Life lesson coaches teach? Look out for No. 1.
Show me the money? College football coaches just dump kids and their programs like snake-oil salesmen running out of town.
Fred, independent thinker
Kiz: There will be no tears shed here for Oklahoma losing coach Lincoln Riley to USC or Brian Kelly abandoning Notre Dame for Louisiana State. Can’t blame them for chasing the dream and the green. Ain’t that America? But maybe we should dispense with the balderdash about football coaches being employed to teach life lessons to players, unless the lesson is: Always look out for No. 1. In the case of Kelly, his interest in molding the minds of young men is as phony as the hilariously bad southern accent he adopted when introducing himself to LSU fans at a basketball game in Baton Rouge.
Low expectations. Any rational person marked this game in Kansas City as a loss for the Broncos as soon as the NFL schedule was released. I sincerely hope I’m wrong, but it’s fanciful to think Denver’s path to the playoffs goes through K.C. Now, when the Chiefs come to Denver at the end of the season … maybe.
Mr. U, tough cowboy
Kiz: While the Broncos will be 9.5-point underdogs on “Sunday Night Football,” the best reason to believe they have a shot to beat Kansas City? Quarterback Patrick Mahomes can still wing it, but he has lost his Midas touch. K.C. has scored more than 20 points only once in its last five games. Fearless prediction: Although the losing streak will reach 12, the Broncos will end their misery against the Chiefs on the final weekend on the regular season, and that victory just might be enough to earn Denver a playoff berth.
They should have known. This is why Michael Porter Jr. fell to the Nuggets in the NBA draft. There were so many warning signs, and bad backs don’t go away.
Brad, easy rider
Kiz: As the 24-year-old forward recovers from the third surgery on his back, we wish him well. But if MPJ is ever again the player that got Nuggets Nation dreaming about finally bringing the Larry O’brien Trophy home to this dusty old cowtown, it will be a minor medical miracle.
Little faith. Major League Baseball wants us to think it cares about the competitiveness and quality of the sport, then puts Rockies owner Dick Monfort as one of the lead negotiators for the owners in their labor dispute with players. Makes sense to me!
Andrew, wee bit sarcastic
Kiz: What little trust remained in the shaky relationship between players and franchise owners was wrecked by the economic stress caused by COVID-19. Baseball is sick. The cure is going to be painful. They will play ball again after this labor dispute is settled, but only an April fool would bet the 2022 season will start on time.
Who needs baseball? And today’s parting shot reveals what Monfort could do to keep Denver baseball fans content if his team doesn’t take the field.
You think the team might open the Rooftop at Coors Field to the public even if a labor dispute shuts down the games? Do that and I don’t think we’d miss the Rockies or Major League Baseball. Domingo, Denver