No More Camp Cupcake?

The NBA season starts tonight and already the common man is out in full force. Scheduling the Heat to open in Boston against the Celtics may have been a marketing dream but more importantly this is a windfall for bookmakers everywhere. The Heat are prohibitive favorites to win it all this year at 17/10 odds. So basically "common man" is laying out his hard earned dinero for the next 8 plus months so he can not even double his money if the Heat survive the grueling playoff run and win the chmpionship. Sounds like a fantastic idea!

Tonight's release is Boston +1.5 over the Heat. The Heat are younger and more talented but something tells me that the overwhelming amount of dopes throwing their money on the Heat tonight is the greatest contrarian indicator around.

After hearing ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski compare Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker Demarcus Ware to Lawrence Taylor, I should have known it was going to be a long evening. Then when coaching icon Wadeface phillips lost multiple coaches challenges throughout the game, I was even more shocked. However, the most disappointing news came from a blogger who suggested that the Cowboys will undergo serious changes, thus eliminating "Camp Cupcake". While making changes are necessary to improve a last place 1-5 team that many believed would be Super Bowl contenders, does that mean ownership also needs to eliminate the culture created under Wadeface?

As an owner who appears to have a fifth grader's football acumen, Jerry Jones has managed to destroy this once proud franchise that was built in large part by Jimmy Johnson's drafting and the addition of key free agents. In the years since Johnson, the Cowboys have had one legitimate coach, Bill Parcells, who resigned largely as a result of Jones' meddling. After all this, why would anyone be surprised that the Cowboys are in the position they are? Jerry Jones is an owner who is more concerned with the image and not the substance of his team. One can only imagine the mindset of Mr. Jones if come February, the New York Giants are playing for the Superbowl in his stadium.