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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

February 10, 2011
By Gazette Sports

Good

It’s fair to say the Green Bay Packers had a good day on Sunday. But none had a better day than Aaron Rodgers or Jarius Wynn.

Rodgers finally cemented his status as a top NFL quarterback with his MVP performance in the Super Bowl. He became only the third quarterback to throw for over 300 yards and three touchdowns, joining his boyhood heroes Joe Montana and Steve Young, both of the San Francisco 49ers.

Plus he ended any conversation about former Packer Brett Favre by equalling Favre’s championship total and winning an award that the much-maligned retired quarterback never won.

Wynn, on the other hand, may have had an even better day. Granted, the back-up defensive end had less to do with the Super Bowl win than Rodgers. But Wynn also witnessed the birth of his son earlier on Sunday. When winning the Super Bowl is the second best part of your day, you probably had a good one.

The couple still hadn’t come up with a middle name for the child but Wynn had a few options he was considering, including Dallas, Aaron or Super. Jarius Super Wynn Jr. It has a nice ring to it.

Bad

How on earth is Matt Cooke going to explain his way out of this?

The man already has a reputation as a dirty player, and he did nothing to help that image this week.

On Sunday against Washington, he stuck out his leg and put a knee-on-knee hit on Alexander Ovechkin. Naturally, he said it was unintentional after the game. Fair enough, sometimes that happens when the player with the puck suddenly changes direction. He managed to escape suspension.

However, Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau lashed out, calling it a dirty play.

So to prove Boudreau wrong, Cooke went out into the Penguins next game against Columbus and hit Blue Jackets defenceman Fedor Tyutin from behind into the boards.

He somehow was allowed to stay in the game for the dirty hit. He is likely to be suspended for this, but it is unlikely it will be for a substantial period of time. Tyutin escaped serious injury, which will help Cooke’s case, but that really shouldn’t matter.

The NHL should probably throw the book at this goon, or someone is going to get seriously injured. Just ask Marc Savard. Assuming he still has the mental capability to answer.

Ugly

Poor Cleveland.

You lost your precious King James, in an embarrassing way no less, and everything has gone down hill since then.

Needless to say, the Cavs are having a shaky season. Their last win occurred on December 18 versus the New York Knicks. Since then the Cavaliers have lost 25 games in a row— the longest losing streak in NBA history. And what other sad loser team did they beat out for the record?

Themselves. The 1982-83 Cleveland Cavaliers held the old NBA record for most consecutive loses at 24 games, however that was spread out over two seasons. So all in all, this season’s Cleveland Cavaliers are the worst, officially the worst.

But perhaps we could look at the very dim bright side. These Cavs are only the second worst team in professional sport history. The elusive top sport is still held by the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who lost their first 26 NFL games.

So even though they are in the midst of the ugliest season in NBA history, the Cavs can avoid being the absolute worst if they win their next game. And with games coming up against Detroit and the LA Clippers — perhaps they can salvage some of their reputation.

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