Listen in as Anthony Stalter and I discuss the Al Davis/Monte Kiffin debacle, the emergence of Lance Moore, the Baltimore running game, Carson Palmer’s elbow and the Redskins/Eagles battle, among other topics.
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(In honor of the Davis/Kiffin feud, the opening music is The Dandy Warhols’ “We Used to Be Friends,” which also served as the theme song to brilliant-but-cancelled television show, “Veronica Mars.”)
It’s not often that a team fighting for a playoff spot fires its manager in the waning moments of the season, but that’s exactly what the Milwaukee Brewers did when they fired Ned Yost on September 15th, with just 12 games remaining on the schedule. At the time, the club had lost 11 of its last 14 games and the front office felt that the team’s postseason chances were slipping away.
Third base coach Dale Sveum took over, and it looked like the move was for naught as the Brewers lost four of their next five games and fell behind in the NL Wild Card race. However, the club surged down the stretch, winning six of seven games, including a sweep of the Pirates and winning two out of three from the Cubs, to clinch a playoff berth.
This is the first time the Brewers have made the most season in 25 years, and the management change now looks like a brilliant move. It was unorthodox, but it worked.
The Brewers face the Phillies in Game 1 of the NLDS today at 3 PM ET on TBS.
Davis: “…what I would call propaganda, the lying that had been going on for weeks… and months… and a year… and time.”
Kiffin: “Does that mean I don’t get paid?”
Davis: “That’s what I’m saying to you.”
Lane Kiffin responds…
I’m still not clear how Davis can fire Kiffin without paying him the remainder of his contract. I smell a lawsuit.
Post all of your roster questions here. I’ll do my best not to give you horrible advice.
Here are a few of my favorite photos from Week 4. Click on the picture to see a bigger version at NFL.com.
This is a nice shot of a 49er defender hanging off of Reggie Bush, who is having a great season thus far. This picture captures how an improving San Francisco defense was able to contain Bush. (Unfortunately, they couldn’t contain anyone else in the Saints’ offense.)
The timing of this picture is incredible; the photo was snapped just as the ball reached the hands of Tony Gonzalez. There were probably 30 photographers trying to get this shot, but only one managed to capture it.
I like this shot because it represents the first bit of real adversity in Jay Cutler’s remarkable 2008 season. I especially like the contrast between his look of disgust and the faceless mass of out of focus Kansas City fans in the background, who were no doubt cheering their fool heads off.
At NFL.com, you can vote for the photo of the week. (But be warned, none of these were nominated.)
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