maniLA ice's Pittsburgh Steelers fan blog archive for 01/2008

January 2008

January 28, 2008

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Hello Stiller Nation. This is my first post so I'm breaking the ice by calling out one of my favorite Steelers of all-time, Hines Ward.

Last week, QB Ben Roethlisberger was asked what he wanted to see done this offseason. Big Ben said he wanted to get his contract extension done as soon as possible and was hoping the Steelers would draft a tall wide receiver. After I read it, it never gave me the impression that Roethlisberger was demanding the Steelers to take big receiver (like 6-foot-5 big) in the early rounds. He just wanted to let the organization know to at least think about it when a tall receiver is on the board. Fine.

Well, that innocent comment traveled all the way to Atlanta where Hines Ward is recovering from his knee surgery. Ward got all upset and went Psycho Ward on Post-Gazette's beat writer Ed Bouchette. He told the PG that, "If they go and get a tall receiver in the first round, someone's got to lose a job. Now we had all these weapons around us, now what are we going to do? "I was here with me, Plax and Antwaan; we had three deadly weapons. Did that win us a Super Bowl? No, the year we won the Super Bowl we had me, Antwaan and Cedrick Wilson. If there's a formula for bringing a tall guy in to win, I don't buy that."

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January 29, 2008

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The votes are in and I have issues. No, I'm not talking presidential primaries. I'm referring to the naming of the NBA All-Star Game starters. The fans, for the most part, got it right but with one glaring omission. Chris Paul should be a starting guard on the Western Conference team when all-star weekend hits New Orleans on Feb. 17.

Fans of the association could have injected some much-needed buzz to the city of New Orleans by voting in the Hornets' stud point guard. Instead, the Denver Nuggets will take up two slots in the starting lineup: Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson. Nothing against Melo or AI but....we've got two Nuggets as starters? Come on! I'm OK with Timmy Duncan as a starter, Yao Ming will be one for the rest of his career and Kobe is...well....Kobe. I'm not a Melo fan by any means but I can accept the reality of his popularity over someone like Dirk Nowitzki or Carlos Boozer. But AI over Chris Paul? Not this year.

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