Max
07-15-2006, 09:15 AM
JetNation's very own Mike Martz made it to espn.com. He didn't plug JetNation but that is alright. Also this guy knows the game, although you couldn't tell that from his insane ball busting posts here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060714
He asked the question from NJ:
Q: I have a new category called a "Gooden." Basically someone who had an amazing 3-4 years and just got worse as time went on except this person does not know it. I say this because I saw Britney Spears on "The Today Show." Oh my; was it just a couple of years ago she was the hottest female in all God's creation? She now looks like a very worn Go-Go dancer in an afternoon dance who you look at and say "She must have been hot when she started."
--Mike Dietrich, Old Bridge, N.J.
Q: You (me, us) are all older, musically savvy types, always could spot a pretender from the real thing (OK, alternative music snobs), never got suckered in ... and yet, you still bought into the Counting Crows when they burst upon the scene, thought that these guys actually were the real thing and a possibly great group ... and the next thing you're wondering [is] what the hell happened, and feeling slightly sheepish, embarrassed that you professed believing in them. But that first album is still great, and it still makes you wistfully recall those days. Call it the "Counting Crows Corollary" -- what athletes out there seemingly came out of nowhere, had an amazing first season or year, had everyone believing the were the Second Coming real deal, and then just imploded/revealed themselves to be nothing at all, leaving all to shake their heads in befuddlement, yet still you can savor that magic season.
--Nick, Washington D.C.
SG: Did you ever think you would see two people separately use Dwight Gooden and the Counting Crows to come to the exact same conclusion? That was kinda cool. I love this job sometimes.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060714
He asked the question from NJ:
Q: I have a new category called a "Gooden." Basically someone who had an amazing 3-4 years and just got worse as time went on except this person does not know it. I say this because I saw Britney Spears on "The Today Show." Oh my; was it just a couple of years ago she was the hottest female in all God's creation? She now looks like a very worn Go-Go dancer in an afternoon dance who you look at and say "She must have been hot when she started."
--Mike Dietrich, Old Bridge, N.J.
Q: You (me, us) are all older, musically savvy types, always could spot a pretender from the real thing (OK, alternative music snobs), never got suckered in ... and yet, you still bought into the Counting Crows when they burst upon the scene, thought that these guys actually were the real thing and a possibly great group ... and the next thing you're wondering [is] what the hell happened, and feeling slightly sheepish, embarrassed that you professed believing in them. But that first album is still great, and it still makes you wistfully recall those days. Call it the "Counting Crows Corollary" -- what athletes out there seemingly came out of nowhere, had an amazing first season or year, had everyone believing the were the Second Coming real deal, and then just imploded/revealed themselves to be nothing at all, leaving all to shake their heads in befuddlement, yet still you can savor that magic season.
--Nick, Washington D.C.
SG: Did you ever think you would see two people separately use Dwight Gooden and the Counting Crows to come to the exact same conclusion? That was kinda cool. I love this job sometimes.