Monday, December 22, 2008

The Shwam: Great at middle names, really awful with first names

In general, Chris Berman needs to go away, and it's for failed efforts such as this:

During Monday NFL Countdown, Berman tries to make a witty observation that next weekend's AFC East games will involve "Bills" all over the place with playoff implications. (Not that any of these will be any newer in Week 17 than they were in Week 1, but let's let the schmuck have some fun). This will be decently interesting if he can pull it off. Let's see:

The Buffalo Bills. Check. Playing against Bill Belichick, head coach of the Patriots. Check.
Bill Parcells, current Executive Vice President of the Miami Dolphins. Check. Playing against Eric Mangini, head coach of the Jets. What's that, Big Guy? Not seeing a Bill there.

Could have gone with Bill Calahan, Offensive Line Coach and Assistant Head Coach for the Jets, but that's kind of a stretch. Unfortunately, there are no other Bills associated with the Jets. Not a one. What should Berman do?

Is it:
A) Find another name that all 4 organizations share
B) Stop trying to be kitschy and just report the fucking sports news like you're paid to do
or C) Turn the linkage into a very clumsy allegory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of Christian fame compared to the Parcells coaching tree that has taken root in the AFC East?

Of course, Berman chose C. (If you couldn't tell, I was pulling for B).

No comments: