Call out GMs, but not own mock drafts

IN ABOUT 11 months, surviving NFL GMs will be asked if they regret making such-and-such a high draft pick, given that he has thus far been a bust. The media won’t mock their own mock drafts, but GMs are subject to hindsight hunting.

And, almost invariably, GMs will answer, “No,” they have no regrets. Such episodes bring to mind my favorite wait-for-it moments from Super Bowl postgame shows, when the losing side’s coach is interviewed.

He stands, back to a cinder block wall wearing a solemn expression, when he’s asked, “Coach, would you do anything different?” And, invariably, he answers, “No.” Me? Having just lost the Super Bowl I’d confess that given a second chance I’d do everything differently. I’d punt on first down, have my defensive backs carry butterfly nets, defer both kickoffs.

Having just lost, what would I have to lose?

➤ Showtime boxing is still making deals with Floyd Mayweather, proof that even in these “woke” times, the ViacomCBS network will gladly throw money at an athlete who did time for the assault of one of the two mothers of his four children.

But Showtime’s sense of social indignation is selective. It had no problem sustaining the employment of vulgar Showtime co-host Stephen Jackson after the former NBA player issued an ignorant, hateful anti-Jewish spew.

➤ Leave it to Subway to hire the most repugnant, attention-starved, me-first member of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, Megan Rapinoe, as a TV endorser. Was Subway unaware that her boorish World Cup behavior didn’t play any better in America than everywhere else?

➤ For 12 of his 18 NBA seasons Steve Nash played 70 or more games. Twice he played all 82, twice he played 81. And he played hard, all-in, two-way ball, not this hideous game of “3-Point Loiter.” Thus I wonder what he thinks — really thinks — when he heads to coach the Nets not knowing which players feel like playing.

➤ Late last month, the Jazz attempted 57 3-pointers in one game. Same game, they took just 38 2-pointers. Of those 3s, they hit just 16 (28.1 percent). The Jazz, currently the top team in the Western Conference, lost that game to the Timberwolves, now tied for the second-worst record in the NBA.

➤ We leave you today with the wisdom of Jimmy Durante: “I know money can’t buy you love, and money it can’t buy you happiness, but give me some and I’ll do my own shopping.”