Former Leafs coach Paul Maurice is in the running for the head coaching job in Florida...ESPN The Magazine on Spain's Euro 2008 chances: they have a "tradition of choking". No word on if they watched their performances in previous big tournies to draw this conclusion, or if they just watched Jose Calderon in a big game..the Atlanta Braves have lost 21 straight one run games on the road...David Ortiz could be out for the year, or 2-3 weeks depending who you believe. The AL East has rarely been more open in recent memory...unless Dwayne Wade is dying, the Miami Heat would be insane to trade him and the #2 pick to the Chicago Bulls for the #1 pick. No matter who they'd get at #1, they're not going to be better than D-Wade and the #2...seems like a whole lot of good teams that went a distance in the NBA playoffs are axing coaches. The latest is the Pistons bouncing Flip Saunders. Meanwhile, Sam Mitchell continues to hold employment despite back to back first round flame outs...Joba Chamberlain will be a lot better than what he showed last night, in the first inning particularly. That said, he did leave with a lead until the mostly unhittable to that point Edwar Ramirez couldn't get anyone out...since 1996, the Detroit Red Wings are 12-0 in Game 6's where they hold a 3-2 lead. Here's hoping tonight they make it 13-0...one French Open semi will see Rafael Nadal face Novak Djokovic. I hope Novak drops his Nadal impression on Nadal and pounds him to a pulp. Oh, that sound you just heard was a pile of Croatian readers jaws hitting the floor, wondering who has taken over my keyboard...the Leafs have offered Ron Wilson their head coaching job. Why do I pray that he turns it down? It really is time that I sell my hockey allegiance on eBay. The Leafs are such a joke...TSN has a Euro 2008 Power Ranking up. Italy ranks top, followed by Germany and France...have a great Wednesday.
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i anxiously await your euro 2008 steam plays!
regards,
stu finer and kevin duffy
another interesting detroit stat ...
they've clinched all their series on the road so far ... by scores of ...
3-0
8-2
4-1
total of 15-3 ... on the road.
that's crazy good.
That's some crazy trending there on Detroit. May have to make a Cam Stewart sprinkle there!
Steam plays? Those guys were more apt to deliver a Cleveland Steamer but RM has been pretty hot on individual games, and MY GOD is that Croatia over Austria line looking enticing.
That Jose line was a thing of beauty.
Don't even have Italy making it out of their group (Holland and France)
I think I got engaged last night but I dont even remember.....
How does any team with Guus Hiddink rank 13th out of 16? and the hosts 15th and 16th? (Ok Austria I can understand, but Switzerland?) Turkey is seriously low-balled as well.
By the way, I am not quite sure what to feel about Ron Wilson either. Something about his defensive style that doesn't fit with a team that could seriously use some help scoring.
euro ... i'm debating betting all overs for games which have an o/u of two.
(for the first slate of games, that is ... scoring in soccer (like hockey) tends to go down as the stakes increase.)
thoughts!?
Makes sense actually...2 is not a lot and I could see them covering 60-75% of the time.
Just showed some dude how to gamble....he has a conspiracy theory that Poland will win this year.
Question..O/U on the 5.0 tonight for hockey...I'm thinking under at +110.
And of course, I'm sure you pointed him to the banner ad on the main page here, right YF?
Me, I just sprinkled some on the Wings to win tonight (OT included) at -125.
LOL funny I was just listening to Harcore...figure what I got to lose....spinkled some on Pens at +120
I also feel sick for doing...but I bet against Moose at +126
Also took Boston to win series at +170
Sorry mate Bet365 have been good to me..the loyalty cash I get every now and then works as well.
my theory on "overtime included" is to use that option only on an underdog.
with it being first goal wins, i think the result becomes far closer to 50-50 than what it is when a full 60 minutes is played ... so paying juice ain't worth it to me.
if it's a tiny favourite, no harm in it though i guess.
there also seems to be loads of OT games where the team that gets outplayed wins (see game 5).
not sure if that's just strange (mis)perception, but i've felt that way about it for years.
game 1 ... i'm liking swiss-czechs over two (baby!)
Your entirely right about the OT...don't know why but I've always felt the same way. However I always felt the Pens would need a powerplay to win. Hard to understand why this always happens
"Always" is stretching it YF. Don't be starting to talk like a fan of a certain Spanish PG.
Hey now there's a reason the NHL wants to have one minute penalties come overtime!
Always was stretching it but I was talking more about the fact that the weaker teams hang around based on penalties.
The whole "refs put the whistle away" thing so they "don't impact the outcome" is a load of shit. If it is the right call, make it whether it is the first minute or last. Otherwise, you're giving the advantage to one team or another by allowing them to get away with something.
See the World's a few weeks back? Canada gets a penalty - a legit penalty - in OT, they lose the game. What's so wrong with that?
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