The Sportz Guru Report

**Did anyone else notice the "dramatic pause" by Randy Moss in a television interview with ESPN yesterday?  The entire interview will air on Sunday NFL Countdown this weekend, but excerpts were played on SportsCenter last night.  When asked about his relationship with Head Coach Norv Turner, Moss exclaimed, "                                                                !" A follow-up question, "What do you think of Turner as a coach?" was answered with, "                                   ", more silence before basically saying that Moss approved of him becuase he was an offensive coach and that is that.  Hmmmmm, could Norvell be looking for work at the end of another disasterous season in Oakland.  I think I am going to start a list of Sports Commandments...rules that all organizations should follow.  My first will be this:  Thou shalt not hire Norvel Turner or Dave Wannstadt to be Head Coach of my professional Football Team.  Both of these guys have been complete and total BUSTS.  Each has had 2 NFL Head Coach jobs and both have failed miserably.  Give it up, guys!

**Baseball finally got it right...Almost.  With a "subtle" nudge from Congress, Major League Baseball and the Players' Association finally agreed on a tougher steroid policy, that includes a 3 Strikes, Your Out, kinda provision.  A surprise to this was the inclusion of Amphetamines, a long known problem in the clubhouse.  The problem I see is what they ARE NOT testing for.  Human Growth Hormone(HGH) which is definitely a bigger problem in today's MLB is still not being tested for(mostly because there is no real way to test for it).  If everyone involved truly cares about solving the problem, and discouraging kids from trying these drugs in order to kick start their career, all involved, including Congress needto continue to work on improved testing and drug detection.  This was the easy part, now we will see if they were serious.

**The following NFL Head Coaches won't be back next season:  Herm Edwards, Mike Tice, Norv Turner, Dick Vermeil, Marty Shottenheimer, Dom Capers, Mike Sherman, almost 25% of the jobs will turn over.

**NFL Power Rankings:
   1. Indianapolis  2.  Denver  3.  Seattle  4.  Carolina  5.  Pittsburgh

**NBA Power Rankings:
   1.  Detroit  2.  San Antonio  3.  Cleveland  4.  Indiana  5.  LA Clippers

**Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez won the MVP Awards in their respective leagues this past week, and ironically, the last time a Cardinal and Yankee won a MVP was 1985, when each team had a winner(Willie McGhee and Don Mattingly)

**A note to Indians GM Mark Shapiro - Please, Please, Please re-sign Kevin Millwood!  There isn't another FA option out there!  Oh, and Frank Thomas would look wonderful in a Tribe Uni next year, that is, if Travis Hafner can play 1B.  Can he ben any worse than Ben Broussard??

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