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In the wake of as the new Australian Rugby Union coach the 48 year old New Zealander can thank an Australian 18 years his senior for making his transition into the job much smoother than it could have been two months ago. Make no mistake; media personality Alan Jones’s interest in the Wallabies head coaching position was a huge coup for the ARU who were always going to appoint Deans if incumbent All Blacks coach Graham Henry failed in his bid to hold onto the job following yet another Kiwi World Cup implosion in France. With Jones making headlines by simply saying he was interested and then officially applying – the ARU was promised blanket coverage in the press until such time as Deans became officially available for an interview. There isn’t much doubt that Jones along with fellow short listed candidates Ewen McKenzie (NSW Waratahs coach). John Muggleton (Wallabies assistant coach). David Nucifora (Auckland Blues coach) and Laurie Fisher (ACT Brumbies coach) were all destined to tread water waiting for the All Blacks coaching situation to be resolved following their own ARU interviews in early November. But the fact Jones was genuinely interested was a media boon for the game as the prominent breakfast radio announcer had the coaching pedigree and public influence to fill Rugby Union’s traditional off-season lull with excitement about a job the ARU board had all but decided was going to Deans. The excellent feature on Jones’ Wallabies blueprint in the Sydney Morning Herald (December 1) by Roy Masters outlined the brief the former Wallabies coach had given to the interviewing panel on November 9. In that brief Jones was clear in his intentions to get the game back to the basics and when addressing the seemingly on-going issues with the Wallabies scrum he said “I believe there is a lot of confusion in the game about the general role of the forwards” and that “my preference on what I’ve seen would be to set it (the scrum) early and feed quickly” both statements that encourage simple straightforward tactics which obviously were the basis of his coaching regime in the 1980s. Jones also called for the coaching team to be streamlined and reduced in number to increase effectiveness – another provocative statement that ensured the game received plenty of media coverage. The Wallabies had crashed out of the World Cup at the Quarter Final stage and as a result whoever was going to succeed the outgoing John Connolly faced an off-season of scrutiny as to how that individual was going to turn things around in four years time. Had the ARU right off the bat appointed someone in October or November the new coach would have had a couple of days in the press window to explain why his tenure would be different to his two predecessors (Eddie Jones and Connolly) and then there’d have been little or no Rugby Union coverage until the Super 14 trials in January. Add in the disinterest of the general public towards Rugby Union at the end of a long season and whose attitude towards any new coach’s rhetoric would have been something like ‘win the Bledisloe Cup back and then we’ll care’; and the ARU would have wasted two or three months of media exposure and the new guy in charge is on the backfoot with the fans already. By dragging out the interviewing process – which saw Wallabies assistant coach Scott Johnson’s withdraw as a result – and waiting on the NZRU to make a final decision between Henry and Deans the ARU had ensured the game would stay in the press for a couple of months and once Alan Jones seriously applied – it was like Christmas had come early. The various subplots surrounding Jones’ interest (will he leave 2GB? is he out of touch with the game? and of course – is this just a media stunt?) made the head coaching position seem sexy intriguing and only suitable for the best of candidates. So when Deans missed out on the All Blacks position; he appeared not only qualified but clearly the best option when stacked against the other contenders who had apparently not done enough over the previous months to convince the ARU they were can’t miss prospects for the job. Even Jones now looked a lesser option because surely the NZRU had made a huge error in passing on the hugely successful Crusaders coach whose team has dominated the Super Rugby competition for the past decade and brings a winning brand of rugby to the table. The ARU – once again headed by the astute John O’Neill – have played their cards expertly in this process and have seemingly convinced all and sundry that Robbie Deans is not only the best choice but the only choice to lead Australia to the 2011 World Cup. Plus there are no real losers in this process given the other candidates all have Super 14 coaching jobs to fall back on and in Alan Jones’s case – a slightly successful media career. That’s a bit like saying Kevin Rudd can thank John Howard for staying in power until he was ready to assume the mantle of PM of Aus. I’m sorry but you talk utter nonsense. The ARU did not play their cards expertly. & O’Neill’s judgement lacked astuteness this time. I’m talking about the entire selection process. The word farce doesn’t do it justice. Australian rugby got it’s man - Robbie Deans - but the manner of his appointment is nothing less than a slur on the integrity of the ARU. Sometimes the ends doesn’t justify the means. The ARU could still have got Deans but have been more transparent in its process. I even had an ex-Joeys mate (O’Neill’s old school) make the poignant observation that O’Neill isn’t the man he claims to be (I’m assuming an integrity issue here). As for Alan Jones’ article in the SMH he said nothing more than any half-witted rugby supporter could have figured out for themselves. Jones as usual articulated himself superbly but he wasn’t saying anything ‘out of this world’. Of the Aussie candidates. I plumbed for Jones but less for his coaching acumen. & more for his corporate connections. It’s no secret Australian rugby has somehow lost its golden nest-egg from 2003. The reason the ARU is so desperate for Deans is to have a coach make the Wallabies successful again. I really don’t get the Alan Jones interest. He was coach before professional rugby with some excellent talent in the Wallabies team just lucky I would think. Since then he has become a media sensationalist shock jock who’s prepared to do and what he pleases on air even if he is breaking numerous broadcasting laws. So where is the integrity in the man personally I rate him very low. He are few brief details about Alan Jones; Born 1941 Oakey Queensland age 66. Rugby union Career he coached the manly Marlins for 1 year in 1983 won premiership and Wallabies Coach 1984 – 87 with an excellent Wallaby team. But this is Alan Jones 20 years ago since then… Alan Jones is fuelled by controversy: from a number of defamation cases cash for comment for Telstra (Stadium Sponsor) and Qantas (A Wallabies Sponsor) Jones and 2UE in 1992 were found guilty of contempt of court after the criminal trial of ex-policeman John Killen was aborted following an interview with a former Drug Enforcement Squad officer. Incitement of violence involvement in the Cronulla riots. On 10 April 2007 the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found that the broadcaster 2GB and Jones had broadcast material (specifically comments made by Jones between December 5-9. 2005) that was likely to encourage violence or brutality and to vilify people of Lebanese and Middle-Eastern backgrounds on the basis of ethnicity.[ Alan Jones was convicted of breaching the Children’s (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) by broadcasting the suppressed name of a juvenile witness in a murder trial. On Wednesday 18 October 2007 it was revealed that NSW State Coroner Mary Jerram was referring Jones and The Daily Telegraph to the NSW Supreme Court for comments made the Friday earlier relating to the inquest into the death of Private Jake Kovco. Jones is being referred on the charge of contempt of court which if found guilty could carry a jail term. This some of Alan Jones exploits if you wish to know more goggle him. The above points have been edited from where the above points have been taken from Wikipedia Alan Jones. I personal view is Alan Jones 2008 is of a very questionable character. Alan Jones certainly had the cards fall his way in 1983-84 but he was smart enough to capitalise. I know this is going off on a tangent but you might be interested in the following. The magnificent grand slam pack of 1984 was: Topo Rodriguez. Tom Lawton. Andy McIntyre. Steve Williams. Steve Cutler. David Codey. Simon Poidevin & Steve Tuynman. Backups were Mark McBain. Nigel Holt. Chris Roche & Ross Reynolds. Lawton. McIntyre. Cutler. Codey. Tuynman. McBain. Holt. Roche & Reynolds were all blooded in tests & tours by Bob Dwyer in 1982-83. This was invaluable experience for when Jones took over. Poidevin & Williams were the only two long term Wallaby forwards. Then of course. Jones was incredibly lucky to have Rodriguez come into Australia when he did. He turned a good Wallaby scrum into an awesome weapon of destruction. He was the leader. Jones also had the good sense to let Mark Ella call the backline shots despite Andy Slack being captain. Has a better backline ever taken the field than the one for the opening grand slam test against England in 1984? Farr-Jones. Ella. Moon. Lynagh. Slack. Campese. Gould. Moon broke his arm in this test. & missed the rest of the tour. Yes. Jones was lucky had Ella kicked a late field goal in the 1983 grand final. Randwick would have won. & Dwyer perhaps retined as national coach. But Jones when given the opprtunity was smart enough to capitalise on his good fortune. Some years ago in the states there was an outstanding racehorse named Smarty Jones. He won the Kentucky Derby & Preakness Stakes but missed the ‘triple crown’ when he bombed out in the Belmont Stakes. Sort of summarises Alan Jones’ career also. Grand Slam 1984. Bledisloe Cup 1986 but missed the World Cup 1987. Despite your scepticism. Rudd and Federal Labor CAN thank Howard for staying on. They couldn’t believe their good fortune that his ego and supposed “lack of respect” from some fellow Liberals prompted him to believe ONLY he could have a chance of winning the 2007 election. The conclusion of internal Liberal Party polling 15-16 month out from the election was that the Government had no hope of winning the 2007 Federal Election with Howard as leader and it also concluded Howard would lose his own seat as well. Like a typical LEO he believed only he could do the job. What he failed to realise - or face and accept - was that in Victoria both he and his wife were hated and in Qld they were despised. I got this feed back from a former Victorian - now Qlder - with impeccable Liberal connections [late father was a Victorian State member for over 20 years]. The 2 biggest State swings were in Qld and Victoria. Some voters on Bribie Island were heard to remark “give me the voting papers so I can vote Howard and his wife out”. They didn’t have a clue who they were voting for - only who they was voting against! This election was similar to 1972,1976,1982 & 1996 Federal elections where the voters only wanted one thing - dismissal of the incumbent PM and by inference his party. They got their wishes in all cases. In fact all the elections since 1972 where the incumbent lost - ALL WERE WON BY THE DROVER”S DOG SYNDROME. The populace wanted the incumbent out. Even Bomber Beasley would have won had he been the Labor leader. Labor by comparison KNOWS how to handle succession of leaders - at least since the Keating landslide. Notice how every State Labor leader was “pushed” on during the prior 15 months except Nth Territory and she has gone since? They eliminate any potential bad “smells” by changing the guard. It works too - as they continue to win election after election when LOGIC would suggest the contrary. Remember the NSW result?! Labor demonised Costello for 12 years for one reason and one reason only - THEY FEARED HIM. Labor put out continuing disinformation about Costello from the time the Coalition came to power in 1996. If one “bells the lie” often enough then there comes a time when the punters - having heard it frequently [by Labor] - accept it as “fact”. That is why a new leader needs 15 months at least to establish him/herself in the eyes of the voters. Howard’s hubris stopped this occurring when LOGIC and evidence suggested otherwise. We get what we deserve! The reason I’ve outlined the above is to highlight what a monumental mistake the NZRU has made in the reappointment of Henry. They stayed with the incumbent who failed to deliver the ultimate prize [RWC] instead of embracing the challenger who has delivered. Australia threw out the incumbent [Howard] for being too successful and embraced an unknown with no experience to run an economy the size of Australia. Never underestimate perception! Bob - you will get no argument from me that the NZRU did not make the best decision - without a doubt that would have been to appoint Deans. On that basis I could see an argument that Deans has the NZRU to thank for getting the Wallabies role (in a convoluted sort of way). There’s alos no real argument against your analysis of JWH and why the Libs lost (I believe there are now 6 books in print that analyse this and at least two of them follow the same broad theme you outline). But there is no way I can draw a line from Alan Jone’s entry to the race for the Wallabies coaching role and Deans getting the gig nor can I stretch to his presence making it easier for Deans to assume the role. Perhaps my analogy to the Fed election was misplaced but the sentiment as intended remains - Alan Jone’s hat in the ring had no bearing on Dean’s appointment nor will it have any impact on how successful he will be. : The bear My honest opinion of things I don’t like Holman He has been given a shot and he failed. He played well for like two matches (Qatar and Holland) but he hasn’t played well regularly and its time to try someone... : dasilva the argument is sound but it is one that doesn’t help Nicky’s cause. Unless you believe that an unhealthy fixation on playing a lone striker with Holman in “support” is pushing out a natural...

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So are the big changes at 790: the Stews are moving to the afternoon slot. Matt Chernoff is totally out. throw Oliver and Mike Bell are going to be the new afternoon drive measure show (along with Brandon Leak) and Brandon Adams and Jeff Woolverton are going to get the 11-1 timeslot. On the whole. I'm happy with the changes. I had soured on the Stews a little as they have gotten more and more schtick-heavy and were discussing sports less and less. Their segments are also very short even shorter than those on Mayhem. Oliver and Bell should be an excellent afternoon drive show although it's interesting that their show is essentially going to undergo the same dynamic as Buck and Kincade: one loud Yankee and one local college football guy. For some reason. I associate comedy bits with morning shows more than afternoon shows so we'll see how Bell's bits play out in the later time schedule. Leak will be important as a straight man with Bell and Oliver plus he'll give a link to the Stews' audience because he can control a little Hawks/NBA discussion. The one negative to the dress is that Bell. Nick Celini and Chris Dimino had developed great chemistry in the morning and had made Steak Shapiro superfluous; removing Bell means a great role for Steak and Steak is clearly the weakest of those four. The rampant success of Boston's three major teams has not been good for a guy who already came off as arrogant. Conversely the Falcons' annus horribilis has been great for Mike Bell who has done some very funny bits over the past couple mornings about the content of the team's 2007 bring out video. He and Celini played off of each other perfectly on that topic this morning. I like Adams and Woolverton's weekend shows because they adjoin actual sports topics. 11-1 is a good time for them as they'll be hitting 790's core audience. Der Wife will not be happy that 790 is breaking up Monsters of the Midday which had become her favorite show. She's in the car a lot more than I am during the day and had really grown to enjoy that show more than any other. Personally. I listen in the morning for about an hour and in the early evening for about 15 minutes so the moves are a slight wash for me. Mayhem gets a little weaker while the PM drive show gets stronger. By the way it wouldn't be an AJC thread on sports talk radio without a race war breaking out and the sparks starting flying in record time. Here is the very first comment posted after the bind went up: what network signed them?was it.

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Just wanted to let everyone experience that my older brother is move of this season's cast so alter sure you check the show and root for him. Anyway the show starts at 7pm Arizona measure and it should be a lot of fun. Sorry nashman's post was funny since you said in your message "my older brother". __________________----------------------------------------------------New command: The fortunes in fortune cookies have to be fortunes. "You surround yourself with good friends" is not a prediction. It's a praise. depart kissing my ass cookie! If I'm going to sit through a coat of MSG-laden twice-cooked kitty-cat. I be a real fortune like. "That meal you just ate is going to give you cancer." - Bill Maher Sorry nashman's affix was funny since you said in your communicate "my older brother". Do you believe your older brother a geek? Just curious. I am not sure I experience anyone that geeky looking no offense! Do you consider your older brother a geek? Just curious. I am not sure I know anyone that geeky looking no offense! Sorry nashman's post was funny since you said in your communicate "my older brother". Just wanted to let everyone know that my older brother Joshua is part of this toughen's direct so alter sure you check the show and root for him. Anyway the show starts at 7pm Arizona time and it should be a lot of fun. Sounds desire something someone would say if you were speaking face to approach and he couldn't hear what you said. __________________----------------------------------------------------New Rule: The fortunes in fortune cookies have to be fortunes. "You surround yourself with good friends" is not a prediction. It's a compliment. Quit kissing my ass cookie! If I'm going to sit through a plate of MSG-laden twice-cooked kitty-cat. I want a real fortune like. "That meal you just ate is going to give you cancer." - Bill Maher Wow what a bunch of geeks! And some of the most stupid girls I have ever seen hopefully all of them guys and girls can learn something! Where I went to college there were a lot of geeks (one dorm in particular). They did cram like be challenge role playing and fighting with duct tape weapons. That said. I can't bequeath anyone that fits the stereotype as come up as greenmachine's brother. Great show. I've watched each of the previous three toughen. Your brother needs back up though. He's pretty geeky. I missed the show measure night are they replaying the first episode?What displace?I watched a bit of the last toughen. I missed the show last night are they replaying the first episode?What station?I watched a bit of the last season. __________________----------------------------------------------------New command: The fortunes in fortune cookies have to be fortunes. "You surround yourself with good friends" is not a prediction. It's a compliment. depart kissing my ass cookie! If I'm going to sit through a plate of MSG-laden twice-cooked kitty-cat. I be a real fortune desire. "That meal you just ate is going to give you cancer." - account Maher Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8procure &write;2000 - 2007. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

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As Rams fans we know all too well this week the pain of trying to kick a FG rather than going for it on a bunco yardage 4th down situation. It's a move that may have cost us the game. King Kaufman always a bastion of interesting sports writing in an industry clogged up with Bill Simmons clones has a great piece at Salon today underscoring this pass as they opted for the kick rather than going for it on 4th down. He really takes Mike Holmgren to task for going for the kick on 4th and 1 inside the Arizona 10 yard line and the score tied at 17-17 noting that it was an especially ludicrous act in light of the fact that Seattle had just moved the ball 78 yards on eight easy plays to get to that inform. The St. Louis Rams having moved from their own 25 to the San Francisco 38 in the two-minute drill trailing 17-16 faced a fourth-and-3 with about a minute to play. Did Scott Linehan go for it? No he did not. Scott Linehan is an NFL coach. He sent out the field-goal unit for a 56-yard try. No good. To be bring together it didn't desire by much but what are the odds of hitting a 56-yarder and what are the odds of converting a fourth-and-3? Linehan went for that coaching favorite: The safe move that's actually more risky but somehow feels safer so it gets you less criticism. Linehan certainly didn't flee criticism. In fact calls for his continue seem to be more numerous than ever as STL sports fans thirst for some sacrificial daub to make up for the a Cardinals team not even willing to try anymore a hometown hero linked to performance enhancers and now two games into the NFL season a Pro Bowl running back with no touch downs. I think even if going for it on that fateful fourth drink had failed - the end results turned out the same anyway - it might have been easier to live with the loss knowing that the coach made a gutsy call and showed faith in a veteran offense. i was at the bet and after bennett (i think) caught the go i was saying the whole time that they had to go for it as soon as i saw wilkins trotting out there i knew we were going to lose as he lined up sf took a timeout and i thought that was a blessing in disguise i honestly thought linehan would believe it and go for it as soon as wilkins looked like he was going to be out there i knew it was over and sure enough it was when it cut short i just wanted to emit as loud as i could "TOLD YA!" I would undergo honestly spared linehan if he had gone for it and not made it (assuming he called a decent compete). Go for it. But for some cerebrate I have this horrible vision of Bulger throwing it right past the outstretched fingertips of McMichael on a route 5 yards downfield. I never would have had this vision in past years. While Bulger looked better this week than week 1 he still looked shaky on some relatively easy passes. It has been this way since preseason. I hope he gets it approve together as our o-line does. that the 56 yarder was out of our kicker's range and we were yelling for the team go for the first down. When the impel did indeed fall short the entire stadium went silent. No guts no glory my friend.

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I mean we can say the word “God” whenever we want. And TV is replete with the word “damn”. In fact. “damn” isn’t that bad a word on the enumerate of bad words. It can be used in a title of a beloved musical. “Damn Yankees”. It raised eyebrows in 1939 when Clark Gable uttered it but we’ve come a desire way since then and even he didn’t get bleeped. Fox (who aired and bleeped Sally Field) has a TV show called “The Best arouse Sports show Ever.” It’s not like the MEANING even changes does it? It’s not desire some alter words where they have a homonym that’s innoccous like with “ass”. It’s the same word. I mean any measure you use “arouse” isn’t it assumed that it’s God doing the damning? Who else damns something? Heck they should have done her a advance and bleeped out all the “UMMM”s instead of leaving those in then cutting her off just when she started SAYING something again! ‘Spos the color House had its finger on the cut off add? In this cut not only was “-d arouse” cut off (we heard the first sound of it) but so was anything else she said about the war! […] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFox (who aired and bleeped Sally Field) has a TV show called “The beat arouse Sports Show Ever.” So seperately. “God” and “arouse” are authorise. But if you put the two together… what happens? Magically it’sa MUCH WORSE WORD! … […] I think it was more an itchy trigger finger than a subversive plan. When all you have is a 7 second decelerate you don’t have time to analyse the command book to see what words or phrases are forbidden. It’s an instinctive reaction and whoever they had on the button erred on the side of warn. I can’t say I totally accuse them. You’re an atheist. If your daughter said any of the three combinations what would be your gut internal response? I don’t mean your well-thought-out “alter” say to the bloggers. I convey you and her are playing Barbies and she drops a g-d-bomb on you. What’s your sign reacton? I don’t know why g-d is worse than g- or d- used independently. You said you thought it was from the 10 commandments and it is … “Don’t act the Lord’s label in vain,” but it’s not the “damn” move of it that I think the commandment is speaking about it’s the “God” part. Being raised in a Christian home. I was raised that it’s wrong to say “God” as an exclamation. desire. “Oh my God can you believe what he did?” I actually equate that with g-d. It’s how I was raised. IMO the commandment to not take the Lord’s name in vain doesn’t mean “don’t use cuss words” at all. It means well don’t take the ennoble’s name in vain. I teach my daughter not to say “Oh my God” for worry of her offending populate. I wouldn’t change surface want her to say “damn”. I teach her to say “darn”. But television says LOTS of things that I evaluate are far worse than “oh my God” or “God damn”. They say “slut,” “work”… and I can go on and on. I don’t evaluate any atheist parent would believe their young child using the evince G-d arouse as any worse than saying just ‘damn’ alone there’s no earthly cerebrate for us to. To my object a person saying ‘damn’ is usually comfort taking the Lord’s label in vain since they’re asking God to ‘arouse’ someone or something ‘in vain’ as likely they don’t actually We can all be taught not to adjudicate; we can all be told that there are no moral absolutes. But when we go face to approach with raw naked evil then relativism nonjudgementalism and atheism count for nothing. Absolute evil calls for absolute judgement. Instinctively and intuitively we cry out for the unconditional to denounce evil unconditionally. The atheist who lets fly “Goddammit!” in the face of evil is right not do by. It is a signal of transendence a pointer toward a better possibility - and unwittingly a prayer. If it is theism that commands someone to fly an airplane into a building assail a clinic or threaten an author or a cartoonist with death for words or drawings then atheism is the very correct absolute instinctive and intuitive condemnation of that evil. What better analyse on the power of that evil than to say “begone charlatan”? Taking away the power is much exceed than condemning it with your (allegedly) even more awesome (yet sadly) similarly invisible cater who reserves (conveniently) his punishment for after it’ll do humanity any good at all. My earthly cerebrate is illustrated perfectly by your quote. You bleeped.

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Jones has two choices now that bring up Del Rio has called him out: He can dress or he can stay the same. If he changes if this is a wake-up call for him then great. Everyone wins. If he stays the same though if there are still the lackadaisical jogs on running plays or the seemingly disinterested malaise that appeared during the first two weeks of the season then the Jaguars should cut him. understand this has nothing to do with Matt Jones as a person and isn't an assault on his overall character. By all accounts Jones is a wonderful human being. It still doesn't dress the fact that perception matters in professional sports and the current perception of Jones is that he doesn't compassionate very much about his aggroup and doesn't try very hard when the roll isn't thrown to him. Whether that's true or not is almost irrelevant. It's how it looks and that isn't OK in a team sport. It just isn't. Del Rio who has never been afraid to move a challenge he didn't compassionate to say didn't hesitate on Monday when asked if he was satisfied with the effort Jones was giving on plays in which he was supposed to be blocking or running a secondary go despatch. "No. I'm not," Del Rio said flatly later adding that. "I'm not comfortable with some of the be language that's exhibited." Del Rio also said he has spoken to Jones about this problem though he declined to give specifics of the conversation. Jones was already gone for the day when reporters were given access to the locker dwell so he wasn't available for mention. It almost doesn't matter what he says though; only what he does especially in the next few weeks. Effort is the one thing that is supposed to be a constant with professional athletes and coaches on every aim will tell you they can live with players having lesser talent because not everyone has the same capability. Accepting lesser effort on the other hand isn't an option. Either you try your hardest or you go domiciliate. It's that simple in Pop Warner. It's that simple in college. It should be that simple here. The Jaguars have options if they be them: Charles Sharon a receiver who impressed during training camp is on their practice squad and there are myriad receivers who come across the waiver equip every week. If Jones isn't going to furnish an effort the coaches deem acceptable there's no cerebrate to recognise him with a roster sight. Reggie Williams was a first-round pick too and he was deactivated for the season opener. He responded by catching a touchdown go in Week 2 and there's no cerebrate Jones shouldn't be held to the same standards. He may very come up be a laid-back kind of guy off the handle but he still comes off as something less than interested on it. That apparent difference in attitude can alter coaches and players who might feel desire their unit is divided. It hurts the aggroup. "If you go into a room and you're smiling you can give populate around you," Del Rio said. "A guy like Reggie Nelson he's so beat of energy. ... I think adversely on the other side sometimes when you have that more casual demeanor about you.. it can be misconstrued." Taking a compete or two off isn't unheard of in the NFL and there is a desire enumerate of players whose demeanor is probably less than what their coaches would like. The difference is that Jones' performance hasn't reached the aim where someone might be inclined to do by his shortcomings. Making the convert from college play to pro wide receiver is difficult to be sure but Jones certainly didn't furnish back any of the money he got for being a first-round choose out of Arkansas three years ago. That means he gets judged on a higher scale and that means 80 receptions and nine touchdowns in two-plus seasons isn't good enough for there to be concerns about attitude. A year ago there were questions about Jones' toughness especially after he failed to alter a critical confront on a fumble go for a touchdown in the Jags' disastrous loss to Tennessee. In an interview with a Times-Union reporter. Jones' typically-mellow persona shifted to a more bristled tone when a question about his toughness was posed. He didn't desire it. He probably won't like this either. It doesn't matter. There is clearly a problem here and Jones gets the first chance to make it better. He's on the clock now. If he won't fix it the Jaguars should.

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BTN: Bad Futbol not good football By Jon GunnellsIf you are a cable subscriber in Ionia County there's a good come about your provider still doesn't carry the Big Ten communicate. If you're a Michigan or Michigan State fan that probably has you pretty heated. More heated than you got after watching Michigan's secondary against Oregon. More heated than you got after anything that transpired during the John L. Smith era. It's measure to cool off. This past Saturday my apartment complex debuted the BTN channel. Chanel No. 27 in our TV lineup but nowhere come that high in my personal enumerate of network power rankings. At noon the BTN showed Wisconsin versus the ever-powerful roll Playoff Division Citadel Bulldogs; a game which would have normally been shown to fans in Wisconsin on ESPN plus for free. Michiganders would undergo likely seen an Iowa-Iowa express bet that came drink to the final compete on their local version of ESPN plus. But since the BTN held the rights to that bet and many more. ESPN Plus aired the next best available game - Eastern Michigan versus Northern Illinois. Apparently the Ionia area youth football games were unavailable for broadcast which is disappointing because they would have been more entertaining. The Eagles haven't recorded a winning record in 12 seasons. At 3:30 p m when ABC. CBS. ESPN. ESPN2. ESPNU. Comcast Local and Fox Sports Net were nationally televising games the BTN was airing a soccer be. Not just any soccer be but a bad soccer match. Not just any bad soccer match but a bad women's soccer be. Not change surface the best women's soccer bet on TV. I'm going to repeat that lie because that combination of words may never be rewritten again in the United States. It wasn't change surface the best women's soccer game on television. The women's World Cup qualifier was on the Fox Soccer bring a displace we also receive for some reason nobody ordain ever understand. Recapping the go: The reason most midwesterners don't get the BTN is simple. The Big Ten wants its station on basic telecommunicate; Comcast wants it on a digital sports tier. Smaller telecommunicate operators are waiting for Comcast to make a deal before they make theirs. Direct TV and cater communicate displace the BTN- those services also cost a belligerent amount of money. The more reasonably-priced AT&T U-Verse also carries the displace but it is only available in few Michigan communities. The Big Ten feels their displace provides quality local collegiate programming. Comcast feels that 1-0 women's soccer thrillers between Florida and Illinois aren't quality. Lloyd Carr even appeared in a television commercial urging "Wolverine fans to call Comcast and tell them they be the BTN on basic cable along with a new defensive coordinator."Okay so move of that measure ingeminate is made up but the next one is not."We don't be it on a premium sports tier,” Michigan Athletic Director account Martin said in August. "The play bring. Versus they're on basic. What we're going to give is much more exciting to our state and region." More exciting than what? Folding laundry?In a June touch release Comcast said the BTN would show "back up and third-tier sporting events," labeled it "a niche sports bring" and said: "Indiana basketball fans don't want to watch Iowa volleyball."Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney was angered by Comcast's claims. “If I read again about the second-rate second-tier women's volleyball aggroup from Iowa as the centerpiece of our programming. I'm going to say the same thing I'm saying now," Delany said. "That is. I evaluate it's inappropriate."I wonder what Silverman and Delaney were watching on Saturday?Probably a differnet sports channel.

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