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| Friday, May 2nd, 2008 | | 3:16 am |
Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr.: Best Marvel comic movie ever?
Wow. It was REALLY good. They wrote a good script and let Robert Downey Jr. carry the movie. It is EXCELLENT. Great action, fun dialogue, and great acting by Downey. He carries this movie like Johnny Depp carried the first Pirates. I won't give it an A+, because it didn't change my worldview, but wow...it was REALLY good. A! | | Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | | 9:33 am |
Dallas reacquires Jason Kidd--- my opinion.
Straight up, we gave too much, but that usually happens when Cuban does the negotiating. Diop never should have been dealt. He is going to hit big in the next 3 years becoming a hybrid of Dale Davis and Mark Eaton and Dallas fans will be sitting around wondering why they didn't keep him. Frankly we will probably be doing that by time the playoffs rolled around. I think Harris, diop, and 2 picks was just way too much. Kidd is a hall of fame player, but he is also 35 years old. He maybe has 3 years left. He is not a leader, he is more of a lockerroom distraction if not a cancer. People do like playing with him because he sets players up well, but how hard does he work? He is an instinctive player, but I am not convinced he is all that smart. I see no improvements in his game since his second year. He still can't hit a jump shot with any consistency from anywhere on the court. The idea of making this "Kidd's team" is just not very sensible IMO. Dirk adds a skill or shot every off-season or too. That made sense. I am not convinced we acquired a guy who suddenly "toughens" this team. We would have been much smarter to pursue a big man like Nene or Kurt Thomas or my personal fave Nick Collison. Not signing Mo Pete is looks just awful today. Anyway, this trade is not the end of the world, but maybe the end of the Mavs as a legit contender for a year or two --- perhaps longer. The Mavs have had 3 problems that have killed them in the playoffs the last 3 years. 1) No low post scoring. The offense has been based on spacing. Without a legitimate low post threat to keep the opponents honest defensively, teams have been able to play quicker defenders against the Mavs. Dirk can score in the low post, but that is not his game. If you force him to be the Mavs low post scoring threat, you are taking him out of his game. If you play him next to a guy who can give you 10 points a game (like Dampier did during the regular season) he an MVP. 2) Poor defense, especially perimeter defense, especially in the backcourt. The Mav D was decent when Diop and Dampier were on the floor, but Dampier lacks the mobility to play against running teams, so it suffered at times in the playoffs when opponents went to small ball to slow the Mav offense. Diop was a huge plus there. If you look at the Miami and GS series you will see that we were destroyed in the backcourt. Jet is too small to face big guards. Harris was too soft to play physical guards and flopped too much (effective in the regular season but not called in the playoffs), although his quickness was a key to controlling Tony Parker. Kidd's arrival means that he will guard the 2 guard most of the time and Jet will guard the point. Against physical guards like waid and Davis, Kidd is a dramatic improvement. Against the lightning quick Parker, not so much. The hope is that Jet will rediscover some defensive aptitude now that he is not guarding guys who are 3-4 inches taller and 30 lbs heavier. We will see. It is a shame we never got to see Hassell in the playoffs guarding ginobili. 3) Lack of a 3rd (and 4th) clutch shooter. When Dirk was doubleteamed in the playoffs and kicked it to a teammate, they were unable to hit open jumpers. We have people who THINK they are clutch shooter (Jerry Stackhouse) but we need guys who can actually hit game winning playoff shots. I was a big advocate of signing Mo Pete for this reason. We did not. I think we it is all said and done this year, we will say that the kidd trade solved our first longstanding issue, but made the second worst and did nothing for the third. Kidd's penetration and scoring in the paint will do much of what an inside scorer would do. In addition Bass will pick up minutes inside and will score a bit to keep spacing. Terry will have a big playoff with Kidd setting him up for good end of game shots, but we still needed another clutch shooter. We basically traded away our 3 best defenders. Diop, Harris, and the more recently acquired Hassell. When Diop was on the floor, he played good man Defense and was an excellent team defensive focal point. A Mav could lose him man from time to time and Diop could help blocking out passing lanes and shots. He played center defensively like it should be played. Dampier on the other hand lacks the mobility to play vs. running teams as we have seen the last 2 seasons. The Mavs are screwed in the playoffs defensively vs. the lakers, San Antonio, and Pheonix. We used to have two people would could slow 2 of SA's big 3 (Parker/harris, Duncan/Diop), now we don't. Defensively Terry will have to do his best against Parker and Kidd will have to take Ginobili. We will see how that goes. | | 9:32 am |
| | 9:25 am |
Finally back up on my feet after a weeklong bout with the non-flu
It was absolutely horrible. Lindsey started calling me the toilet paper monster because I went through rolls of TP like he goes through cookies. I am really bummed because I missed Lisa and Mike. Sorry about that guys. Hopefully pretty soon I will take a trip down to Austin and I'll finally get to meet mike then. Go Obama. | | Friday, January 18th, 2008 | | 12:11 pm |
| | Thursday, January 10th, 2008 | | 10:18 am |
NY times quotes political pundit Tobi Padwick at Bloomberg non-announcement meeting at OU
Lookie, Lookie!!!!Lindseyboo and I went up to OU to see if a new third party would be emerging to push Bloomberg's candidacy. Our gut feeling was that while we enjoyed the non-partisan message of teamwork, the decision of a non-partisan candidacy has not been made and would not be for another few weeks. excerpt: " “I wonder about all this,” said Tobi Padwick, 36, who drove to the event from Texas. Mr. Padwick said he believed the eventual nominees would be Mr. Obama and Senator John McCain, and “that sort of steals a lot of thunder, since they’re the two more moderate candidates.” " Go me! | | Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | | 9:15 am |
New Years resolutions: Year of Tobi, Year III, The year of Tobi's House
As you well know, every year I do new year's resolutions. I find that my life improves every year I make these resolutions as I complete about 80% or so each year. This year is going to be all about investing in the house/preparing for a family. This involves expanding the house, which is a source of concern as it will make my house taxes go up. This year's resolutions: 1) Develop savings. I have never been a saver. It is high time that changed. I am going to save $100-200 from each paycheck. 2) Address a longstanding committment issue. 3) Add shelves in the Kitchen in the space where the cabinets were. Lindsey was VERY upset when I took down the cabinets as she did not like my idea of putting a back door in there. I have been sold on the idea that a back door is not the way to go there, so shelves would be good. This needs to be done by Feb. 15th. "Tobi, I just want some shelves!!!" 4) Get XXXX.com, Jose' and I's brainchild up in the first quarter of the year. Jose' has been waiting patiently for me to complete my end of the work. I melted down about a month ago after getting the design 80% done. I need to get my part done. I need to finish the design by Jan 31st then write the breakdown and get it over to Jose' to code by Feb 15th. 5) Sell about 30,000 - 50,000 of my comics and about 7,000 comics for Romy. Yeah. I know. My plan is to use the money to finance non-comic projects. 6) Reduce my weekly comic spending. It isn't out of control IMO, at 1/30th of my total income, but it is higher than it probably should be. 7) Move the fence forward to open more room for house expansion by expanding the backyard. 8) Lay more slab. I need to figure out how to correctly lay slab and then lay more slab outside the kitchen. This slab will eventually be the sunroom/breakfast nook. 9) Build expansion room. This will be a full year goal. I want to expand onto the house to fix a number of issues. I want to add room so the upstairs room can be earmarked for kids, rather than an office/guest room. I also want the house to have a back door that faces the back of the house. (Novel idea? I know...) 10) Buy a chainsaw and cut down a lot of the tree cover in my backyard. I was able to open up a lot of light for my vegatable garden effort last year, but I should be able to do a ton better this year with a little more light. That will also help my lawn. I am going to try to get my neighbors involved with that too. 11) Try to stop giving away money. I give money away to every homeless person who asks. The other day I gave $15 away to a beggar and then told lyndsey I couldn't afford to buy her a book. You have to be able to take care of your own before you help others. I am still going to help my friends and charities in need, but only when I really have the money to do so. I am going to try to steel myself not to help beggars. 12) No more saving squirrels from my fireplace. I wrecked the tubing for my fireplace trying unsuccessfully to save an animal who crawled in there. I cannot be that destructive to my house anymore. (I think this one will be very tough to make stick.) 13) Repair Fireplace for next winter. 14) Look into the expansion of my heating and cooling system. I have been advised that the blower and the exterior HVAC unit/heat pump are appropriately sized for my house, but that the house was not properly designed as far as air intake. The house has one air intake vent but really needs 2. I figure after expansion it will REALLY need a second intake vent. 15) Replace the wood edging on the house. The paint's getting old and I have a little woodrot on some of the edging. I had a guy come out and replace the edgeing on the chimney for me and it looks like something I can do. I am going to replace the edging on what parts of the house I feel safe doing and pay him to come back out and do the rest. 16) Paint the house. The house is in dire need of being painted. I am going to have him prep the house for me and paint everything I don't want to paint. 17) Get the tree removal people to come get the Chinese pistachio in my front yard. They apparently will pay for a tree of that size. (sweet!) The tree drops sap every fall. 18) Investigate the cost of having pillars put into the front of the house. The adding of pillars won't happen for a year or two, but the house appears to have seen semi-poorly designed. The room above the garage extends hanging out over the garage. That part is not supported at all and I can detect it leaning slightly outward --- not at all comforting. 19) Investigate the cost of redesigning the downstairs bathroom. I would like to go with a smaller dual sink cabinet setup, move the toilet over, and open room for a garden tub. It may be easier to go with my original plan to rip down the rear wall to the kitchen (where lindsey's shelves are going) and move that back 8-12 inches to add the space (thereby cutting into the kitchen area, but even that is problematic. The kitchen is too small and cutting space out would be tough for me to live with and not acceptable with the other resident either. :) Going to have to think this one out more. 20) Rework the upstairs bathroom. I currently have a leak under one of the sinks that has done a number on the cabinet underneath. It isn't plainly obvious at a glance and I have the water to that sink cut off to eliminate that issue, but it does beg the question, repair or redesign? I am leaning with redesign even though it could be kind of expensive. I think the sooner I can get one bathroom really looking sweet, the happier everyone will be with the house. My thoughts are new smaller dual faucet cabinets. Since the bathroom is upstairs, moving the toilet over is a plumbing and woodwork issue only, not a cement issue like downstairs. From there adding a Garden tub would not be too hard. 21) Add a window to the upstairs bathroom. I like to be able to look outside while I am showering, so I am going to add a window and sill to the upstairs bathroom. 22) Build a sundeck and stairs on the rear roof and stairs and a half door in the earmarked room. This will be a fun project. I think I will grow my blueberries up there on the sundeck if I can. 23) Finish moving the cannaes and put in a metal border to keep their tuberous roots from expanding outward into the yard. 24) Put my bonus towards savings. 25) Mow then kill the front lawn again in early February and seed drought and heat resistant Zoysia grass. 26) Excercise my fat ass and eat right. I am nearly 220 lbs. I want to get back down to 200. I am going to do this by walking every day and getting back to eating kashi most mornings and cereal every other morning, rather than the bacon and eggs and pancakes that frequently displaced them last year. In addition, I want to get back to having late night snacks that consist of a can of vegatables when I am in the mood to snack. When I was eating Kashi every morning, I couldn't get over 190. 27) Take Lyndsey on a few vacations this year. ...Besides the San Diego Comic Con. 28) Get metal troths. Last year I grew my vegatable garden on the ground and had a ton of weeds. This year I am going to plant them in metal animal feeding troths elavated off the ground to prevent week encroachment. 29) Be less wasteful in my spending. Lindsey and I don't need to eat out as often as we do. It makes a ton more sense to eat healthy at home than to regularly go out for fries and pizza at a cookie cutter. I think we should eat out less often and eat at nicer places when we do. This has the added bonus of getting Lindsey out of those damned cordouroys and into dresses and skirts with high heels. Va-Va-VOOM! 30) Starting in March write for an hour each morning and nothing more, but write every morning. 31) Start living more on a daily schedule. I am fantastically productive when I work off a schedule and to be honest, to me productivity=happiness. 32) Call efficient attics and have them evaluate the attic and give me a quote. 33) Add those spinning attic fans. 34) Insulate the attic better if I don't hire those guys to do it. I might also add planks/platforms so we can use the upper attic as deep storage. 35) Get my office/writing/drawing space properly set up. I would like to be able to write a children's book, draw a comic page, or plan a business proposal in Boo and I's office. That isn't happening now. I need a new scanner and might need to buy or borrow a free standing harddrive to reorganize my computer files. I might need to move the room. 36) Get the HVAC perspiration catching pan replaced and draining somewhere sensible instead of onto my porch. I really have about 40 this year, but that is plenty. | | Sunday, December 30th, 2007 | | 12:39 pm |
the year in review
Last years goals: 1) Get my teeth fixed. I am actually 2 months from being done with this one. (I know I said about the same thing last year, but they have advised me that my braces will come off after the next visit). 2) Get lazer vision surgery (I always wanted lazer vision--what a cool power!). I invested $3000 into a medical savings fund that I used for eye surgery in December. I had to get PRK, so it will be a while before I have clear 20/20 vision, but I don't regret the surgery at all. I can see without glasses. I can play basketball without glasses and see the rim. Never before in my life. I can see Lindsey when I wake up without glasses. 3) Build a better cash cushion. I tried this briefly, but my medical savings fund cut a little too deep into my pay and I really wasn't THAT concerned about savings. 4) Get my Koi Pond going properly. Well the pond is OK. Fish live there. It is currently half drained for the winter. I am considering incorporating it into my foundationwork...hmmmm. 5) growing something in both parts of my yard. For the second year in a row, a success and a failure. The vegatable garden did pretty well. Roma tomatoes and beans kicked butt and the corn did pretty well, but big sections of the yard were unproductive due to lack of light. The front yard was infested by weeds. i killed them all, but have a very weak front lawn now. 6) Paint the house trim. Got the wood rot fixed, but the majority of the trim needs to be replaced and then repainted and that thwarted me. 7) Get the AC fixed. Had the HVAC people come in and they replaced the blower unit. That helped a lot. | | Thursday, December 20th, 2007 | | 8:33 am |
Kid names
No, no one is pregnant out Denton way, but I just thought I would list some ideas I have and we have had for quick reference. Twin girls Violet Ivy & Othelia Olive Rose We both have a love of old school girl names. Violet and Ivy were my grandmothers' preferred names. Otelia was Lindsey's grandmother's name. I like Rose as it goes well with the other girl name and we both like Olive. 3 names is a little wheels off, but could work in case the little one really can't handle "Otelia". Single Rosalyn is a name I like too, but not at the expense of rose. Twin Boys Matthew Dragon and Luke Diamond. These are, of course, non-approved names, but I think they would be fun names for boys and they would be doubly tributes to my brothers. Matt has always been mythical. I remember Gail relating a story where she was in a lunchroom at West Texas State and some of her fellow students from various panhandle communities were telling tall tales of this guy they all knew of, "crazy Matt". Well it didn't take long for Gail to relaize that she'd heard all of these stories before albeit from a slightly different perspective. Crazy Matt was our brother and a legend among the various panhandle communities he visited. Matt has since retired to become, of all things, a surfer in Hawaii. When I think of "dragon" as a name, I think of a guy who has his own internal discipline (like a kung fu expert for example) and powerful figure who finds his own way. Someone who doesn't see any limits to what he can acheive. I want that worldpath for my son. Luke, on the otherhand, was always grounded in reality. He was always the practical brother. When the family took an interest in Football, Luke quickly realized he would need to transform his body to be able to dominate the line of scrimmage. Alone among our family, Luke embraced weightlifting. (The rest of us did it to keep pace, but we sure didn't love it.) Luke was a beast on the feild dominating both sides of the line. Once during his senior year, Dumas had to beat Lubbock Dunbar to make the playoffs. Luke was matched up against a highly recruited D1 prospect. Luke killed him. At the end of the game the guy was pointing at his helmet and complaining to the refs. "Padwick, give him back his ear," the coach told Luke. Luke just beamed quietly. Luke studied hard throughout school and went to stanford. He graduated, but wasn't satisfied with his degree so he went back to school and became a doctor. Luke is a rock solid man who understands you can bend the world to your will with hard work. He has melted away most of the things that don't help him acheive his goal through hard work and amplified those things that do. I think there is a mineral analogy. I think a diamond well represents him and another successful worldpath for a son. Plus the names lend themselves to pro-wrestling. If I have twin boys that would not suprise me at all. Single Boys Michael Michael is my dad's name. I'd like to name a son after my Dad if I am so lucky as to have one. My Dad is a pretty neat mixture of high achever and kind dreamer. He became a doctor through hard work, but chose a branch of medicine that paid less, but helped more people. He is an old school family doctor. I know the sacrifices he's made to help people. I spent my entire life sharing my Dad with others. I have seen him torn up when medicine couldn't help his patients. I hope my kids think of me like I think of my Dad. I'll have been a successful father if they do. Jude Jude is Lindsey's grandfather's name. I think it is a nice name too. | | Thursday, December 13th, 2007 | | 8:35 am |
I contributed to Joe Biden's presidential run today.
This was my first time to contribute to a candidates campaign. Why Biden, you ask? Well, as the top dems have shown a lack of spine, the momementum of the big 3 (and the Dems in general) has been stalling out. Biden, however has shown spine and swagger and is beginning to spike at the right time. He has gotten up to 8%* and prognosticators are predicting a suprise 3rd place or higher finish in Iowa. I contributed to buy him an ad in Iowa, and if he does well, I'll probably contribute for ads in additional states. (*I know that seems small but momentum is everything. On the republican side Huckabee went from 12% to 25% of the republican vote in a month. 8% with a soft top 3 is enough that he could have a suprise finish in 2nd or 3rd place in Iowa, which would make him one of the top 3 in the next primaries, which totally changes how he'd be viewed.) I have liked what I have seen from two of the democrats so far, Barak Obama and Joe Biden. Early on, I thought Obama was the guy I'd end up going for, but he campaigned and debated so poorly. IMO, he has crappy handlers, but is a good principled guy. I don't like the fact that he is a real politician, speaking out of both sides of his mouth and not taking stances. Biden, I knew nothing about. He really grabbed me. He is probably the most politically experienced candidate on the Dem side having been in the Senate for like 20 years and in the foreign realtions committee for much of that time. He hits me as a very honest guy and a straight shooter. He is TV dynanite with hysterically pointed one-liners, but is not without his faults. He is a little cocky. He is a little in love with his own voice and will sometimes gaffe because he speaks too much. That said, he has a lot more to say that is of merit than I have seen from the other candidates. Watching the debates I have found it telling that Hillary and Obama seem to be slowly adopting Biden's platforms. I think this is because his platforms are quite sound. To me this suggest Biden has both good insight and practices solid logic in evaluating situations. When Musharref seized control in Pakistan, Biden, in his day job, called him and was one of a small handful of people who talked him down. (No other candidates.) There seems to be a strong feeling that if he doesn't win the election that with his expertise in foreign relations he will be a front runner for the secretary of state job, even if a republican wins... I have a link that outlines the Biden plan for Iraq, which is pretty much what I have felt should have been done in Iraq for that last 2 years. http://www.joebiden.com/issues/?id=0009I am posting this because I think Biden is interesting and I hope after reading the above link you will feel that way too, but regardless of your political leanings, I do encourage you all to get registered. Biden gold: on Rudy Guiliani In response to Guiliani's attack of the Democratic candidate credentials: "And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here talking about any of the people here. Rudy Giuliani... I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There's nothing else! There's nothing else! And I mean this sincerely. He's genuinely not qualified to be president." Biden being Biden. “I will eat Rudy Giuliani alive at a debate” | | Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 | | 2:03 pm |
Down with collectors! (A Tobi victory!)
So I have been getting collectors calling me and making a general nusiance of themselves seeking someone I know. Some of you who don't know me may not know this about me, but I defaulted on two credit cards after my shop failed, oh so many years ago. When that occurred I was called daily by collection agencies for years. It got so bad that I stopped answering my phone for a few years (before the age of caller ID). It was a very dark period in my life. So anyway, last weekend this company woke us up and we told them to tell us their company name and why they are calling and we'd pass on a message. That was VERY fulfilling as they wouldn't tell us why they were calling ---presumably as it would be an invasion of privacy and would leave them in a legally untenable stance. They actually retreated off the phone. THAT was greatness. But alas it was not the end of the discussion. The most dogged employee of that company called and left a message for said individual. Well, I called the company back, hit that employee's office, and left a message with her receptionist advising that I am not said individual, that said individual does not live here, and that I AM on the national do not call list and I am getting very pissed off about receiving other people's collection calls. She promised to remove my number from their calling list. Man, I wonder if they are going to call back again...? | | 9:12 am |
| | Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 | | 8:37 am |
Finally went to see the Simpsons movie with Lindsey
It was really a fun time. She squeezed my hand everytime homer or the Comic guy said something Tobiesque and I returned the favor for Marge. Best "Ha-Ha, that's you lines": Tobi: "Comic Book Guy: I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books... and now there's only time to say... LIFE WELL SPENT!" Lindsey: "Lisa Simpson: But I'm so angry. Marge Simpson: You're a woman. You can hold on to it forever." ...I actually wasn't going to squeeze her hand on that one because it is kind of mean, but Lindsey was beaming, trying to supress a huge smile because she could see some truth in that so I figured it was fair game. It was a really nice date. | | Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 | | 9:07 am |
Bills kick cowboys up and down the feild
and then spit the bit. I actually predicted a game like that, but not the actual score. My prediction from sunday: "I think Buffalo will control the ball with conservative passing and a good running game and give Dallas a surprisingly tough game before Dallas pulls away in the 4th. I could see buffalo taking and holding a lead for most of the game, but I can't see them winning. 35-26 lets say." It was a weird game as I think they played 60 minutes and the cowboys never lead, but won the game. That's just ...well... Buffalo. I have to say, Buffalo's other young QB was very impressive, even though the cowboy defense is currently one of the NFL's worst and the Bill's defense and running games are also very solid. If they ever manage to overcome the self-inflicted wound syndrome they could easily be a 500 or better club. | | Sunday, June 24th, 2007 | | 9:11 am |
Mike, you'd be proud!
So I was grocery shopping with the Monkey (my nephew cole) the other day. I had him sitting in the cart and tickled him. He squirmed away and laughed. THEN, WITH PERFECT FORM, he landed a very strong jab to my solar plexus! Excellent form AND very good force. Straight delivery, good speed, excellent extension, AND he used the rotation of his hips to increase the force. You'd have been so proud! (I was!) Of course, then I had to grumblingly tell him, "Don't hit, Cole... Mommy doesn't like hitting." :P He definitely will have your strength. | | 8:04 am |
Best day-after-birthday present ever
I woke up yesterday to the news that President Bush's approval rating dropped below Jimmy Carter's all time low. I cannot begin to tell you how happy this makes me. When Bush was floating at 28-29%, his legacy was that he would be looked at as a good president (he was, afterall, re-elected) who hit the doldrums during his presidency. Remember Reagan. Reagan went through a breif period of unpopularity during his two terms, but is now looked back on through love goggles as the greatest president of the last 50 years. I worried that when Bush left office, Americans would, as we are want to do, forget all the bad and remember only the good and elevate him to a similar, if slightly lesser, level. No one really focuses on bush Sr's all-time approval rating low point. And Bush Jr.'s I think would have also been forgotten. This approval rating GUARANTEES his legacy is shit. ( more.... ) | | Saturday, June 16th, 2007 | | 11:25 am |
| | Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 | | 8:28 pm |
| | Saturday, May 12th, 2007 | | 9:57 am |
Now that the NBA season is over...
And Dirk has a rather disappointing MVP trophy, it is time for basketball fans to start looking towards the next season. And by basketball fans, I mean Mav fans. I have had to listen to a lot of crap over the last few weeks about how "you can't win a title with Dirk Nowitski as your #1". Hogwash. ( More... ) | | Sunday, April 29th, 2007 | | 12:49 am |
NFL Draft 2007
I had a couple of thoughts about today's draft. Oakland took Demarcus Russell QB from LSU #1. He's a little raw. He does have a big arm and has a pretty good grasp on the game. I think he will be an average NFL starter to an outright bust. He could be the second coming of Akili Smith, Dan Mcgwire, or Ryan Leaf. I think he will make mistakes because he expects his arm to get him out of trouble. He is moving into an offense where the owner wants deep passes, but the team is trading away their deepball threat. The rookie NFL coach will be a pass heavy guy who won't throw deep too much. I think the only way the guy works starting from day one is in a ball control attack with limited passing attempts and a regular supply of play action deep passing attempts to Randy Moss. I am predicting failure. Brady Quinn of Notre Dame was a QB I didn't like either. Like Peyton Manning, he was unfairly saddled with the "can't win big games" label, but that wasn't his fault; ND's defense rolled over vs. top opponents. Quinn was very well coached in college, but I look at him as a similar talent to former Cleveland QB Tim Couch. Both guys are reasonable but not overwhelming physical talents. Both were students of the game at the collegiate level. I was not overly impressed with the toughness or leadership of either. I think if Quinn has gone #3 he would have been a tim couch-like bust --- some modest success before the team pulled the plug on him. Going to cleveland at 22nd though, I am thinking Quinn has a good shot to be at least an average starter. The factor about him going at 22 that changes the equation is that Cleveland was able to land an elite left tackle at #3 to protect Quinn. That will be huge. As lukewarm as my feelings for Quinn were, I will note one HUGELY important attribute that Quinn has that dramatically increases his chances of success in the NFL. Quinn has it drilled into his head not to turn the ball over in the red zone. That alone gives him a better chance than most to be a + starting QB in the league and a better chance to quickly reach that point. Jerry Jones again had a terrific draft. He landed a legit 1st rounder who should be a solid starter at OLB, a good prospect at OT, and what will likely be a top 10 or top 15 pick in next year's draft. Now that Parcell's is not "buying the groceries", the team can draft again. Miami really screwed up. Not in passing on Quinn. I think their new coach knows QBs and saw Quinn as a clayfooted softy. I think they blew it in not trading down or picking a better player --- there were better ones there than the guy they got --- although to be fair, he is not as bad as everyone has made him out to be. |
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