As I write this I am looking out the window at about seven inches of snow on the ground. And if you are wondering when this was written it is March 25th, 2013.
Yesterday the Saint Louis area got hammered with over a foot of snow at the Airport. According to the folks at the National Weather Service who keep track of such things, this is the largest snowfall the area has ever had in March. Locations to the north had more snow and areas south of the Airport ended up with less.
Yesterday was the second Sunday in a row it has been cold and snowed. Last weekend's Saint Patrick's Day celebration was hindered by the cold wet weather. It was the first time in years I've been home on St. Patty's Day by seven in the evening.
I and everyone I know is tired of Winter. The St. Louis Cardinals will open their regular season next Monday in Arizona and then play the home opener the following Monday April 8th against the Cincinnati Reds. Hurry Spring!
March 25, 2013
Final Thought's on Mizzou's Basketball Season
Missouri ended its up and down basketball season with a good old fashioned ass whooping at the hands of Colorado State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. As they did much of the season, when Mizzou left it's happy place in Columbia, Mo. the team was mediocre at best.
This team was loaded with talent, but appeared to lack direction all season. For this I blame head coach Frank Haith. In fairness to Haith the team lost a key player mid-season over unproved charges of sexual assault.
With Dixon's departure the team never did come together like it should have. Junior point guard Phil Pressey played out of control frequently and the result cost Missouri several wins on the road. Haith, never did bench Pressey even when Pressey was firing up three point jumpers and missing like there was no tomorrow. The bottom line is Haith lost control of the team and never did get the team back under control. When Mizzou played at home they were very very good, and didn't lose all season. But, when this group went on the road they were very, very mediocre. It's time for the Athletic Director Mike Alden to evaluate where the basketball program is and what Haith's future is with The University of Missouri.
This team was loaded with talent, but appeared to lack direction all season. For this I blame head coach Frank Haith. In fairness to Haith the team lost a key player mid-season over unproved charges of sexual assault.
With Dixon's departure the team never did come together like it should have. Junior point guard Phil Pressey played out of control frequently and the result cost Missouri several wins on the road. Haith, never did bench Pressey even when Pressey was firing up three point jumpers and missing like there was no tomorrow. The bottom line is Haith lost control of the team and never did get the team back under control. When Mizzou played at home they were very very good, and didn't lose all season. But, when this group went on the road they were very, very mediocre. It's time for the Athletic Director Mike Alden to evaluate where the basketball program is and what Haith's future is with The University of Missouri.
March 05, 2013
Tigers Put it all Together
I won't dwell on this but my beloved Missouri Tigers basketball team put together two solid halves tonight and smoked the Arkansas Razorbacks 93-63. The Tigers led 48-22 at half, in what I believe was the team's best half of the year. Mizzou dominated Arkansas on the boards and at the Free-Throw line.
Missouri finishes it's home season with a perfect 16-0 record. The 22-8 Tigers complete their regular season in Knoxville on Saturday afternoon when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers.
Missouri finishes it's home season with a perfect 16-0 record. The 22-8 Tigers complete their regular season in Knoxville on Saturday afternoon when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers.
March 03, 2013
Winter Weather "Coverage" Laughable
In the past two weeks this area has had two major Winter storms skirt it. The first week we got about five inches of snow. This past week we got a dusting. The weather talking heads were obviously disappointed since they couldn't play with their high tech weather toys this week. So, one local station decided it would have Winter storm coverage anyway. Now keep in mind as I posted above St. Louis got just a dusting this past Tuesday.
KPLR-TV spent the first ten minutes of it's 7 pm newscast covering the snow in Columbia, Missouri. Columbia is 125 miles from Saint Louis and there is no way in the world the fine folks in Columbia could see this debacle of "news". So, the question becomes why did news management permit this abomination of local news coverage? I have no idea, but my guess is the management thinks people want to see pictures of snow regardless of where it takes place and it will boost ratings. My guess is probably not.
The message KPLR sent to it's community was nothing worth reporting happened in Saint Louis on this day so we will go after something 125 miles away. By reading the Post-Dispatch the next morning and listening to the radio stations, plenty took place on Tuesday. KPLR just decided to ignore it for business reasons. KPLR = FAIL.
KPLR-TV spent the first ten minutes of it's 7 pm newscast covering the snow in Columbia, Missouri. Columbia is 125 miles from Saint Louis and there is no way in the world the fine folks in Columbia could see this debacle of "news". So, the question becomes why did news management permit this abomination of local news coverage? I have no idea, but my guess is the management thinks people want to see pictures of snow regardless of where it takes place and it will boost ratings. My guess is probably not.
The message KPLR sent to it's community was nothing worth reporting happened in Saint Louis on this day so we will go after something 125 miles away. By reading the Post-Dispatch the next morning and listening to the radio stations, plenty took place on Tuesday. KPLR just decided to ignore it for business reasons. KPLR = FAIL.
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