TUESDAY COMMENTARY: THREE IN :90
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YOU CAN FIT A LOT OF THOUGHTS INTO 90 SECONDS.
TOP OF MIND FOR ME TODAY IS THE RETURN OF CHRIS JONES TO THE CFL. THE CONTROVERSIAL COACH QUIT HIS JOB AS HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN TENNESSEE MONDAY TO REJOIN THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS.
I GET IT. THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HAD BEEN SIDELINED BY COVID FOR THREE WEEKS AND WHEN THE ARGOS CALLED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY, JONES JUMPED.
THE JONES-BASHING IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND WHAT I’VE REALIZED IS THIS:
THOSE WHO LOVE CHRIS JONES REALLY LOVE HIM. THOSE WHO HATE HIM, REALLY HATE HIM.
I KNOW THE FEELING.
BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ENOUGH TOUGH THINGS IN LIFE YOU REALIZE NO ONE’S COMING TO SAVE YOU, AND YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR #1. CHRIS JONES FIGURED THAT OUT AS A CHILD.
SECOND, THE BLUE JAYS MAY HAVE SAVED THEIR BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR FOR MONDAY’S 8-1 ROUT OF THE DIVISION-LEADING TAMPA BAY RAYS AT ROGERS CENTRE.
ROOKIE ALEK MANOAH PITCHED EIGHT SCORELESS INNINGS, VLADY NOW LEADS THE MAJORS WITH 45 HOMERUNS AND TORONTO IS 12-1 IN SEPTEMBER. THEY LEAD THE MAJORS WITH 232 HOMERUNS.
AS THEY SAY, IT’S NOT HOW YOU START BUT HOW YOU FINISH.
AND LASTLY THE NFL HAS TO BE BEAMING TODAY. WEEK 1 CLOSED WITH AN OVERTIME THRILLER IN LAS VEGAS WITH THE RAIDERS TOPPING THE RAVENS 33-27 ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
THE GAME AND BROADCAST HAD IT ALL: HEROES, VILLAINS, DRAMA & SUSPENSE.
THEY USED TO SAY THE N-F-L STOOD FOR THE “NO FUN LEAGUE”.
NOT ANYMORE.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY
Rod, Pure absolute gold standard: “BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ENOUGH TOUGH THINGS IN LIFE YOU REALIZE NO ONE’S COMING TO SAVE YOU, AND YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR #1. CHRIS JONES FIGURED THAT OUT AS A CHILD.” I would like to have people harken back to March, 2020. All that free overtime you people put in. All that time you worked and avoided your family. All the times you passed on exiting a company for a promotion due to “loyalty” When guys like me write your termination letter trust me there are no tears shed. Chris Jones learned… Read more »
With regards to the Toronto Argonauts brining in Chris Jones to be a Defensive Assistant. If Ryan Dinwiddie and Rich Stubler are on board with this I’ll have you all reference the documentary of the Danbury Trashers of the old UHL on Netflix. The Equipment Manager Tommy “T-Bone” Pomposello – yes the pro Equipment Manager who checked middle graders into the boards in hockey practices states about Commissionaire Brossal meeting with him, mobster Joe Galante, and son A.J Galante, “It dawns on me. He has no idea what’s coming. He has no idea who is sitting across the table from… Read more »