple. It worked out, but just because it worked out doesn't mean it's way the right move.
It's a slow day and I thought about moving on to the Bengals and an arrest for marijuana. I hate the way it smells, but I've caught a whiff of it walking to my car right next to campus. The Bengals have a problem and Jonathan Joseph is hurt by the transgressions of his teammates, but this latest incident shouldn't have everyone up in arms. I'm going to move on to Kevin Garnett and the Timberwolves. Kevin McHale dumped his coach and many in the media think KG should have been sent packing instead. Garnett isn't the problem in Minnesota. When he had help (Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell), the T'wolves made a run in the playoffs. Early in his career, he was teamed with Stephon Marbury. I don't think I need to expand on that. The Joe Smith and Michael Olowakandi acquisitions were both blunders. Wally? Maybe KG isn't the best player in the NBA, but he makes Minnesota click on the offensive and defensive ends (although, honestly, I haven't seen many Minnesota games lately). I'd love to see what he could do with a team like the Bulls where he could dominate inside defensively with Ben Wallace and fill the low post scoring void they have in the Windy City. And, at 20-20, with that roster, I don't think Dwayne Casey should have been axed ... but it's not my call.
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