Ten sports updates, true.
(1) John Fox will be an NFL head coach again. It won't be in Denver.
(2) Montreal head coach Marc Trestman is going to be the NFL's next offensive genius. If he takes an offensive coordinator's job, it could be in San Francisco. But I'd love to see him come to Carolina.
(3) Although the Collective Bargaining Agreement expires in March, and anarchy begins the next day, the NFL draft will go on as scheduled. There won't, however, be the usual draft-day trades or post-draft signings of free agents.
(4) Andrew Luck still has two days to declare for the NFL draft. Panthers can't contact him. Wonder if San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh can.
(5) Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green is the best player in the draft. He is as good a receiver as Luck is a quarterback.
(6) The most intriguing player in the draft is Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley. Everybody says he plays dirty. The reason they say he plays dirty is because he plays dirty. But a dirty player is never as dirty when he's on your team. I look at him and see a Raven or a Jet.
(7) D.J. Augustin was amazing in Wednesday's victory against Chicago. Smart and gutsy and efficient and cool. The Bobcats have their point guard. No way did I expect them to beat Chicago, a good team even without its starting center. Kudos to coach Paul Silas.
(8) ACC football is supposed to be mediocre. ACC basketball is supposed to be elite. ACC football lived down to expectations. ACC basketball has yet to live up to them.
(9) I wrote that the suit new Panther coach Ron Rivera wore at this introductory news conference was metallic blue. Another guy wrote that it was gray. I like the guy who wrote that the suit was gray. But I think he also wrote that Rivera was Swedish.
(10) Rivera says his defense will be aggressive and will attack. I respect this. But I have yet to hear a new coach coach attempt to excite fans by saying that his defense will be laid-back and docile.
"But I have yet to hear a new coach coach attempt to excite fans by saying that his defense will be laid-back and docile."
You must have missed Fox's interview about the Bronco's job, then. He basically said he'd bring the same things to Denver that he did to Carolina. I'm sure that made a great impression.
Posted by: Authority | January 13, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Marc Trestman, who lives in Raleigh by the way, would be an excellent choice for OC for the Panthers. Sportsnet.ca reports that he is a favorite for the job. Hope that's true.
Posted by: Justsayln | January 13, 2011 at 11:59 AM
(1) John Fox will be an NFL head coach again. It won't be in Denver.
...or Cleveland...or Oakland...so where? Where are all those suitors that were going to be beating down Foxy's door? I can't find one. He's only had ONE interview for a job he isn't a front runner for in the first place and he's saying all the wrong things. (We had success in Carolina and we're going to do the same things? Please, give me a break. If that was true you'd still BE IN CAROLINA, GENIUS! But you got what amounted to being fired for a reason.) Cleveland likes Shurmur (I think that's a good pick for them) and Oakland already went the safe and boring route with Tom Cable and I doubt they do it again. So where is Fox a head coach in '11? Maybe somebody will take him on as D line coach, MAYBE DC, but either way that amounts to a demotion.
On a current Panthers note, Trestman for OC?...I'm interested in hearing more.
Posted by: OBXsurfer4 | January 13, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Why does every article that has anything to do with Ron Rivera on the Observer website have to say something about his race? We don't care what his race is. He is a coach. He is a man. Please get over this obsession, Observer. You're really starting to give Charlotte a bad image.
Posted by: jeff | January 13, 2011 at 02:09 PM
How about Rent-A-Sports Writer?
Posted by: Jake | January 13, 2011 at 03:23 PM
fox is new HC in denver, actually
Posted by: You Know | January 13, 2011 at 03:52 PM
Are you sure #1 isnt an opinion instead of a truth? Actually its neither since he was just hired by Denver
Posted by: Darin is an idiot | January 13, 2011 at 04:04 PM
Well you were wrong on your first truth. Fox hired by Denver
Posted by: John | January 13, 2011 at 04:07 PM
he whose photo is good for paper training parakeets - so much for being wrong about Fox...
Posted by: A | January 13, 2011 at 04:16 PM
oops...I look like an ass now..oh well, good luck Denver
Posted by: OBXsurfer4 | January 13, 2011 at 04:53 PM