LeBron Makes His Next Decision
Man I expected LeBron to go to LA but it’s still a bummer. It’s stupid that the Lakers can suck and be terrible, walk into a pitch meeting to a free agent and go “Los Angeles, eh?” and land huge names. You’ve got to get a miracle player or an incredibly smart coach and front office to make it as a small market team in the NBA. Now we get to watch LeBron play good basketball for his twilight years mostly as a side gig to his entertainment ventures. At least now the Warriors have some more legit competi…The Warriors got Boogie Cousins? Hahahahahaha I know the NBA is top heavy but this is getting absurd.
Let’s talk about Johnny instead! He’s cleaned up! Good for him.
Johnny Manziel is playing football again (well, he’s on a roster at least) for the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL! Johnny got help, he got diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is doing better, and he’s putting in the work to play football again. Honestly a good story. All of his interviews since he got his act together have seemed very good and he’s saying all the right things. Of course, he still has to earn that trust back and he could relapse anytime, but he genuinely appears to be heading the right way. Seriously, good for him.
He found his way to Hamilton, Canada. Could any of you point to Hamilton on a map without looking it up? I couldn’t, and I have probably mildly more knowledge of actual Canadian cities and geography (I’ve been to Winnipeg! Have you been to Winnipeg? Don’t go to Winnipeg, the mosquitoes are the worst thing I have ever seen) than the average American. Apparently Hamilton is a real city that is fairly close to Toronto. It’s a port city. The football stadium in Hamilton is named Tim Hortons Field, so it is good to know our neighbor to the north is just as stupid about brand name stadiums as we are.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are quite possibly the most redundant name in sports history. Yeah, uh…Tigers are cats. We get it. What kind of name is Tiger-Cats? Apparently this is named because a team called the Tigers and a team called the Wildcats merged. Why didn’t they call them the Wild Tigers? That’s way cooler. Way to drop the puck on that one, Canada. They have good uniforms though.
Anyway Canadian Football is actually kinda fun in like a weird way. Like G2 to Gatorade. It’s not as good as gatorade and kind of different, but it has a place and isn’t bad. It’s a better fix for offseason ball than Arena Football is. Sorry, one dude in the comments, arena ball just isn’t worth watching. The CFL is worth a lazy watch if you can find a game on TV with nothing better to do.
I like that the control tower’s a massive middle finger.
From experience, bipolar is no freaking joke. It’s so hard to stay on track, but if he’s got people helping him, it definitely helps. The biggest struggle with mental health problems– apart from the terrible mental health care we have in this country (and in most of the world, complete with all the stigmas)– is that you literally can’t do it yourself. You *can’t* take care of yourself. You can’t will yourself through it. You can’t soldier through it. It’s like telling a diabetic to just make their own insulin, or someone with HIV to just take chicken soup to get over that cold. The idea that problems with literally the most important organ in the body aren’t real is so freaking weird to me, but it’s the international state. Partly because of all the quackery in the field that delegitimizes the actual science.
Still, agree with the good story that he’s trying to turn it around in the right way. I sincerely hope he excels.
or the hangups everyone has around “being crazy” as if that was something even approaching a legit medical term
like the op said bipolar is no joke and impossible to handle alone, i hope johnny has the support system required to help him. good on him for admitting he needed help in the first place
Never thought we’d get one last Johnny & the King. Awesome.
Anyway… I do hope Johnny does turn his stuff around, for good. He’ll have his work cut out for him of course, since he’ll be going against an established starter for his job IIRC, with no proper time to acclimatize to the new rules/environment. However unlikely it is, though, hopefully he becomes the next Doug Flutie, rebuilds his reputation with years of good work north of the border, then comes back to the NFL to show a mature upgraded version of Johnny Football in the later years of his career.
Of course, that would just bring about a torrent of lame mockeries that Johnny had always been a genius/prodigy, but the Browns broke him, and it took years of Canadian therapy for him to shake off the Browns’ damage. Even though any sensible person would realize/remember that the signs for Johnny’s problems were already present before he even got drafted by the Browns. Already I’m seeing ‘lolBrowns’ jokes whenever there’s any news article about Johnny, whether in a positive light or not.
Some people just like to find any pretense possible to mock the Browns, it seems.
WHY YOU HURT MY SOUL DAVE
“Tim Horton’s Field” becomes additionally funny when I remember that Tim Horton was a hockey player.
Canadian Football was more fun when there both the Roughriders and the Rough Riders in the league, but it is still worth a summer watch or two, Manziel or no Manziel. It is fascinating to me that Canadian football evolved similarly to, but still notably different than the American game.
“we could play apples to apples”
literally ded
I live in Winnipeg and it’s great!
I put awesome at first but it’s a step down from awesome, but really it’s got everything bigger cities have but the issues aren’t as big. Traffic isn’t terrible for instance.
As for the mosquitoes, they haven’t been bad for years and that’s more of a joke. Drainage is so good, and they support the dragonfly’s so much that I’ve only seen one mosquito this year for instance.
Also, screw the Giants; the Pats rule! Eli is done, and go Blue Bombers! (I know many of the cheerleaders!)
Yeah screw you too buddy.
Yeah, also from Winnipeg. Mosquitoes haven’t been bad lately. But, when they’re bad, they are really bad. I’m talking old testament plague level here folks.
Traffic is terrible right now…but tats only because every damn street seems like it’s closed to one lane because they’re rebuilding the other (Fermor absolutely SUCKS rights now!).
Hell of a Bomber game last night, unless you’re a Lions fan…
Booooooo. Then again, this year the NAL (J’ville league) has been better than the AFL (Philly+DC league), so whatever. Also, good luck to Johnny and here’s to hoping LA/Hollywood doesnt turn Lebton into a pedo.
There are certain aspects of Canadian Football that I would like to see the NFL make. No not the 3 downs to make a first down but I do like multiple people in motion and the ability to be in motion toward the line of scrimmage.
This is something I’ve never understood about the CFL. First, it looks like they’re offsides on every play. Second, why can’t the defense just time the snap count based on this obvious giveaway?
I’m a fan of both leagues and live in Canada, but people around here who say the CFL has better rules are just being patriotic. The NFL rules are definitely better.
Also, in the CFL, you can challenge a non-call on pass interference and get the play overturned into a penalty. This is pretty silly.
I still miss Johnny’s “Cracked Coke Cane”
Colombia is out, no more coke.
Actually went to a Tiger-Cats game. Was a really cool experience to watch them beat the Blue Bombers. Imo I like how every down means more because they only have two chances till they punt. But it was fun to watch him stand there on the sidelines
I’m really excited for when Johnny gets another shot in the NFL which I fully believe he will. He’s earned another go at it and I think he’ll knock it out of the park when he gets that chance
We used to play A2A at Minami before Cards Against Humanity became a thing. We’re all so desensitised to that now though, everyone’s seen all the cards and being edge for edge’s sake just makes you look even more of an a-hole. Not to mention every copy in the community comes in so you can’t get away from it.
Sorry CAH, you were funny while you lasted, but you lasted all of 5 games. Once we played with the NPC rule, top decking from the white deck, the appeal started to wane. For the card ‘__________: Kid-tested, Mother-approved’ he drew ‘Jimmy Savile’ (UK celeb, charity fundraiser, and raging paedophile who flew under EVERYONE’s radar for decades until after he died), and nobody was EVER going to top that.
If Johnny comes back, where would you want him to end up?
Also I’m glad you brought this back. Probably one my favorite series