Nothing in particular !
Refreshing: To see a PG emerge in Utah to continue Stockton's legacy. It was nice to see one player not being bothered by the spurs, their defense and their reputations. On the contrary, I think he got into the spurs minds and made them spend some time and energy on trying to guard him. Having said that, I think he will only be a solid PG in the years to come. "The emergence of a superstar" claims from the commentators and experts I think is a little far fetched.
Puzzling: is the best way to describe Mehmet okur and AK's play. It just sems like these guys leave their brains at home before stepping on the court. Atleast AK comes to play defensively. Ill advised 3 pointers and unnecssary fouls at inopportune times have cost utah their chance to play in the NBA finals. Not that they were expected to be beat the spurs or anything.
What ????? : Sachin scores 2 centuries in 2 test matches in Bangladesh and people still want his head ? This is crazy. I watched him play in the 2 nd test and yes, I agree, he was not at his dominating best. But, he did what was asked of him. Stay at the crease and take India to a solid score. These stupid journalists will not lay off him till he retires and it is sad to see that not many people understand that he has years of cricket left in him and can be very useful to team India's success. Oh well !
Saddening: To see the lives of the duke lacrosse players torn to pieces. Granted, some poor decisions got them to this position. But after establishing that they are not at fault and that the lady in question wanted to get some dough out of this whole deal by pulling the race card, the players are due an apology. Their lives had been made a living hell for the past year or so, and now, nobody (except the prosecutor) claims responsibility. The way the facts? were presented on TV, just days after the rape allegation, every one in the country believed, that these were rich spoilt kids and deserved the worst. But clearly, that is not the case. I think the university has to make atleast a part of it upto them. It was clear that they were worried about trying to save their own ass and their reputation and did nothing to stand up for their kids. One might say, we didn't know that they were innocent at that time. Yes, which is precisely why they should not have jumped on the "blame them" bandwagon before learning more on the matter. Whatever happened to "Innocent till proven guilty" ?
Puzzling: is the best way to describe Mehmet okur and AK's play. It just sems like these guys leave their brains at home before stepping on the court. Atleast AK comes to play defensively. Ill advised 3 pointers and unnecssary fouls at inopportune times have cost utah their chance to play in the NBA finals. Not that they were expected to be beat the spurs or anything.
What ????? : Sachin scores 2 centuries in 2 test matches in Bangladesh and people still want his head ? This is crazy. I watched him play in the 2 nd test and yes, I agree, he was not at his dominating best. But, he did what was asked of him. Stay at the crease and take India to a solid score. These stupid journalists will not lay off him till he retires and it is sad to see that not many people understand that he has years of cricket left in him and can be very useful to team India's success. Oh well !
Saddening: To see the lives of the duke lacrosse players torn to pieces. Granted, some poor decisions got them to this position. But after establishing that they are not at fault and that the lady in question wanted to get some dough out of this whole deal by pulling the race card, the players are due an apology. Their lives had been made a living hell for the past year or so, and now, nobody (except the prosecutor) claims responsibility. The way the facts? were presented on TV, just days after the rape allegation, every one in the country believed, that these were rich spoilt kids and deserved the worst. But clearly, that is not the case. I think the university has to make atleast a part of it upto them. It was clear that they were worried about trying to save their own ass and their reputation and did nothing to stand up for their kids. One might say, we didn't know that they were innocent at that time. Yes, which is precisely why they should not have jumped on the "blame them" bandwagon before learning more on the matter. Whatever happened to "Innocent till proven guilty" ?
posted by dinesh at
2:31 PM
5 Comments:
I don't know much about cricket- but- Sachin has let his team down when they most needed him. He WAS a great player, no doubt- he's now fit to play only with the minnows- [not sure about this too, looking at the world cup results]. He has to retire, to give way to younger and (hopefully) better players. Our team has had a notorious history of players not wanting to retire even after consistently pathetic performances- like kapil dev, azhar etc. He is no different.
-Viji
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Anonymous, at 1:29 AM
yen man ipdi sports pathi mattume ezhudhara? (That's the only comment that I can make which is relevant to this post..:))
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The Doodler, at 5:37 AM
Dinesh, i'm of the same opinion about sachin, but only regarding test matches. However I definitely feel that he should retire from ODIs. It is high time that he chooses this, on two counts:
1) his failed(ing) performance
2) people losing faith in him that his presence would be a moral booster to team.
regarding your posts on other sports please refer to Subha's comments.
Overall it is nice to see that the Jersey city that hosts thousands of invention has finally allowed you to come back to your blogging.
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Anonymous, at 4:01 AM
Viji -- I don't quite agree. Kapil played a lot more than he should have. Azhar's performance bust was due to other reasons. Sachin does not quite fit into either category. I think he has a lot left to offer. Let's not compare him to the sachin on the old and ruin his career. (Like we have the power to :))
Subha - Yaar yaarukku enna enna varumo adhu adhu dhaan pannanum nu irukku. You can write about 100 things, because onnala mudiyum. Namakku konjam kashtam.
Sridhar - Although your observations are fair, I am not convinced his retirement from any form of the game is warranted. My only point is that a lot of the indian audience/commentators think his skills have waned. I don't think so. He has changed his game and his confidence is low. I think he can still do what he used to do.
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dinesh, at 8:01 AM
micheal atherton's one liner is the best i have heard on this, in the recent past( dont have exactly what he said, but was something on the lines of there's no place for sachin anymore.....)
Bombayiites have generally timed their retirement well
( read...sunny, ravi....) Sachin already has had several questioning his form, his recent approach, his technique(reason why he is getting bowled so often these days) and contribution to wins....However, with him, i think it will finally end up in a situation of him deciding when he wants to go....rather than selectors showing him the way
While on Sachin and retirment, one must also bring to light the extended life given to the other bombayiite ajit agarkar over the last several years.
Dinesh- dont know if you have read the recent piece by Rajaraman in The Outlook where he has torn apart Gavaskar and his contribution to Indian cricket
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PRabhu S, at 1:49 AM
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