Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Second member of the Moronica Hall of Fame

Its been brought to my attention that there may be some good candidates to join Steve Donner as members of the Moronica Hall of Fame. Candidates included Ed Hochuli, The astronaut that lost the tool bag in space, sports super agent Scott Boras, but the newest entry into the Moronica Hall of Fame is none other than Dick Jauron, coach of the Buffalo Bills. His decisions at the end of the Buffalo-Cleveland game rank right up there in moronica. Lets set up this honor clinching scenario.... Buffalo gets the ball back, down two points with about 2 minutes to go at around their 45 yard line. Trent Edwards completes a pass, with authority no less, down the middle to get into outer field goal range with plenty of time left on the clock so what does Mr. Mind do? He has the best kicker in the league from 40 yards on in. Ryan Lindell has not missed from that range in almost 50 trys (he currently has the longest streak active streak from that range in the NFL) so instead of getting into that sure shot range he calls three running plays which the Browns stuff. This ends up with Lindell attempting a kick from 47 yards out. Now, in Ralph Wilson Stadium this time of year you are pressing your luck with trying kicks from outside of 40 yards but does Mr. Mind care? No. And it cost us the game. The fourth quarter has been Trent Edwards's best quarter all year.....why not let him try to get the touchdown, or at the very least into point blank field goal range where Lindell could have kicked it in with his schmeckel????
The second credential that has impressed us here in Moronica was his oh so decisive heave of the replay flag on a play in which the Patriots completed a long pass but the receiver's second foot was certainly out of bounds. Does Mr. Mind heave it like a man out into the middle of the field?? No, he drops it on the field like Mr. Wimpy and, of course, it fails to draw the attention of any official and the Patriots end up running the next play and wind up scoring later in the drive. The Venus de Milo could have heaved the replay flag farther onto the field than he did. Sounds like a man with a firm grasp of decisiveness.
The third credential that was submitted for our review was the placement of Angelo Crowell on injured reserve for what was to be a four to six week recovery period for his knee surgery. Boy, wouldn't Angelo look good out on the field at this time, eh?
While having the personality of a rock on the sidelines is not a credential we look at for induction into our Hall we see it as a testament to the fomenting of moronica in Mr. Jauron's mind.
Based upon the submitted credentials in which our board has reviewed, and based upon his past "work" with other teams in the league we have has selected Mr. Jauron as our newest member of the Moronica Hall of Fame. Lets all welcome Dick Jauron into our Hall and please give him a hearty congratulations when you see him for the honor that has been bestowed.

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